Tag: Language

I don't blame you if you are a bit uncomfortable with today's theme from ConWorkShop, seeing as it is creepies, crawlies, pests, and vermin. But since these things are part of the world, it is perfectly appropriate to have words for them as well. So let's put on our bug-stomping boots and get to work.… Continue reading Lexember 5 →

I definitely can recommend ConWorkShop for the active conlanger. Their running hot and cold themes make Lexember a breeze! As it happens, hot and cold is today's theme. I've been working on Rireinutire for *mumblemumble* years now, so most of the obvious words for this theme are already made. But then I remembered that... ñeku… Continue reading Lexember 4 →

Today, the theme provided by ConWorkShop is personal hygiene. Many basic words for personal hygiene concepts already exist in Rireinutire, but there are always some surprising gaps, even if only big enough to stick a cotton swab in. And of course, sometimes you find that to coin one word, you first have to coin another… Continue reading Lexember 3 →

Today's theme from ConWorkShop is architecture. What kind of verbal edifice have I constructed? amasosu risehopu mivisupañusiha sotirumu hoyokave: kiss-sky.NOM traditional city-planning-ADE challenge-ACC pose-PRS-HSY || Skyscrapers pose a challenge to traditional urban planning.usara niyati meñi pusakirena yakaseve sika atema etakunana: moon-INE actually much architecture-PTV be-PRS-NEG-HSY but rather interior.decoration-PTV || There's not so much architecture on… Continue reading Lexember 2 →

As I noted the other day, during this month I will be trying to create at least one new word each day for my language Rireinutire. My intent is to follow the daily themes offered by ConWorkShop. The theme for the first day is relationships and marriage. So, let us see what I have come… Continue reading Lexember 1 →