User:Nicolasstraccia

This is a sample list I wrote for the Facebook group "Constructed languages" in a thread that proposed it as a small game: "From all your conlangs, pick one word to represent the language and describe it!". I left out some sketches and came up with the following list.

From Arl Borok'ti::

A verb:

liurimanantûrakug /ˈlju.ɾi.mä.nän.ˌtuː.ɾä.kug/ le-luro-î-mana-n-dûr-ag-ug AKT1-silence-POS-light-AKT2-3P-PRET.perf "they have darkened"

A noun:

yrk’udor /ˈɪɾ.kʼu.doɾ/ yrk’u-dor earth-tower "mountain, peak"

Something idiomatic: an idiom, kind of an adverb too!

“nôktulartanbanôr” /ˈnoːk.tu.laɾ.ˌtan.ba.noːɾ/ no-oktulo-artan-ba-nôr MOV-big-knife-ENTIT-during “in the swing of a sword” -> "in the blink of an eye"

From Ʒōnqi::

A verb:

ðōmqōiren /ˈðoːm.qoː.i.ɾen/ ðōme-qōir-en breath-to.tell-ABSTRACT.INF "to breathe-tell" -> "to sing"

A noun:

ōrrerī /ˈoː.re.ɾiː/ ōrre-rī bone-FEM.COL "carcass"

Something idiomatic: a kenning now used in common speech

riqelōn /ˈri.qe.loːn/ riqe-lōn knife-beverage "blood"

From Zi-Mēχθilim::

A verb:

iluθrunzienlekatar /ˈi.lu.tʰɾun.ʦie̯n.ˌle.kɑ.tɑɾ/ i-lu-θrun-zi-en-lek-atar HORT-CLI-to.say-ADHORT-INCH-CAUS-PRES.IND "let's stalk!"

A noun:

eχθili /ˈekʰ.tʰi.li/ enki-θil-i stone+LOC.CL.III-i "at a stone" -> "on firm ground" "island"

From Șekām::

A verb:

ûrîtreș /ˈuːɾi.tɾeʃ/ ûr-trș<īCCeC> TELIC-hard-CAUS "to harden"

A noun:

mizrîn /ˈmiz.ɾiːn/ mzr<CiCCīn> to.be.dead<place.of> "cematary"

From Āzriai::

A verb:

monnespartogese /mo.nes.päɾ.ˈto.ge.se/ mora-nese-fara-toke-gese to.see-ATEN.ANIM-CONT.ANIM-ITER.ANIM-1PL.PRES.SUBJ "we would still be glancing repeatedly"

A noun:

āzriznōi /ˈäː.θɾiθ.noi̯/ āzri-zna-oi word-ADJ-NOM.SG.ANIM "a loquacious one"

Something idiomatic:

māfzeri /ˈmaːf.θe.ɾi/ ma-afzeri COL-horse "mount"

From Śūmi::

A verb:

rēŋginæsgǫ? /ˈre̞ːŋ.gi.nɛs.gø/ rēŋginæ-s-gǫ to.play-2S-Q "do you play?"

A noun:

nepəjoneŋ /ˈne.pə.jo.neŋ/ horse-Ø horse-NOM.SG "a/the horse"

From Untitled 1::

A verb:

տղատիմտխախալ /ˈt̪ɣɑ.t̪im.t̪χɑ.χɑl/ t̪-ɣ-t̪mt̪<ɑCiCC>-χ-ɑ-χɑl 3s.M.ERG.I-3s.M.ABS-to.hit<PRES.IND>-3s.M.ERG.II-CONT-ITER-IND.II "he is hitting him repeatedly"

From INRÛZ'VAX'VATÛM::

A verb:

rakne ro vota natnaxûzri tal nene /ˈrɐk.nɘ ˈro ˈvo.tɐ nɐ.ˈxuːʐ ˈtʰɐl ˈnɘ.nɘ/ rakne ro vota nat-{naxûz}-ri tal nene PRET.PERF.UNC PRET.PERF NEG-{to.settle} Q SRP "could not have had been about to have settled? (is a surprise to me)"

A noun:

dalaztûm /dɐ.lɐz.ˈtʰuːmⁿ/ dal-azt=ûm COL-water=CLI.NOM "the water"

Something idiomatic:

azuvaxunûr /ʔɐ.zu.vɐ.hu.ˈnuːɾ/ azûm-vax-xûnûr river-GEN-hammer "hammer of the river" -> "rapids"

From Untitled 2::

A verb:

anaramĕnkram /a.na.ɾa.ˈmøn.kɾam/ aC₂ara-møn-hram PER.PROG.ANIM-to.fly-1S.MAS.N.PRES "I was flying"

A noun:

alāšax /ˈa.laːʃ/ ala-aš-Vx to.perceive-TOOL-DEF.SINGULATIVE "the pair of glasses"

Something idiomatic:

alahuš /ˈa.la.hɯʃ/ ala-huš to.perceive-to.burn "to glare"

From Untitled 3::

A verb:

morogθiliad /o.ˈɾog.θi.liad/ m-or=o-goθ-ili-ad REALIS-to.see=CLI-NEG-CLI.INV-PAST.STAT.ACT "to not have seen"

A noun:

gwen /ˈgʷen/ gwen-Ø water-NOM "water"