medheutir ['med̪.ia'tir] intoxicant, litterally 'drunk-maker'
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tessé - ancient, from way back when (The s is inexplicably doubled, against Moi Kuan spelling rules; probably for more dramatic effect.)
vesliné - old (person), old person, elderly
vesliní - old (any other thing)
Cua'ié vesliné nae vesliné. Ié mu. Lookit that old guy being all old. Lookit him.
Uai ksil navva vesliní. This fruit is old.
Tessé Moum La Vea The Ancient Temple of the Wind
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vesliné - old (person), old person, elderly
vesliní - old (any other thing)
Cua'ié vesliné nae vesliné. Ié mu. Lookit that old guy being all old. Lookit him.
Uai ksil navva vesliní. This fruit is old.
Tessé Moum La Vea The Ancient Temple of the Wind
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uzèŋ - post/mail
uzèŋkaa - post (vb)
hesid - send (uzèŋuò lai hesidood = to send in the post (lit. with the post))
uzèŋifan - post office (from uzèŋ + ŋifan = lit. mail station)
plènse - letter
jààluzèŋ - parcel (big mail)
uzèmp'iil - postbox (I can't think of a better alternative metaphor for this – so I've just compounded uzèŋ and p'iil (post and box))
uzèŋzikaapy - mail payment (ie, stamps – I'm not in the mood to think up the inner workings of an imaginary post office, but stamps are quite cool so I'd maybe like to make some for my world one day. Stamps are also called tamatama, which is a loanword)
matognyy - address
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uzèŋkaa - post (vb)
hesid - send (uzèŋuò lai hesidood = to send in the post (lit. with the post))
uzèŋifan - post office (from uzèŋ + ŋifan = lit. mail station)
plènse - letter
jààluzèŋ - parcel (big mail)
uzèmp'iil - postbox (I can't think of a better alternative metaphor for this – so I've just compounded uzèŋ and p'iil (post and box))
uzèŋzikaapy - mail payment (ie, stamps – I'm not in the mood to think up the inner workings of an imaginary post office, but stamps are quite cool so I'd maybe like to make some for my world one day. Stamps are also called tamatama, which is a loanword)
matognyy - address
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gecanfòpy
lit. throwing beans
from canfò throw and ge bean (-py is a nominalisation marker to make it procrastination rather than procrastinate)
comes from an old game similar to marbles – procrastinators are said to be throwing beans because it's a typical childish waste of time.
There's also pààdlsààmàpy if you want to be more formal – that means "time-losing".
Next word: candlelight
lit. throwing beans
from canfò throw and ge bean (-py is a nominalisation marker to make it procrastination rather than procrastinate)
comes from an old game similar to marbles – procrastinators are said to be throwing beans because it's a typical childish waste of time.
There's also pààdlsààmàpy if you want to be more formal – that means "time-losing".
Next word: candlelight
Moiku:
moien A borrowing in the style of 'ginkgo' (i.e. horribly wrong) that originally meant wax candle, then just candle, then both candle and candlelight, and now just the latter.
moieha A little more poetic. Emphasis on the size/shine of the light.
Kataku:
mo2mia2ni4 - the original.
next word: to plunder, pillage. (And Viking for bonus points.)
moien A borrowing in the style of 'ginkgo' (i.e. horribly wrong) that originally meant wax candle, then just candle, then both candle and candlelight, and now just the latter.
moieha A little more poetic. Emphasis on the size/shine of the light.
Kataku:
mo2mia2ni4 - the original.
next word: to plunder, pillage. (And Viking for bonus points.)
zòòky: plunder, pillage, raid, delve into, rummage
taatò: rape, violate
For viking there is no word except Vaikiŋ, a straight borrowing from the English, but I don't think that really counts, since it's in another world. I guess I ought to add a vague equivalent, but I haven't really fleshed out the world yet.
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taatò: rape, violate
For viking there is no word except Vaikiŋ, a straight borrowing from the English, but I don't think that really counts, since it's in another world. I guess I ought to add a vague equivalent, but I haven't really fleshed out the world yet.
Next word: sculpture
In Tormiott:
pogm /po:m/ (n) rock
siepogm /sʲə'po:m/ (n) sculpture {sie-, prefix meaning going away, changing shape, form or substance}
agsiepogm /ˌa:sʲə'po:m/ (n) sculptor {ag-, prefix for actor or instrument; sie-}
midsiepogm /ˌminʲsʲə'po:m/ (n) erosion {mid-, undergoer, experiencer or theme; sie-}
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pogm /po:m/ (n) rock
siepogm /sʲə'po:m/ (n) sculpture {sie-, prefix meaning going away, changing shape, form or substance}
agsiepogm /ˌa:sʲə'po:m/ (n) sculptor {ag-, prefix for actor or instrument; sie-}
midsiepogm /ˌminʲsʲə'po:m/ (n) erosion {mid-, undergoer, experiencer or theme; sie-}
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Hwèrmenta /hwəɹmentä/ - tool, literally "work instrument"
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atom = p'omaa
any part of an atom (proton, electron, subatomic particles in general) = p'omaapyyŋ, atom part
proton = smepyyŋ = positive part (they used to say smepys p'omaapyyŋ but got tired of spelling it out!)
---> electron = vèmpyyŋ = negative part (again, from vèmpys p'omaapyyŋ)
neutron = baanpyyŋ = neutral part (from baane p'omaapyyng)
positron = vèmpyyŋvèn = un-electron
antiproton = smepyyŋvèn = un-proton
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any part of an atom (proton, electron, subatomic particles in general) = p'omaapyyŋ, atom part
proton = smepyyŋ = positive part (they used to say smepys p'omaapyyŋ but got tired of spelling it out!)
---> electron = vèmpyyŋ = negative part (again, from vèmpys p'omaapyyŋ)
neutron = baanpyyŋ = neutral part (from baane p'omaapyyng)
positron = vèmpyyŋvèn = un-electron
antiproton = smepyyŋvèn = un-proton
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