WW #22: I Jump to the Other Hand
This week, inspired by Janko Gorenc’s extensive collection of numbers in different languages, I’m doing words for numbers. The numbers from one to ten in the Meamorian languages are: Muipidan… Read more »
Monthly Archives: May 2021
WW #21: Docking in a Body
Yesterday was my birthday! To celebrate, I’ve made birthday-related words for my languages. In the Three Rivers cultures, people celebrated their birthdays when they reached an age that’s a multiple… Read more »
WW #20: The Sky is Sad
This week’s Liepzig-Jakarta word should be “rain”, but Muipidan and Kharulian already had words for “rain”, so I’ve given them words for “fly” (the insect) instead. In Muipidan, the word… Read more »
WW #19: Mango Juice
In Nitherian, the word for “mango” (the fruit) is mwo [mwo]. But in the lead-up to the Imperial period in Nitheria, it also became the normal polite way of referring… Read more »
WW #18: Come Here
Word 10 on the Liepzig-Jakarta list (not counting the second-person pronoun sharing position 9) is “to come”. As mentioned in Weekly Words 12, Muipidan verbs of motion tend to distinguish… Read more »