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Re: weekly vocab

From:taliesin the storyteller <taliesin@...>
Date:Saturday, March 30, 2002, 15:05
* 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. t.