Tag: tsako

Lexember 2020

I actually finished it! 31 plus new words in my various conlangs. Here’s the list:

  1. Tynthna: dzashka /dzaʃ.ka/ – blue, light blue, sky blue
  2. Tynthna: tsaatromii /tsao.tɾo.miː/ – dress, tunic, clothing, the basic piece of clothing. The traditional clothing which is wrapped around the body and tied with a belt. From tromiiv ‘to wear’ and tsaa ‘thing, item’
  3. Maanxmusht: iela /ie.la/ – if
  4. Maanxmusht: ʀiuʃi /ʀiu.ʃi/ song. Animate gender
  5. Maanxmusht: ʀiuʃiolʃdi /ʀiu.ʃi.olʃ.di/ festival, celebration, holiday. Literally ‘song day’. Animate strong noun.
  6. Tynthna: tuthav – have / hold
  7. Tynthna: charuv – feel (with hands, skin, etc)
  8. Tynthna: tarov – grow, get larger, expand
  9. Tynthna: tramuv – walk, crawl
  10. Ntwkso: oddo /ˈɔːd.dɔ/ – horse
  11. Ntwkso: vjivrw /ˈvjɨːð.ɾu/ – person
  12. Ntwkso: ikaha /ɨ.ˈka.haː/ – river
  13. Ntwkso: moriaddr /nɔ.ˈrɨad.dɨ̥r/ – hall, home
  14. Ntwkso: fwdis /θu.ˈdɨs/ – chicken
  15. Ntwkso: rikaddvof /ˈrɨː.kaːd.ðɔθ/ – fire
  16. Ntwkso: whsaivroʀ /uh.ˈsaɨːð.ɾɔʀ/ (boat
  17. Ntwkso: damjss /da.ˈmiːz/ – day
  18. Ntwkso: savis /ˈtsaː.vɨs/ – summer
  19. Ntwkso: akksia /ˈaːk.sɨa/ – magic spell
  20. Ntwkso: kiavsa /ˈkɨaːv.sa/ – food, meal
  21. Ntwkso: bajbaharm /ˈbai.ba.haːɾm/ – harvest
  22. Ntwkso: jirss /ˈjɨɾz/ – night
  23. Ntwkso: ʀosaok /ʀɔː.ˈsaɔk/ – tree, trunk
  24. Ntwkso: hiriah /hɨː.ˈɾɨah/ – hunger, need
  25. Maanxmusht: lindalumd – first (ordinal + one)
  26. Maanxmusht: liniwa – second (ordinal + two)
  27. Maanxmusht: piuva – cold
  28. Ŋyjichɯn: lɒikyɒtɯa /wɒi.’tyɒ.pɯa/ – year
  29. Maanxmuʃt: ɦuonθei /’ɦuon.θei/- year
  30. Ntwkso: rivai /ɾɨ.’vaɨ/- year
  31. Tynthna: tsirrii /tsi.riː/- year
  32. Ie: kyō7vkyou7 /khjəv.kjoʊ/ (low tone on both syllables) – year
  33. Tsɑkø: ægød /’æ.gød/ – year

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Finished a conlang

I’ve already said that I was creating Maanxmusht to borrow words into Nyjichun, but I was actually making two conlangs. The other is Tsako, which is vaguely Finnish inspired, at least for the phonology.

Tsako and Maanxmusht are what’s called “naming languages” – conlangs with just enough vocabulary and grammar to create names. Tsako has less than 250 words – some of those created just to show how to use the couple of derivational prefixes that I’ve invented.

Tsako has paucal and plural, phonotactics that strictly limit what can appear where while still being CVC, and vowel harmony. I really like how the plurals turn out.

You can see all of it on my Neocities site. Here are some words I especially like:

  • nimerøl – to bake, which forms ɯtinimerø, a baker
  • iirikogyl – to barter
  • mørmøkottɑæd – ceramic, βottɑæd – clay (β changes to k medially), ætekottɑæd – potter
  • ʦøpɣø – blanket, paucal – ʦøpɣɑt, plural – ʦøpɔkkɔ, which changes to tsepe in early Nyji
  • to give – ɑɑreel, charity – ɑɑree
  • salt – øʣ
  • to shine – peippel

I could pick a dozen more, but how about I stop there.

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