I spent about an hour and a half working on my Tveshi dictionary and wrote up about 10-15 entries, which included derivative words based on prefixes, suffixes, and compounds. I have a group of “unclaimed” words that I am using to fill out roots that I don’t have yet and that don’t make sense as compounds. Here are a few words!<\/p>\n
Hakha<\/strong>\u00a0\/\u02c8h\u0251.\u0280\u028c\/ (NN). Fortune<\/em>. Adjectives hakhi<\/strong>\u00a0or hohi<\/strong>, fortuitous<\/em>. Verb ahakhit<\/strong>, to twist, to turn, to spin<\/em>. Common derivative terms include nuahakha<\/strong>, ill fortune<\/em>; peaira hohi<\/strong>, habitable planet<\/em>; n\u00e5hakha<\/strong>\u00a0or n\u00e5kha<\/strong>, a slang pejorative used to indicate the situation of an inexperienced person being placed in a position that le is not excelling at; Iahakha<\/strong>, the name of the Goddess of Fortune; aihakha<\/strong>, computer program<\/em>; aum\u1ecbhohi<\/strong>, dead<\/em>, an alternative term; ohakhakouri<\/strong>, fortune-teller<\/em>\u00a0who tells lots and auguries, not a direct oracular conduit to the gods.<\/p>\n One realization: I’ve never actually written down the compound word rules for Tveshi, so I certainly hope that I have applied consistent rules over the long count. So \u2014 I detoured a bit to write them up.<\/p>\n For most compound words, the Tveshi add the words straightforwardly. The lower-register word for god<\/em>, y\u00e5ss\u1ecb<\/strong>\u00a0\/\u02c8j\u0252.\u0282\u026a\/, is combined directly with the word nara<\/strong>,\u00a0jar<\/em>, to make the term naray\u00e5ss\u1ecb\u00a0<\/strong>\/n\u028c.\u027e\u028c.\u02c8j\u0252.\u0282\u026a\/, god-jar<\/em>. This is a slang term for a professional oracle. This new noun can easily be transformed into an adjective or a verb.\u00a0The word \u0107eno<\/strong>\u00a0\/\u02c8t\u0361\u0283\u025b.no\u028a\/, replacement<\/em>, comes from \u0107\u0117 no<\/strong>, wind-echo<\/em>.<\/p>\n Some compound words arise from noun phrases. The word unnadaso<\/strong>, lexicon<\/em>, comes from unnan modasio\u0107<\/strong>, and the noun phrase was once very common. Typically, as slang replaces esteemed usage, the final two syllables of the first root are retained, and any final consonants are lost from them \u2014 especially nasals.<\/p>\n The modifier word retains one to two syllables, and its terminate vowel is almost always -o<\/strong> or a strong -a<\/strong>, the only sign that a word is a holdover from a noun that had a case modifier (i.e.,\u00a0modasio\u0107<\/strong> means caused by words<\/em>). The word nokho<\/strong>\u00a0\/\u02c8no\u028a.\u0280o\u028a\/,\u00a0well<\/em>, comes from the words no khianua<\/strong>, echo avoiding light<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I spent about an hour and a half working on my Tveshi dictionary and wrote up about 10-15 entries, which included derivative words based on prefixes, suffixes, and compounds. I have a group of “unclaimed” words that I am using to fill out roots that I don’t have yet and that don’t make sense as…<\/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":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[5,8,7],"class_list":["post-72","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-conlangs","tag-lexember","tag-tveshi"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9qEhO-1a","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":80,"url":"https:\/\/www.kayeboesme.com\/pangrammatike\/2017\/12\/07\/lexember-day-4-7-yes-tveshi-was-my-first-conlang\/","url_meta":{"origin":72,"position":0},"title":"Lexember Days #4-7: Yes, Tveshi was my first conlang.","author":"kaye","date":"7 December 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"I only have one LaTeX page of my incredibly poor late-teens-early-twenties dictionary decision to go in the A section. 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