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This is a sample list I wrote for the Facebook group "[https://www.facebook.com/groups/constructedlanguages/ 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 | This is a sample list I wrote for the Facebook group "[https://www.facebook.com/groups/constructedlanguages/ 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 smaller sketches and came up with the following list: | ||
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|“in the swing of a sword” -> "in the blink of an eye" | |“in the swing of a sword” -> "in the blink of an eye" | ||
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From Ʒōnqi | {| | ||
|''' From ''Ʒōnqi'' ''' | |||
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A verb: | | | ||
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|A verb: | |||
ðōmqōiren | |- | ||
|''ðōmqōiren'' | |||
/ˈðoːm.qoː.i.ɾen/ | |- | ||
|/ˈðoːm.qoː.i.ɾen/ | |||
ðōme-qōir-en | |- | ||
|ðōme-qōir-en | |||
breath-to.tell-ABSTRACT.INF | |- | ||
|breath-to.tell-ABSTRACT.INF | |||
"to breathe-tell" -> "to sing" | |- | ||
|"to breathe-tell" -> "to sing" | |||
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A noun: | | | ||
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|A noun: | |||
ōrrerī | |- | ||
|''ōrrerī'' | |||
/ˈoː.re.ɾiː/ | |- | ||
|/ˈoː.re.ɾiː/ | |||
ōrre-rī | |- | ||
|ōrre-rī | |||
bone-FEM.COL | |- | ||
|bone-FEM.COL | |||
"carcass" | |- | ||
|"carcass" | |||
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Something idiomatic: a kenning now used in common speech | | | ||
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riqelōn | |Something idiomatic: a kenning now used in common speech | ||
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/ˈri.qe.loːn/ | |''riqelōn'' | ||
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riqe-lōn | |/ˈri.qe.loːn/ | ||
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knife-beverage | |riqe-lōn | ||
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"blood" | |knife-beverage | ||
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|"blood" | |||
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From Zi-Mēχθilim | From Zi-Mēχθilim |
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