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by karaluuebru
Wed Mar 24, 2021 8:09 pm
Forum: Ephemera
Topic: Random Thread
Replies: 3734
Views: 453728

Re: Random Thread

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?
by karaluuebru
Fri Sep 04, 2020 7:03 am
Forum: Conlangery
Topic: Wenedyk spelling reform
Replies: 0
Views: 5415

Wenedyk spelling reform

Hello! I think that Wenedyk is a great example of a romlang and a great piece of work, and the following is not meant to insult in anyway. I did find it very curious though that Wenedyk is written in the Polish alphabet, in a world where I don’t think Polish exists, so the following is my attempt at...
by karaluuebru
Fri May 15, 2020 12:24 pm
Forum: Conlangery
Topic: [v5.2.0 now out] Conkey keyboard layout
Replies: 124
Views: 95985

Re: [v2.1.0 now out] Conkey keyboard layout

That would explain my problem - thanks very much!
by karaluuebru
Sat May 09, 2020 5:42 pm
Forum: Conlangery
Topic: [v5.2.0 now out] Conkey keyboard layout
Replies: 124
Views: 95985

Re: [v2.1.0 now out] Conkey keyboard layout

Sorry for the late reply - things have been getting more rather than less hectic :| :P Windows is what I use, and I don't have a GitHub account G-1 1 = ɩ G-1 2 = ƨ G-1 3 = з G-1 4 = ч etc. seem to be fine - it's the G-1 and letter that don't work for me (table 2.6 in the documentation) G-1 a = ɩa, n...
by karaluuebru
Sun Apr 26, 2020 12:45 pm
Forum: Conlangery
Topic: [v5.2.0 now out] Conkey keyboard layout
Replies: 124
Views: 95985

Re: [v2.1.0 now out] Conkey keyboard layout

This is an amazing resource and thank yo so much for all the work you have done on it, and I feel bad that this message is not only to thank you, but to ask about a problem :shock: For me the G-1 dead key isn't working - it only produces ɩ and if I try anything else it produces strings such as ɩaɩgɩ...
by karaluuebru
Sat Mar 14, 2020 12:51 pm
Forum: Conlangery
Topic: Sound Change Quickie Thread
Replies: 1333
Views: 823345

Re: Sound Change Quickie Thread

through morphological processes, a word /wjous/ has been produced - what could the sounds become?

/bjous/?
/jwous/>/gwous/?
/wous/?
by karaluuebru
Sat Feb 22, 2020 2:40 pm
Forum: Conlangery
Topic: Lexicon Sculpting
Replies: 76
Views: 97155

Re: Lexicon Sculpting

Man in Space wrote: Fri Dec 27, 2019 6:56 pm Next: tandé 'spear (n.), throw (v.)'
Tereshi I: tande: launch (a weapon), throw (something)

next: trìmeios /'tri.mej.os/ 1) the day(s) after tomorrow
by karaluuebru
Sat Feb 22, 2020 2:16 pm
Forum: Conlangery
Topic: Lexicon Building
Replies: 429
Views: 375309

Re: Lexicon Building

Pabappa wrote: Fri Feb 21, 2020 10:03 pm next:
tortoise, turtle
Tereshi II: plìkkilom neuter 1) tortoise, turtle.

From Tereshi I plikkilaa from plikkaa (flatstone)+ -l- suffix. Related to plìkkonwi flatstone reptile = crocodile

next:
dance
by karaluuebru
Sun Dec 08, 2019 8:22 pm
Forum: Conlangery
Topic: 'Making Up Animal Names Without Referencing Other Animals' The Game
Replies: 54
Views: 37107

Re: 'Making Up Animal Names Without Referencing Other Animals' The Game

butterflies: flower-kisser, silk-mother

The original 'flutter-by' also seems to deserve a mention

next: waterbuffalo
by karaluuebru
Fri Dec 06, 2019 1:21 pm
Forum: Conlangery
Topic: Lexicon Sculpting
Replies: 76
Views: 97155

Re: Lexicon Sculpting

Tereshi I: segaal recover, salvage

next:

bussu
1) opening, mouth (of a hole/pot/cave)
2) edge (of a hole), lip (of a pot)
3) Later development; geometric design (from the verb busse)
by karaluuebru
Fri Dec 06, 2019 1:13 pm
Forum: Conlangery
Topic: 'Making Up Animal Names Without Referencing Other Animals' The Game
Replies: 54
Views: 37107

Re: 'Making Up Animal Names Without Referencing Other Animals' The Game

Next: black dragon Great burnt-thing Black-burner I think dragon is difficult to do without reference to another animal - Burnt-worm is what immediately comes to mind ext: primates (you decide if this includes or excludes human). Just wanted to share my primate name 'having fingernails' Next: croco...
by karaluuebru
Fri Dec 06, 2019 1:04 pm
Forum: Conlangery
Topic: Lexicon Building
Replies: 429
Views: 375309

Re: Lexicon Building

Nortaneous wrote: Fri Dec 06, 2019 9:19 am
Next: drum (or some specific type thereof)
Tereshi I

bibinnaa
1) drums. Transparent derivation of bibina 'strike, beat repeatedly'


Next: whetstone or hammerstone, tool used to sharpen another tool/create another blade
by karaluuebru
Fri Apr 26, 2019 2:28 am
Forum: Conlangery
Topic: Lexicon Sculpting
Replies: 76
Views: 97155

Re: Lexicon Sculpting

bbbourq wrote: Fri Apr 12, 2019 9:11 am Next:
vupraekh [vu·ˈpɾæx] n. bandit, outlaw, renegade, rogue
ubràgs masculine noun, root in ubràk- /u'braxs, u'brak-/

1) outcast, outlaw, expelled person
2) hero, someone placed under a geas or taboo

next word

kàilá f /'kai.la:/


Good omen, lucky sign
by karaluuebru
Thu Mar 28, 2019 8:50 pm
Forum: Conlangery
Topic: Lexicon Sculpting
Replies: 76
Views: 97155

Re: Lexicon Sculpting

Next up: āstraja /ɑː˥˩s.tɾɑ.jɑ/ n., f., anim. guardian spirit; guardian angel âstraiá noun feminine a-type 1) statue erected at the main entrance to a a village to invite prosperity and protection. Originally the name of a girl who was said to have warned her village of a great danger. next up: kàç...
by karaluuebru
Thu Mar 28, 2019 8:44 pm
Forum: Conlangery
Topic: Lexicon Building
Replies: 429
Views: 375309

Re: Lexicon Building

Yalensky wrote: Wed Mar 27, 2019 11:15 pm
next word: chimney
Tereshi:

ànoná
noun
feminine
a-type
1) smoke-hole, chimney.
Possibly related to àna to breathe plus an instrument suffix

next word:
canoe, small one person watercraft
by karaluuebru
Mon Feb 25, 2019 4:31 pm
Forum: Conlangery
Topic: Lexicon Sculpting
Replies: 76
Views: 97155

Re: Lexicon Sculpting

k1234567890y wrote: Thu Feb 14, 2019 11:52 pm -ax [aʃ] - aff. -ling(i.e. a diminutive suffix), -on, child of ..., descendant of ...
Tereshi: -ás /a:s/ children of, descendents of muèkás children of the muègs, a tribe

next
lòstiná /'lɔs.tɪ.na:/ femine, jellyfish, collective of lòstá tail
by karaluuebru
Sun Feb 17, 2019 1:36 am
Forum: Conlangery
Topic: Menagerie Sculpting
Replies: 8
Views: 7559

Re: Menagerie Sculpting

An animal from an old project of mine which I'm actually thinking about importing to my current conworld: a capybara-like rodent adapted to tundra. I am (unimaginatively) calling them "kapi". The kapi look more or less like capybaras but are more stocky and have white fur. They are herd a...
by karaluuebru
Thu Feb 14, 2019 10:38 pm
Forum: Conlangery
Topic: Lexicon Sculpting
Replies: 76
Views: 97155

Re: Lexicon Sculpting

k1234567890y wrote: Sun Feb 10, 2019 5:05 pm mirves [mirvəs] - n. grain
mìrbis n f i 1) grain of sand
2) speck of dirt

next word:

màkír /'ma.ki:r/ n m r 1) big toe, thumb
by karaluuebru
Tue Feb 05, 2019 10:49 pm
Forum: Conlangery
Topic: Lexicon Sculpting
Replies: 76
Views: 97155

Re: Lexicon Sculpting

bbbosborne wrote: Fri Feb 01, 2019 11:56 pm next: naačawaagwaag /nɑt͡ʃʌwɑkwɑk/ long, bendy riverbed
nàtsauags /'na.tsa.waxs/ delta, distributary, mouth of the river. Originally a name for a particular delta.

next word:

srògná /'sro.gna:/ cape, point e.g Cape Horn
by karaluuebru
Tue Feb 05, 2019 10:38 pm
Forum: Conlangery
Topic: Lexicon Building
Replies: 429
Views: 375309

Re: Lexicon Building

Tereshi: фlâmiká mòira star fish, often plain фlâmiká, meaning ''little hand of the sea''


next word: obsidian, volcanic glass