Lexember 2023

[Shemtov]

Zeigouŋdeizese:
Day 1:
B'eŋxa
/ɓeŋʐa/
[ɓeŋʐa]
Verb. "To split; To fracture"

Day 2.
Duhaa
/duha:/
[duha:]
Noun
1. Copy
2. Twin
3. Mythical being that appears like the human it wishes to bless or curse

[Khemehekis]

Shaleyan

DAY 1

ilezeño: monopoly (il, one + zeño, only (adv.))
sadazeño: duopoly (sad, two + zeño)

Sadazeño izay ilezeño.
duopoly be_preferable_to monopoly
Better a duopoly than a monopoly.

Bonus word: izay: (T) to be preferable to

DAY 2

lobap: palm (of the hand)

Shayamibewusash bewus Pawolo ba lobap an añaph.
fortune-teller read Pawolo of palm in wrinkle
The fortune-teller read the wrinkles in Pawolo's palm.

Bonus words: bewusash: reader (bewus, to read + -ash, agent noun suffix)
shayamibewusash: fortune-teller (shayam, destiny + bewusash)

[qwed117]

Lexember 2

ic4-ke1 ğèm1 npl. couple, husband-wife

[Khemehekis]

LCV Categories for Week 2:

Electronics (Part IV)

Spoiler:

electronic
battery
button, key (to press)
cable
calculator
camera
CD
computer
fax
headphones
microphone
photograph, photo, picture
radio (device)
radio (what is broadcast on a radio)
record
robot
screen (of television)
screen (in movie theater)
stereo
tablet
tag (electronic device, for thing)
tag (electronic device, for person)
tape, cassette
telephone, phone
television (set)
television, TV (what is broadcast on a television)
video
video game
system (sound ~)
power (electrical)
power (mechanical)
audio
channel
station
network (in broadcasting)
communication (telecommunications)
off (of a light)
on (of a light)
off (of a machine)
on (of a machine)
to break (a television, etc.)
to play (a song or video)
to play (at a theater or cinema: “Chasing Amy” was ~ing that week)
to tape, to record (video)
to tape, to record (sound only)
to film
to film (a scene)
to scan (electronically)
scan (image obtained by scanning)
digital
download (a digital ~)
recording (of sound)
recording (of video)
clip (of movie)
clip (of TV show)
clip (of speech)
to contact

More Electronics (Part V)

Spoiler:

adaptor
AI
antenna
beeper
Blu-ray
boom box
copier
DVD
film (for camera)
flat screen
game system, console
iPod
lens (of camera)
MP3
pager
record player
remote control
speakers
tape recorder
tuner
VCR
videocamera
videotape (cassette)
videotape (material)
webcam
zoom lens
black and white
color (~ television)
footage
in focus
out of focus
to develop (film)
to print (a photo)
to rewind
to fast-forward
to pause
to stream (receive)
to stream (send)
to spin (a record)
podcast
to broadcast (on the radio)
to broadcast (on TV)
to broadcast (a game, on the radio)
to broadcast (a game, on TV)
schedule (list of broadcasts)
roundup (news ~)
format (of software, recording)
format (of radio station)

The Telephone (Part IV)

Spoiler:

cellphone, mobile phone
smartphone
to ring
call
to make (a call)
to call, to phone
to answer
to speak (on the telephone)
to hold on
to hang up
to text
to contact (by phone)
app
available (is Meg ~?)
end (of phone line)

More Telephone (Part V)

Spoiler:

receiver
cord
pay phone
cordless phone
landline
line
dial
to dial (a number)
touch-tone
to redial
local
long-distance
911 call
missed call
to drop (of a call)
to connect (over the telephone)
to disconnect
collect call
ringtone
answering machine
text message
voicemail (system)
voicemail (message)
charger

Computers (Part IV)

Spoiler:

to access (data)
to access (file)
to click
developer (company)
file
to install (software)
laptop
program
software
Internet, web
blog
board
chat
email (system)
email (message)
to email (a person)
to email (a document)
forum
link
online (~ information)
to post
to subscribe (to a newsgroup, YouTube channel, etc.)
subscription (to a newsgroup, YouTube channel, etc.)
to tweet
user
website

More Computers (Part V)

Spoiler:

back-up (copy of file)
back-up (act of copying)
to back up (a file)
bit
byte
kilobyte
CD-ROM
to close (window, app)
to open (window, app)
to connect (to the Internet)
to copy
CPU
cursor
database
to delete
desktop
display (on computer screen)
distribution (of software)
to download (transitive)
floppy disk
graphics (on computer)
hard disk
hard drive
icon
keyboard (for computer)
to load
memory
menu
menu bar
microchip
modem
monitor, screen
mouse
operating system
password
printer
to process (data)
programming
to save
to update (software)
to upload (transitive)
virus
window
word processor
address bar
browser
chatroom
content (on YouTube, etc.)
filter (Internet)
to flame
lurker
newbie
newsgroup
post
poster
provider (for Internet service)
search (on computer)
search engine
server
social media
spam
thread
troll
URL
username, screenname
to visit (a website)

Manner and Method (Part IV)

Spoiler:

rate (of birth/death, crime)
rate (speed)
method, means, way
mechanism (method)
process
process (for manufacturing something)
development (of a skill)
strategy
strategic (position)
strategic (site)
strategic (route)
strategic (plan)
approach
way (of doing something)
technique
technique (of performer)
form (shape: the witch appeared in the ~ of a rat with no tail)
form (sort: ~ of government)
structure (way something is put together: concrete)
structure (way something is put together: abstract)
structure (that boy needs more ~ in his life)
style, manner
style (in music, art, etc.)
style (of writing)
style (of speaking)
mode
mode (of transport)
mode (operating method: I’m in cleaning ~)
format
pace (of walking)
pace (of change, life)
order, sequence
routine (my daily ~)
routine (autistic people need ~)
chaos
order (opposite of chaos)
rule (metric, heuristic)
exception
custom, tradition
custom, convention
to range from X to Y
presentation (Taco Bell’s food varies in its ~)
distribution (scattering)
detailed
detailed (description, report)
detailed (study)
automatic (process, machine)
automatic (action, punishment)
automatic (promotion)
neutral (voice, language, look)
to adopt (a plan, a strategy, technology)
to go (this is how it ~es)
to come (this part ~s first)
to dress
to behave
to treat
to do (I am ~ing well)

Adverbs of manner, excerpted from Adverbs (Part II)

Spoiler:

like this, (in) this way
like that, (in) that way, thus
in the same way
in some cases
so (I think ~)
not (I hope ~)
suddenly, all of a sudden
alike, the same
the same (the very same one)
the same (the two dogs weigh ~)
the same (unchanged: the food didn’t taste ~ as before)
well
well (skillfully)
well (sleep)
badly, poorly
badly, poorly (not skillfully)
badly (sleep)
badly (in a pressing manner: I need the exercise ~)
slowly
fast
fast (I need a new laptop, and ~)
quickly (rapidly)
soon, quickly (as ~ as possible)
eventually, gradually
happily (with a happy mood)
happily (cheerfully)
carefully
easily
easily (get bored ~, laugh ~)
hard (work ~)
hard (push/pull ~)
hard (try ~)
hard (listen/look/think ~)
hard (rain ~)
softly (not hard)
gently, lightly
quietly, softly (at a low volume)
quietly, silently
quietly (unobtrusively)
loudly, loud
tight (Anne held Paul ~)
deeply (care ~, feel ~)
closely (exactly)
closely (listen, watch, examine)
closely (follow directions)
closely (resemble)
closely (~ related)
closely (in space or time: to follow ~)
properly (work, do)
properly (behave, treat)
properly (sleep, eat)
perfectly (it fits ~)
equally (treat everyone ~)
effectively
accidentally
deliberately, on purpose
right, correctly
wrong
outside, on the outside (the apple looked healthy ~)
inside, on the inside (the apple was rotten ~)
differently (I feel/think ~)
differently (Mr. Roberts treats Rashad ~)
differently (John started dressing ~)
differently (shaped ~)
as expected
repeatedly
independently, myself, yourself, herself, himself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves
such, so, in such a manner
somehow, in some way
in any way (interrogative)
in any way (conditional)
in any way (negative)
in any way (at all)
in every way
in no way

Tools (Part IV)

Spoiler:

chain
hammer
saw
shovel
handle (of a tool)

More Tools (Part V)

Spoiler:

adze
awl
axe
bolt
chisel (for wood)
lever
masking tape
measuring tape
nail
nut (for bolt)
pump (for water)
rake
ramp
sandpaper
Scotch tape
screw
screwdriver
tack
vise
wedge
wrench

Vehicles (Part IV)

Spoiler:

transportation, transport (for carrying people)
transportation, transport (for carrying goods)
vehicle
vessel (ship or boat)
barge
boat
boat (small, for pleasure)
canoe
kayak
raft (wooden)
raft (rubber)
ship
submarine
chariot
wagon
baby carriage
bicycle
motorcycle
train (on railroad)
train (subway)
car (usual word)
automobile (qua an innovation)
taxi, cab
ambulance
bus
fire truck
truck
pickup truck
van (short haul)
van (long haul)
trailer
bulldozer
airplane, plane
helicopter
jet
drone
spacecraft
traffic
traffic (amount of traffic)
heavy (~ traffic)
to direct (traffic)
to take (~ a plane)
drive, ride (take a ~)
ride (as passenger in car)
ride (on bicycle)
ride (on motorcycle)
ride (on horse, camel)
to wash (a car)
lock (on bicycle)
at sea
on land
in the air
in the city

Parts of a Car (Part IV)

Spoiler:

engine, motor
hood
wheel
gasoline, gas, petrol

More Parts of a Car (Part V)

Spoiler:

accelerator
airbag
air conditioner
battery
brake
dashboard
door
fender
gear
global positioning system (GPS)
headlight
horn
ignition
license plate
odometer
rearview mirror
seatbelt
speedometer
steering wheel
tail light
tank
tire
trunk
turn signal
window
windshield
windshield wiper
pump (for gasoline)

Sea Travel (Part V)

Spoiler:

anchor
bow
cabin
deck
fuel
hull
keel
mainsail
mast
oar
paddle
porthole
rail (on ship)
rudder
sail (on ship)
sail (on smaller boat)
stern
cargo (goods)
cargo (load)
route (of a ship)
to board, to get on, to embark
to get off, to disembark
to land (of a ship)
to navigate, to steer (ship)

Public Transportation (Part V)

Spoiler:

public transportation, public transport
fare (for bus)
fare (for train)
fare (for taxi)
parking meter
route (of a bus)
schedule (for train, bus, airplane)
ticket (for bus)
ticket (for train)
transfer
turnstile
vending machine
rail (railroad trains as a form of transportation)
one-way trip
round trip
to check (someone’s passport/ticket)
to change (~ trains)
to board, to get on, to embark
to get off, to disembark
to arrive, to come (of a bus/train)
to catch (a bus/train)
to miss (a bus/train)
to run (in Germany, the trains ~ on time)

Air Travel (Part V)

Spoiler:

air sickness bag
baggage claim
black box
cockpit
control tower
customs
duty-free shop
fuel
gate
life vest
lounge
luggage
metal detector
overhead compartment
oxygen mask
parachute
route (of an airplane)
runway (for takeoff)
runway (for landing)
tag (on luggage)
ticket (for plane)
wing
arrival
departure
direct (~ flight)
domestic (flight)
international (flight)
to book (a flight)
to check in (at airport)
to declare (luggage)
airline
to board, to get on, to embark
to get off, to disembark
to take off
to land (of an airplane)
to start (Tony ~ed from Los Angeles for Tokyo)
to navigate, to steer (aircraft)
to hijack
to crash

Space Travel (Part V)

Spoiler:

spaceflight
rocket
shuttle
space station
spacesuit
to launch (rocket)
launching pad
probe
rover
to blast off, to take off
to land (of a spacecraft)
to navigate, to steer (spacecraft)
to orbit
countdown
satellite (artificial)
telescope

Verbs of Creation (Part IV)

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to design
to design (clothing)
to design (a machine)
to develop (a new drug, etc.)
to invent
to create
to create (Christians believe God ~ed Adam and Eve)
to destroy (an object)
to destroy (ravage – used of an earthquake, etc.)
to destroy (metaphorically)
to destroy (evidence)
to make
to make, to manufacture
to make (sew)
to make (a movie)
to craft
to make up, to come up with (invent)
to make up (fabricate)
to generate (interest, excitement)
to generate (ideas)
to generate (discussion)
to generate (energy)
to generate (heat)
to generate (electricity)
to generate (income, profits)
to generate (jobs)
to generate (waste)
to form (take shape)
to form (friendship)
to form (opinion)
to form (attitudes, ideas)
to form (government, organization)
to form (collectively make the shape of: a line, a circle)
to produce
to produce (heat, electricity)
to produce (oil, coal)
to produce (crop)
to produce (eggs/milk)
to produce (that region ~s beer and cheese)
to produce (the pancreas ~s insulin)
to produce (a TV show)
to produce (a movie)
to produce (a play)
to produce (a musical recording or album)
to establish, to found (a company or organization)
to establish (a system)
to establish (a law)
to spell
to cause
to build, to construct*
to build (a temple)
to build (assemble)
to build (a bridge, a city, etc.)
to build (a nest)
to sew
to knit
to weave, to spin
to decorate (with balloons, etc.)
to decorate (a cake or other dessert)
to pose (this ~s a problem)
to pose (nuclear weapons ~ a threat to South Korea)
to ensure, to assure
to gather (of a crowd)

Subjects of Academic Study (Part IV) -- useful for finding names of scientific disciplines, which tie in with technology and advancement and innovation

Spoiler:

subject
math(ematics)
science (as school subject)
technology (in general)
history
art
drama

More Subjects of Academic Study (Part V)

Spoiler:

arithmetic
geometry
algebra
trigonometry
statistics
calculus
logic
physics
biology
natural history
paleontology
medicine
anatomy
genetics
chemistry
geology
astronomy
meteorology
engineering
computer science
linguistics
anthropology
mythology
archaeology
psychology
sociology
economics
marketing (study, theory)
law
architecture
art history
geography
elective
ceramics
wood shop
photography
home economics
glee club, choir
phys ed, PE, gym

[Knox Adjacent]

Day 2
wi-mal̪anpaɭu n. dichotomy

-mal̪an meaning two, -paɭu meaning different

[Iyionaku]

Lexember 3 - Yélian

rádural [ˈɾaːdʉɾɐl] - industry; machinery, inventory, facilities
Etymology: radul "machine" + process suffix -al

ráduralasé [ˌɾaːdʉɾɐlɐˈseː] - industrialization
Etymology: rádural "industry" + nominalizer "-sé"

Caratrundest pi yanim rádural o'dirun cîyvaldirotyaviosiytevælut can evolisé.
[ˌkaːɾɐtˈɾundəs‿pi ˈʃaːnɨm ˈɾaːdʉɾɐl ɔ̈ˈdiːɾʉn kiɕvɐldɨɾɔ̈t͡ʃɐvɪ̯ɔ̈ˌsa̯iːtəˈʋœːlʉt‿ɐn ˌeːʋɔ̈lɨˈseː]
now-fear-1PLEX that 1PLIN.POSS industry DEF.GEN=chemistry not_anymore-COND-FUT-POT-soon-ready-COP.COND.3SG.INAN for competition
We currently fear that our chemical industry might soon not be competitive anymore.

[Yrusia]

Lexember 1:

Takur Family
Proto-Takur *neobqor 'distinct, apart, separate'
- - -> Old Tuoken nefqar, nefqor 'to make important/distinct'
- - - - -> Ottózh Gicikâi neffṓ [ne'fːóː] 'sacred; of ritual significance'

-> OG į̄ąf, į̄ąfói [ĩj̃ãf ĩj̃ã'foi] 'to emphasize (in conversation), articulate, be clear about'

-> PT *neobqor-oz 'a set of twins' (analogized from the dual -oz)
- - -> Stách'í Góónína naaqʷalas (singulative naaqʷalasdííni)
- - - - -> SG naaqʷal-, '(one's) twin sibling,' e.g. naaqʷalúʔí 'my twin' - a backformation


Unnamed Astrocade Lang:
pliang-ðuəhl [pʎaŋðʷəɬ] - the void of space, literally "cold-dark."
- - ->θuəhl [θʷəɬ] 'go off ship,' frequently used in compounds, e.g. θuəl-pθuai 'exo-bots; a repair bot designed to do repairs on the outside of the ship' (with bðuai [bðʷai] 'repair bot')

(the Astrocade is a conworld I've been toying with - expect lots of deep sci-fi morphology nonsense, since the speakers have lived on a generation ship since time immemorial)


Lexember 2:

Takur Family
Ottózh Gicikâi vį̄́jioet [vĩ́ːd͡ʒoꜜet] 'earrings,' from vį̄́ 'ear' (c.f. OT ʔvíŋ and SG ʔowí-) and ąj, jői 'be bright, shine, lighten, burn' (c.f. OT aŋdeo, aŋdeoʔ 'be bright' and SG aydaa 'heat, be hot, ignite')
- - -> OT víźǒit
- - -> (late) SG wííchaat


Unnamed Astrocade Language:
hniau [ɲ̥au] 'team, squad, committee, groupchat, working group, club, email thread'
e.g.:
psalʒa-hniau [psalʒaɲau] "the CBB" (with psalʒa 'to conlang', from hpsapsal 'language' and ʃaʒa 'build, craft, create')
θuəlpθuai-hniau [θuəlpθuaiɲau] "exo-bot committee" - the people in charge of building and using exobots.

[zyma]

Day 3

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Hannaito (Entry 3):

hoizau /hoizau/ [ˈhoi̯.zau̯]
Noun:
1. shovel
2. spade, trowel
3. hoe
4. dustpan
5. (rare) a spoon, especially when used to eat solid foods

Etymology
From hoi "to dig" (< Proto-Hannaitoan *goliy "id.") + the nominalizing suffix -zau (< PH *zabal "stick, twig, stalk, branch, limb").

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Now that we're beginning Week 2 of Lexember, I've taken some time to read through and comment on what other participants have posted so far for Week 1. I won't necessarily comment on every single entry, but hopefully I haven't accidentally missed anyone's work entirely. Following qwed117's example from three years ago, I'm going to try to do this after every week.

Corphishy:

Spoiler:

*riðellemju /riðelˈlemju/ adv. "(in the) morninɡ"
From the deverbal form of *ðelle- "rise, erect; get up, awaken," essentially a compound word meaning "at the rising"

I really like the look and sound of this word.

Pabappa:

Spoiler:

Play

pūmna, a twin; one of a set of twins. Its etymology in MRCA (the parent language of Play and all its known relatives) was pum ŋana, to share a crib.

The dual form of this word is pūmnabup, which is regular, and refers to a set of two twins born together. This is separate from saying pūmna nūs, which means two people who both are twins, regardless of whether they were born together.

Very interesting! Does nūs mean "two"?

Also, if I might ask, is the name that you use for this language actually the English word "play", or does it just happen to be spelled the same?

nušam "second (place); half". The syncresis of ordinal numbers and fractional numbers, just like English has from third place on, is intentional, though I don't remember right now whether I came to it on my own or if I decided that the English system made enough logical sense that I didn't need an internal explanation for it. The final -m is the locative morpheme, which causes stem changes like most other Play suffixes.

I was going to ask what the stem of this word without the locative suffix would look like, but I realized that it might be nūs, if that is indeed the word for "two".

the dual morpheme (pup ~ bu ~ bup, as shown above), which also means "couple" when used as a standalone noun.

When are the different forms of this morpheme used?

Iyionaku:

Spoiler:

Lexember 1 - Yélian

prenigiys [pɾəˈniːga̯iːs] - binoculars
Etymology: from prena "two" + prigiys "lens; magnifying glass"

Vat cityaletarai! Siy parcas yivalai pi blido reo acusorcund fecun prenigiys!
[vɐt‿ɨt͡ʃɐləˈtaːɾaɪ̯ | sa̯iː ˈpaɾkɐʃ ɕɨˈvaːlaɪ̯ pi ˈbliːdɔ̈ ˈɾeː.ɔ̈ ɐˈkuːsɔ̈ɾkʉnd ˈɸeːkʉn pɾəˈniːga̯iːs]
DEM NEG-believe-1SG | before moon PST-see-1SG that watch-INV.1SG 1SG.POSS neighbor-pervert with binocular-
I cannot believe it! Yesterday I saw that my pervert neighbor is watching me with binoculars!

Hopefully this example sentence isn't based on a true story! If I might ask, what are the individual words for "neighbor" and "pervert" that together make acusorcund?

Etymology I: from Licene, the divine aspect of duality, and garos "shadow"
Etymology II: a loan.

USAGE NOTES: licengaros has fallen out of use in medical contexts due to its pejorative sound ("A shadow of god", essentially), but is still used in everyday conversations.
Both words are usually encountered in dual forms.

Interesting!

Arayaz:

Spoiler:

Ruykkarraber deseguyna "couple"
< dese "girl" + guyna "boy"

[…]

• guynakubra "boy" + "pal" and desdese "girl" + "girl."

Is there any particular reason why the one for two men isn't guynaguyna?

_Just_A_Sketch:

Spoiler:

Lexember 1

Hɛlcɛso
Alkwam /'alkʷam/
Noun (non-human) - a pair of eyes
Verb - to see

Derived terms:
Alkwamam /'alkʷamam/ - adj - visible
Alakwam /'alakʷam/ - verb - to show

'ai'u
Walhe /ʋaɬə/
Noun (class XVIII) - eyes

Tsjàta
Ätén /æ'te˩˥n/
Noun (neuter) - an eye

Awesome! I hope to see more of these languages in the future.

lurker:

Spoiler:

rDFrlmqrLPq

/chuff, long high strengthening whine, chuff, short low strengthening grunt, huff, chuff, long rising strengthining grunt, huff/

If I might ask, what is the relationship between rDFrlmqrLPq and the sounds you've listed? My initial thought was that one letter might correspond to one sound, but there appear to be more letters than sounds. Actually, it looks like <r> is "chuff", <DF> is "long high strengthening whine", <lm> is "short low strengthening grunt", <q> is "huff", and <LP> is "long rising strengthening grunt". If that's correct, I'm curious as to how you decided which letter(s) would represent which sound.

spanick:

Spoiler:

Lexember 1

Yemya
1. taina /tainɑ/ n. ‘day, daytime’ from PIE *deynos.
2. nośth /noɕtʰ/ ‘night, nighttime’ from PIE *nókʷts.

Yinše
1. yæčeksǽæpeš /jæt͡ʃeksǽæpeʃ/ ‘twin’ literally “two were born’ from yæ ‘two’, čeksǽæpe ‘was born’, and -š ‘relativizer/nominalizer’.

Lexember 2

Yemya
binet /binet/ transitive verb ‘to split, to divide, to portion’ from PIE *bʰinédti

Yinše
rik /rik/ stative verb ‘to be short (distance)’

yaana /jaːna/ stative verb ‘to be long (distance)’

It's great to see these languages back again!

Frislander:

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Hi friends, I haven't been around for a while, but just to say I'm gonna try doing Lexember this year on my (new) Tumblr, first post is here. Expect some morphological juiciness now I'm at SMG.

This looks excellent!

VaptuantaDoi:

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1st and 2nd of December:

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This is all outstanding, as usual. I love all of the detail. Seeing your romlangs alway gives me the urge to work on some myself. Actually, that reminds me. I don't think i got a chance to comment on the thread for Fabbule, as much as I enjoyed reading it.

Solarius:

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Lexember 1

Ayarese
<thə> [θə] classifier - used to enumerate pairs

sarəm thə 'eguai
[sa.'rəm θə ʔe.'gʷaj]
DEF-earring pair.CLF hundred
"one hundred pairs of earrings"

Ayarese

yim [ʒim] (vt.) - to divide in two, to separate into two pieces, to shuck

Prayim sohona imais.
[pra.'ʒim so.ho.'na i.'majs]
IND-shuck DEF-woman ACC-corn
"The women were shucking the corn."

Yimis masdulong swəle.
[ʒi.'mis maz.du.'loŋ swə.'le]
divide-PFV ERG-DEF-woodcutter DEF-tree
"The woodcutter cut the tree in two."

I like the look and sound of this language based on your examples!

qwed117:

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Lexember 1

zak4-ang2 [t͡sa˩˥kaŋ˥] - v. 'to split, to separate, to cleave'

Zak4-ma1 për4 ák3-me1
split-PST mother twig
"The mother split the twig"

Zak4-ma1 ic4ke1 ta3nak1-ma1 phrò'1 ük3tá1
split-PST husband wardrobe-PL OBJ clothes
"The husband separated the clothes into the wardrobes"

Zak4-ma1 trèng2 phrò'4 sac4-trèn1 ie3 sèi2
split-PST child OBJ rice from salt
"The child separated the rice from the salt"

Nice! I like the fact that the past tense and plural markers appear to be identical.

Keenir:

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December 1st: ʔanwa [ʔa.nwa] = "Do I...?", "What do I...?"

ʔanwa nee ʔanaps naa = what shall i count?" or "I should count...?" inviting a reply for instruction - ie, "go count sheep".

If I might ask, what would you consider this word in terms of "part of speech"?

Flavia:

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Abaniscen — Lescembel i sile

may [máːj] two

Abaniscen — Lescembel i marey

maynehar [máːjnɛhaɾ] pair; twofold; by extension identical, similar

Lovely!

Knox Adjacent:

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Day 1
wi-wimpil n. portion; fraction; piece; component

Day 2
-mal̪anpaɭu n. dichotomy

-mal̪an meaning two, -paɭu meaning different

I like how these words sound.

Shemtov:

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Would people mind if I would use a conlang that I have not posted anything of the morphosyntax of yet, as that is a WiP?

That's absolutely fine! From the OP:

Finally, there are no objective requirements your conlang must meet in order for you to be able to participate in Lexember. If your conlang is very new and you end up deciding to completely rework parts of it as the month goes on, that is absolutely fine, even if your previous Lexember entries end up becoming "outdated" as a result.

Zeigouŋdeizese:
Day 1:
B'eŋxa
/ɓeŋʐa/
[ɓeŋʐa]
Verb. "To split; To fracture"

Day 2.
Duhaa
/duha:/
[duha:]
Noun
1. Copy
2. Twin
3. Mythical being that appears like the human it wishes to bless or curse

Cool!

Khemehekis:

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lobap: palm (of the hand)

Shayamibewusash bewus Pawolo ba lobap an añaph.
fortune-teller read Pawolo of palm in wrinkle
The fortune-teller read the wrinkles in Pawolo's palm.

Bonus words: bewusash: reader (bewus, to read + -ash, agent noun suffix)
shayamibewusash: fortune-teller (shayam, destiny + bewusash)

Is palm-reading a traditional part of Shaleyan culture?

Yrusia:

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Unnamed Astrocade Lang:
pliang-ðuəhl [pʎaŋðʷəɬ] - the void of space, literally "cold-dark."
- - ->θuəhl [θʷəɬ] 'go off ship,' frequently used in compounds, e.g. θuəl-pθuai 'exo-bots; a repair bot designed to do repairs on the outside of the ship' (with bðuai [bðʷai] 'repair bot')

I like the look and sound of everything you've posted so far, but these words are probably my favorites.

(the Astrocade is a conworld I've been toying with - expect lots of deep sci-fi morphology nonsense, since the speakers have lived on a generation ship since time immemorial)

Oh, awesome!

Takur Family
Ottózh Gicikâi vį̄́jioet [vĩ́ːd͡ʒoꜜet] 'earrings,' from vį̄́ 'ear' (c.f. OT ʔvíŋ and SG ʔowí-) and ąj, jői 'be bright, shine, lighten, burn' (c.f. OT aŋdeo, aŋdeoʔ 'be bright' and SG aydaa 'heat, be hot, ignite')
- - -> OT víźǒit
- - -> (late) SG wííchaat

I appreciate that you're able to list some cognates for comparison.

Unnamed Astrocade Language:
hniau [ɲ̥au] 'team, squad, committee, groupchat, working group, club, email thread'
e.g.:
psalʒa-hniau [psalʒaɲau] "the CBB" (with psalʒa 'to conlang', from hpsapsal 'language' and ʃaʒa 'build, craft, create')
θuəlpθuai-hniau [θuəlpθuaiɲau] "exo-bot committee" - the people in charge of building and using exobots.

[lurker]

If I might ask, what is the relationship between rDFrlmqrLPq and the sounds you've listed? My initial thought was that one letter might correspond to one sound, but there appear to be more letters than sounds. Actually, it looks like <r> is "chuff", <DF> is "long high strengthening whine", <lm> is "short low strengthening grunt", <q> is "huff", and <LP> is "long rising strengthening grunt". If that's correct, I'm curious as to how you decided which letter(s) would represent which sound.

You are correct. The topic for Commonthroat has a breakdown of the "romanization" system, although I need to update it to reflect the changes I've made over the last week. The system in the original thread uses vowel letters, but I've updated the system to remove <A>/<a>, <E>/<e>, <I>/<i> and <o> to both make it clear the language cannot be uttered by humans and to avoid a system that uses uppercase <I> and lowercase <L>.

There are only six true sounds in Commonthroat: Three vowels (whine, growl, and grunt) and three consonants (huff, chuff, and yip). The vowels also distinguish two levels each of length, tone, and volume (or "strength"). Two vowels can form a contour (diphthong) if they have the same phonation type (whine/growl/grunt) and do not differ only in length. <Bb> is not a valid contour, but <Bc> is.

The words for discribing tone and volume contours are straightforward (falling/rising tone and weakening/strengthening volume) but length is a bit unique. If the first vowel in the contour is short and the second is long, the change from the first end of the contour to the second happens earlier in the syllable, so those contours are "early". If the first vowel is long and the second is short, the change happens later in the syllable, so those contours are "late".

I had to really stretch things out to make dreaming dog noises into a viable phonetic space for a conlang.

[Corphishy]

Lexember 2 (I made this but didnt post yesterday due to tired)
*ribizorju /ribi'zorju/ adv "(at) night" ri + bizorı "darkness" + -ju

Lexember 3
*łipjes /ɬi'pjes/ nn "pottery, ceramic; earthenware" from *łipi "clay" and the 'tool suffix' -es

[lurker]

Dawn of the Third Day. 665 Hours Remain

sbsPlHGg

/yip, short low weak whine, yip, late falling weakening grunt, long low weakening growl, short low weak growl/

Etymology
sb- (to cover with) + sPl (condensation, dew) + -HG (suffix on verbs forming nouns denoting an event or occurrence of the verb)

Noun
Dewfall

This is the name of the yinrih womb ship that makes First Contact with humanity. The lemma for nouns is the 3rd person indefinite deictic form which ends in <-g>.

Bonus word!


sCbsGHg

/yip, late low weakening whine, yip, long low strengthening growl, short low weak growl/

Etymology
sCb (ship, craft, vehicle) + sGH (womb-nest)

Noun
Womb ship. A small, single-use interstellar spacecraft used by missionaries of the Bright Way in their search for other rational souls dwelling among the stars.

They're called womb ships because the capsules used to keep the missionaries in metabolic suspension are called "amnions", and the arrangement of amnions inside the ship is likened to the womb-nest that yinrih litters hatch from.

[eldin raigmore]

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Ruykkarraber deseguyna "couple"
< dese "girl" + guyna "boy"

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guynakubra "boy" + "pal" and desdese "girl" + "girl."
Is there any particular reason why the one for two men isn't guynaguyna?
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Or why the one for two women isn’t desekubra ?

[Arayaz]

Arayaz:

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Ruykkarraber deseguyna "couple"
< dese "girl" + guyna "boy"

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• guynakubra "boy" + "pal" and desdese "girl" + "girl."

Is there any particular reason why the one for two men isn't guynaguyna?

….

Ruykkarraber deseguyna "couple"
< dese "girl" + guyna "boy"

[…]
guynakubra "boy" + "pal" and desdese "girl" + "girl."
Is there any particular reason why the one for two men isn't guynaguyna?
….

Or why the one for two women isn’t desekubra ?

Kubra is a slangy term used mostly by men, and deseguyna is an older word from before it was introduced.

[Arayaz]

Saturday, Lexember 2

Theme: Two, Duality, Dichotomy, Pairs

Ruykkarraber gat "two"
< gattan "finger (not the thumb)."

De suyres gat ekkin biskeuir. "One line caught two fish."
one fishline two fish-ACC catch-PST

Janko, I have the numbers 1-3, but not all the way up to ten yet, sorry

Sunday, Lexember 3

Theme: Technology, Techniques, Tools, Invention, Innovation, Advancement

Ruykkarraber agret "drop; cast" and kesdet "raise; reel in"

In suyresen agretir, in suyreseg kesdeten kra. "I cast my line, and I will reel it in."
1sg.I fishline-II cast-PST / 1sg.I fishline-IV reel-II FUT

• They both end with -et; not a coincidence, of course, but I don’t know the specifics of that yet. Pre-Ruykkarraber isn’t gonna be worked out for a while, since Ruykkarraber is a protolang anyway. Agret suggests a connection with agda "to drop, to lose," and kesdet with kestau "to pick up."
• These used to mean simply "set down" and "pick up" or something like that, but with the development of the fishing line, they gained this meaning as well.

Edit: I keep making mistakes in my example sentences

[spanick]

Thanks, as always Shimo! I’m glad to be back after a too long hiatus.

Lexember 3
Yemya
kogla /kogla/ n. ‘wheel’ from PIE *kʷékʷlos

Yinše
caahí‘išapoš /t͡saːhíʔiʃapoʃ/ n. ‘obsidian knife’ also sometimes caahíšapoš ultimately from caahi ‘knife’ and ‘išáp ‘obsidian’ itself a compound of ‘ii’ ‘stone, rock’ and šaap ‘to be black, dark’ plus -š ‘nominalizer’

[Flavia]

Abaniscen — Lescembel i nelen

machina [máːxʲina] machine, vehicle. Borrowed from Latin machina.

niurro [nʲúːrɔ] craft, engineering, technology; to craft, to engineer

[Shemtov]

Day 3:
Zaahtil
/θa:h.til/
[θɑ:h.til]
Noun
1. Area of study
2. Treatise on definition 1; Especially introductory treatises.

[Solarius]

bayareleəng [ba.ja.re.'leəŋ] (n.) - spaceship, space shuttle. Compound of baya "room, location" + deəng "star" (with linking element -re- and the usual allophonic lenition of /d/ to [l].

(baya is a more bookish word, and a loanword from Sewaqli, the liturgical prestige lang; the native equivalent, which would never be used here, is nguim)

Pracis thonos masbayareleəng, igo praci haisəs "Apollo 11", nəbyun.
[pra.'t͡ɕis θo.'nos maz.ba.ja.re.'leəŋ i.'go pra.'t͡ɕi haj.'səs a.po.'lo 'jaŋ.kʷa nə.'byun]
IND-hear-PFV come.down-PTCP ERG-DEF-spaceship REL IND-hear be.named-PTCP Apollo 11 LOC-moon
"The spaceship, which was called Apollo 11, landed on the moon."

[Shemtov]

Actually let me get the next three days out of the way first:

Day 4
Baŋcak
/baŋt͡ʃak/
[baŋt͡ʃɐk]
Noun: Fishing boat

Day 5:
Paařok
/pa:rok/
[pɑ:rɔk]
"Trading ship"

Day 6:
Peil
/pe:l/
[pe:l]
Verb: "To sail; to navigate"

These last two are related; -ok being from *auq, a variation in the protolang for *aaq <-aak>, a nominalizing suffix, and the vowel change is due to a now lost vowel alternation in the last syllable of a word when *auq/aaq was attached, the lateral vs trill is due to the verb being *paiʀɨ in PWaanic, the *ɨ vowel being deleted word-finally, and since /r/ <ř>, being from PWaanic *ʀ cannot occur syllable-finally, it shifted to /ɾ/ <(PWaanic *r), and a later fusion caused /ɾ/>/l/in coda position.

[Shemtov]

Finishing the week, because why not?

Day 7
Łayal
/ɬajal/
[ɬajal]
Noun: "Sail"

Day 8
Hono
/hono/
[ho:no:]
Noun: "Harbor"

Note that this is the native term; There is a loanword from Classical Hanese <Koŋ> /Koŋ/ that is used in poetry, religious terminology, and to denote a Major Port City; it is contained in the name of the language, Zeikoŋdeizese

Day 9
C'ayaam
/t͡ʃ'aja:m/
[t͡ʃ'ajɑ:m]
"Rope"

Note that I have changed the name of the language to Zeikoŋdeizese. The name is due to the fact it is the prestige dialect of the area surrounding the Port City of Zeikoŋdeiza /θe:koŋde:θa/, and the lingua franca of some of its nearby trading routes. The name of Zeikoŋdeiza comes from the time when it was the Hanese colony of Seigong "Westport", plus the native element "Deiza" /de:θa/"City"