Zompist Bboard Again

masako wrote: ↑Sat Nov 10, 2018 6:32 pm

din wrote: ↑Fri Nov 09, 2018 3:57 pm next: numb

Amal:

yushra v - be/feel numb (physical or emotional) | yushiya n - numbness

next: callus, blister

Poswa:
watu

Wafombo watebop, tappipam pobbadži.
foot-1p-LOC-Ø-1p blister-C-1p-ACC, pine.forest-LOC barefoot.walk-1p.past
I got blisters on my feet from walking barefoot in the pine forest.

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next: hermit crab

Pabappa wrote: ↑Mon Nov 12, 2018 4:06 pmnext: hermit crab

Kala:

nkahitsaka - home crab; hermit crab

next: majestic; grand

Haþirysy:

Milateba - to be magnificent, grand, glorious
(mila - glory teba - to be great)

Next: bridge of the nose

Bessunire wrote: ↑Wed Nov 14, 2018 1:43 pm Next: bridge of the nose

Kala:

pyampu - bridge of the nose (nose-bridge)

This is formed from kopi "bridge; crosspiece", and ampu "nose; smell" > kopi'ampu >> pi'ampu >> pyampu.

next: cat-calling sound; clamor

masako wrote: ↑Thu Nov 15, 2018 8:01 am next: cat-calling sound; clamor

Haðirysy:

Gorobonun - clamor, the chaotic shouting of a crowd or army
(goro- to shout, roar -ban/-bon chaotic action Aktionsart -un/-in abstract)

Next: to cheer someone up

Bessunire wrote: ↑Thu Nov 15, 2018 2:16 pm next: to cheer someone up

Amal:

mutedek - to cheer (sb) up [be.happy-CAUS-INF]

next: bay; gulf

Salvian:
Sidnu "bay" (augmentative of sin- "cenote walls"
Kwehnu:
Aado mụ uyẹru "bay, gulf" ("hollowing caused by the sea")

Next: oar, rudder, keel

Pannonian:

oar thijan /ɕejɒn/ ~ Gk. ptuon, Arm. t'i
rudder sztajeł /ʂtɒjəɣ/ < Ger. Steuer
keel keel /kijl/ < Ger. Kiel

next: potato

Jalvaan kolānepīmīn "round yam", kahašpīmīn, "golden yam".

next: (pottery) jar

Salvian:
Aḍḍālu "storage jar (for water)" (from ḍal- "to drink")
Kwehnu:
Ọ́ri "jar"
Ụnuké "udu, raindrum (pottery percussion instrument)"

Next: (musical) chord

Pedant wrote: ↑Tue Nov 20, 2018 10:05 am next: (musical) chord

Amal: kurhuda - (musical) chord

Kala: nauamaka - (musical) chord

next: placenta; womb

masako wrote: ↑Thu Nov 22, 2018 4:10 pm

Pedant wrote: ↑Tue Nov 20, 2018 10:05 am next: (musical) chord

Amal: kurhuda - (musical) chord

Kala: nauamaka - (musical) chord

next: placenta; womb

Womb is a basic lexical item that I add any time I start a new language, often with a very short word like ā or pap/. Placenta tends to be a historically derived root, though in modern times opaque, such as Poswa pobbaba and Pabappa wabusa. Most of the words in the outer languages are distantly cognate to Pabappa's, such as

Galà săŋo
Olati šikăňo
Subumpamese mićămʷo
Paleo-Pabappa mikămo
Proto-Hipatal mikăŋʷa
East Dreamlandic miššanua
North Dreamlandic mittanua

Some of these may later change, but the sound changes leading to them are solid.

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next: chameleon

Pannonian: chameleon /xæmelíjɵn/ (orthographic borrowing)

Next: chicken

Western Nyipa: nyaʔepa ŋkwaʔa, "spirit-mask pheasant".
Jalvaan: piryafin, etymologically "chick, little bird".

Next: outrage (egregious violation of social norms)

Hallow XIII wrote: ↑Sun Nov 25, 2018 8:46 am Western Nyipa: nyaʔepa ŋkwaʔa, "spirit-mask pheasant".
Jalvaan: piryafin, etymologically "chick, little bird".

Next: outrage (egregious violation of social norms)

Good one, I'll just stick to Poswa for this.
befwampa "to make enemies of friends", from historically independent roots be "friend" + fapu "enemy" + -mpa (translative).

Pantebum, pišas poppepa paslampabam, befwampap.
soldier-PL, student-GEN book-ACC-3p fire-burn-TR-3p-DAT, outrage-3P-CAUS.
The soldiers, having burned the students' books, caused an outrage.


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next: clam, bivalve

Pannonian:
kumbul /kɵ́mbul/ 'clam/mussel' < dissimilation of kungul < Lat. conchula
maukkyĕ /múkkij/ 'mollusk' < PIE *smeuk- + nominalizer -kyĕ
srīgā /sˀɾɛ́jgɒˀ/ 'oyster' < Italian ostrica
pataghul /pɒtɒ́ɣul/ 'scallop' < patagh 'pan' (< Lat. patella) + diminutive -ul (< Lat.)

Next: trash can

Nortaneous wrote: ↑Sun Nov 25, 2018 6:55 pmNext: trash can

Proto Tim Ar-O *glʁptjw 'latrine pit'
> Classical Ngade n Tim Ar /ɬàhtɯ̀/ łahtï 'trash can, waste receptacle'
> Proto-O *kwrptsjw > O /kʷɨpsə/ k̇ypsə 'sewage line'

Next: soldier, infantryman

Haþirysy:

Fešabi - soldier, infantryman (lit. spear-carrier)

Next: robbery

Bessunire wrote: ↑Wed Nov 28, 2018 6:11 pm Haþirysy:

Fešabi - soldier, infantryman (lit. spear-carrier)

Next: robbery

Poswa:
pippepene "to steal, rob"
puspepene "to steal something valuable and not easily replaceable"

The -pene suffix is common on words indicating violent or criminal actions. But with verb inflections on, it regularly contracts to just /b/:

Libitiopul pippebebul!
blow.bubbles-tool-1P-ACC-2P.past steal-TR.2P.past
You stole my bubblegum!

Pamumbopul puspebebul!
heart-1P-ACC-2P.past steal-TR.2P.past
You stole my heart!

I might change the word for bubblegum, but I might keep it .... note that there is already a word for a soap bubble wand, libila, which uses the common -la suffix for handheld objects. This frees up the -tos ending ("that by which") for the food. If I change it, it'll probably be a new word for gum derived from the word for pine resin.

Pabappa:
pol ponil

Mas bupu putibap pol poni!
you hat-POSS-1P-ACC steal-Ø-PAST!
You stole my hat!

I havent worked with Pabappa lately, and it's really fallen far behind Poswa. The sound change of /iV/ > /i/ really broke the language such that more than half of the inherited vocabulary collides with other words, and I'm going to need to relexify the whole language just to get back to where I was before. But that sound change does help me in a roundabout way create verb inflections that delete the final /l/ of the verbs they belong to. Is there a word for a morpheme that erases other morphemes and then itself disappears?


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next: whirlwind

Haþirysy:

Ehiombanicce - whirlwind (ehiom- to blow -ban- chaotic action suffix -i- result -cce augmentative)

Next: mole (could be an animal, a skin feature, or a spy. Have fun)