Re: New Arvorec words

CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU writes:
>This must be the first addition to Arvorec vocabulary for months. I was
>writing a personal profile in Arvorec (for the new Arvorec web-page,
>which I will finish soon- I promise ;o) ) and I found I lacked a word for
>homosexual, so, we now have:
>
>ceneyth "homosexual person" < Latin CINAEDU (no slur intended to any
>Kenneths on the list!)
>yngyl "poof" (pej.) < English "ingle"
>tryvaeth "lesbian" < English "tribade"
Nice, i think i'll use that latin word for the Montreiano word, at least
the more commonly used one. That would probably become:

CINAEDU > çinedo > çinéo /tsi'neo/
>
>All used in one sentance:
>Ma c'hwer yw yn dryvaeth, my yw yn yngyl, ac oll an taely yw geneydhow!
>My sister's a lesbian, I'm a poof- the whole family is gay! (actually, I
>don't have a sister)
>
>ObConlangQuestion: How would you express this in your conlangs?

Actually, as things are, i'm not sure if I can truly express that right
now. I wonder where most of the Spanish and portuguese terms come from
(are there ANY slang terms for homosexuals that arent derrogatory in those
languages?)

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