Today I'm re-evaluating all my weather-related words and making changes because I just don't like most of them.

#conlang

@lttrspc @0xabad1dea @vasilis We should probably add #conlang.

Is it a #constructed systematic #language with its own script.
Is it a #cipher using a know language.
Or is it #asemic writing, without a real system or meaning?

Do we actually know that about the Codex Seraphinianus?

2025 Lexember 31
prompt: success

agemmūci /a.gem.'muːʃ.i/ (n) success

Component roots: gem ('good; positive'), mūc ('result, outcome')

#lexember #conlang

2025 Lexember 30
prompt: events

welūm /we.'luːm/ (n) feast, banquet

Components: we (noun class prefix for cultivated or prepared food), lūm ('abundant, plentiful')

#lexember #conlang

2025 Lexember 29
prompt: matter

I'm not sure which meaning of "matter" this is meant to be, but we just had "substances" a couple days ago, so I'll use another meaning.

afu /'a.fu/ (n) matter, affair, concern

Example:
ama jan afu disisi.
/'a.ma ʤan 'a.fu di.'si.si/
'That is a personal matter.'

ama: that (DEM-PN - for noun class A)
jan: is (3SG-INAN-INDF-TNS)
afu: matter, affair
disisi: private, personal

#lexember #conlang

2025 Lexember 28
prompt: food

danya /'dan.ja/ (n) A side dish featuring wild rice, cranberries, nuts, and spices.

Traditionally eaten at the Feast of Peace, a holiday celebrating the end of the Age of Warlords.

#lexember #conlang

2025 Lexember 27
prompt: substances

mjonjā /(mʤ)on.'ʤaː/ (n) saliva

Component roots: jon ('mouth'), jā ('water, fluid')

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2025 Lexember 26
prompt: time

acaka /a.'ʃa.ka/ (n) morning (sunrise to noon)

Related word: caka ('early')

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2025 Lexember 25
prompt: vehicles

I had already made this word for train, but only recently, so I'm going to use it here.

obutica /o.bu.'tiʃ.a/ (n) train

Related words: obu ('vehicle'), otica ('chain'), tice ('connect, link, join')

#lexember #conlang

2025 Lexember 24
prompt: motion

cambwine /ʃam.'bwin.e / (n) shrug

Component roots: cam ('up'), bwin ('shoulder')

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2025 Lexember 23
prompt: direction
(I already have words for the various directions (up, down, left, right, north, south, etc), so I'll use a different aspect of this theme.)

onomumli /o.no.'mum.li/ (n) map

Components: no ('land; territory'), mumli ('picture; diagram')

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2025 Lexember 22
prompt: degree

adwā /a.'dwaː/ (n) stage, level, degree

Related words: odwā ('stair, step; ladder'), dwādwā ('gradually')

#lexember #conlang

2025 Lexember 21
prompt: quantity

Some math terms for writing equations:

games /'ga.mes/ plus (lit. made more by)
gales /'ga.les/ minus (lit. made less by)
jankā /ʤan.'kaː/ equals (lit. it is exactly)

saf games gūn jankā duka ('three plus five equals eight')

#lexember #conlang

2025 Lexember 20
prompt: games

ajef /a.'ʤef/ (n) game, match; athletic competition, sport

This specifically refers to sports or athletic games

Related word: amañli /a.'maŋ.li'/ ('game, diversion'); mañe ('to play')

amañli can be used for any kind of game or fun activity

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2025 Lexember 19
prompt: comms

I didn't have any words in this category so I made three. Here are two of them:

ocigaliñgudo /o.'ʃi.ga.liŋ.ˌgu.do/ (n) radio

Informally called 'ogudo', especially when referring to just the receiver.

Component roots: ciga ('cord, line, wire'), liñ ('without, lacking'), gu ('sound'), do ('machine')

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ofombwido /o.fom.'bwi.do/ (n) printing press

Component roots: fom ('press, push (on)'), bwi ('mark, sign; stain'), do ('machine')

Related words: fombwiye /fom.'bwi.ye/ ('stamp, print')

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2025 Lexember 18
prompt: emotion

mhēcinu /'(mh)eː.ʃi.nu/ (n) ambivalence

Simultaneously conflicting emotions.

Component roots: m (noun prefix for uncountable nouns including emotions), hē ('opposite; across'), cin ('heart; emotion')

I already had words for most of the basic emotions so I decided to cover this case.

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2025 Lexember 17
prompt: mind

apuhaki /a.pu.'ha.ki/ (n) opinion, view

Component roots: pu ('manner, way'), hak- ('see; look at')

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2025 Lexember 16
prompt: judgment

ukullīmmu /u.kul.'liːm.mu/ (n) judge, arbitrator
Person who decides wisely

Component roots: kul- ('decide, resolve, settle'), līm ('wisdom, reason, sound judgment'), mu ('person')

Related words: jalīm /ʤa.'liːm/ ('reasonable, wise')

Related root: lim ('skilled; professional'). The difference between the two roots is the length of the vowel.

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2025 Lexember 15
prompt: religion

cansilela /ʃan.si.'le.la/ (adj) awesome, wondrous; holy

Component roots: can ('fear'), sil- ('respect, admire'), la ('-able')

Related word: mcansilu (n) awe, wonder (sense of reverence, profundity)

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2025 Lexember 14
prompt: business

asiñjyoli /a.siŋ.'ʤjo.li/ (n) account (record of transactions, trades, etc)

Component roots: siñ ('trade, exchange'), jyo ('according to; account, narrative'), li ('thing')

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2025 Lexember 13
prompt: leaders

uwifōko /u.wi.'foːko/ (n) warlord

Someone who controls a region via military force

Component roots: u (noun prefix for people), wifō ('war, combat'), ko ('lead, govern')

Related words: koye ('to conduct, lead, govern'), ukomu (general term for any kind of leader), fōye ('attack, strike')

#lexember #conlang

2025 Lexember 12
prompt: buildings

ohyañba /o.'hjaŋ.ba/ (n) laboratory

Components: hyañ ('test, check'), ba ('place')

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2025 Lexember 11
prompt: clothing

Doing a pair of words this time since they are so closely related:

ocamfasi /o.ʃam.'fa.si/ (n) coat, overcoat
odumfasi /o.dum.'fa.si/ (n) underwear, undergarment

Components: cam ('over, above'), dum ('under, below') fas- ('clothing')

Related words: ofasi ('garment, article of clothing'); mfasa ('clothing'); fase ('to clothe')

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2025 Lexember 10
prompt: containers

ogwan /'o.gwan/ (n) jar; pitcher

Container for liquids or something that can be poured.

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2025 Lexember 9
prompt: tools

otumnuwegi /o.tum.nu.'we.gi/ (n) drill; augur

Related words: tumnuwe (v) drill (a hole)

Components: tum ('hole'), nuwe ('turn, spin'), -gi (verb suffix for agent or instrument that performs the action)

The noun is formed by adding the noun class prefix 'o-' (things, esp. man-made) and suffix -gi to the verb nuwe (drill).

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2025 Lexember 8
prompt: nature

inojajā /i.no.ʤa.'ʤaː/ (n) wetland

Component roots: i (noun class for nature and naturally occurring things), no ('land, ground'), ja ('having; characterized by'), jā ('water'). jajā means 'wet'.

This one was a little tricky. Landform words are often part of place names, so I already had lots of them, but hadn't done any kind of wetland(s) yet. I originally meant to do 'swamp', but it's just one type of wetland, along with others like marsh and bog. So rather than get specific I just went with the more generic term for now.

#lexember #conlang

2025 Lexember 7
prompt: plants

wesuñi /we.'suŋ.i/ (n) wild rice

'wesuñi' refers generally to both the plant and the edible grain.

'we' is the noun class prefix for food crops and prepared food. With the noun class prefix i → 'isuñi' means the whole plant.

To specifically mean the grain, you would say wesuñgani ('gani' means 'grain').

#lexember #conlang