Re: SURVEY: Idiomatic Expressions In Your ConLang Or ConCulture

Senjecan is, to a large extent, a language based on verbs.  However,
the inflection of verbs is minimal, resulting in very simple verb
forms.

Nouns are the parts of speech that show the greatest elaboration.
Prefixes from all the other parts of speech are permitted on root
nouns.  One category of nouns is those based on the root _dêmon_
from the verbnoun _dêma_ build.  -on tells us that it is a concrete
noun related to the stem.  It means building.  Please don't
think "skyscraper."  It can be any type of building that humans (or
other intelligent beings) construct.

I have found the following nouns in the dictionary:

cántïdêmon > cântïa, assemble = assembly hall, meeting house.
coldêmon > côla, imprison = prison.
cúdïdêmon > cûdïa, cast, found = foundry.
cüérïdêmon > cüêrïa, buy, purchase = store.  I had to make a
decision here.  Was a store a place for buying or selling?
eðdêmon > êda, eat = restaurant.
étengooldêmon > etênon, grain & gôôla, store = granary.
gooldêmon > gôôla, store, garner = warehouse.
ÿéélmuuldêmon > ÿêêlon, glass & mûûla, plant = greenhouse.
jeexdêmon > jêêca, heal = hospital.  Another decision here: was a
hospital a place to be sick or a place to be healed?
lédëdêmon > lêda, perform, act = theater.
liiqdêmon > lîîga, model, throw = pottery.
ménðëdêmon > mênða, learn = school.  Another decision here: was a
school a place for teaching or for learning?
miildêmon > mîîla, grind, mill = mill.
µaðdêmon > µâða, pledge, guarantee = pawnshop.
neçínðëdêmon > nêçon, corpse & înða, burn = crematory.
písdëdêmon > pîsda, mint = mint.
poojdêmon > pôôja, drink = tavern.
qoordêmon > qôôra, tower up = tower.
çécüdêmon > çêcüa, defecate = latrine, outhouse.
vérðëdêmon > vêrða, saw = sawmill.
viðdêmon > vîða, cooper = cooperage.
vosdêmon > vôsa, train naked, practice gymnastics = gymnasium.

There are strict rules in the formation of compounds in Senjecan &
these compounds are no exception.  These nouns all denote buildings
wherein the action of the verb takes place, "building for
assembling, building for imprisoning, etc."

Charlie
http://wiki.frath.net/user:caeruleancentaur

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