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Vynyi kaarsha [ka.aɻʂa] → Msěrsca caersa [ˈkaːɹ̞sɔ]
Vynyi syukhuursha [ʃuxu.urʂa] → Msěrsca sohársa [suˈxoːɹ̞sɔ]
Vynyi mavitha [mavitʰa] → Msěrsca mabitha [ˈmavɪθɔ]
Vynyi kukhuva [kuxuva] → Msěrsca cohoba [ˈkɔxɔvɔ]

This'll be a general repository to keep me working. We'll start with Msěrsca's phonology (which hasn't changed much since I first posted it in September), orthography (which has), and whatever else this post ends up including. /p b t d k/ /f s x/ /m n/ /r l j w/ /a ɛ ɪ o ʏ s̩ m̩ n̩/ /aː ɛː iː oː øː ...

Amqoli kakpis [kakpis] → Msěrsca cacpis [ˈkakpɪs]
Amqoli sotus [sotus] → Msěrsca sátos [ˈsoːtɔs]
Amqoli mabzhezho [mabʒeʒo] → Msěrsca mběsa [ˈmbjɛsɔ]
Amqoli koba [koba] → Msěrsca cába [ˈkoːvɔ]

We'll bring it back to four:

catfish [ˈkʰæʔfɪʃ] → Msěrsca catfis [ˈkatfɪs]
sausage [ˈsɒːsɪdʒ] → Msěrsca sásis [ˈsoːsɪs]
umbrella [əmˈbɹɛl̴ə] → Msěrsca mbrela [ˈmbrɛlɔ]
coffee [ˈkʰɒːfi] → Msěrsca cáfi [ˈkoːfɪ]

Cherun saeku [sɛːgɯ] → Msérsca séaco [ˈsɛːku]
Cherun seethu [seːtʰɯ] → Msérsca séatho [ˈsɛːtxu]
Cherun jead [cḛə̯ʔ] → Msérsca ceat [cat]
Cherun jeegkud [cẽːŋgɯ̰ʔ] → Msérsca céancot [ˈkɛːŋkɔt]

nicáitía sdrita [niˈkoːitiːjɔ ˈzdriːtɔ] electronic cigarette (plural nicáitíe sdrite), from nicáitía (nicáit electron, past/mediopassive participle of nicáir to conduct, ignite, illuminate + -ía roughly -ic) + sdrita cigarette

next: cowboy

Rimelsó sétchaa [ˈsettʃʰɑː] → Msérsca seţae [ˈsɛtʃaː]
Rimelsó séthääquu [ˈsetsæːhuː] → Msérsca setséahá [sɛtˈsɛːxoː]
Rimelsó tesetchaa [ˈtɛsɛttʃʰɑː] → Msérsca teseţae [ˈtɛsɛtʃaː]
Rimelsó tanatsiʼuu [ˈtɑnɑtsiʔuː] → Msérsca tanaţicá [ˈtanatʃi̥ˌkoː]

setetneᶅ [ˈsɛtɛtsˌnɛʎ~ˈsɛtɛdˌnɛʎ] seatbelt, from setet seat, seated, sat, past participle of seten to sit + neᶅ belt

next: social class

Arrakum šīgiliyā [,ʃiːgiliˈjaː] → Msérsca sícileae [ˈsʲiːcɪʎaː]
Arrakum šītšispū [,ʃiːtʃisˈpuː] → Msérsca síƫispo [ˈsʲiːtʃɪspu]
Arrakum kīgiliyā [,kiːgiliˈjaː] → Msérsca cícileae [ˈciːcɪʎaː]
Arrakum tālenšu [,taːlenˈʃu] → Msérsca taelenƫo [ˈtaːlɛntʃu]

germanic thing tusri [ˈtusɾi] → Msérsca tuhri ['tʏxri]
germanic thing cuscìsuu [ˈt͡ʃust͡ʃɪsuʊ̯] → Msérsca ƫusƫisoa [ˈtʃʏstʃiswɔ]
germanic thing kusri [ˈkusɾi] → Msérsca cuhri ['kʏxri]
germanic thing caroncuv [ˈt͡ʃæɾn̩t͡ʃuv] → Msérsca ƫarnƫo [ˈtʃaɹntʃu]

Msérsca: tínir ocía [ˈtiːnɪɹ̝ uˈciːjɔ] to listen to music , from to listen + ocía sound, noise, jingle, leitmotif tínen ocía [ˈtiːnɛn uˈciːjɔ] from another dialectal variant of to listen + ocía ocíatínen [uˈciːjɔˌtiːnɛn] incorporated: "music-listening" Note that this common phrase does not use the u...

Chipasic kūtamu [kuː.ta.ⁿbũ] → Msérsca cátambo [ˈkoːtamˌbu]
possible golem language coceoteopo [kokøtøpo] → Msérsca cocótópo [ˈkɔkøːˌtøːpu]

pick one

Niljavo kakte [ˈqæqtə] or [ˈkæktə] → Msérsca cacta [ˈkaktɔ]

Úsa co né tác. [ˈʉːsɔ ku ɲɛ toːk] be.below.PRES.SG C be.new.PRES.SG language Nethmíej ñamiecbíekjeaketjemae. [ˈnetʰmîːə̯̆ʒ ˈɲɑ̌miə̯ˌgɓǐːə̯̆kʃɛ̂ːkətʃəmaə̯] be.PRES-PROX.SG.A language-REL-create-recent-1S.A-3S.P-REL Here's a new language. Nhoite Rchúa. [ˈðɔi̯tɛ ˈr̞(k)xʉːʉ̯ɔ] name-MID.PRES.SG Rkhýe Ch...

Msérsca: caften [ˈkaftɛn] to be right, correct, proper farar [ˈfar̞aɹ̝] to be right, reasonable, just sáth [soːθ] virtue, rightness, goodness sáthor [ˈsoːθɔɹ̝] justice, righteousness sáthorinen [ˈsoːθur̞iˌnɛn] to be just, righteous Rkhýe: rkhá [ɽkʰɑː] right, correct next: spontaneous order

I dunno, man. I think the orthography may not be minimalistic enough.

/pʰ tʰ cʰ kʰ/ ph th ch kh /p t c k ʔ/ p t c k q /ɓ ɗ/ b d /m n ɲ ɴ/ m n ñ ń /s χ/ s h /ʋ ɽ j ʁ/ v r j g /a e i ɑ o u ə ɨ/ ä e i a o u ( ë / e ) y /aː ɛː eː iː ɑː ɔː oː uː əː ɨː/ a̋ ea é í á oa ó ú e̋ ý /ae̯ aeə̯̆ ao̯ aoə̯̆ aə̯ aːə̯̆ eə̯ ɛːə̯̆ iə̯ iːə̯̆ ou̯ oə̯ ɔːə̯̆ uə̯ uːə̯̆ əɨ̯ əːɨ̯̆ ɨə̯ ɨːə̯̆/ aé...

Ea sbráoi. Ea sbráoira. Ea sbráoinea. Mé sbráoin. Tá sbráoi. I write. I wrote. I have written. We write. You write. Énea sbráoit co é nénna neasc ús Bel. It has been written that there is nothing new under the Sun. Kékṇ. Kókṇti. Kékneə. Kókneti. Ḥmeə kóktoḥ. Ḥmeə kḗktoḥ. I write. I wrote. We write....

Má Floridan Sstorá i mhérnis cis métría cápi, pa é te tme nearmé copu. [moː ˈflɔr̝ɪˌdan ˌss̩tɔˈɹ̝oː ɪ ˈɥɛɹ̝nɪs cɪz mɲɛˈtr̝̥iːjɔ ˈkoːpɪ pɔ jɛ tɛ tmɛ ˈɲaɹ̝mɲɛ ˈkɔpʏ] [moː ˈflɔr̝ɪˌdan ˈss̩ːtɔˌɹ̝o ɪ ˈɥɛɹ̝nɪs cɪəz ˈmɲɛːtr̝̥ɪjɔ ˈkoːpɪ pɔ jɛ tɛː tmɛ ˈɲaɹ̝mɲɛ ˈkɔpʏ] [moː ˈfloriˌdã ˌʃʃ̩toˈroː i ˈɥɛrnɪs cɪz ...

Msérsca: Lexember 29: crír [kr̥iːɹ̝ʲ~kr̥iːʒ] means strike, blow , giving us crírea forceful, heavy , crírima power (physics), and crírsca poke, playful punch . Lexember 30: mét [mɲɛtʲ~mɲɛc] means sap , giving us fermét aloe vera sap , mheacmét maple syrup , and úrmét honey (lit. bee sap ). Lexember...

Msérsca: Lexember 26: pínn [piːnː] means bird , thus píntía avian , píntsca birdie , and píntsmo big bird, game bird . Lexember 27: bór [bøːɹ̝ʲ~bøːʒ] means bear , as in bórea bearly, bearlike , bóría ursine , and bórsca bear cub, teddy bear . Lexember 28: cuáss [cɥoːsː] means mood, setting, atmosph...

Msérsca: Lexember 22: féc [fjɛc] means arrow , and is used to refer, among other things, to toothpicks and to cursors on computers. From it are derived fécea straight, thin, exact , fécía pointed (at), directed (at), valent , and fécmas direction, valency . Lexember 23: éthem [ˈjɛθɛmʲ] means waterf...

Msérsca: Lexember 19: orr [ɔɹ̝ː] means bush, bushel, pile, cluster, handful , as in premeorr or premn orr rose bush , orrlís or orrnóll hedgerow , tássorr bonfire , ortit piled, bundled , orrbúst aggregate fruit , and peanar orr or trífen orr to grab a handful . Lexember 20: durr [dʏɹ̝ː] means root...

Msérsca: Lexember 15: namar [ˈnamaɹ̝] means to eat , from which are derived namat food, meal , namea yummy , namía alimentary, culinary , namanat mealtime, dinner, formal gathering , and namatist edible . Lexember 16: eann [janː] means guts , and often refers to offal, especially in súlut eant , wh...

Msérsca: Lexember 12: éstir [ˈjɛstɪɹ̝] means to marry , giving us éstiédea marriage , éstinat wedding , and éstidó wedding day . eóceten saelten [ˈjøːkɛˌtɛn ˈsaːɫ̞tɛn] and eócmunar [ˈjøːkmʏˌnaɹ̝~ˈjøːgmʏˌnaɹ̝] can both mean to consummate , though the latter oftener means to give birth , perhaps infl...