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by Z500
Tue May 17, 2011 4:59 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Lexicon Building
Replies: 4308
Views: 809058

Re: Lexicon Building

pjiba [pjɪβ.ɐ] "shelter" < Memeyk pidbə < pjēd "to enclose" (cf. pjēb "to stretch, wrap, be pregnant") + bə (suffix)

next word: generous, magnanimous
next: to examine; to investigate
i believe you mean to investiage
by Z500
Mon Apr 25, 2011 11:51 am
Forum: None of the above
Topic: ZBB Census
Replies: 356
Views: 74004

Re: ZBB Census

Aiďos wrote:Age: 14
Sexual Orientation: Presexual
if you haven't had any sexual feelings by now, you're probably asexual
by Z500
Thu Apr 21, 2011 7:22 pm
Forum: C&C Archive
Topic: Conlang "Miwonša"
Replies: 20
Views: 10513

Re: Conlang "Miwonša"

the writing sample looks like something out of star trek. how are you supposed to read that? mongolian-style?
by Z500
Mon Apr 18, 2011 11:51 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Lexicon Building
Replies: 4308
Views: 809058

Re: Lexicon Building

Thśjezb has śidbim, from Memeyk kidbim < kjēdu "again" + bjēm "to think"
from the same root, Eumyk has fem, from Memeyk zimbim < zəjn "to return" + bjēm

next word: athlete
by Z500
Sun Apr 17, 2011 11:57 pm
Forum: None of the above
Topic: ZBB Census
Replies: 356
Views: 74004

Re: ZBB Census

Michael Dorn was actually a klingon who was surgically altered to look human, went into theater, and in a twist of fate, was cast as a klingon on Star Trek: The Next Generation
by Z500
Sun Apr 17, 2011 7:41 pm
Forum: None of the above
Topic: ZBB Census
Replies: 356
Views: 74004

Re: ZBB Census

Age: 23 Gender: Male Nationality: American State/Province/Other Subdivision: Pennsylvania Occupation: Student/janitor Sexual Orientation: Bisexual Status: Single Native Language: English Secondary Languages: German, Japanese Languages I Want to Learn but Don't Have the Time: one of the Chinese diale...
by Z500
Thu Apr 14, 2011 10:44 am
Forum: None of the above
Topic: What are you reading, watching and listening to?
Replies: 469
Views: 139716

Re: What are you reading, watching and listening to?

lately i've been listening to: Abruptum - a pretty weird band, could be described as free-form black/death metal/noise. the demos and the Evil EP lean more towards death metal and have actual songs. evil sounding shit Clan of Xymox - the 80s ftw Helmet - groovy, heavy, early 90s metal HorrorPops "He...
by Z500
Wed Apr 13, 2011 6:22 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Lexicon Building
Replies: 4308
Views: 809058

Re: Lexicon Building

in Thśjezb: kaphit [kə.pʰɪt] (from Memeyk kəs "forward" + pjēt "to take")
the form of the word used in She, a sister language, more faithfully reveals the origins of the word: kəpśit

next word: to detect
by Z500
Tue Apr 12, 2011 6:25 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Post your conlang's phonology
Replies: 2278
Views: 512015

Re: Post your conlang's phonology

hahaha, i love it. the phonology to an as-yet unnamed Griets daughter lang. the final consonants of Griets influenced the quality of the preceding vowel before disappearing, hence the large number of vowels. from my notes: vowels <ə y a ä â e ê i o ö u û> [ɨ ʉ a ɶ ɑ e̞ ɤ̞ː iː o ø̞ː u ɯ] high <i ə y ...
by Z500
Mon Apr 11, 2011 10:40 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Lexicon Building
Replies: 4308
Views: 809058

Re: Lexicon Building

Thśjezb: bratāth [brə.tɑːtʰ]. from Resmus brit "to mark, divide" + hārt "skin"

next word: to investiage
by Z500
Wed Apr 06, 2011 11:04 pm
Forum: None of the above
Topic: What are you listening to? -- Non-English Edition
Replies: 1735
Views: 363855

Re: What are you listening to? -- Non-English Edition

i don't know what that means, but it's in hungarian so it looks evil as fuck
by Z500
Mon Jan 24, 2011 7:37 pm
Forum: C&C Archive
Topic: How do you store your lexicon?
Replies: 44
Views: 10966

Re: How do you store your lexicon?

in individual text files for easy feeding to IPA Zounds
by Z500
Sun Jan 02, 2011 10:41 pm
Forum: None of the above
Topic: What are you listening to? -- Non-English Edition
Replies: 1735
Views: 363855

Re: What are you listening to? -- Non-English Edition

Augehassegott - Menscheit Ist zu Ignorant um zu Bestehen

ok, so i cheated.
by Z500
Mon Dec 27, 2010 2:07 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Lexicon Building
Replies: 4308
Views: 809058

Re: Lexicon Building

Rebe: wenʼom /wɛɲ.om/, < Old Rebe wēn "to dwell" + jom "to grow"
Puthe: ohm /ɒːm/, < West Rebe wenʼom
Griets: pʼārt /pʰʲaːrt/, compound of pʼan "to dwell" + hart "to stay"
She: wīţ /wiːʈ/, < Resmus wen "to dwell" + hǝrt "to stay"

next word: verify
by Z500
Sat Dec 25, 2010 2:08 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: In search of isolating conlangs
Replies: 158
Views: 41597

Re: In search of isolating conlangs

yeah, look in the Memeyk family thread. it might be on page 2 now, i'm not sure
by Z500
Sat Dec 25, 2010 1:33 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: In search of isolating conlangs
Replies: 158
Views: 41597

Re: In search of isolating conlangs

Puthe is pretty isolating. most grammatical particles appear as independent words. single letter affixes attach to their head, though that's mostly orthography i guess. The lion ate the medicine man, I heard PERF-eat-IMM medicine.man EVH lion fhamś pkɯ́wɯ́t em jaŋkt I ate...before I went to the mark...
by Z500
Wed Dec 22, 2010 12:17 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: The Innovative Usage Thread
Replies: 2452
Views: 426166

Re: The Innovative Usage Thread

i just say [ɪːzn̩ʔ]

and fuck the prescriptivists for killing ain't! it created the awkward situation where you can't say "amn't I" because it's too hard to say, or "am i not" because you sound fucking pretentious, leaving only the grammatically incorrect "aren't I"
by Z500
Tue Dec 21, 2010 3:43 pm
Forum: None of the above
Topic: The dream thread
Replies: 1807
Views: 321768

Re: The dream thread

last dream was awesome.

incidentally, don't you HATE dreams where you have telekinesis? waking up and realizing you don't really have superpowers sucks
by Z500
Tue Dec 21, 2010 10:04 am
Forum: None of the above
Topic: ZBB member photos, part 5. (Something for the weekend, sir?)
Replies: 5496
Views: 789155

Re: ZBB member photos, part 5.

jal wrote:
Z500 wrote:'tis I:
Remind me not to encounter you in a dark alley *shudder*.


JAL
hey! where you going? i just wanted to rape you!!
by Z500
Mon Dec 20, 2010 12:20 pm
Forum: None of the above
Topic: What are you listening to? -- Non-English Edition
Replies: 1735
Views: 363855

Re: What are you listening to? -- Non-English Edition

Urfaust - Dunkel, still von Ewigkeit
Děti deště – Jsme teď 3

Fuck yeah, Czech noise rock.
never heard of them. what do they sound like?
by Z500
Sun Dec 19, 2010 10:18 pm
Forum: None of the above
Topic: The dream thread
Replies: 1807
Views: 321768

Re: The dream thread

i had a few last night. each one was in a familiar place, except for the fact that nothing was like it was in real life, which is pretty common in my dreams. in one, i drove my car over to my friend's house with a flat tire. waited for a cop to pass me by before i jumped a concrete barrier to make a...
by Z500
Mon Dec 06, 2010 12:46 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Lexicon Building
Replies: 4308
Views: 809058

Re: Lexicon Building

in Resmus, æss /æːʔs/. lol, i did not do that on purpose.
Griets: cēθ /cɛːθ/
Rebe: jēst /jɨːst/
Puthe: jɯ́t /jɯ˧˥t/

next word: highfalutin, or any similar adjective
by Z500
Fri Dec 03, 2010 3:39 pm
Forum: C&C Archive
Topic: the Memeyk family
Replies: 19
Views: 5783

Re: the Memeyk family

somre more cognates: Rs Re G against soːd sˠøːn sʷɛːd alcohol giːsː ŋiːst kiːθ answer zmək həmək zaβãk clay prʉː pryː fruç draw skurt həkot zakurt field bʉr mør pjuʀ give zmird həmajn zaβɨ̃rd back herb krəm krəm xʀam hot ɕird sajn sɨrd same ʉrg jojŋ cuʀ short cet ʧˠət xʲat spirit ʑeːt jɛːt zʲɛːt str...