Lexember 2023

[Imralu]

Dagadag is onomatopoeic of drums and, in Balog culture, most music consists of drumming and rhythmic chanting.

This is a better onomatopoeia for drums, especially a snare, than parum-pa-pum-pum IMO

Thanks, but I think if you trill your r's, that's not bad for doing a kind of marching band snare thingy. Dagadag is bassier.

[äreo]

Lexember 5:

cnantima
[ˈknantima]
mode, scale, (by extension) key, literally "ladder, set of steps," from cnans step, perch, musical interval, related to cnanten to step (in dance), to lift one's feet and cnarar to climb, mount, board

Mode or key could also be translated by cuást mood, vibe, setting. Pentatonic, heptatonic, and octatonic scales are femmecnante, nemmecnante, and onnecnante. Chromatic scales are ceppecnante "of all steps."

A diatonic mode is (caftemía, cafte-) vossax "(properly) full," more literally "that (properly) fills [intervallic space]." A major scale is semniri "of the sunrise" or xí "bright"; a minor scale is vinniri "of the sunset" or fál [foːl] "dark".

[kodé]

Σαμχαλης
/š^wum/ ψυμ (verb) “have fun”

“I’m having fun with some friends”
Ιο ψυμπθα ιεδα χοσερ
/io š^wum-tha ie-da k^hos-er/
I fun-pres anim-dat friend-pl

Is this an IE-lang?

Nope, it's a personal artlang, though there's influence from IE langs and some of the lexicon is a posteriori. And I use Greek orthography for it, though there's no Greek at all, besides some isolated word inspiration.

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I did this yesterday, but I'm only posting it now, and there's no time for me to do another one today. Le sigh ... grumble, grumble, adulting ...

12/4-5 M : "drum"

Old Sanhr
/dm-dm/ “drum” (mimetic noun root)
[dõmdõm]

“The woman is hitting this drum”
[ˈ sɐrku tẽn ˈ peikas ˈ dõmdõns mo]
/srk-u tn pak*I-a-s dmdm-s mo/
woman-nom the hit*I-non.past-indic drum-acc this


Tl’acho
/tl’oongw/ “drum” (incorporated noun root)

“My maternal uncle wants to design a drum (he told me)”
[tɬ’óóˈ gwéèjʌ̃ʌ̃tɬʌ̃̂gwo waˈ déédzige]
/tl’oongw-(i)xwej=e:-n-lhe^-v^kw w-(a)deedz-g/
drum-design=opt-non.past-3.sgA-near.audit 1.sgO-mat.uncle-top


Σαμχαλης
/dumbe/ (noun) “drum”

“This kid found a drum on the side of the street”
σε ˈ κιν ˈ προμφε ˈ δυμβε λαττα τα ˈ ραν
/se kin prom-phe dumbe lat-da ta ran/
this child find-past drum side-dat the street

[sasasha]

Lexember 5

Proto-Aretian
*ḷahaamiuŝq̆u
wild-prepare-string

Wengal (NB I think I actually mean this language to be Old Aivan ‒ Wengal is a closely related sub-family):
ɣaijəveuqú-
adj. flat (music);
vt. to tune flatter (intentionally);
vr. to let go of one’s concerns, to relax, to take one’s eye off the ball

Old Iozhi
llaiańučú-
adj. (of music) using scales with low or non-raised intervals;
adj. relaxed;
vt. to set free
vr. to relax

llaiańučuívits
n. dance performed in honour of the god Xíon to invoke freedom, set to music with low or non-raised intervals

[Hallow XIII]

Lexember 4. Carrying

haˀ, carry.
behaˀ, give.
niːhaˀ, bring.
parhaˀ, take out, bring out, reveal.
lehaˀ, put (in).
kibhaˀ, bring over, ferry.
hahaˀ, offer, carry up.
ʒenhaˀ, carry downwards.

[äreo]

Lexember 6:

toëllo, séarima, (séare) víl
[ˈtwɛlːu, ˈsɛːɾima, ˈsɛːɾɛ viːl]
"limb, member," "set of notes," "line (of notes)"
melody, musical phrase, motif

més
[mjɛs]
"accord, agreement" (related to méren to agree (with), be good)
harmony

whitta cnans
[ˈʍɪtːa knans]
"short step"
half-step, semitone

gaela cnans
[ˈŋaːla knans]
"long step"
whole step, whole tone

gaegalla cnans
[ˈŋaːŋalːa knans]
"overlong step" (with reduplication of gael)
augmented second (three semitones)

[Hallow XIII]

Lexembers 5. & 6. Instruments.

driˀʒ, a drum.
ʃa-ral, to hit.
rlas, to beat.

qwi:r a flute.
heˀʁ, to blow.
leheˀʁ, to blow into.

driˀʒ rlas, to play (a) drum(s).
qwi:r leheˀʁ, to play a flute.

[äreo]

Lexembers 5. & 6. Instruments.
qwi:r a flute.
heˀʁ, to blow.
leheˀʁ, to blow into.

This inspires me.

Lexember 7:

whír
[ʍiːɾ]
to blow, puff, exhale

sýr
[syːɾ]
to whistle (similar to sír to hiss)

cippir
[ˈcɪpːɪɾ]
to pluck, pick (from cíp fingernail)

pittir
[ˈpɪtθɪɾ]
to tap, press on a key, type (related to pit dot, pip, fingerprint)

[foxcatdog]

Week 2 Music
1
*lapapaa “short flute” from *paa “bone from PA *paha and *lapa “speaker from Sun Elven.
2
*mumapaa “long flute” from *muma “male singer” and *-paa an augmentative
3
*puli tu akka “a type of genre of music characterised by a diverse profile of instruments” literally soup of performance

4
*panawa “middle part of a piece of music” from *pana “tail” + *wa an unknown suffix also appearing in *sandawa “portrait” from *sanda “person”. Derives from the fact the tails of Chienna are usually raised and generally reach 3 quarters of the chest in females and the whole chest plus part of the neck in males.

Various additions can be added to this
*sama “story” for detailed parts
*ruuai “sweet” for melodic parts
*lua “thin” for droning parts
*aunuuta “whalelike” for cacophonous and all encompassing parts
*wilsiki “windy/breezy” for ephemeral and light parts
*tanga “detailed” for parts which include multiple melodies

Also see *ikawa from *ika “buttock” for the second last part of a piece of music, *tamawa from *tama “end” for the last part of a piece of music, *nuwa “head” for the start of a piece of music and *liiawa from *liia “nape” for the second part of a piece of music. As you can tell, Amarin songs are generally divided into five parts although variations exist.

5
*amata from an unknown origin refers to folk songs traditionally performed by a single performer and consisting of an instrument which can be played without using the mouth usually a guitar.

Subgenres include *amata mari from OA *mati “beautiful” although it now refers exclusively to men refers to love songs and *amata juki from *juki “heroic” for songs of triumph.


6
*kuua from the OA word for string reborrowed into the modern language to refer to any of the seven scales which dominate Amarin music. The first six scales are named after numerals but the last is named *kuuamaa from an augmentative referring to it being a 2 intervals higher in pitch then the next last key as the rest have only 1 intervals worth of pitch difference.

Amarin Pianos *manaa have 2 extra keys known as the *umiku “sea key” and *naskaku “star key” which are respectively six and half intervals and one and a half intervals. Pianos also generally have 3 sets of keys each of which are separated by 1 interval.

7
*sindu “timbre” of unknown origin

[äreo]

Lexember 8:

nixis, nixiri
[ˈnɪksɪs, ˈnɪksɪɾi]
string (related to nixir or nictir to tighten)

cýber or nixima
[ˈcyːbɛɾ, ˈnɪksɪma]
"pelican, ibis" or shortening of nixissima "set of strings"
guitar

pestat, pestanda
[ˈpɛstat, ˈpɛstanda]
key (of an instrument), button, switch ("touched," from pestar to touch, tap, press; related to pesto push, nudge, impulse and perhaps pést coin via a related verb or old usage press --> stamp)

pteura
[ˈpθɛuɾa]
keyboard ("keys," from rare singular pteps, perhaps formed by an anagram game from pest- or related to ptínir to point, pinpoint, specify)

sýtýs or thínucca
[ˈsyːtyːs, ˈθiːnʏkːa]
"whistle-bone" or "reed, little stalk"
whistle, flute, pipe

[Imralu]

6

vuzum "sing" (in a rhythmic chanting way)

7

halailam "sing" (in a melodic way) (probably a loanword)


8

tsuwaz "be tempo" (from tsu "quickly"; -az abstraction suffix indicating degree)

9

duwuduh "dance", "be a dancer" (male style of dancing)
lasan "dance", "be a dancer" (female style of dancing)

[äreo]

Lexember 9:

themalíma or themaprás
[ˈθɛmaliːma, ˈθɛmaproːs]
"music-type" or "music-custom"
style, genre

[äreo]

Lexember 10:

Last day of Music Week.

whossor or fétor
[ˈʍɔsːɔɾ, ˈfjɛtɔɾ]
"speed," literally "fast-being" (the gerunds/infinitives of stative verbs are often equivalent to our -ness)
tempo

eócet (séar)
[ˈjøːkɛt]
"joined (sound)," from eócen to join, related to eóc share, lot, interest
chord

wrámbir
[ˈvroːmbɪɾ]
to strum
Almost certainly onomatopoeic (compare English strum, Finnish rämpyttää), Bulgarian дрънкам), but some scholars consider it a lexicalized inchoative of wráir to grow. I'm doubtful.

[Hallow XIII]

Lexembers 7. & 8. Singing & Dancing

jok, to sing.
gjoˀt, a song.
kreːŋ, a finger. Metaphorically, from flute-playing: a tone, a note.
eʒbjaˀl ~ ʃebjaˀl, a limb, a member.
ʃebjaˀl gjoˀt, a melody, a tune.

mluj, a dance.
ramli:n, to dance.
remramli:n, to dance back and forth, to dance wildly.

[Hallow XIII]

Lexembers 9. & 10. Rituals


jokjok, ŋojkjok, to chant.
zliˀq, a ritual to propitiate the spirits.
qaːhaˀn, an offering.
gjoˀt qaːhaˀn, "a song and a sacrifice", a ceremony.
qwiːr hahaˀ, "to offer a flute", to play sacred music.

[äreo]

Lexember 11:

Food and drink time.

seocolat
[ˈʃɔkulat]
chocolate

Seeing as the Msérsca lands do not have native cacao trees, they are most likely to have learned of chocolate through me. Literally every language on earth that has a word for chocolate uses something that derives from Nahuatl via Spanish, so we have quite a precedent here. Mór brown, nep seed, nut, bean, and ístit delicacy might figure into other names they develop for it.

[Hallow XIII]

Lexember 11. Eating

koʃ, to eat.
hoˀj, food.
ʒenkoʃ, eat up.
qakʃan, a meal.

[Travis B.]

4

play a drum:
Proto-Tshyak: dədom [dədɤm] (ipfv.)
Old Zlang: dôŋ [dɔˤɴ] (ipfv.)

5

play a wind instrument, whistle:
Proto-Tshyak: sew [sew] (ipfv.)
Old Zlang: sew [sɤw] (ipfv.)

6

bang an object:
Proto-Tshyak: bak [bak] (ipfv.)
Old Zlang: bak [bɑʔ] (ipfv.)

7

rub two objects together:
Proto-Tshyak: zəzin [zəzin] (ipfv.)
Old Zlang: zin [zin] (ipfv.)

8

clap (one's hands):
Proto-Tshyak: pəpok [pəpɤk] (ipfv.)
Old Zlang: pôk [pɔˤʔ] (ipfv.)

9

jangle an object:
Proto-Tshyak: kəkik [kəkik] (ipfv.)
Old Zlang: kîk [kɤˤʔ] (ipfv.)

10

ring a bell:
Proto-Tshyak: təten [təten] (pfv.), tətin [tətin] (ipfv.)
Old Zlang: tên [tɛˤɴ] (pfv.), tîn [teˤɴ] (ipfv.)

[äreo]

Lexember 12:

cot, conda
[kɔt, ˈkɔnda]
egg, eggs

clussir
[ˈklʏsːɪɾ]
to crack, break; share, distribute; succeed, be victorious

Ári pendrimis cot clussicoësto.
[ˈoːɾi ˈpɛndrimɪs kɔt ˈklʏsːiˌkwɛstu]
one-GEN hand.PL-INSTR egg crack-can-1S
I can crack an egg with one hand.

[äreo]

Lexember 13:

I'm recovering from food poisoning, so let's riff on that.

xípa
[ˈksiːpa]
poison, venom, pathogen

From this we can get xípar to poison, poisoning and xípaédea infection, poisoning. Namat béret xípa would be food-borne pathogen. We could also say namande xípaédea "poisoning of food(s)."