Re: weekly vocab

Replying late, but better late than never.

> >   Here goes:
> >
> >   1. birch (the tree)
Hmmm.  The main Yivríndil speech area wouldn't have too many birches,
methinks, or if it did they'd be rare.  Furthermore, the tropical areas
where Proto-Yivril was spoken definitely did NOT contain birches--so this
word can't be native.  Instead, let it be:

saivyerda "birch tree"
borrowed from Praçí _saivierda_ "white-tree," which is ultimately from
*sal(a)veirdo

> >   2. werewolf / lycanthrope of some variety
Yiv. doesn't have werewolves of the shapeshifting variety, or any other
shapeshifters that I know of.  There is, however, an already extant word
for a race that was mingled with wolves in mythological times:

weyyana "wolf-man"

> >   3. to save (money)
Thinking about this yeilded not one, but three words:
_kipya_ "to jar up; to save, to preserve" < _kip_ "jar" (connotations of
wise foresight, normal planning and saving)
_ruéfya_ "to save, to drive a hard bargain" < _ruéfasí_ "thriftiness"
(jealous of money, cheapness)
_dolmuya_  "to hoard, to pile up" < _dolmu_ "pile, hoard" (connotations
of miserliness and negative qualities) [already extant]

> >   4. to conquer
_gésenya_ "to be victorious, to overcome." [already extant]

> >   5. motif
_sinessa_ "pattern, motif", cf. _sina_ "shape, form"

That was fun! Let's keep it up.

Jesse S. Bangs     Pelíran
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