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Lexember 2020

2021-01-01T04:54:43Z

Lexember 2020

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Lexember 2019

2019-12-20T17:58:07Z

Lexember 2019

(Originally posted at Silver Does Stuff)

I’m doing Lexember again and unlike before I’m actually way ahead! My focus this year was using the various derivation affixes and adding some essential words. This is going to be a long entry, so cut time!

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Lexember 2017 - Nyjichxn #6

2017-12-11T04:05:36Z

New Post has been published on http://www.silversspace.com/2017/12/lexember-2017-nyjichxn-6/

Lexember 2017 - Nyjichxn #6

I don’t get to garden today. The Santa Ana winds damaged the fence so one of my roommates and the neighbor are fixing it. So instead, ya’ll get updates! Yay!

One of the fun but sometimes frustrating things about translating is that you keep finding situations where what you did before doesn’t work. This is one of them. In previous sentences zɯ got the accusative case marker, but it could be replaced by the answer. So, new rule was noted: zɯ can’t be replaced by an object answering the question, it’s unmarked.

Lexeme:	sɯa
Gloss:	world, planet
Combination Form:	sɯ

		Stress:	IPA:	Ŋyjichɯn phonetic:
Singular:	sɯa	–	sɯa	sɯa
Paucal:	soosɯ	soosɯ	ˈsɜːʔ.zɯ	soo’zɯ
Plural:	sɯasɯ	sɯasɯ	sɯɜ.ˈzɯ	sɯozɯ

Example Usage:

	suizɯasɯn sychiyvmowza zɯ
	sɯa<uiz>ɯa-sɯn	symow-za (stem: syza)	zɯ
	planet<PEJ>planet-ACC	origin<1s.SBJ-3s.POBJ>you-origin	what
	What damn planet are you from?
Phonetic:	suisɯazɯŋ	sijiyvmoza	zɯ
IPA:	sʊy.ˈsɯa.zɯŋ	sy.ˈdʒɪiv.ɱɜ.ˌza	zɯ

PEJ = pejorative

Singular, Paucal, and Plural

http://www.silversspace.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/sxa.mp3

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Lexember check-in

2017-12-09T06:38:03Z

I've come up with a bunch of words for Nyjichxn because I was on a roll, but I have to do all the fiddly bits before they're ready to share. It won't be tomorrow, because I'm going to a thing. Probably won't be Sunday because I'm going to prune the heck outta the tomatoes and do other gardening crap. But those eight words are coming soon. See full post at https://wp.me/p2sEtx-zQ

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Lexember 2017 - Ie, Part 1

2017-12-06T03:31:08Z

New Post has been published on http://www.silversspace.com/2017/12/lexember-2017-ie-part-1/

Lexember 2017 - Ie, Part 1

Ie was supposed to just be a naming language for use in my Shard-verse stories, but me being me, it’s grown a bit. I’m trying to restrain myself because I don’t need another big project AND I still can’t actually make names in it.

Since it’s a lot simpler than Ŋyjichɯn, being an isolating language, I’ll be doing a bunch at a time. I’ll give the IPA in parentheses.

zŭ⁴xō⁴b – ornament, decoration (zu˧.χəp˧)

cĭ⁶zu¹ – name, title, to call (tʃy˧˩˥.zʊ̜˥)

tyōu⁵– flower, bloom (t^hjəʊ̜˧˥)

diu¹ – keep, possess, hold (tiŭ˥)

diu¹-wŭĭ⁷j – writing, to write (tiŭ˥.ɰuyj˩). From diu¹ + ŭĭ⁷j (word)

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Lexember 2017 - Nyjichxn #5

2017-12-06T01:10:08Z

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Lexember 2017 - Nyjichxn #5

Lexeme: rozvya

Gloss: anger, angry

Irregularity: Noun – Type 1 (no plural or paucal)

Stress: rozvya

Phonetic (IPA / Ŋyjichɯn transliteration): ⱱɜ.ˈzia / βozya

Combination Form: βozy

And with that I’m caught up, at least for Ŋyjichɯn

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Lexember 2017 – Nyjichxn #4

2017-12-06T01:02:10Z

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Lexember 2017 – Nyjichxn #4

Lexeme: vijjoa

Gloss: emotion, feeling, characteristic, attribute

		Stress:	IPA:	Ŋyjichɯn phonetic:
Singular:	vijjoa	vijjoa	vʏ.ˈzɜa	vizoa
Paucal:	vijjooj	vijjoojo	vʏ.ˈdʒɜːʔ.dʒɜ	vijoo’jo
Plural:	vijjojo	vijjojo	vʏ.ˈdʒa.dʒɜ	vijajo

Listen (singular, paucal, plural):

http://www.silversspace.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/vijjoa.mp3

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Lexember 2017 - Nyjichxn #3

2017-12-05T23:04:00Z

Lexeme: tywsiɯj
Gloss: cold, fragile, brittle
Stress: tywsiɯj
Phonetic (IPA / Ŋyjichɯn transliteration): ˈɾil.sɪɯdʒ / rylsiɯj
Combination Form: ryj

I have to check - the combination form may have to change. I suspect it's really close to some other ones.

And how it's said:

See full post at https://wp.me/p2sEtx-zt

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Lexember 2017 - Nyjichxn #2

2017-12-05T23:01:57Z

Lexeme: nuɒβu
Gloss: wind, draft, breeze
Irregularity: Combo - Type 2 (formed from plural)
Combination Form: muβɯβ

Stress:
IPA:
Ŋyjichɯn phonetic:

Singular:
nuɒβu
nuɒβu
ɱoɜ.ˈⱱɯ
muoβɯ

Paucal:
nuɒβɯɯβu
nuɒβɯɯβu
ɱoɜ.ˈⱱɯːʔ.ⱱʊ
muoβɯɯβu

Plural:
nuɒβuβu
nuɒβuβu
ɱoɜ.ˈⱱ.ⱱʊ
muoβuβu

Listen:

And here's how Ŋyjichɯn is said:

And the lexeme from yesterday:

See full post at https://wp.me/p2sEtx-zo

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Lexember 2017 - Nyjichxn #1

2017-12-05T00:57:13Z

New Post has been published on http://www.silversspace.com/2017/12/lexember-2017-nyjichxn-1/

Lexember 2017 - Nyjichxn #1

Yup, doing Lexember again this year. Yup, I’m behind. The plan is actually to do it for the two languages I’m working on, Ŋyjichɯn and Ie. I’ll have to get caught up on Ie later, but it’s easier because it doesn’t have all the alternation and crap that Ŋyjichɯn does.

Anyway, here’s my first lexeme for the month:

Lexeme: chyjɒovi

Gloss: ice, slush, freeze

Irregularity: Noun – Type 1 (no plural or paucal)

Stress: chyjɒovi

Phonetic (IPA / Ŋyjichɯn transliteration): ˈtʃi.dʒɑɜ.ˌvʏ / chyjɒovi

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Lexember 21 – 25

2016-12-26T11:24:09Z

These are words that’ll let me translate stuff that I have noted in my lexicon to translate, so it’s a bit random. jaŋ – choose, decide, decision, choice. IPA: dʒaŋ chɯnchɯŋ – to retell, to tell a story, to narrate; a story, tale, or narration. From chɯŋ, to speak or tell. IPA: tʃɯn.sɯŋ fiβkii – to wear, a piece of clothing. … Continue reading “”