Re: Last word in the dictionary

James Campbell  wrote:

>For a forthcoming new section on my website, I'm putting together a list of
>the last words in the dictionary in as many languages as possible - mainly
>natlangs, but conlangs are also welcome. Where better to ask for
submissions
>than here, from my fellow langheads? :)
>
>If you'd like to contribute, please mail me offlist on lastword@zolid.com,
>and please try to provide at least one natlang for each conlang - although
I
>want to include conlangs, very few have actual real printed dictionaries,
>and the page may have a (slightly) broader appeal if it's mainly natlangs.
>(As if it will have any appeal at all...)
>
>If possible, please specify the source of your information (i.e. which
>dictionary), the meaning of the word in English, and a transliteration and
>.gif if the alphabet is non-roman. Abbreviations are excluded; subentries
>will be permitted if they're single words. I've made a start with 17
>natlangs from my bookshelf, including words for bacon-rind (Dutch) and
>foot-and-mouth disease (Russian).
This assumes that these dictionaries are _complete_:


Shorter OED (3d ed. 1944, reprint w/corrections 1965):  zymurgy - the art or
practice of fermentation.  (You surely have this already)

Abinal & Malzac, Dictionnaire Malgache-Français [Malegasy], 1970?:
 zozozozo - (imitatif) bourdonnement, bruissement, sifflement du vent dans
les forêts...
(Sorry, no French-English dict. to hand; I think the last phrase clarifies
it...)

Panganiban, Diksiyunaryong Pilipino-Ingles (1970):  yutyót - 1. sound of
heavy or violent but intermittent shaking (as of a house, tree branch,
plank...) when burdened by heavy load or lashed by heavy wind or stream of
water. 2. the act of bending under stress of weight or pressure.

Capell, New Fijian Dictionary (3d ed. 1968):  yota - (Engl.) a yacht

Echols & Shadily, Indonesian-English Dictionary (2d ed. 1965):  zurapah -
giraffe

The above all follow conventional A-Z (if used) format.

Wojowasito, ed. Mills, Kawi Lexicon [Old Javanese] (1979):  hwi [i-macron] -
rattan
Follows Sanskrit order.

Conlang:  Mills, Añakrangota Sende Kash [Kash] (2001):  otrosho - (n)
ceramic ware; (adj) ceramic [subject to change as new words are discovered]
Follows own order: Consonants (velar, palatal, dental, labial), Vowels (a i
e u o)--initial sounds only; internal sounds by English order.  I haven't
yet figured out how to make the computer sort the whole 2000-plus lexicon by
Kash order.
(jpg attached)

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