Re: New Arvorec words

Dan Jones wrote:

> my yw yn yngyl
> I'm a poof
That's a lot of {y}! :) How is {y} pronounced? [@], [y]
or [i]? AFMNCL Cen, it's [@] when unstressed and [i:] when
stressed.

> ObConlangQuestion: How would you express this in
> your conlangs?
Hmmm. It's quite a chore to make up a word for that
in my newest conlang Cen, which is a development
from Quenya using the Grand Master Plan of Brithenig.
For some reason, "homosexual" isn't listed in any of
the wordlists I have. :P There is no word for anything
resembling "same, equal, alike, similar" either, so
for now there'll just have to be words for gay [male]
and lesbian, but no word for both.

gay     = nuirfelin [nUjrvE'lIn] < nérmelindo 'manlover'
lesbian = nifelis   [nIvE'lIs]   < nísmelisse 'womanlover'

alt.

gay     = nuirfellt [nUjr'vEKt] < nérmeldo 'manlover'
lesbian = nifellt   [nI'vEKt]   < nísmelda 'womanlover'

Although _nuirfelin_ and _nifelis_ sound much nicer so
I'll go with those.

When I can find the time and have developed Cen a bit,
I'll send some info to the list. As for now, I only
have the words 'gay' and 'lesbian' plus the phrase in
my signature "Fight language death, create a language!"
_Mad llamgalf! Ond llam!_.

Actually, that phrase could be _Mad calf o lam! Ond llam!_
But that reminded me to much of the mad cow disease and
foot and mouth disease (mad calves and lambs, y'know).
Plus "ond" means "evil" in Swedish. :-P

||| daniel

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