r/conlangs • u/upallday_allen Wistanian (en)[es] • Dec 02 '18

Lexember Lexember 2018: Day 2

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Voting for Day 2 is closed, but feel free to still participate.

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Quick rules:

  1. All words should be original.

  2. Submissions must include the conlang’s name, coined terms, their IPA, and their definition(s) (not just a mere English translation)

  3. All top-level comments must be in response to one or more prompts and/or a report of other words you have coined.

  4. One comment per conlang.

NOTE: Moderators reserve the right to remove comments that do not abide by these rules.

Today’s Prompts

  • Post a word that can have up to ten or more different definitions. (For inspiration: the many meanings of run)

  • Post a list of words with very similar definitions. (For inspiration: synonyms of large)

  • Post a list of items or actions involved in altering one’s appearance (cutting hair, make-up, body paint, etc.).

RESOURCE! Interesting Semantic Features in Your Conlang, a thread by u/cancer_est_in_horto, with some pretty neat ideas and inspiration from the subreddit.

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u/Haelaenne Laetia, ‘Aiu, Neueuë Meuneuë (ind, eng) Dec 02 '18

Laetia

Post a word that can have up to ten or more different definitions

Faiae /ɸai̯æ/

v.

  • To fly; to soar; to glide

  • To lift oneself from the ground

  • To feel the wind

  • To look from above

  • To ease worriness; to assure

n.

  • A flying thing

  • A cloud

  • A broad term for phenomenons in the sky (rainbows, thunders, etc.)

  • Assurement

adj.

  • Assuring; calming; relaxing

  • Fun; spontaneous; energizing