Conlang: Re: LeGuin (was: a 12th century conlang) (Andrew Smith, Mar 29 '99, 4:58)

Re: LeGuin (was: a 12th century conlang)

From:	Andrew Smith <hobbit@...>
Date:	Monday, March 29, 1999, 4:58

From:

Andrew Smith <hobbit@...>

Date:

Monday, March 29, 1999, 4:58

On Wed, 24 Mar 1999, Sally Caves wrote:

> We were talking just a few days ago about the _Lingua Ignota_. I'vedone this very > thing when making up vocabulary (nouns) for Teonaht. I was > going to suggest that we conlangers produce some taxonomies similar > to Hildegard's: Let's see a list from some of you with at least twenty items > in each of these categories: >

I didn't get them all, even with going through my lists of unposted words. Here's what I came up with:

> 1. God, gods, angels, saints, and demons.

ill abostol, apostle ill bugun, goblin, spook ill cel, heaven, sky llo ddew, gods and/or goddesses Dew, God, but in context, the Goddess. lla ddewdad, deity lla ffefil deg, faeries, the fair family (in Welsh, Y Tylweth Teg) ill iffern, hell lla fiserigheirdd, divine mercy llo saeth, the saints ill yspirid, spirit, ghost ill angel, angel ill diawl, devil ill dragun, dragon, esp. Ill Dragun Rhys! (ke ddug ill modd) lla drinidad, the trinity Dewi Saeth, the patron saint of Kemr Iesu Crist, Jesus Christ Ill Yspirid Saeth, the Holy Spirit 18 words

> 2. Human family relationships.

ill antegessur, ancestor ll choenad, brothers and/or sisters in law lla efed, aunt llo ffeil sons and/or daughters ill ffradr, brother ill ffuid, baby ill gefell, twin ill genr, son in law lla wein, kindred, clan ill lleith, bed, legal term from Kemrese common law refering to the four generations that make up a clan or household lla fadr, mother lla sur, sister ill nebud, grandson, nephew lla neith, granddaughter, niece lla non, grandmother lla nor, daughter in law ill oiol, grandfather ill oncyl, uncle ill padr father llo sogr, fathers and/or mothers in law 20 words

> 3. The parts of the body.

lla farf, beard lla freich, arms lla fron, breast lla fuch, mouth ill cerfel, brain lla gil, eyebrows lla bolff, flesh ill cor, heart ill deid, finger ill dent, teeth lla ffeig, face lla 'enygl, knees ill grenun, moustache ill gwallt, hair on top of a head lla ymr, shoulder ill llafr, lips ill man, hand ill ogl, eye lla os, bones ill pil, hair 20 words

> 4. Diseases of the body.

ill gor, abcess ill llangur, fever ill gweseg, blisters ill tys, cough ill galron, disease ill claf, leprosy lla rhewmatism, rheumatism lla yscaf, scab lla aruin, scabies (lit. the spider, interesting) lla friwr, the shivers 10 words

> 5. Names relating to Church or Religion

lla offren, mass ill pluif, parish ill prefder, priest ill pechad, sin ill bendith, blessing, grace before meals lla Fibl, Bible lla gabell, chapel Caruisif, Lent ill catakism, catachism catholig Catholig cristian Christian lla egluis, church lla enef, soul ill ffidd, faith ill gwad, prophet ill pregeth, sermon lla ingwghediwn, invocation llaig, lay ewangelig Evangelical, a Kemrese protestant ill yddew, jew

> 6. Names relating to Secular Hierarchies, the parts of Government

ill bailidur, manager ill frad, judgement ill captein, captain ill ciwil, citizen ill comite, committee lla gostidydiwn, constitution lla d+on, lords and/or ladies ill duithur, leader ill gwardd, police lla woruin, staff, crew, proletariat lla yfarfent, government lla imheddegfent, impeachment lla llegilladyr, legislature ill mencib, slave ill president, president ill rheithur, provincial governor ill rheon, kingdom lla rhiant, queen ill rhui, king ill terruin, the High-King

> 7. The parts of trade and human craft.

ill deneir, money ill essag, balance ill kenig, penny lla wenidiwn, sale ill llafur, work, labour, trade lla llawn, blade ill marthel, hammer lla ober, work, deed lla rhod, wheel ill sedd, job ill segyr, axe lla ser, saw ill soch, ploughshare ill sollt, shilling ill traethad, essay ill carffent, axle lla ysporth, basket lla dawl, board lla yscub, broom ill ingen, engine

> 8. Days, months, seasons of the year, hours, minutes.

D+oneg, Sunday ill diwrn, day Gwener, Friday ill gweran, spring ill ifern, winter Ioi, Thursday Llyn, Monday lla fathin, morning Merchyr, Wednesday ill muis, month ill gweil, holiday, festival Sabad, Saturday ill sediwn, season ill segl, century ill sethfen, week Ystreblanc, September ill suir, evening lla ur, hour Ebril, April lla galen, first day of the month

> 9. The Quotidian things of life: clothing, houses, farming.

ill agheir, sink ill areben, acre ill biscoeth, biscuit ill camp, field lla gas, house lla gloch, clock lla goff, cup ill cosedyf, costume ill curth, court, hall ill eirigl, farmer ill graneir, farmer ill greg, flock llo west, clothes ill gwirddeir, orchard ill llentewl, sheet ill mas, farm lla borth, door lla dyneg, cloak lla yscerff, scarf ill ystafl, room

> 10. The parts of the Natural World.

ill aenel, lamb lla aer, air lla aerell, clay lla afon, river ill arfur, tree lla aruin, spider lla ascellpell, bat lla fre+, hill lla gafurn, cave lla gum, valley ill deserth, desert ill dilyw, flood ill ffang, mud ill ffog, fire ill gwent, wind ill llag, lake lla llar, ground ill mont, mountain lla for, sea, ocean ill suin, weather. - andrew. Andrew Smith, Intheologus hobbit@earthlight.co.nz "Break someone's leg." - Old Orc Saying.