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Re: weekly vocab

From:Anthony M. Miles <theophilus88@...>
Date:Tuesday, April 2, 2002, 22:52
>From: "Douglas Koller, Latin & French" <latinfrench@...> >Reply-To: Constructed Languages List <CONLANG@...> >To: CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU >Subject: Re: weekly vocab >Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2002 15:11:28 -0500 > > Aidan wrote: > >> 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: >> >> 1. birch (the tree) >> 2. werewolf / lycanthrope of some variety >> 3. to save (money) >> 4. to conquer >> 5. motif >
<snip> Here are the words in Lahabic: 1. birch lamandetelembrakhe "white tree" ["l{.m{n."de.te.%l2m.b_j{.k_he] from LAMAN 'white' -de- genitive animate affix TELEM 'tree, wooden' -ra (<-r=) nominative animate affix -khe nominative singular animate suffix 2. werewolf No exact equivalent; all canines on the Island are wild; but perhaps this is interesting qaru'rakhe - wild dog [N{.%ru:.r{.k_he] QARU'S- howl up (at the moon) -ra- nominative animate affix -khe nominative singular animate affix The derivation is interesting qaru'rakhe [N{ru:rak_he] qaru's [N{ru:s] howl up (at the moon) qwaru's [N_waru:s] howl up nwaru's [n_waru:s] howl up n-waru's [n=-waru:s] up-howl waru's [waru:s] howl, which started on this list as [wa:rus], a Lahabic adaption of walrus and their typical bellowings. The word qaru'ro'lei 'moon=that which is howled at' also belongs with these words. 3. to save (money) dyergwiqkine(h)- [d_jer.g_wiN.ki.ne.h] dyer- preposition, away from gwim- [g_wym] preposition, with KINE(H)- hold Irregular declensions: imperfect relative future -e'- from kine-e- (instead of kin-e-) 4. to conquer walaseunaiid- (NB: in certain contexts, this word can mean 'to rape') [w{.l{.z2u.n{i.i.d] WALAS- force -en- instrumental inanimate affix WAYID take, steal (the Lahabra are apparently communal) -en-w->-enw- > -eun- If one wished to place stress on the use of hired thugs, one might use: walauseunaiid- [w{.l{.z2u.n{i.i.d] WALAS -win- instrumental animate affix WAYID -walas-win-waiid > -walaswinwaiid- > -walausiunaiid- > -walauseunaiid- 5. motif dhoiyakro'lei ["d_hVi.jak.%ro:.lei] Originallly this word referred to a zigzag patern; hence the use of 'leap'. dho- iterative prefix ('again') HIYAK leap -ro'- accusative inanimate affix -lei nominative singular inanimate suffix ObLang: What are the voiced aspirates in Sanskrit, if they are not aspirates phonetically? _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx