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m.cartampi -s "comb". Etymology: from Peran kartampi "comb", from Sarden kartempi "fingers".
Next word: owl
There are a few words for owls in Poswa:
bofa general word pubvus long-eared owl pimmaenum smallish owl with no ears pibža all-white owl found in the extreme north pibobva type of owl common in the southeastern areas of the empire pubanabos another type of owl common in the southeastern areas of the empire; has gray feathers puni large southern owl
Some of these words are cognates of other words, loaned through languages that were spoken in different areas.
Poswa: pumblup is a joke with a target, e.g. to laugh *at* someone. bwupsim is a joke that's like a pun or a play on words. If you have a joke that's both at once then it's still a bwupsim.
Manel is the name of a people living in the middle of the Poswob Empire in land that was too cold and dry to attract settlemtn from the other tribes. Their flag looks faintly like a cannabis leaf (though it's really a form of ivy) and therefore they are associated with the plant even though their homeland is mostly desert.
next word:
foot (measurement), or a similar unit of measurement in your conworld (the Poswobs use "hands")
Kuma: Kapū na ūlū [kapu: na u:lu:] /lit. Inside an isolated cage/
[Cage+ particle indicating inside/on something/someone, in+ ū-prefix indicating that the person/thing referred to is isolated and confined there for a long period of time+ownership particle]
NEXT: To brainstorm/to collect ideas
Current Conlang Project: Karuslnko. http://karuslnkoconlang.wordpress.com
[next word: victory; success; to beat; to defeat; to surpass
loparmégovictory; tansiosuccess (also: good luck); parmésarato defeat, to beat; réstalarato surpass
Hello, I'm glad to join in; new to this board, not to the craft of conlanging! Above are glosses from the Vayardyio language which I created quite a few years ago, 7500+ words.
daeld ampid - to change form. "daelpid" for short. Eymology: Tamlrinian "dalt aampidh", with the same meaning. Cognate with a Leneric term I have not though of yet.
next word: discussion
Přemysl wrote:
Kereb wrote:they are nerdissimus inter nerdes
Oh god, we truly are nerdy. My first instinct was "why didn't he just use sunt and have it all in Latin?".
treskro wrote:Proto-Vdangku: ggiggi [ɠiɠi] n. hiccup
Next:
in tandem, twin, pair
metti- a pair
From the word 'mett' for two.
Next word: Banana (or other tropical fruit)
Poswa: pawab
Pabappa: pasur
Thaoa: pafuau
all meaning "(that which is) held in the hand"
Bananas were introduced to the Poswob world by the Thaoa speakers, but as the Thaoans moved north, they lost their memories of the fruit and later re-loaned the word from the ancestor of Poswa and Pabappa.
