Lexember 2023

[Solarius]

prastiki [pras.ti.'ki] n. - plastic

[Iyionaku]

Lexember 6 - Yélian

vætifu [vəˈtiːɸʉ] - sewers, sewerage
Etymology: from væt "out" + sifu "river", from a river that flows out of a city

Lexember 7 - Yélian

prèt [pɾɛt] - bomb
Etymology: new root

Ӕ'vætsoyelicon o'prèt pouperfagiet renim casgar o'vætifu.
[əvətsɔ̈ʃəˈliːkɔ̈n ɔ̈ˈpɾɛt pɔʊ̯pəˈɾaːxɪ̯ət ˈɾeːnɨm ˈkasgɐd̟ ɔʋəˈtiːɸʉ]
DEF.CONC=explosion DEF.GEN=bomb too-INGR-damage 1PLEX.POSS system DEF.GEN=sewers
The bomb's explosion has damaged our sewerage system too.

[Pabappa]

Play (days 5 and 6)

tūiba and kataba, both words for objects that can be repurposed as weapons.

A tūiba denotes any ordinary handheld object whose primary use is not dangerous, .... something that would be unreasonable to prohibit access to outside a preschool or a prison.

A kataba is an object recognized as dangerous by design, such as a knife, but which still has a non-weaponous purpose and therefore can often be found in households, though they may be limited in strength, and stricter governments may limit access by certain groups. It is often considered better to have someone injure themselves cutting a vegetable because their knife was too weak than to have innocent people stabbed with these same knives because they were so sharp.

Play has a word, buniba, denoting any handheld object whose primary purpose is a weapon, which I therefore translate simply as "weapon". It comes from a word that originally meant "to hate", because a weapon is that which hates people and only inflicts harm. (This is not a newly added word, however.) Play no longer has a standalone verb that translates simply as "hate" ... one can only speak of doing things in anger.

Lastly, there is a verb ŋuapi meaning to make a weapon of something, be it a tūiba, a kataba, or something else. (This is not a new word either; perhaps I'll just use the green highlighting for the target words and leave the rest black.)

None of these words are cognate to each other. Although I do have MRCA etymologies for all of them, except for hate--->weapon there are no interesting semantic shifts, and though it's likely I'll connect tūiba to MRCA tu "sharp object", I'm not committed yet even to that. Sometimes Play words come from atomic MRCA roots that happened to remain little changed throughout the 4,800 years of inheritance ... Play tūi is in fact currently listed as deriving from MRCA ndulik, in fact, ... but as I said above, that MRCA word currently has no meaning, so I may change it.

[Knox Adjacent]

Day 6
yu-kul̪um n. way (method; manner)
yu-ɻaŋ n. tool; instrument; implement

[zyma]

Day 7

---

Hannaito (Entry 7):

ënnatsüq /ɪnnatɯᵝʔ/ [ˈə̃n.naˌt͡sɨᵝʔ], [ˈʔə̃n.naˌt͡sɨᵝʔ]
Noun:
1. sewing needle
2. knitting needle
3. embroidery needle
4. surgical needle
5. the kind of needle-like leaf characteristic of many conifer species
6. sliver, splinter, burr
7. pin, nail
8. barb, bur
9. spike, spine, stinger, quill
10. (throwing) dart
11. lancet

Etymology
From ënna "to sew, to stitch; to fix, to mend" (< Proto-Hannaitoan *linnaw "to sew, to pull, to fix, to knit") + the nominalizing suffix -tsüq (< PH *tuwka "rock, stone").

[lurker]

Dawn of the Seventh Day. 570 Hours Remain

Print


Braille
⠏⠟

Romanization
GJ

Pronunciation
[long rising weak growl]

Verb
1. (intransitive) To work
2. (transitive) To make something, to create something

Derivatives
GJmg
A creator, a worker, The Creator

GJGJg
A creature (literally "that which is created")

I always thought it would be interesting to use the same word for "to work" and "to make", like how the English "wrought" is a fossilized past participle of "work".

[_Just_A_Sketch]

Lexember Day 7

Hɛlcɛso
Hɪwtoxol - /xɪwtɔʃɔl/
Noun - obsidian, crystals in general

Etymology - from Hɪw "rock" and taxal "sharp"

'ai'u
ikuta'a - /ikutaʔa/
Noun - glass
Adjective - invisible, inconspicuous

Etymology - from iku "rock" and ta'a "light"

Tsjàta
khotsá /xot͡sɒ˩˥/
Verb - to see

[spanick]

Lexember 7

Yemya
phalaśu /pʰɑlɑɕu/ n. “axe” from PIE *peleḱús

Yinše
‘išp’e /ʔiʃpʼe/ n. “hide scraper”

[Solarius]

serku ['ser.ku] (n.) - letters, writing

Serku Datin nethe ʔə.
writing Latin difficult very
"Writing in Latin script is very hard."

[Iyionaku]

Lexember 8 - Yélian

iyva [ˈa̯iːʋɐ] - to stick, to tuck, to plug, to insert; to treat, to doctor, to put in splints
Etymology: semantic extension: iyva already meant "to treat, to doctor" for a long time. It received a semantic extension because some treatments that had been known since ancient times involved tucking broken tissue (such as bones or skin) together.

iyvek [ˈa̯iːʋək] - plug (electronics)
Etymology: trademarked name of a Yélian plug brand; derived from iyva.

periýveka [pəˈɾa̯iːʋəkɐ] - to plug in
Etymology: from the ingressive prefix per- + iyvek + verbalizer -a

fadiýveka [ɸɐˈda̯iːʋəkɐ] - to plug out
Etymology: from the terminative prefix fad- + iyvek + verbalizer -a

Can oyaukó reo veperyor civaredut. Un'iyvek ciperiývekatsbut.
[kɐn ɔʃaʊ̯ˈkoː ˈɾeːɔ̈ vəˈpeɾʃɔ̈d̟ kɨʋɐˈɾeːdʉt | ʉˈna̯iːʋək kɨpəˈɾa̯iːʋəkɐt͡sbʉt]
for knowledge-COL 1SG.POSS laptop NEG-charge-INV.3SG.INAN | DEF.INAN=plug NEG-plug_in-ADZ-COP.3SG.INAN
Of course my laptop isn't charging. The cable isn't plugged in.

[Knox Adjacent]

Day 7
yu-yat̪ik n. blanket

[zyma]

Day 8

---

Hannaito (Entry 8):

wauze /wauze/ [ˈwɑu̯.ze]
Noun:
1. sharpness, pointedness
2. threat, danger, risk
3. blade, edge
4. razor, knife
5. hand axe
6. wit, humor, cleverness, creativity, the ability to improvise (especially with regard to insults)

Etymology
From wau "sharp, pointy" (< Proto-Hannaitoan *lawwu "sharp, rough, sour") + the nominalizing suffix -ze (< PH *zoye "shape, form"). Cognates include Gampyo lafuzwē "acridity, acerbity, bitterness".

[lurker]

Dawn of the Eighth Day. 545 Hours Remain

rLrg

[chuff, long low quiet grunt, chuff, short low weak growl]

Noun
space
vicinity
area around something
neighborhood

Phoning it in this time, since I'm in a hurry to get to work. This word is used in as-yet-unrealized compounds for things like "personal space". Yinrih are very particular about their personal space. Do not confuse with the word above which specifically refers to the space between planets and stars.

[Arayaz]

Thursday, Lexember 7

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

Ruykkarraber dabitsuy "bowstring"

In resideg-uynasak dabitsuyn ayrgir. "I held my bowstring tight, aimed upwards."
1sg.1 area.above-4-aim.at-PART taut-string-2 hold.tight-PST

• Almost every single word in that translation is new: ayrgi "to hold tight," -uynasak "aimed at," and of course dabitsuy, which looks Russian now that I think about it.
• From a compound of dabit "unbending, stubborn, taut" and suy "string, rope, cord, line."
• One of these words is an Easter egg.

[Arayaz]

Friday, Lexember 8

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

Ruykkarraber gaseksku "bow"

Gasekskug issa rekatin ruys. "Assembling a bow is difficult for children."
bow-4 assemble child-PL-2 trouble

• Etymologically "one that bends."
• I like that there's no connection between the word for "bow" and the word for "bowstring."

[spanick]

Lexember 8

Yemya
phaiśa /pʰaiɕɑ/ n. “letter (symbol)” from PIE *peyḱ

phinś /pʰinɕ/ v. “to write” from the same root

Yinše
šuuraš /ʃuːraʃ/ n. “wine, alcoholic beverage” from šuura “to ferment, to rot”. The speakers of Yinše have access to several varieties of berries as well as grapes which they ferment into wine

[rospyiya]

How to put the picture here?

[_Just_A_Sketch]

Lexember Day 8

Hεlcεso
Lεxkokoc /lεʃkɔkɔt͡ʃ/
Noun 2 - thought, idea

Etymology - from lεq "thing" and sokoc (genitive of sok "mind"). Literally "thing of mind"

Lεrkεlyoc /lɛʁkɛljɔt͡ʃ/
Noun 2 - belief, feeling

Etymology - from lεq and relyac (genitive of relya "spirit"). Literally "thing of spirit"

'ai'u
lesekutle /ləʂəkut͡ɬə/
Noun - idea, concept

Etymology - loan from Hεlcεso Lεxkokoc

[Solarius]

emaki (n.) - abacus

[zyma]

Day 9

---

Hannaito (Entry 9):

neron /neron/ [ˈnɛ.ɾɔ̃n]
Noun:
1. fire
2. bonfire, campfire, hearth
3. fire pit, fireplace
4. flame, spark
5. light, glow, shine
6. star, starlight
7. deity
8. spirit, vigor, zeal, passion, fervor

Etymology
From Proto-Hannaitoan *ñeron "fire". Cognates include Gampyo ngeron "fire, wildfire, blaze, conflagration, inferno, pyre".