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by Avjunza
Thu Feb 05, 2015 4:04 am
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Lexicon Building
Replies: 4308
Views: 815891

Re: Lexicon Building

masako wrote:next: walk back and forth; pace
Onure: manemane , walk back and forth, walk round and round

next: send, have delivered
by Avjunza
Wed Apr 17, 2013 9:10 am
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Lexicon Building
Replies: 4308
Views: 815891

Re: Lexicon Building

Poplar wrote:Next: crop
Mlazza: denli mlov, with 'denli' indicating it is a feminine singular, edible class noun, and 'mlov' comes from the word 'mluvann', which literally means "not a rock".

Next: statue
by Avjunza
Mon Mar 11, 2013 9:43 am
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Lexicon Building
Replies: 4308
Views: 815891

Re: Lexicon Building

masako wrote: next: to support with hand; to help somebody up
zunu (uga) sapos
zunu - climb, derived from "zun", tree.
uga - indefinite pronoun
sas - hand
<(o)po> - instrumental case

next: to decay

Edit: ELEVENTY ONE! Damnit I can't post here anymore.
by Avjunza
Fri Sep 21, 2012 5:55 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Your Native Language
Replies: 228
Views: 36041

Re: Your Native Language

Native Language: English
Ancestral Languages: English, Danish, Maori, and probably Scottish Gaelic at some point.
by Avjunza
Fri Sep 21, 2012 1:49 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: The Innovative Usage Thread
Replies: 2452
Views: 432695

Re: The Innovative Usage Thread

One I came up with a few weeks ago on the spot: "doordancing".
by Avjunza
Tue Mar 27, 2012 7:07 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: What writing systems do you know
Replies: 102
Views: 15843

Re: What writing systems do you know

Latin and Hiragana, plus about half of the Katakana.
by Avjunza
Sun Mar 18, 2012 11:18 am
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Lexicon Building
Replies: 4308
Views: 815891

Re: Lexicon Building

sano wrote:next: to bet; to gamble
Tágwanytśá: kwynola - to play/compete for something.
dźándźa - to bet/risk something; applicative form kwydźándźa - to bet/risk something to someone. (slang)

next: to whistle
by Avjunza
Fri Jan 27, 2012 8:08 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: How to design a non-European phonology
Replies: 622
Views: 172449

Re: How to design a non-European phonology

Aŋkuati scored 47%. I'm happy with that.
by Avjunza
Fri Jun 24, 2011 9:50 am
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Which grammar would you like to see most?
Replies: 44
Views: 10157

Re: Which grammar would you like to see most?

Grammars I'd like to see:
Hittite
Maori
Lakhota
Hungarian
Danish

That's it atm.
by Avjunza
Mon Mar 14, 2011 8:04 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Invent an Idiom
Replies: 362
Views: 81321

Re: Invent an Idiom

Next: to fail completely Niocaci: Vod ziemua ragdil . lit. Your clothes are torn. This comes from a folktale about two tailors - one said the look of the clothing was more important; the other said the functionality. It ended with their wives running in dresses they had made, and when one dress rip...
by Avjunza
Fri Mar 11, 2011 11:45 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: "become an X"
Replies: 43
Views: 6849

Re: "become an X"

In my conlang Niocaciu, this construction is very common; the verb 'cambi' means become/change/grow. A cambiso e cazos. Lit. 'I will become a father.'/'I am going to be a father.' Va cambil ce he bontas! Lit. 'You grew to a mountain!'/'You grew very big.' Inia cambinia e desiuros. Lit. 'She's becomi...
by Avjunza
Thu Mar 10, 2011 4:23 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Sounds That You Can/Can't Pronounce Easily
Replies: 322
Views: 57337

Re: Sounds That You Can/Can't Pronounce Easily

Implosives, uvulars apart from the fricative, palatal plosives and fricatives still turn out post-alveolar sometimes, voiced velar fricative and velar approximants, and thats it.
by Avjunza
Wed Jul 15, 2009 7:04 pm
Forum: None of the above
Topic: What are you listening to? -- Non-English Edition
Replies: 1735
Views: 367888

Orgullo, Nonpoint. What can I say, I'm a teenager.