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/pʰ tsʰ tʃʰ kʰ/ /p~m t~n~ɾ~ɾ̃ tʃ~ɲ k~ŋ/ /ts tɬ/ /f s ʃ ɬ x h/ /j w/ /a e i o u/ + long + nasal for a 4-way contrast. CVC, nasal allophones invariably precede nasal vowels. <p t c k> <m n j g> <q r> <f z s l x h> <y w> <a e i o u> + doubling + tilde: <ãã ẽẽ> etc

I've been on vacation, so rip to Lexembers 22-30. Here's to:

maleq, tail.
maleq-an, last.
boːˀɣ, head.
boːɣaˀn, first.
ha-prur, to rise.
ha-prur-an, "rising". Plausible source of hapruˀn, sunrise, day.
qahleːʁ, year.

hapruˀn maleqan qahleːʁ, the last day of the year.

Lexember 20. & 21.
rjar, a small bead.
ɣreˀn, to shine.
paren, shiny.

Lexember 19.

ŋoniːpaˀ, to receive < ŋo-niː-be-haˀ <with-at-for-carry>
qapaːˀn, a gift < qa-behaˀ-an <PASS-give-NMLZ>
or equivalently qaŋniːpaːˀn id. < ŋoniːpaˀ

Lexember 18. Containers
ploːʁ, a pot, a ceramic vessel.
xeˀq, a box.
ʒiˀɣ, cloth.
haːz, to flow.
taːˀz, to pour.

miːˀ leʃtaːˀz kjoˀ xiːʃ niː ploːʁ

miːˀ

PERF

le-

in-

ʃa-

PFV-

taːˀz

pour

kjoˀ

1s

xiːʃ

water

niː

be_in

ploːʁ

pot

I poured water into the pot.

Now it's my turn to steal your topic for the day. xiːʃ , water. ŋibdeˀɣ , bees. This is etymologically a collective formation with the ŋi- prefix, but whatever word was prefixed in this way is now lost. To form a singulative (one bee), one can say: ŋabdeˀɣ qaːd laˀj , <bees feather one>, with the co...

Lexembers 12-16. Food and crops. plaˀj , to grind. ŋjapleːˀŋ , flour. luːˀ , a house. luːˀ plaˀj , a mill. kruːn , a seed-bearing mint bush. pimdaːŋ , a sorghum-like grass. roˀŋ , a flower arranged in stalks. (roˀŋ) nlaːw , a type of amaranth. qeb , a type of soft flatbread. kjuˀr , meat. ŋarlaːg ,...

Lexember 11. Eating

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

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.

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...

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.

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.

Lexember 3. Moving

iˀk, to go. and its reduplicant ikiˀk to go (and come back), to walk around.
uːiˀk, iːˀk to leave.
niːˀk, to arrive.
ŋoniːˀk, to come.
ŋoikiˀk, to accompany.
leiˀk, to enter.
pariˀk, to exit.

Lexember 2. Existentials i , to be, of yet uncertain grammatical function; ʃai , ʃeː , become, cease to be. parʃai , evolve, change. niː , to be at. pe:i , to be like. lei , to be in. rui , be under. ŋoi , to be together with. This becomes the basic locative verb in some descendants, leading to com...

Proto-Kangshuic, because I need to generate vocab. I will post multiple times a day until I've caught up. Lexember 1. Speech saˀg , to speak. ʃasaˀg , to speak, to say. This is the perfective variant of the preceding verb. niːsaˀg , niːʃasaˀg , ʃaniːsaˀg , "say to, speak unto". The variati...

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