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foxcatdog wrote: ↑Wed Mar 13, 2024 10:59 pm Next: Fat/Oil

Keševan rašu 'animal fat', from Rasal grašo, and whence rašta 'fatty'.

Next: deal (cards)

Vijay wrote: ↑Fri Apr 16, 2021 2:17 am At least in Malayalam, it's [ˈkənnəɖa]. That's my best guess for Kannada itself as well.

I sincerely hope they pronounce Canada the same way and make jokes about it.

Pabappa wrote: ↑Wed Mar 31, 2021 9:15 am next:
warehouse, reservoir, repository

Keševan saûza 'warehouse, storeroom, depository', from a verb meaning 'count up' plus a locational suffix -za, meaning a place where things were inventoried.

next: giant, colossus, titan

[tɔː nɛjanu guɕi naɕi naimu iɾ kuɾɔː diːnɛ nɛjɔː iɾ tamijɔ | duɾuːnu dɛjaga cɕyː naɾ suliga rĩŋcɕĩɟʑɛcɕi uwiɾ tuːwa.uwãnnu ɟʑĩnsuk da] Tô neyanu gushi nashi naimu ir kurô dîne. Neyô ir tamiyo, durûnu deyaga chiû nar Suliga ringchĩjechi uwir tûwa uwãnnu jĩnsuk da. 1. w > v 2. y > i 3. t d > ts dz be...

This is random, and I don't know whether anyone will know the answer, nor if this is the place to ask? Why has r/conlangs on Reddit suddenly gone to private? Answer here . tl;dr: this is apparently the drama that started on the r/ukpolitics subreddit, in which the admins banned one of that subreddi...

I'm pretty sure I'd all that a baking sheet, maybe a cookie sheet if I'm baking cookies. But I hardly ever bake so I'm relying on my memories of what my mother calls it.

I mentioned a little earlier that I was learning how to use Inkscape, and now I've mostly gotten the hang of it. My city map is going well (though I've been a little distracted by other projects), and I've decided to label every street using my conlang Keševan, which you might have seen me dabble wi...

I am happy to report that I've met my goal of reaching 2500 words for Keševan by the end of the year. I've also been dabbling in Inkscape and finally familiarizing myself with how vector graphics work with the aim of creating a map of a conworld city, which in turn has helped fuel the creation of ne...

Congrats to the Board Lord for receiving David J. Peterson's Smiley Award. A very nice write-up of Verdurian and Zompist's overall influence on conlanging.

Zam bulatga endre resha?
Has the show aged well?

Anybody else doing Lexember? I'm trying to get the lexicon of Keshevan up to 2500 entries. I've been doing a few every day since mid November and I'm getting close.

A recent dream of mine included a brief scene in which I was browsing the ZBB and saw that Masako had replied to the lexicon-building thread. But he hadn't made a new word, no, but rather posted a very long critique of my conlanging from what he could glean in that thread, particularly attacking my ...

masako wrote: ↑Thu Nov 05, 2020 5:41 pm next: to bawl out; to reprimand severely

Keševan udagze (inf.), udago (3s), udaget (pass. part.) 'bawl out, reprimand severely,' from the verb meaning 'eat' plus a particularly violent prefix. Cf. English 'chew out'.

next: tally, count up

Pedant wrote: ↑Tue Nov 03, 2020 9:23 am Next: (fruit) core

Keševan aítača 'core of a fruit', from ait, an obsolete passive participle of agze 'to eat', plus a diminutive -ča. A bit paradoxical: it's what's left over after eating the fruit, not what is actually eaten.

next: greedy

fusijui wrote: ↑Mon Nov 02, 2020 9:51 pm Next: socks, stockings for feet

Keševan doplu 'sock', an old borrowing from Calintese duòplo which meant a kind of shoe, passing through the intermediary meaning 'slipper' on its way to 'sock'. The Calintese is from the verbal duòfi 'step, tread'.

next: shelf

masako wrote: ↑Tue Oct 27, 2020 3:29 pm next: deluge; flood

Keševan lunarse (inf.), lunaru (3s) 'flood, overflow, inundate' (intrans.). The corresponding noun would be lunáreîna 'a flood'. From narse 'to flow' plus a prefix that in this instance means 'to excess'.

next: tunnel

Travis B. wrote: ↑Mon Oct 26, 2020 6:23 pm Proto-Mongolic dates back to no earlier than the thirteenth century.

An anti-Tiffany, when something that seems like it must be ancient is revealed to be younger than expected. Is there a better term for the opposite of a Tiffany problem?

I'm pretty sure that means that the landlord would like a notice of whether you've decided to move out or renew the lease at least 60 days before the expiration of the current lease. Just a simple statement either way. Unless I'm missing something?

HourouMusuko wrote: ↑Mon Oct 19, 2020 12:39 am Next: to trade, to barter

Keševan inzurse (inf.), inzuro (3s), inzurta (pass.p.) 'trade, exchange'.

Next: thanks, thank you (phrase to express gratitude)

Circeus wrote: ↑Thu Oct 22, 2020 6:59 pm There would be huge debate regarding whether -ton ought to be regarded as a variant of -town.

Perhaps the -tin in Austin as well. Also note the variations: -son/-sin (as in Wisconsin) and -ton/-tin. And what of -ta of Atlanta and Augusta? Surely the vowel marks gender.