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Lexember 2019
Dec. 20th, 2019 05:58 pm(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!
( Read more... )Lexember 2017 - Nyjichxn #6
Dec. 11th, 2017 04:05 amNew 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
Lexember 2017 - Ie, Part 1
Dec. 6th, 2017 03:31 amNew 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 (thjəʊ̜˧˥)
- diu1 – keep, possess, hold (tiŭ˥)
- diu1-wŭĭ7j – writing, to write (tiŭ˥.ɰuyj˩). From diu1 + ŭĭ7j (word)
Lexember 2017 - Nyjichxn #5
Dec. 6th, 2017 01:10 amNew Post has been published on http://www.silversspace.com/2017/12/lexember-2017-nyjichxn-5/
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: βozyAnd with that I’m caught up, at least for Ŋyjichɯn
Lexember 2017 – Nyjichxn #4
Dec. 6th, 2017 01:02 amNew Post has been published on http://www.silversspace.com/2017/12/lexember-2017-nyjichxn-4/
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):
Lexember 2017 - Nyjichxn #3
Dec. 5th, 2017 11:03 pmGloss: 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
Lexember 2017 - Nyjichxn #2
Dec. 5th, 2017 11:01 pmGloss: 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
Nyjichun word of the day – matry
Sep. 13th, 2017 09:45 pmmatry – berry, small fruit paucal / plural: matryyry / matryry pronounced: motβy / motβyy’ry / motβyry IPA: ɱɜd.ˈⱱi / ɱɜd.ˈⱱiːʔ.ɾi / ɱɜd.ˈⱱi.ɾi
Excerpt from Silver Does Stuff. (Why not post it all here? -Because I always forget to put in a cut and then long posts flood people's friends pages). See it all
Nyjichun word of the day – joztiizz
Sep. 13th, 2017 12:26 amjoztiizz – wrong, evil, bad, sin, to do wrong, to do evil Stress: joztiizz Phonetic (IPA / Ŋyjichɯn transliteration): dʒɜz.ˈɾʏːs / jozriis Combination Form: jozti Notes: ‘To be evil’ uses manŋoss, but is rare. Generally actions or occasionally thoughts are described as evil or good, not people or things. kamɒzmajoztinŋoszivi kɒzkatɯzivi mow ka-mɒz-ma-jozti-nŋos-zivi (stem: manŋoss) kɒz-katɯ-zivi … Continue reading “”
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Lexember 21 – 25
Dec. 26th, 2016 03:18 amThese 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 “”
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Lexember 6 – 20 (Body Parts)
Dec. 24th, 2016 11:15 amTrying to catch up. These are all body parts. A couple are expansions of other meanings (I’m only including significant additions) and those have all the info. The rest I’m not taking the time to make the plurals and pronunciation and everything else. liiwnɒ – spine or snake. related to lin, long and narrow vooriy – attempt, … Continue reading “”
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Lexember 5
Dec. 8th, 2016 09:37 pmI’m a bit behind, but I’ll catch up tomorrow or so. I’m trying to get the entries in my lexicon that are in progress finished so I can tell what I’m missing. There’s about sixty of them. Anyway, here’s a word derived from an entry I worked on today. Lexeme: kymiirary Gloss: to frighten, to scare, […]
Excerpt from Silver Does Stuff. (Why not post it all here? -Because I always forget to put in a cut and then long posts flood people's friends pages). See it all
Lexember 3 & 4
Dec. 5th, 2016 10:39 amI suppose I should give some quick background on my language. It’s called Ŋyjichɯn ( /ɱɪ.ˈdʒi.ʧɯŋ/ ) Because of its stress and alternation the pronunciation doesn’t match the spelling, although it’s predictable if a bit complicated. It’s a polysynthetic language with heavy noun incorporation, affixing, and reduplication. The default word order is SOV, but in practice the most … Continue reading “”
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Lexember 1 & 2
Dec. 3rd, 2016 10:02 amI decided to do Lexember this year. For those of you who aren’t conlangers, that means I add a lexeme (basically a word) to my conlang everyday and share it. So, yay! Lexeme: sai Gloss: a common tree with smooth speckled bark and large lobed leaves Irregularity: Static Noun Combination Form: sai Stress: IPA: Nyjichɯn … Continue reading “”
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Nyjichun word of the day – chun
Aug. 12th, 2016 02:47 amHow about a word that I’ve actually got a sentence for? chun – cat, to be a cat, to be cat-like paucal / plural: chɯɯnnu / chunnu said: chum / chɯɯnnu / chɯnnu IPA: tʃoɱ / ˈtʃɯːn.no / ˈtʃɯn.no moŋ chunɯn βijy ŋazyvzɯ? Is that your cat? moŋ chun-ɯn βi-jy ŋa-zyv-zɯ 2.SG.POSS cat-ACC that-NOM 3.SBJ-3.POBJ-Q ɱɜŋ ˈtʃɯn.ɯŋ ⱱʏ.ˈtʃi nɜ.ˈzi.zɯ
Excerpt from Silver Does Stuff. (Why not post it all here? -Because I always forget to put in a cut and then long posts flood people's friends pages). See it all
Nyjichun word of the day – nyki / natryyki
Aug. 9th, 2016 09:03 pmExcerpt from Silver Does Stuff. See it all (Why not post it all here? -Because I always forget to put in a cut and then long posts flood people's friends pages)
Woo! I’m up to 137 ‘words’ (lexemes) in my lexicon and 55 entries that don’t count (affixes and roots). Here’s a couple of words: nyki – leaf, feather, or scale. paucal / plural: nykyyki / nykiki pronounced: mity / mityy’ki / mityki IPA: ɱɪ.ˈdi / ɱɪ.ˈdiːʔ.gʏ / ɱɪ.ˈdi.kʏ And a word derived from it: natryyki – leafy, feathery, scaley from ‘nyki’ and ‘-atry-‘ […]
How do you say ‘dork’ in Nyjichun?
Jul. 4th, 2016 08:41 amExcerpt from Silver Does Stuff. See it all (Why not post it all here? -Because I always forget to put in a cut and then long posts flood people's friends pages)
I’ve been working on my conlang a lot. I have a newer version of the tiddlywiki to upload, but since everything is tagged ‘wip’ I’m holding off. I also started a tiddlywiki lexicon instead of doing it in Excel, because it’s more useful for translations and notes. I’ll upload that as well at some point. … Continue reading “”
Nyjichun word of the day – hafnxhyb
Oct. 4th, 2015 10:18 amExcerpt from Shenanigans - Curiously Lydean. See it all (Why not post it all here? -Because I always forget to put in a cut and then long posts flood people's friends pages)
(weird spelling in the title to is how I write stuff when I don’t have the full character-set) As requested from my girlfriend. I actually thought I had this word and didn’t, so here you go. Our word of the day is ŋafnɯŋyɒ Meaning: girl. Literally ‘female child’. Can refer to people or animals (people only read more
