This Lexember, I decided to work on Narahji because I felt like it was neglected. Here’s what I’ve been adding to my lexicon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tson<\/strong> \/t\u0361so\u035c\u028an\/, artwork<\/em>. Hjutson<\/strong> \/\u029du.\u02c8t\u0361so\u035c\u028an\/, the study of art, art theory, art critique<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tsodzo<\/strong> \/t\u0361so.\u02c8d\u0361zo\u035c\u028a\/, mass entertainment, art for pleasure, often derogatory. <\/p>\n\n\n\n O\u00ebmatsa<\/strong> \/o.e\u0324.m\u0251.\u02c8ts\u0251\/, a word to describe art that seems like it really gets at something.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I tsodzo ozolzosaneu, lel il tson y\u1ecbsap\u1ecbmu zolzosa. Glabdezyum l\u1ecbxev! Sevsa<\/strong> \/s\u0259v.\u02c8s\u0251\/, Digital image, photo, video presence<\/em>, esp. moving (video) or still (photo). Ves<\/strong> \/v\u025bs\/, video conversation<\/em>; vesxus<\/strong> \/\u02c8v\u025bs.xus\/, lit. through vid<\/em> (perlative case marker -xus<\/strong>), idiomatically translated on vid<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Vesxus fyandanmos.<\/strong> Kul sevsa kul k\u00e6k\u00e5m\u00e4 \u00e5tsu dz\u00f6sa\u1ecbrru.<\/strong> Yeb<\/strong> \/j\u025bb\/, bed<\/em>. Ku vomnas manats\u00f6sa\u1ecbm nex.<\/strong> Libhog glabdeml nex.<\/strong> I yeb rani\u00e4t momu manats\u00e4i\u1ecbm ten\u00f6sabeli b\u00e6r. Libhog glabdeml i yeb b\u00e6r.<\/strong> Tebh<\/strong> \/t\u025b\u03b2\/, quiet<\/em>. L\u1ecbtebh glabdeml i s\u00e6b nex.<\/strong> B\u00e5tai<\/strong> \/b\u0252.\u02c8ta\u026a\/, to silence, to quiet<\/em>. Reflexively, to fall silent<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Ku ts\u00e6rb\u1ecbhjas manb\u00e5tosa\u1ecbm.<\/strong> Sot<\/strong> \/so\u028at\/, garland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Il sot tobl\u1ecbrru t\u00e6sokri.<\/strong> Tamga<\/strong> \/t\u0251m.\u02c8g\u0251\/, soap<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Il \u1ecbmla i tamganas kovozm\u1ecbrra.<\/strong> Toxklei<\/strong> \/\u02c8toc\u035c\u00e7.le\u026a\/, to watch.<\/em> Irregular root toxa<\/strong>. Kul \u1ecbgzardas Sa\u00e4matsra b\u00e5 osnit ku ktuz\u00ebm\u00e4 S\u00e5b\u00e4kol\u00f6sxus ranl\u00e4ntoxaml ku eiz \u00e6 ku \u1ecbg.<\/strong> I also did some grammatical things because I had to figure out something with osnit ku ktuz\u00ebm\u00e4<\/strong>, a phrase that literally means “to rip apart composed of spirit-being” in this context, and I decided that the partitive -m\u00e4<\/strong> suffix could be used to deflect from the subject to a verb when it is used as a noun in the infinitive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To get another sense of what I mean, try this sentence:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Natsit il \u00f1eif\u00e4m\u00e4 ranmohjuml nex.<\/strong> This Lexember, I decided to work on Narahji because I felt like it was neglected. Here’s what I’ve been adding to my lexicon. Day 1 Tson \/t\u0361so\u035c\u028an\/, artwork. Hjutson \/\u029du.\u02c8t\u0361so\u035c\u028an\/, the study of art, art theory, art critique. Tsodzo \/t\u0361so.\u02c8d\u0361zo\u035c\u028a\/, mass entertainment, art for pleasure, often derogatory. O\u00ebmatsa \/o.e\u0324.m\u0251.\u02c8ts\u0251\/, a word to describe art that…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Narahji was feeling neglected, so I added some things to its lexicon. 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<\/strong>I don’t enjoy crass art, I enjoy temple art. Be serious!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nDay 2<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
We (excl.) have them (sing.) on vid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I hunted for images of your (sing.) children.<\/p>\n\n\n\nDay 3<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Ni\u00e4t<\/strong> \/ni.\u02c8\u0251\u0324t\/, cozy, luxurious, soft.<\/em>
B\u00e6r<\/strong> \/b\u00e6\u027e\/, intensifier.
Nex<\/strong> \/n\u025b\u00e7\/, A particle that appears at the end of the sentence, usually indicating that whatever happened was not positive. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I faceplanted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It’s a horrid green.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>All I want is to be in my cozy bed.<\/em> Lit. I wholeheartedly desire laying myself down in my cozy bed.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
The bed’s legit\/all\/totes green.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nDay 4<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
B\u00e5tebh<\/strong> \/b\u0252.\u02c8t\u025b\u03b2\/, silent<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The lake is eerily quiet.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
I fell silent according to the religious custom<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\nDay 5<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
il so\u028at tob.\u02c8l\u026a.\u0281u t\u00e6.\u02c8so\u028a.k\u027ei
The musicians held garlands.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nDay 6<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
il \u026am.\u02c8l\u0251 i t\u0251m.\u02c8g\u0251.n\u0251s \u02c8ko\u028av.oz.m\u026a.\u0281\u0251
Wash your (plural) hands with soap.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nDay 7<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Eiz<\/strong> \/e\u026az\/, limited.<\/em>
\u1ecag<\/strong> \/\u026ag\/, unlimited.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sa\u00e4matsra stands upon the steep cliffs and watches limself ripped apart into S\u00e5b\u00e4kol, limit and unlimited.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
n\u0251.\u02c8t\u0361sit. il \u0272\u02b2e\u026a.\u02c8f\u0251\u0324.ma\u0324 \u027e\u0251n.mo.\u02c8\u029du.m\u026b n\u025b\u00e7.
Le understands limself [as] falling ruinously bookish.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"