WW #8: Idle Hands
I’m in the middle of two weeks with no work, so I’m making words about idleness! (Don’t worry, I’m taking this opportunity to do a major overhaul of the Lexurgy… Read more »
Category: Weekly Words
WW #7: Valentines
Let’s celebrate Valentine’s Day with words for romantic love. In the cultures of the Three Rivers region, romance had nothing to do with marriage. The love (if any) between husband… Read more »
WW #6: Brrrr
It’s a pleasant -21C (-6F) outside as I write this, so let’s talk temperature words! This is apparently an area I’ve completely neglected so far, so all of these are… Read more »
WW #5: The Fruits of our Labour
This week’s theme is fruit. The Kharulians were particularly fond of dates (saghmiigh [saʝˈmiːʝ]); they also ate olives (iighwi [ˈiː.ɣʷi], singular eev [ˈeːβ]), apples (chiry [tʃiɹ̠ʲ]), and grapes (puzh [puʒ])…. Read more »
WW #4: Say Hello to Nitherian
This week, a third language, Nitherian, joins Weekly Words. While Muipido and Kharul were contemporaries and neighbours in the northwest of Meamoria, the Nitherian empire emerged from the jungles of… Read more »
WW #3: For All Seasons
Last week, we saw that the Muipidan calendar divided the year into five “seasons”. But what did they call these seasons? For much of the population of Muipido and Kharul,… Read more »
WW #2: Season Well
Muipido developed the first accurate solar calendar, dividing the 345-day year into twenty months of 17 or 18 days based on the lunar cycle. This calendar was borrowed by Kharul,… Read more »
WW #1: New Year on the Lagendeda
In the calendar used by the ancient cultures of the Lagendeda River, the new year started on the fall equinox. This was when the land was recovering from the dry… Read more »
Introducing Weekly Words!
Lexember is done, but I don’t want the momentum to end too. I appreciate how Lexember drives me to create both basic and advanced vocabulary and really think about the… Read more »