Lexember 31 (2023)

Better to go out with a bang than a whimper. The final ConWorkshop daily theme of Lexember 2023 is celebrations. The typical way of forming a well-wishing phrase in Rireinutire is sumu ‘auspicious’ followed by the cause of the wishes in vocative case. There is nothing preventing one from running it all together as one compound, but usually this is only done if the phrase head is not a compound by itself, as can be seen in the two words listed at the bottom.

[puñi] kaki mera yakave sakimu hoho hasapa ñeki yenipa merakave:
annual.festival.NOM which.REL celebration.NOM be-PRSHSY that-ACC same time-ESS each year-ESS celebrate-PRSHSY ||
A calendar festival is a celebration that is held at the same time each year.

sumu vopapayu’ /ˈsumu ˈvopɑˌpɑjuʔ/ interj. (interj.) happy birthday!
sumupuñi’ /ˈsumuˌpuŋiʔ/ interj. (interj.) happy holidays! (suitable for any calendar festival)