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Núta - Jan 26

kí·yıs n.inan. knife
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Day 26

Lortho:

losharet [lo.ˈʃɑ.ɾɛt]
v.
  1. to flow (e.g. like water)
  2. be fluid in motion or speech
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Nakarian Jan 25-28
ạ̀rẹ́ pronoun "whoever..., that other one" - used to reintroduce a demoted argument of a passive/middle voice
áa light verb used with passivized participles; copula used with nouns (frequently incorporated) and participles to form existential statements"
cha - zána light verbs used with many verbs of action. The former is perfective, the latter - imperfective.
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Núta - Jan 27

tskatará·u n.anim. tribeless person, outsider, exile

Jan 28

hatú·newı n.inan. sea
h- Noun class prefix, -atu- prefix big, -new- n water, derivational suffix

Jan 29

hryé·rı n.inan. plateau, upper plains
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Nakarian - Jan 30

I coined a few endonyms. They come from the borrowed Samhan word for "crater": /n̪aˈqaʁ/

Manaqaȝ Nakarian man
Nyaqaȝ Nakarian woman or child
Thiínaqaȝ Nakarian language
Vyomaqaȝ Nakar, the Crater Valley
naqaȝẹthạ̀ạ Nakarian speaker
Spoiler:
I have a real hard time pronouncing that last one: [naqɑʕ̞ɤ̝θəː˩˨]
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Day 29

Lortho

kerannu [kɛ.ˈɾɑn.nu ]
n. fem (pl ~ne)
  1. a strip of material put around something either to hold together or for decorative purposes; a band
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Núta - Jan 30

á·kwera adv. very, extremely

My first adverb in the Lextreme thread!
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Nakarian 31

(with some delay)

màbo verbal trans to eat (something)
soo-soókwo light verb (IMPERF-PERF respectively) "to move mouth" - light verbs used with verbals like "to eat", "to speak" etc.

Âttang bèe mabóo soókworáng.
I ate rice.
1sg.NOM rice-ACC eat-ACT PERF-1
âttang bà-e mabó-o sookwò-tang.
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Núta - Jan 31

kárna n.inan. wave

Feb 1

tyá·yatnı n.inan. whisper
yayatn v to whisper

Feb 2

kùtne n.inan. flower
kah prefix black
kȧhkùtne n.inan. blackflower (a type of flowering cactus on the Áánene plains)
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Day 35:

Lortho:

pakhannu [pɑ . ˈkʰɑn . nu]
n. fem (pl ~ne)
  1. a stone coffin or box in which a corpse or cremated remains are buried; sarcophagus


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I'm still participating but I forget to post here.

Some words I coined recently:
ney verbal to be true, good, beautiful, true to its nature, whole
auxiliary used for deontic modalities such as “should”, “must”"
sậ verbal to be wrong, false, bad, evil, ugly, deformed
auxiliary used for deontic modalities such as “shouldn’t”, “mustn’t”"
-rôtso converb suffix encodes immediate converb (IMMED)
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Núta - Feb 3

tersú·wu n.anim. (III) warbane
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Day 39:

Lortho:

numalet [nu.ˈmɑ.lɛt]
v. (1st pers masc sing: numaledin)
  1. to ignore, disregard
  2. to distract, divert one’s attention
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Day 42:

Lortho:

dinaru [di.ˈna.ɾu]
n. fem (pl ~ne)
  1. the visible features of an area of countryside; landscape
  2. an aesthetically pleasing scene or view
This is the first time I used a handwritten form for Lortho.
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Day 43:

Lortho:

kushero [ku.ˈʃɛ.ɾo]
v. (1st pers masc sing: kusherin)
  1. to hunt or pursue stealthily; stalk
Day 44:

Lortho:

khishuran [kʰi.ʃu.ˈɾɑn]
v. (1st pers masc sing: khishuranin)
  1. to inflict harm in return for a wrongdoing; avenge
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Day 45

Lortho:

kudan [ku.ˈdɑn]
v. (1st pers masc sing: kudanin)
  1. establish the truth or accuracy of something previously believed or suspected; confirm
Day 46

dhelhora [dʰɛl.ˈho.ɾɑ, -i, -u]
adj.
  1. creepy, eerie, strange
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I have not updated this thread in a while; however, I am still active with this challenge. Therefore, instead of posting each individual word, you can look at my progress here.
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  1. Day 72
    • likhero [li•ˈkʰɛ•ɾo]
      v. (1st pers masc sing: likherin)
      1. to attempt, try
      2. to test (as in a hypothesis)
  2. Day 71
    • shomalet [ʃo•ˈma•lɛt]
      v. (1st pers masc sing: shomaledin)
      1. to check the accuracy or truthfulness of something; verify, validate, prove
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I have created a new Instagram account specific for Lortho. All new lexemes and anything else related to it will be posted/updated there.
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Day 106:

dakheshi [daˈkʰɛʃi]
n. masc (pl dakhesheni)
  1. demon, spirit in purgatory (cf. djinn)
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