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Threadwielders communicate chiefly corporeally (but //not// necessarily using sound!) and have a language that is mostly static over the aeons in the sense that words that establish themselves do not suffer semantic shift - but they may and do fall into disuse and are replaced, be extended, or have regional inflections that are // | Threadwielders communicate chiefly corporeally (but //not// necessarily using sound!) and have a language that is mostly static over the aeons in the sense that words that establish themselves do not suffer semantic shift - but they may and do fall into disuse and are replaced, be extended, or have regional inflections that are // | ||
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- | ===== Spread ===== | ||
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- | Threadwielders immersed in cultures tend to be multi-lingual, | ||
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- | As such, the language is mostly used by Threadwielders only, though some words will usually sneak into most sapient languages, because of their involvement, | ||
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- | A notable exception is the [[culture: | ||
===== See also ===== | ===== See also ===== | ||
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- | ===== Portmanteauing ===== | + | |
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- | In the Threadwielder tongue, new words are created chiefly by drastic portmanteauing of composite words. In so much as it's possible, pronouncable and not too outlandish, words are occasionally outright folded into each other, as long as the composite word can still strongly insinuate its base words. | + | |
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- | An extreme example: The name " | + | |
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- | Think of it like poetry. | + | |
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- | ===== Grammar ===== | + | |
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- | ===== Vocabulary ===== | + | |
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- | ^ Language ^ English ^ Class ^ | + | |
- | | adaryr | a deeply unpleasant but only vaguely remembered experience | noun | | + | |
- | | ::: | nightmare // | + | |
- | | adreth | death (negative connotation) | noun | | + | |
- | | aiit | option | noun | | + | |
- | | ashee | pleasant | adjective | | + | |
- | | azhar | armour; protective covering | noun | | + | |
- | | baru | sibling (spiritual) | noun | | + | |
- | | dagadag | rhythmic repetition; pulse // | + | |
- | | diev | value; worth (both material and immaterial) | noun | | + | |
- | | egeth | water (chemical connotation); | + | |
- | | equaaj | life-sustaining liquid; water // | + | |
- | | evenar | grace | noun | | + | |
- | | garu | motion | noun | | + | |
- | | girr | something in circular arrangement; | + | |
- | | jeneth | a device that separates with precision | noun | | + | |
- | | ::: | a blade // | + | |
- | | ::: | a sword //(cultures that have them)// | ::: | | + | |
- | | ji | yet (meanings of relative time, not meaning of degree) | adverb\\ (not conjunction!) | | + | |
- | | kaar | cursed; wretched; outcast | adjective | | + | |
- | | kahirr | item displaying macroscopic, | + | |
- | | ::: | dice // | + | |
- | | karon | time | noun | | + | |
- | | kary | ally (rational relationship connotation) | noun | | + | |
- | | kas̈ | slumber; sleep; doze; nap // | + | |
- | | //kavkem// | sapient raptorian from [[place: | + | |
- | | kazyee\\ //also: kazy, ky// | fire | noun | | + | |
- | | kerr | trust | noun | | + | |
- | | kenda | communicative signature | noun | | + | |
- | | ::: | voice // | + | |
- | | kinaya | close (spatially); | + | |
- | | khalei | crazy | adjective | | + | |
- | | kraia | splintered; broken | adjective | | + | |
- | | kseth | wicked; cunning; unpleasant personality | adjective | | + | |
- | | kull | foreign creature; alien | noun | | + | |
- | | los̈a | planet; planetoid; moon // | + | |
- | | losa | planet // | + | |
- | | lur | there | noun, adverb | | + | |
- | | madjan | reward | noun | | + | |
- | | nagiji | place (physical); area | noun | | + | |
- | | vahr | section of space-time; world \\ //' | + | |
- | | nigi | home; territory (positive connotation); | + | |
- | | nuna | identical; same | adjective | | + | |
- | | preeth | collection of personal notes; journal; diary | noun | | + | |
- | | prehethem | item of spirital or magical significance\\ //i.e. none, objectively speaking, but an item one feels emotional attachment to// | noun | | + | |
- | | ::: | lucky charm; talisman; enchanted pendant // | + | |
- | | q'anu | life (positive connotation) | noun | | + | |
- | | q'eta | so | interjection, | + | |
- | | q'uru | random; unpredictable; | + | |
- | | raktat | sacred (culturally, | + | |
- | | rua | yes | particle, interjection, | + | |
- | | sarijo | regretful for an action; being sorry | adjective | | + | |
- | | ::: | expression of sorrow, regret; sorry | interjection | | + | |
- | | sayem | writer; author; poet; keeper of the minutes; recorder; transcriber | noun | | + | |
- | | sazo | any | determiner, pronoun\\ (not adverb!) | | + | |
- | | sazosri | anything | pronoun | | + | |
- | | senesem | normal; predictable; | + | |
- | | sras̈ | plea; submissive enquiry or request | noun | | + | |
- | | szamha | security; safety; protection | noun | | + | |
- | | s̈elt | wish | noun | | + | |
- | | teda | aid | noun | | + | |
- | | temi | warm; tepid | adjective | | + | |
- | | temra | warmth (physical connotation) | noun | | + | |
- | | temor | temperature | noun | | + | |
- | | ut | death (positive or neutral connotation) | noun | | + | |
- | | valcee | strength | noun | | + | |
- | | vedeth | thought | noun | | + | |
- | | venat | a pattern in a [[http:// | + | |
- | | ::: | the sky // | + | |
- | | viya | of peaceful air; of pleasant personality; | + | |
- | | yai | precious; dear; appreciated\\ //usually applied to sentient creatures only; never pertains to lifeless objects// | adjective | | + | |
- | | yirh | powerful protector spirit | noun | | + | |
- | | ::: | immortal flying creature with mythological properties; phoenix //(various cultures)// | ::: | | + | |
- | | ::: | angel // | + | |
- | | ysakel | boy; young male individual //(where the sex exists)// | noun | | + | |
- | | ysik | hope | noun | | + | |
- | | yria | life (negative connotation)\\ //e.g. life of slavery or suffering// | noun | | + | |
- | | zal | beautiful (physical connotation) | adjective | | + | |
- | | zalaar | beauty (spiritual connotation) | noun | | + | |
- | | zet | almost | adverb | | + | |
- | {{tag>[minimal]}} | + | {{tag>[work-in-progress]}} |
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