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

In message <36F9D326.AD643643@...>, Sally Caves
<scaves@...> writes

> 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:
Hm.  Bit short in the Gods etc department.  Still, here we go
for Elet Anta.
c=/k/; k=/x/; sh=/S/; ch=/tS/; th=/T/; lh, rh=voiceless l, r

NB: short glosses - not always very accurate

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

ano:           a god
Anoyarn:       the Great God
Loarna:        the goddess of the Anta
Changcay:      her consort
Vith:          god of the sea; Neptune
Rak:           god of speed and motion; Mercury
Clas:          god of war; Mars
Atorgoy:       the evil one
kardasharl:    a devil
elianyal:      a saint
sivi:          a spirit which leaves mostly in trees, plants etc
shifish:       a rural spirit, a fairy
but:           a spirit which lives underground
Yesus Krist:   Jesus Christ

    2.  Human family relationships.
mura:          mother
pani:          father
livcwa:        sister
lovcwa:        brother
loyandi:       son
layati:        daughter
panliv:        father's sister
pantov:        father's brother
murpan:        parents
olacs:         cousin
lorpan:        grandfather
lormur:        grandmother
lorlay:        granddaughter
lorloy:        grandson
lor:           (V) be a generation removed: ali-lorye mura:
               great-grandmother (etc)
alepyen:       partner
loreyen:       ancestor
loroyen:       descendant
taloc:         (V) be step: talocye mura: stepmother
miloc:         (V) be half: milocye livcwa: halfsister

    3.  The parts of the body.
cloc:          bone
luv:           blood
cufa:          head
las:           eye
chisco:        hair (on head)
manam:         nose
plaval:        forehead
faltar:        ear
galas:         cheek
yasc:          mouth
sanc:          tooth
brelet:        tongue
colont:        neck
colc:          gullet
ok:            windpipe, trachea
tambad:        shoulder
pletanc:       back of body
peren:         arm
triwka:        elbow
brenem:        wrist
ado:           hand
ilmin:         finger

    4.  Diseases of the body.
shofra:        a cold
sinich:        influenza
clatics:       cancer
pe-cyelye sindrom tena-kashondisaa:  AIDS
grolyamist:    tuberculosis ("little tuber disease")
rovodye clacsu: heart attack ("breaking of the heart")
tiflesh:       measles
tup:           pustule
tupist:        smallpox ("pustule disease")
tupistyam:     chickenpox ("little pustule disease")
grufyac:       mumps
ucak:          cough
awvayist:      whooping cough ("howling disease")
selfist:       diarrhoea ("flowing disease")
tifist:        acne ("pimple disease")
vit:           lice
nilh:          fleas
plesht:        a rash
rhumatist:     rheumatism
ulantist:      schizophrenia ("being lost disease")
rasha:         be insane

    5.  Names relating to Church or Religion
atmir:         priest
anoyal:        priest, minister
peypa:         pope
rav:           rabbi
kristasi:      Christianity
ivri:          be Jewish
core:          heaven
kardash:       hell
evay:          to bless
naketia:       naming ceremony; kristye naketia: baptism
kalavia:       funeral ceremony
kristayro:     Christmas
hofonia:       ceremony for entering the Anta ("whitebeam ceremony")
shalia:        another name for hofonia (?)
hofonyal:      person with some Anta ceremonial function (?)
alepia:        pairing ceremony
donorpav:      be atheist
shinsyal:      soothsayer, one who casts fortunes (?)
shazdial:      magician (?)
shorkyal:      enchanter, witch (?)

    6.  Names relating to Secular Hierarchies, the parts of Government
melcwa:        king, queen
coriali:       prince, princess
ducu:          duke
fuavial:       a judge
adalien:       a juror
melas:         the government
melasar:       a minister
anye melasar:  prime minister
Arnye Curthas: Grand Council of the Anta; (or) Parliament
Taban Curthaas: House of Commons
Taban Avocwaa: House of Lords
melcvon:       kingdom
ripablic:      republic
charbad:       a tyrant
yenasmelsa:    democracy
ascadasi:      socialism
penevasi:      capitalism
cismelas:      anarchy
aglarisu:      revolution
tompsu:        coup d'etat

    7.  The parts of trade and human craft.
butracyal:     a shopkeeper
mitamyal:      trader, merchant
mitamas:       business, trade
inusu:         firm, company
bangc:         a bank
satra:         (V) sell
zalath:        (V) buy
satrazalathyal: shady kind of dealer
trampanyal:    miner
iscyal:        fisher
precethyal:    potter
torvomyal:     forester
dovyal:        physician
dovicyal:      pharmacist
prenayal:      teacher
atial:         academic, scholar
palayal:       scientist
caralyal:      journalist
pracsu:        a job
pracsufta:     be unemployed

    8.  Days, months, seasons of the year, hours, minutes.
sartan, elentan, avotan, wodean,   thortan, ivatan, ivrian
Sunday, Monday,  Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday  Saturday

Elen Yanus, Elen Februar, Elen Avo, Elen April, Elen May, Elen Iva
January     February      March     April       May       June
Elen Yuli, Elen Awgust, Elen Aram, Elen Hada, Elen Olni, Elen Tuca
July       August       September  October    November   December

culays:        spring
marlad:        summer
terven:        autumn
hiringc:       winter
april:         morning
misho:         noon
drezen:        afternoon
bethen:        evening
tanat:         daylight hours
laymu:         night
tanathi:       24 hours
hora:          hour
minyt:         minute
segand:        second

    9.  The Quotidian things of life: clothing, houses, farming.
lentic:        shirt
ishelt:        trousers
pruton:        shoe
cushok:        sock
cufic:         hat
sercif:        skirt
syut:          suit
colot:         house
cariu:         room
vant:          door
eneshi:        window
colotey:       storey
candas:        floor
imlep:         ceiling
helef:         farm
bua:           cow, bull
le:            sheep
curic:         chicken
brelth:        grain
thamand:       harvest

  10.  The parts of the Natural World.
vithas:        sea
ucarvis:       ocean
ufand:         wave
eselen:        tide
coyla, orhas   river
rincwa:        brook
shies:         wood, copse
torvom:        forest
corasht:       mountain
olind:         hill
fuavas:        plain
ifyar:         valley
syath:         rain
sarcoy:        rainbow
zdash:         heavy rain
rumbo:         thunder
scrish:        lightning
surf:          snow
cracs:         hail
brufa:         wind

--
John Fisher   john@drummond.demon.co.uk   johnf@epcc.ed.ac.uk
Elet Anta website: http://www.drummond.demon.co.uk/anta/
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