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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
Word 9 on the Liepzig-Jakarta list is “root”. I’ve already shared the Kharulian word for “root” in a Lexember post, so Kharulian will get a word for “arm” instead. The… Read more »
Word 8 on the Liepzig-Jakarta list is “bone”, which none of my languages had words for. The new words are Muipidan nubut’ïde [ˈnu.buˌtʼɨ.də], Kharulian kótron [ˈkɔt.rɔn], and Nitherian tsa [tsa]…. Read more »
Words 6 and 7 on the Liepzig-Jakarta list are “tongue” and “blood”. Muipidan and Kharulian already had words for “tongue”, while Nitherian already had a word for “blood”, so the… Read more »
The fifth word on the Liepzig-Jakarta list is “mouth”. All three languages needed this one, so here they are: Muipidan has nomayto [ˈnɔ.maj.to], which primarily means “tooth”, is also the… Read more »
The fourth word on the Liepzig-Jakarta list is “water”. Nitherian needed a word for water, so I made it osla [ˈo.ɬa]. Muipidan and Kharulian already had words for water, so… Read more »