Re: weekly vocab

* Aidan Grey said on 2002-03-29 21:40:22 +0100
>    A lot of people have complained/noticed/commiserated about the
> difficulty of vocab creation. I don't really have a solution, but I thought
> providing 5 (or 10) words a week might help with the issue somewhat. If I
> provided 5 words every week, and assuming that someone created words for
> the items, oh, 80% of the time, that's 52 x 5 x 0.8 = 208 new word a year.
> Not a huge jump forward, but certainly better than the 15 per year some of
> us (like myself) get stuck at.
>
>    I'll start with five (but 10 would put our number above up to 416!), and
> if it looks like it will help, I'll continue to do so weekly,  and may
> upgrade the number depending on popularity and usefulness.
>
>    Here goes:
<creativity>Ups blood-sugar, empties head, prefes for inspiration...

>    1. birch (the tree)
Conculturally unsound. I'd have to borrow it, but from what language?
What is the oldest language that has a word for birch? Hm...

>    2. werewolf / lycanthrope of some variety
Shapechanging comes in two varietise in my conculture:
1. changing to/from a predefined form (like lycanthropy)
2. 'other' shapechanging

Hmm... a word for the second is easier I think...
"raxma:nux" change-shape-self (haha, Rachmaninov)
"raxuxma:n" change-self-shape

Leave to stir... I'll probably know tomorrow.

>    3. to save (money)
Know no word for money even. Oups. (Hmm, naonaove? ninive? hahaha)

"nao"naova"fao'mani'ivan

(annoying reggae-loop stuck in brain) Yah Man!

to store an item, save a file: haoa
A word for the acts of Unca Scrooge McDuck would be 'overstore lots of
money', 'hoard money' but that doesn't cover the usual aspects of
'save money'

"haoarrinn": store too much

>    4. to conquer
take over, win through battle (checks roots) whoa, wordnet has a silly
definition: suppress? stamp down on? huh? checks webster instead

ah, webster:

     1. To gain or acquire by force (and synonyms)
     2. as 1. but by mental means (persuasion)
     3. to win

     General word: overcome

Nah, needs time

(Please make the reggae stop!)

>    5. motif
wordnet:
    1: a design that consists of recurring shapes or colors

like a pattern, then. important word

    2: a theme that is elaborated on in a piece of music [syn: {motive}]

this definitely needs a separate word, variations on a theme is a
cornerstone in some of the concultural music genres.

    3: a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or
    artistic work; "it was the usual `boy gets girl' theme"

theme, red thread, undercurrent, hidden structure...

Might have some words tomorrow.


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