Lexember 7 (2024)

Time to run riot down Memory Lane, as the assiduous antiquarians at ConWorkShop dig down through layers of time in remembrance of things past and present Blast from the past (explosions, history, or both!) as the theme for today. As I sit munching on a madeleine and sipping my tea, I am reminded of the history of things that go boom, especially things that go boom with the gentle encouragement of combat engineers.

kuroremuno isevosa nasasikiremu hasihasiti sepehotakive:
black-powder-GEN introduction.NOM siegecraft-ACC forevermore.ADV transform-CAUSPSTHSY ||
The introduction of black powder transformed siegecraft forever.

nasasikire /ˈnɑsɑsiˌkiɹe/ n. IN (mil.) siegecraft, the art of siege
neru /ˈneɹu/ n. IN 1. tunnel;
2. (mining) tunnel, gallery, adit;
3. (mil.) mine, passage packed with explosives;
4. (entomology) mine, cavity made by a feeding caterpillar
nerukave /ˈneɹuˌkɑve/ n. R (mil.) sapper, combat engineer
neruta /ˈneɹutɑ/ vt. to tunnel, mine, dig a horizontal hole