{"id":405,"date":"2019-12-07T08:22:54","date_gmt":"2019-12-07T13:22:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kayeboesme.com\/pangrammatike\/?p=405"},"modified":"2021-04-29T21:07:13","modified_gmt":"2021-04-30T01:07:13","slug":"lexember-2019-december-1-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kayeboesme.com\/pangrammatike\/2019\/12\/07\/lexember-2019-december-1-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Lexember 2019: December 1-7"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It is once again Lexember, the time of year when conlangers work on our lexicons. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Looking Back<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Last year, I wrote a language called Eamaru\/Eamarubhe from scratch to support a creative writing project called Ossia<\/em>, a story about the daughter of Salus Niksubvya who is solving the puzzle of who lived in the ancient ruins she finds in the Canyons while anchoring herself in the present by telling the story of her life \u2014 a mystery which grows into obsession as she entices the God of Time and Eternity, Sa\u00e4matsra, through her repeated time travel. It allowed me to move from this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A few younger adults followed me. They pointed and said something like ut-ta-ka-mia-de-sa<\/em>, which I couldn\u2019t break into words. The syllables ta-kam <\/em>happened more often than others. Ta-ka-mia<\/em> less often.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

To this later on:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These day-sky blossoms are harvested during the night, when the air is cool, at this time of year. They will be crated and sent via air freight to a processing center that will dry and crush them for the pigments they hold.\u00a0<\/p>

Flowers are less brittle when their petals are closed.<\/em><\/p>

It\u2019s a phrase I have heard from A\u00f0okei several times now, that I heard from Ktanja before. In Eamaru, it is, Fhin itn-me ei jabh me\u00f0a \u1e96am rak muto ziur llejabh ba<\/em>. To think that all of that refers to this? Day-sky pigment is expensive \u2014 it is not made artificially, after all \u2014 but this<\/em> is what it meant?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

\u2026 but also the realization (hey, drafts, right?) that the younger adults were probably not speaking Eamaru, but D\u00e1sna, spoken by the \u00c9kkiv\u00e1 (accents are high tones), even though Toma learns and is taught Eamaru instead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ossia<\/em> has a draft that is 198,000 words. The main character, Toma, learns Eamaru during the story. And, of course, you can check out the words and phrases I made in the 2018 Lexember here<\/a> (a link to my tag for Eamaru).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moving Forward<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The year before, though, I was working on my Tveshi dictionary. Tveshi was my first conlang, and it is old, cumbersome, and beloved. Basically, I was the lexicon and expanding it from brief notes that looked like this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

tha<\/strong>, mark
th\u00e5totei<\/strong> (AN), loneliness
th\u00e5toy\u0117<\/strong> (AN), Criminal
thau<\/strong> (NN), earth
thaufoi<\/strong> (DN), cavern
thaukin\u1ecb<\/strong> (NN), Earthquake
thena<\/strong> (DN), Practice
thie<\/strong>, smear
thau<\/strong> (NN), earth
thaufoi<\/strong> (DN), cavern
thaukin\u1ecb<\/strong> (NN), Earthquake
thena<\/strong> (DN), Practice
thie<\/strong>, smear <\/p>\n\n\n\n

to robust entries that incorporate polysemy, derived words via prefixes\/suffixes\/compounds, verbs, and more (basically, what you’ll see farther down here). Sometimes, I have to fix and clean things a lot, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year, I’m continuing that work \u2014 starting in the Ns and going down as far as I can. Apart from Lexember, I’m finishing up a poetry project right now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

December 1<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Nau<\/strong>, \/na\u028a\u032f\/ n.<\/em> Class N. Deep<\/em>, a term for valley, ravine,<\/em> or low place<\/em>. When followed by an article, this indicates the Canyon region of Narahja: nau sof<\/strong> <\/em>\/na\u028a\u032f so\u028a\u032ff\/, sometimes nau aif<\/strong> \/na\u028a\u032f a\u026a\u032ff\/ because the Canyons are seen as divine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I also made a phrase, reyanakouri\u0107 efa m\u0117i<\/strong>. It uses the word reyana<\/b>, strength<\/em>, with the suffix -kouri<\/strong> to denote that someone does something (often professional, but colloquially, it often just accentuates that someone is performing a role), and -\u0107<\/strong> for plural. Efa<\/em> is the plural emphatic article, and m\u0117i<\/strong> is a first person possessive pronoun. Roughly, it means those who bring me strength<\/em>, but it has the connotation of my peeps, my comrades,<\/em> et cetera, in a colloquial, endearing way. It can be shortened to reiekoufam<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

December 2<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Nea<\/strong>\u00a0\/n\u025b\u0251\u032f\/,\u00a0n.\u00a0<\/em>Class N.\u00a0Hand.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aianea<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>\/a\u026a\u0361an\u025b\u0251\u032f\/, cross purpose.<\/em>
Uneayi<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>\/\u028a.\u02c8n\u025b\u0251\u032f.ji\/, wealthy\/well-resourced.<\/em>
Enanea<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>\/\u0259.\u02c8n\u0251.n\u025b\u0251\u032f\/, Providence.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

N\u00e5neayi<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>\/n\u0254.\u02c8n\u025b\u0251\u032f.ji\/, fresh, inexperienced, novice.<\/em>
An\u00e5neait<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>\/\u028c.n\u0254.\u02c8n\u025b.a\u0361\u026at\u032a\/, to try out.<\/em>

\u0106\u0117 n\u00e5neat m\u00e5tua.\u00a0<\/strong>
\/t\u0361\u0283\u025b n\u0254.\u02c8n\u025b.\u028ct\u032a \u02c8m\u0254t\u032a.u\u0251\u032f\/
You.informal had tried out teachings\/ways.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

December 3<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Ninna<\/strong>,\/\u02c8n\u0129.\u00f0\u028c\/, n.<\/em> Class A. Trace, track<\/em>. Aninnait<\/strong>, to trace, to track.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ver ninnam\u1ecb thunoy\u0117a naui vo athovam\u1ecb v\u0117. <\/strong>
They (formal) tracked the young woman through the gorge and killed lim.<\/em> [no gender in #Tveshi 3PS]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ninnash\u00e5sso<\/strong>, storm-trace<\/em>, a fulgurite (fused trace left by lightning).
Sininna<\/strong>, argument following from a prior<\/em>.
Uninna<\/strong>, talent, aptitude<\/em>.
Uininna<\/strong>, an act of kindness done for someone whom one will never meet in a place before ler arrival to make things better for lim.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

December 4<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Nitha<\/strong>\u00a0\/\u02c8ni.\u03b8\u028c\/,\u00a0n.<\/em>\u00a0Class D.\u00a0Ditch<\/em>.\u00a0
Anithit\u00a0<\/strong>\/\u028c.\u02c8ni.\u03b8it\u032a\/, to drag down into the mud, to slander, to diminish, to defame<\/em>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sher nithoiyi heneh\u00e5gep f\u00e5goim m\u0117i.<\/strong>
You-informal-pl most likely defamed\/slandered my teacher without remorse.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

But I did more on December 4 than just that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nuita<\/strong>\u00a0\/\u02c8nui\u032f.t\u032a\u028c\/, n. Class N.\u00a0Temporal flux, temporal jumble, time travel<\/em>. A neologism created by the writer of a book called\u00a0Ko Foali M\u00e5nauptu<\/strong>,\u00a0Time’s Beginning\/Momenting\/Succession of Instants Is Endless<\/em>, a horror novel about a woman who gets lost in the woods and must solve a time travel puzzle to avoid being devoured by forest spirits. The term has passed into pop usage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026 I would actually read something like that. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The forest spirits, incidentally, are called klamodya<\/strong> (sing. klamoda<\/strong>) in Narahji, and the reason a Tveshi woman would be harassed by them is that the Tveshi neglected the klamodya shrines when they conquered Shija. The Tveshi word for nature or tree spirits is atuat<\/strong> or enayoi<\/strong>; the term for a klamoda<\/strong> is enayoi thuani<\/strong>, or evil tree spirit<\/em>. (They’re not actually evil.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

December 5<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Rah\u1ecb<\/strong>\u00a0\/\u02c8\u027e\u0251.h\u026a\/,\u00a0n.<\/em>\u00a0Class D.\u00a0Mote, speck.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rahi<\/strong>, invisible, dustlike, insignificant<\/em>.
Oirah\u1ecb<\/strong>, bacterium<\/em>.
N\u00e5rahi<\/strong>, no longer relevant<\/em>.
\u00c5rahi<\/strong>, irrelevant<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sirah\u1ecb<\/strong>, prioritization<\/em>. This actually means something like, the art of identifying insignificant things. <\/em>Setting priorities by eliminating what is actually unimportant, right? \ud83d\ude02<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thuyirah\u1ecb<\/strong>, bribe<\/em>. I was asked to explain this. Thuyi-<\/strong> is a prefix that indicates badness or wrongness, much like nua-<\/strong> (the two can be used interchangeably, but the latter prefix is increasingly used less for some social reasons in the culture). It’s an allusion to how difficult it can be to know that someone has been bribed \u2014 a mote or speck that can do so much damage, but that is invisible until close inspection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

December 6<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Rout<\/strong>\u00a0\/\u027eo\u0361\u028a\u02d0t\u032a\/,\u00a0n.<\/em>\u00a0Class N.\u00a0Crevice, opening<\/em>.\u00a0Routi<\/strong>\u00a0\/\u02c8\u027eo\u0361\u028a\u02d0.t\u032ai\/,\u00a0open<\/em>.\u00a0Aroutait\u00a0<\/strong>\/\u028c.\u02c8\u027eo\u0361\u028a\u02d0.t\u032aa\u0361\u026at\u032a\/,\u00a0to make space<\/em>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

M\u1ecbrout<\/strong>,\u00a0orifice<\/em>.
Oirout<\/strong>,\u00a0lung<\/em>\u00a0or other respiratory mechanism, in the case of blood-vining plants.\u00a0
Thuyirout<\/strong>, a bad situation that has a narrow chance of escape.\u00a0
Kaiarout<\/strong>,\u00a0a softening of the heart<\/em>, often seen as a reflexive verb,\u00a0akaiaroutait<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

M\u0117 m\u0117is kaiaroutaia helai sha amatara laihua tusa m\u0117i.<\/strong>
My heart will soften if le takes care of my nine bowls.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After doing this, I did a few other words and learned I had a double entry for this word and that there were already some other things in the other entry. I then merged them together. From that previous work, I have:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rout<\/strong> is also used colloquially to mean opportunity<\/em> or possibility<\/em>. Da routi<\/strong> is an achieved opportunity<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

December 7<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Sass\u0117<\/strong>\u00a0\/\u02c8s\u0251.\u0282\u0259\/,\u00a0n.<\/em>\u00a0Class N.\u00a0Air<\/em>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aisass\u0117\u00a0<\/strong>\/a\u0361\u026a.\u02c8s\u0251.\u0282\u0259\/, air filtration system on a space ship or submarine.\u00a0
Hosass\u0117<\/strong>\u00a0\/ho.\u02c8s\u0251.\u0282\u0259\/, atmosphere.\u00a0
Oisass\u0117\u00a0<\/strong>\/o\u0361i.\u02c8s\u0251.\u0282\u0259\/, exhalation.\u00a0
N\u00e5sass\u0117\u00a0<\/strong>\/n\u0254.\u02c8s\u0251.\u0282\u0259\/, inhalation.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

M\u0117 v\u00e5sam saishehio aisass\u0117.\u00a0<\/strong>
I fixed the air filtration system for a cousin.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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