I only have one LaTeX page of my incredibly poor late-teens-early-twenties dictionary decision to go in the A section. Then, I can move on to the remainder of the alphabet.<\/p>\n
Lexember has been nice because I’ve spent a lot of time building up derivative words and ensuring that semantic drift is elegant and culturally useful to the people who speak this language. This will be a very long dictionary \u2014 with many words related to sacred texts. While in my early 20s, I started by rendering short passages of sacred texts in Tveshi itself.<\/p>\n
There’s a folder on my computer called\u00a0Old Files for Reference \u2014 Not Sorted<\/em>. In it, I have things like this:<\/p>\n While weeding the fields, Kakinne looked across the row at Sehet A\u00f1i. “Why do you help,” le said, “when you have all the comforts of your station?” An earlier version of Tveshi looked like [1] below. The \u00ec has since changed to an \u1ecb because I have reserved acute and grave accents for tonal sounds in A\u00f2\u1e25\u00e1m and other languages. I’ve switched from \u00eb to \u0117 for noting final schwas because \u00eb now indicates rough-breathed vowels. \u00c0 is now \u00e5.<\/p>\n Ukh\u00ecnni nif\u00ecpis inokhia\u0107 Kakinn\u00eb dish\u00e0m \u00c0\u00f1is: Ku\u00e0\u0107itait \u0107\u00e0 likha? \u0106\u00e0 hao\u00e0 h\u00e0gi \u0107\u00e0lim\u00eb f\u00e0dyinep.<\/em> Note: This is not an edited translation, but a rough one. You can see that the places I’ve done literal translations are in sloppy, pseudo-linguistic notation.<\/p>\n Anif\u1ecbptis inokhia\u0107, Kakinne disham hueilum\u0117a anni A\u00f1is. “Kua\u0107a likhasio \u0107\u00e5,” los v\u0117 modaha. “\u0106\u00e5 hat mefamosio \u0107athu \u0107alimi.”<\/em> [Lit. You.FORM have law.CAUS a comfortable foundation.] The phrase seno m\u0117isa<\/strong> literally means together-echo ourselves<\/em>. It means me too<\/em>.<\/p>\n The differences between these are (a) that I developed a better understanding of linguistics and (b) that I abandoned some grammatical elements that I was trying out in favor of developing Tveshi consistently. [2] is so much better from a linguistic standpoint.<\/p>\n Raika<\/strong> \/\u02c8\u027ea\u026a.k\u02bc\u028c\/ n.\u00a0Printing press.<\/em> From rai sikahi<\/strong> \/\u027ea\u026a si.\u02c8k\u02bc\u0251.\u00e7i\/, essence-adj ink<\/em>. Adjective raikahi<\/strong> \/\u027ea\u026a.\u02c8k\u02bc\u0251.\u00e7i\/, printed<\/em>. Verb araikait<\/strong> \/\u028c.\u02c8\u027ea\u026a.k\u02bca\u026at\u032a\/, to print<\/em>. Modaraika<\/strong> \/mo\u028a.d\u028c.\u02c8\u027ea\u026a.k\u02bc\u028c\/, a character in its print, not handwritten, form<\/em>.<\/p>\n The verb ahairaikait<\/strong>\u00a0means to press, to pressure, to persuade<\/em>\u00a0and derives from hai raikahi<\/strong>, consciousness being pressured<\/em>. It’s used to describe persuasiveness, too, as hairaikahi<\/strong>, persuasive<\/em>.<\/p>\n Kher<\/strong> \/\u0280\u025b\u027e\/ n. Keepsake box.<\/em> Colloq., something of little interest to others<\/em>. The adjective kheri<\/strong> \/\u02c8\u0280\u025b.\u027ei\/ means hidden<\/em> or out of sight<\/em>. The verb akherit<\/strong> \/\u028c.\u02c8\u0280\u025b.\u027eit\u032a\/means to hide, to conceal<\/em>.<\/p>\n Upa<\/strong> \/\u02c8u.p\u028c\/ n. Desire<\/em>, nonsexual. Adj upahi<\/strong> \/u.\u02c8p\u0251.\u00e7i\/ \u2014 desirous, compelling<\/em>. The verb aupit<\/strong> \/\u02c8\u0251u.pit\u032a\/ is to desire nonsexually; be compelled by; be obsessed with<\/em>. Kin upa<\/strong> \/k\u02bcin \u02c8u.p\u028c\/ (\u201cthe upa\u201d) means platonic crush (person) or deep hobby (activity)<\/em>.<\/p>\n An enormous part of the Tveshi, Iturji, and \u1ecagzarhjenya social systems incorporates the idea of sacred friendships. Thus, their languages all have specific words for terms that are difficult to find in English outside of either philosophical posts about the various types of love in Ancient Greece and Rome or the contemporary asexual community. These sacred friendships usually exist alongside marriages; marriages are often neither for love nor for sex.<\/p>\n Anna<\/strong> \/\u02c8\u0251\u0303.\u00f0\u028c\/ n. Ideal<\/em>. As an adj, anni<\/strong> \/\u02c8\u0251\u0303.\u00f0i\/ means best-case scenario, best of our world<\/em>. 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\nThe esteemed one said, “Why do you help when you have a family to nurture?”
\n“I cannot provide for them if they have nothing to eat.”
\nSehet A\u00f1i smiled at lim and threw the weeds le had gathered over ler shoulder. “And that is why I, too, must toil.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n[1]<\/h3>\n
\nKua\u0107itait \u0107\u00e0 likha \u00ecf\u00e0 lis \u0107\u00e0 hao\u00e0 sej\u00e0tho af\u00e0goinit?<\/em>
\nM\u00eb ni f\u00e0goinaut goi\u00f1\u00eb \u00ecfeti sher ni haoa nijal ah\u00e0goilit.<\/em>
\n\u00c0\u00f1i l\u00e0umem veh\u00eb vo ha\u0107adem hoieinoi\u0107 pes gen\u00ebm. H\u00f9f! \u00d1a mekha v\u00e0 mekha kouripis hata-m\u00ebi.<\/em><\/p>\n[2]<\/h3>\n
\nGaih Sehet A\u00f1i modaha, “Kua\u0107a likhasio \u0107\u00e5? \u0106\u00e5 hat sejatho l\u00e5fuapui nia ahinit.”<\/em>
\n“M\u0117 ni \u0107ualera takh\u1ecb \u00e5 sher haoiera nijal\u0117.”<\/em>
\nSehet A\u00f1i laumem vo hau\u0107adem puss\u00e5m\u0117alum\u0117a kourinn\u1ecbsio huei\u0107 nifi. <\/em>[Sehet A\u00f1i smiled and.same-subject threw shoulder.ABL+above work.CAUS toil-plants.]\u00a0“Helai atai m\u0117 mathemauptu, seno m\u0117isa.”<\/em><\/p>\nEmbers from My #Lexember Twitter Posts<\/h2>\n
Day 4<\/h3>\n
Day 5<\/h3>\n
Day 6<\/h3>\n
Day 7<\/h3>\n