Re: Werd

 --- Barry Garcia wrote:
> So i'm finally getting off my ass and compiling a lexicon for
> Saalangal.  Here's how i'm doing it. I'm listening to various songs
> and writing down the words to the lyrics in a spreadsheet. I order
> the spreadsheet by the english word and then delete duplicates. So
> far i've gotten words from "Minerva" by the Deftones (hard
> rock/metal band).
I've come up with an interesting vocabulary creation method, though I
would be very selective in which conlangs I would actually use it in.
I used it in my first conlang (intended for secrecy), which I worked on
when I was about 10, and use it sometimes in Ikanirae Seru, which is an
extension of the same project, fictionally invented by some kids who
mostly speak English.  I wouldn't use it for something like "Old
Starrish", which is spoken by people group in a different world.

1. find a pair of antonyms or neas antonyms, e.g. "warm" and "cold"
2. adapt them to the phonology of the language: "hamu" and "kora"
3. swap the meanings: "hamu" means "cold", "kora" means "warm"

Estel

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