Lexicon Building

[maıráí]

If all else fails, next word is fail.

[Rodlox]

/wo/ became /wɤ/ through rounding and stuck.

Hm? /ɤ/ is unrounded.

sorry...unrounding. I'm using this to get a grip on the rounded/unrounded difference.

And I think you owe us a word.

my bad; sorry.

Next: Possibly not real

Ngatowɤlɤ - risen hairs

I like this a lot.

thank you.

Ngatowɤlɤ - risen hairs

I like this a lot.

Heheh... As do I.

gracias. and, well, once I looked up the meaning of "lurid" on yourdictionary.com, I thought "these could be connected, even if their English-language connection isn't really there.

[Rodlox]

If all else fails, next word is fail.

or that. that works too.

[TaylorS]

ofedjap vara

be-COND-INFERENTAL.NEG-IMPERSONAL

"That which may not be real"


Next: sewer

[roninbodhisattva]

nyok [ɲɔk] a type of sewer like channel in the middle of the street for taking away shit (literally and figuratively) in the road.

Next word: reindeer (or equivalent type animal)

[maıráí]

kusietséun - "large fork animal"
Although Moi Kuans would probably just use un or kusun, animal and large animal.

next word: record, preferably in the sense of them big disky things.

[Curan Roshac]

preleden v. preview, to see beforehand; preled n. an advance statement, sample, or survey

Is preleden any relation for prelude? A related inquiry: is your conlang of the Germanic presuasion?

The only german thing about my conlang is the infinitive verb ending. preleden is based on the Macedonian word Преглед. Most of the vocabulary is based Macedonian, Latin, and Ido.

I was just noting its similiarity to the English (but, last I checked, Latin derived) word and its apparent German-ness. I'd love to see it used in a sentence next time you detail your work here.

[EilisRen]

preleden v. preview, to see beforehand; preled n. an advance statement, sample, or survey

Is preleden any relation for prelude? A related inquiry: is your conlang of the Germanic presuasion?

The only german thing about my conlang is the infinitive verb ending. preleden is based on the Macedonian word Преглед. Most of the vocabulary is based Macedonian, Latin, and Ido.

I was just noting its similiarity to the English (but, last I checked, Latin derived) word and its apparent German-ness. I'd love to see it used in a sentence next time you detail your work here.

I will, when I figure it out for myself..... I find that when start working on grammar that I need more words....but when I start on vocabulary I find that I need to flesh out the grammar....vicious circle.

[WurdBendur]

I find that when start working on grammar that I need more words....but when I start on vocabulary I find that I need to flesh out the grammar....vicious circle.

A viscious, conlang-producing cycle.



crusoec n. vinyl record. cruc "groove" + oec "disc"

Next: to have a seizure

[äreo]

smaate - v. to spasm, flail about, have a seizure

next word: cereal

[patiku]

to have a seizure

kcús /kSu:s/ - v. lit. to shake

cereal

kenux /k3nuX\/ - n. good grass

Next: to almost trip, but catch yourself at the last moment

[Torco]

sieleko: 1 to succeed by a very small margin | 2 to almost fail miserably at something, to avoid a catastrophe.

next: one that enjoys eliciting a response on people or to have an effect on them

[vampireshark]

one that enjoys eliciting a response on people or to have an effect on them

diaratio (m.) /djaˈɾa.tjo/: exhibitionist; one who does something merely to elicit a response (from diaramo, or "display")

next: a man who acts effeminately, particularly in a relationship involving two men

[Torco]

next: a man who acts effeminately, particularly in a relationship involving two men

tuniilu; [tu.ni:.4u] a biological male that is a woman [including, but not limited to, being passive in bed, and referring to himself using the feminine gender]. Gender is strongly dual for most Ieseleu cultures, even if it's not percieved to stem from sex.

Conversely

tikeu: [ti.k{u] 1 a biological female that is a man. | 2 something that can prick, stab or impale you without you suspecting it, like a thorn hidden within the bushes*

next: for people to get together for the sole purpose of enjoying each other's company, to party.

(* I just noticed that the Ieseleu have inherited my love for sexual jokes... I guess I let them, since I made them to have a very low level of sexual taboo [in case you're wondering, talking about certain feelings is the big taboo, not talking about sex; 'nice boobs/nice ass/nice bulge in your pants' is a perfectly polite compliment... but asking 'are you sad' is definitely not a civil thing to ask])

[Z500]

in Rebe, pṛotgrĕts [pʰrˠot.g̊rəts] - literally, woman-man, or pṛotjĕsk [pʰrˠotʲ.ɨsk], woman-actor

next word: a man, not hyper-masculine or hyper-effeminate, but somewhere in between

[vampireshark]

for people to get together for the sole purpose of enjoying each other's company, to party.

fare un suara (lit. "to make a party") /ˈfa.ɾe un ˈswa.rɐ/: to hold a party for the sake of having a party, not necessarily for celebratory purposes

(* I just noticed that the Ieseleu have inherited my love for sexual jokes... I guess I let them, since I made them to have a very low level of sexual taboo [in case you're wondering, talking about certain feelings is the big taboo, not talking about sex; 'nice boobs/nice ass/nice bulge in your pants' is a perfectly polite compliment... but asking 'are you sad' is definitely not a civil thing to ask])

Nothing wrong with that. I've designed it so that the Glaagh are very free in a sexual manner, and asking if one is anything less than ecstatic about their life is a major taboo.

a man, not hyper-masculine or hyper-effeminate, but somewhere in between

dambațe /damˈba.ʦe/ (m)- a male of androgynous quality

next word: the color of oxygenated blood

[Christopher Schröder]

next word: the color of oxygenated blood

n. Vehrsrühg, zer -- blood red (zer = masc. def. art); cf. Vehr (blood) + Rühg(e/en) (red)
adj. Vehrsrühg(e/en) -- blood-like (in colour)
adj. Vehrsrühg(e/en) -- blood-red (coloured)

[WurdBendur]

Since you forgot the next word, I'll give one: to handle, manipulate

[Skomakar'n]

next word: the color of oxygenated blood

n. Vehrsrühg, zer -- blood red (zer = masc. def. art); cf. Vehr (blood) + Rühg(e/en) (red)
adj. Vehrsrühg(e/en) -- blood-like (in colour)
adj. Vehrsrühg(e/en) -- blood-red (coloured)

Uralogermanicish?

[Christopher Schröder]

next word: the color of oxygenated blood

n. Vehrsrühg, zer -- blood red (zer = masc. def. art); cf. Vehr (blood) + Rühg(e/en) (red)
adj. Vehrsrühg(e/en) -- blood-like (in colour)
adj. Vehrsrühg(e/en) -- blood-red (coloured)

Uralogermanicish?

Olivinne /ɜuˌli.vɩˈna/

Vehr /veɜ/, cf. Hungarian vér
Rühg /ɹuʏʒ/, cf. French rouge

[Rodlox]

Since you forgot the next word, I'll give one: to handle, manipulate

gowo = hand movements
/Go.wo/
motion (of/with).hand

or
id-gowo = hand movements involving two hands equally
/id.go.wo/
between/of {dual}.motion (of/with).hand

{id used to be hidi, but shrank from erosion}


next: construction

[Christopher Schröder]

next: construction

Construycia, zie -- construction (grammatical)
Buyh, zer -- construction (building)

Next: -- garden (either in front of your house, or where you grow vegetables or flowers)

[vampireshark]

garden (either in front of your house, or where you grow vegetables or flowers)

jardã /ʒaɾˈd(ɐ~)/ f.: garden for plants

next word: a dictator or otherwise oppressive ruler obsessed only with themselves and helping their quality of life

[maıráí]

poseneno - a dictator or otherwise oppressive ruler obsessed only with themselves
From pose "stone person"; po also meaning strong, ruling; and se, an insulting version of no/"-er"; and from neno, alone, lit. one man.

Slight variation - ponenocense, lit. man ruling alone (both by and for himself)

next word: a period of time that seems short to you and long to everyone else, and/or vice versa
(probably three words)

[Izambri]

next word: a period of time that seems short to you and long to everyone else, and/or vice versa
(probably three words)

Hellesan:

aisir [əj'zi] "period of time that is experienced as shorter than it is"

Next word: constellation