Re: Birth-related vocabulary?

--- caeruleancentaur <caeruleancentaur@...>
wrote:

> Great inspiration!
...
> I'm prompted to increase my list:
Likewise!

Here, in the end, are all my birth/reproduction words
in Franj.  * represents a new coinage:

*afterbirth		sonon (m) [vulgar when used of humans
rather than animals]
baby, infant		bebei (m)
*birth			tutlat (m)
to give birth		tutur
to be born		tutulur
bottle			buas bebeix (m)
*to break the waters	luazur lis asus (intres)
*to break (the waters)  (lis asus intres) a zaluazur
breast			la màme
*to breastfeed		essùcùr
*breech presentation	persentànc dis bots [lit.
“presentation of the boots”]
child			bala (m)
*colostrum		uhs (m)
to conceive		tucur un bala
*contraction		erpresse
*to have contractions	erpressenùr
*to crown		paratur
*delivery room		bùlime de la baucat
to ejaculate		jucur
*epidural		perdùreile (f)
labour			baucat (m)
to be in labour		baucur, erpressenùr
*meconium		uhspuq (m) [uhs (colostrum) + boqh
(faeces)]
*midwife		mer sàpe (f) [lit. “wise mother’]
milk			cùs (f)
mother			mer (f)
*nappy/diaper		moxate (f) [lit. “little towel”]
nipple			pejell (f)
*to ovulate		ovasur
*ovum			ova (m)
penis			xot (m)
*placenta		plasonton (m)
pregnant		qancant, tavant
to be pregnant		aijur (old-fashioned); tavur (esp.
“tavur un bala”)
to become pregnant	tùcùr a tavanc
*presentation		persentànc
*to push		baucur
scrotum			krotal (m)
*semen			seme (f)
to suck			bibùr
*testicle		orxa (m)
twins			egàzes (m.pl), sing. egàz; ikejes (f.pl),
sing. ikeje
*uterus			uture (f) [medical term]; cf jetir
vagina			pùse (f)
womb			jetir (m) [usual word]; cf uture

And all of this Franj neologism brings me to only 3
words short of 3200.  Yay!

Geoff

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