Re: conculture

aniye Adam Walker:
> My concultures and conlangs usually develop symbiotically.  A new word
> suggests a cultural attitude.  A new bit of culture built suggests a fertile
> sematic domain.  That in turn further defines th culture inspiring other
> vocab.  Which comes first?  Why the chickeggen of course!
>
Speaking of such things, I recently looked into the cultural domain of music in
Silinestic culture, and the result was the creation of a larger vocabulary
describing various musical things:

Currently there are 4 main instruments:

tiuma 'lyre' (sort of like a lyre at least)
gaske '4 string harp'
limma/yalma 'harp'
piore 'pipe' (more flute like really)
lineo 'instrument'

Then there's all the parts of the instruments (or, at least the ones I have so far):

hwanse 'bow'
tiuse 'lyre-bow'
nalka 'arch, bridge'
nuver 'tuning peg'
sinoma 'string'

Then there's all the sounds that they can make:

nusse 'tone'
linos 'note'
linorna 'chord'
lisse 'sound'
linde 'music'

Then there's all the verbs related to music:

tiumanyello 'to play the lyre' (tiumanan, assiumanti
tivietyello 'to become a lyrist' (tiviessen, assieviessi)
numyello 'to tune' (nuvun, anuve)
yalmeallo 'to play the harp' (yalman, ayalme)
linyello 'to play an instrument' (lir, alini)

And finally the agent nouns:
tiumando 'lyrist' 'lyre player'
tivo 'lyre player
yalando 'harper'
pioreindo 'flutist'
gaskeo 'gaske player'

So, basically my point is that I first thought of how music was to be realized in
Silinestic culture, then I made the Silindion words.

Elliott

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