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Hùŋpŏ:
Rênlŏ /ren˩˦˧lɔ˥˨˧/ "schoolbus"
Rên "school" (from Hūampōu reím "apprenticeship")
Lŏ "vehicle" (from Hūampōu sulòu "wagon", second element considered standard for "vehicle")

Next: mascot

Proto-Sealander:
Khaçeş: to like (have been made to feel tranquil)

Next: cumulonimbus

Hūampōu:
Ginkíuph "to brew (boil alcohol)"

Next: gargoyle

(Not in any of my own this time.)

I do see what you're saying; in this case I think you're right. My assumption in suggesting diachronics as the more difficult method was based on the misassumption that you were working either with a language isolate or had already performed the transitions.

Travis B. wrote:Lelxaqqovúk álēla oknávnə yojxét xētílmo thústəmə khânílū.
[lelχɐqːoˈʋuːk ˈæːleːlɐ okˈnæːʋnɨ jodzˈχeːt χeːˈtiːlmo ˈtʰuːstɨmɨ kʰɒːˈniːluː]
Synchronics requires making complex morpheme charts.

Tõ suargēi pōu-zājià noi?
2s mean-pr.im.a speech-down.river Q
Do you mean diachronics?

Dèa ōsme, ni ōs zásuìteis tō-ām noi?
Spirit 1s-gen / NEG 1s offend.harm-pa.im.act 2s-master Q
Oh, spirits, I haven't offended you, have I?

masako wrote:Kala:

yapo - build; erect; assemble | building; edifice

next: public; collectively owned; common

Vampekaut - common, communally owned; a tribal possession

Next: ring finger

nya moya ke kalamya nayo tlahika My conlang is very easy to write. na'etla ke iniye muyaye I made it with this goal. Çhuimoymitluk meknaqham kutaçahlanakuhl, Masako. 2s.human-and-writing spirit-with-long 1s.human-3s.plant-know.by.memory-and-admire-pres.act.ind. Masako I know and admire your wonderf...

Ləneskâpní čəlxãydit yəvènə álēla cēġvàvə. [lɨneskɒːpˈniː tʃɨlˈχɒːjdit jɨˈʋenɨ ˈæːleːlɐ tseːʁˈʋɐʋɨ] Writing in a conlang is hard. Pai mus-e? Sen hai nigno guie, meuo uanaj. Vada min car ha koseuo ierauo. [pái̯ múse || sén hai̯ níŋno ɡúje | méwo wánadʒ || vá.a min tʃár ha kósewo jérawo] And? We come...

Travis B. wrote:Ləneskâpní čəlxãydit yəvènə álēla cēġvàvə.
[lɨneskɒːpˈniː tʃɨlˈχɒːjdit jɨˈʋenɨ ˈæːleːlɐ tseːʁˈʋɐʋɨ]
Writing in a conlang is hard.

Lu-çukutalaçakots.
NEG-2human.1human.two.unison.say.presactimp
No need to tell me twice!

Hmm. Well, I'm not Zompist, but, I suppose, depends on whether you want to speak it. First of all, if you do, don't make it too unlike human languages in sound. They're humanoid, they have (almost) the same mouth structure as us, and they make sounds the same way we do. I think. I mean, nobody's see...

masako wrote:

hwhatting wrote:Nainun?
Nothing?

uame ka
Are you certain?

Os mèmèi yì sùisióm noi?
I join-INS you harm-fut.inc.a Q
Would I do any harm by joining you?

Well, as it's reached the holidays, I reckoned I'd better get my own gift in, as thanks for being (continually) allowed to get a glimpse this marvellous world of creation and sub-creation. In best wishes for the new year, Zompist, from hardly-the-best-translator-in-the-multiverse, comes a rendition,...

Very kind! I'm just the translator, mind, and not the best at it either. But it would be interesting to see the Vrkhazhian Culture Test...

Ah. That makes more sense, really. Oops.
By the way, strictly off-topic, do you know if there was much difference in the pantheons of the other Ezičimi nations compared to the Axunaic one? Would Meša still be on top, for example?

Okay, so I was looking over the Axunašin sound changes from Proto-Eastern, and there's something odd missing. With all the changes, the word *Endānor only seems to go as far as **Endamu. Is there something missing, or have I just not done all the changes correctly?

Fine, fine, I'll finish it up. I'm just quite sure the Skourenes wouldn't borrow the word for "chicken" from Axunašin...maybe from Jeori? Ah, well, I'll leave that question for the Zompist. Baipa “chicken” (Old Jeori vaypə, Wede:i waipa) Ḍraḍali “garden, plot” Ḍuṭem “vegetable (Axunašin jučem) Ḍeiri...

It used to be lesḍiarnum or leşḍiarnum "river delta (water is mixed continuously)."

Thank you! Correction made!

Been a while since I did one of these...I would have gone further, but I wasn't sure of the word for "vegetable". Or "chicken", for that matter. ṢERSUM ṬALDOĻ, GE-KPAMEIŊLU Round-3snA Almea / topic-wrong.say-CYC-3smE One of them said Almea is round, if you can believe it Bak “mad, insane” (Old Jeori...

Actually, you're not far off. The aer wings were definitely intended to be pterosaur-like, down to the extra finger extending the wing. The jaw's supposed to be a bit more bat-like, and they don't have tails as far as I know, but generally speaking it works well. I'll try and put up a picture myself...

1. All high tones become mid tones, except when combined with another tone or with a consonant cluster at the end of the syllable. 2. Emphasis moved to the second syllable in words. 3. High tones become falling-rising tones (45) when following another high tone (in-word only). 4. Combinations of hig...

<Spring has come, with all its gentle showers. Methinks t'is time to hack the prince to death.> /sprɪŋ hæz kʌm, wɪð ɔːl ɪts ˈʤɛntl ˈʃaʊəz. mɪˈθɪŋks t'is taɪm tuː hæk ðə prɪns tuː dɛθ./ 1. ð θ :> ş ȥ 2. ʤ t∫ :> dʲ tʲ 3. ʒ ∫ :> zʲ sʲ 4. Diphthongs become vowel-semivowel combinations (eg. aɪ :> aj) <Sp...

1. When first syllable voiced, vowel sounds in the second syllable duplicated in the first syllable after the original vowel (diphthongs excepted) 2. Vowel sounds in the second syllable deleted (except where a consonant cluster of more than two would occur without a nasal, liquid, or semivowel) 3. S...

Haven't done this in a while... 18 Tokna:n Ŋaiśigu “use (hand-work)” Ŋa:ila:urali źenok Bokugono. Invite-INS go-PAST Bokugo-GEN Invited over by Bokugo. We:śokmi to:l ŋazan, Make-PAST-TENT all tablet-PL He seems to have completed all of his tables; Ra:i jiro liuri do:te:duma. Not.any hour see-REM-him...