2022 Lexember Round-up
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5. 2021 CoWriMo
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7. 2022 Goals
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9. 2023 Goals
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10. 2023 Lexember Roundup
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11. 2024 Goals
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13. Captative verbs
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14. Collocations
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15. Colors in Nolwynn
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21. Culture: Food Rituals
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23. Culture: Names
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24. Culture: Parenting
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25. Culture: Religion
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26. Demonstratives
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27. Discourse particles
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28. Emotion signifiers
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29. ergativity
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31. font characters
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33. Grammatical moods
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37. Intransitive Verbs
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39. Lesson #1: Verb basics
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40. Lesson #2: Verbs again
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41. Making comparisons
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42. More about pronouns
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47. Politeness and respect
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53. Relative Clauses
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55. Story mood
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57. Telling time
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58. Tulwyn vs Nolwynn
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59. Untranslatable words
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day 1: romance/relationshipsyure - concubine
kanameey - support something
kanila - alimony
óweeykyo - be jealous
tšworeeyma - blame someone for something
tšweeyšar - be responsible for something/someone
day 2: architecture
mobetšu - architecture
mobetšer - architect
kyoney - infrastructure
unezšwa'a - dome
tšezelom - cathedral
léoleeyla - painted, stained, colored
léoleeyla kulekoa - stained glass
eyrobete oša lozunomazel - city planning
day 3: personal hygiene
atxazšeey - clean something with bleach
atxazšobela - bleach
šazšašeey - trim one's fingernails
atxolwobela - toothbrush
olwesak - toothbrush (
Tulwyn )šazšašobela - nail clipper
yxuša - dirt/grime stuck under one's nails
nopyxo - deodorant
laneeyla - to do the laundry
raneeyza - to line dry clothes in the sunlight
day 4: hot and cold
okyo - hot pepper
txeobela - Carolina reaper, which is derived from:
txeeeyla - catch something on fire
kulekoezeko - vitrification
bazšawuukw - absolute zero
I also decided to make some words for temperature scales. Fahrenheit and Kelvin are Nolwynnized versions of names:
Zšarenát - Fahrenheit
nolwuukeyzo - centigrade/Celsius
Kilazšan - Kelvin
day 5: creepies, crawlies, pests, and vermin
poro - roach
tsenku - tick
šutsu - sea fly (A small insect that forms huge swarms near shorelines in my conworld. It lays eggs under the skin of mammals that wander too close.)
šeezša - lice
ém - parasitic snail (An umbrella term for freshwater snails that carry parasitic worms.)
tsinza - kissing bug
yánarek - bedbug
šoluzuk - parasitic worm (general term)
šoleeyzuk - to be infected with worms
uniazšwuk - ringworm
day 6: pets and domestic animals
setšina - pet
seš - domestic animal
sašeey - to be tame
sašeeyla - to pet something
saša - rodent
melya - chinchilla
kololo - guinea pig
šenina - hamster
šatsa - ferret
upa - rabbit
day 7: words that contain /n/ in your native language
netša - ninja
kopa - nerve
keeypa - innervate
neleeey - nibble
ankwizeka - nicotine
kanineeyw - nudge
netšako - ninjitsu
neletsúreey - nitpick something
rózum - nipple
ootsyom - niqaab
Nowa - Noah
tsór - nixie
lwuesak - nixie tube
átsora - knob
enóla - knight
eeynóla - knight someone
wónkoš - knuckle
day 8: spheres
yonezšwi - globe
tsozunezšwi - hypersphere
yoyánu - pillbug
yonogo - armadillo
zomatsa - boulder
zomeeytsa - for there to be a rockslide (
Tulwyn)zinogo - hedgehog
zotson - porcupine
ena - pea
lor - mole
zinuzu - tumor
lo-lo - freckle
lo-lo eeyr - to have freckles
day 9: customs and traditions
karya - ceremony
enólea - mythology
swulyagalan - kombucha ceremony: A simple purification ritual intended to help support someone going through minor troubles. It involves drinking warm kombucha.
gala oša eyrika - birthday cake
karyaswula - tea ceremony
Zintsakará - Zintsakara: an underwater stone monument that the Nolwynn people sometimes make pilgrimages to.
day 10: no theme
zoazuleeyla - to be scalded
lyaneey - to dilute something
zšafobela lyana - cafe americano
fafeana - cafe au lait
zšafobela zoazulala - cafe latte
zšazola - cafe latte
azulea oša zšafe - cafe miel
abu oša zšafe - capuccino
zšafe melaa - espresso con panna
zšafeeyla - squeezed, to be
zšafobela - espresso
zšafe - espresso [slang]
zšafazšwe - flat white
sakuesak oša zšafe - French press
zšafe léoleeyla - macchiato
moka - latte
nabobe - mocha
fafe - coffee
day 11: mathematics
namatswubeeey - calculate something
namatswubesak - caluclator
šelako uanweroletšuotswa - mathematical notation
šelako - notation
šelako zaltuzueey - notation abuse
kyama - truth
keyanka - axiom [jargon]
yanatswa - arbitrary [jargon]
yanatswa omeeyla - arbitrarily large
unwatela - estimate
makeeyla - approach something
makobela - asymptote
muanatšuo - apotome
muanako - arithmetic
muanora - algebra
lxonuitšula - calculus
lobem - distinction [jargon]
lobemwatsitšu - discrete math
muan - mathematical [affix]
day 12: change and transformation
óbelwin - Miaower
óbewala - Miaow
tabeeyzo - for the seasons to change
amukyo zalteey - for a tree to shed its leaves [
Tulwyn ]lxeeyša - thaw
nabane - makeover
bolozer - transgender person
šunkeey - for the weather to change
lxobe - variable [mathematical]
kxako - necrosis
day 13: fighting verbs
uneeyša - encircle
sunkeey - shoot something with a dart
sunkyózu - a dart
tyózeey - kick someone in the genital region
kyatšyxeeyn - fight dishonorably
yónkeey - bash something against something else
tšeeynko - ambush something
peeyša - vandalize
txonkeey - strike something
tšeluler - pope
peraš - vandal
day 14: music
atšobe - opera
uweyla - harp
lu'ula - trill
moneeyla - to do vibrato
zoseka - piano
zosekolw or olw - piano key
bonkeey - strike a drum
šelako oša alilomaa - musical notation
éreey - to be shrill
swoorá - crescendo
baruu - horn (musical instrument)
day 15: stars
wuura - clear night sky
nwoaker - celebrity
feyrina - starlet
nwoakeeyla - to be famous
ro'ol - seeing (affix)
ro'olesak - telescope
feyra zalteey - astronavigate
feylor - constellation
lxazbeeey - shine
zaba zalteey - sparkle
zabina zalteey - shimmer
tšxošeey - guide something
feyritšer - astronomer
yoro - diagram/model
wan - astro/universal (affix)
wanyoro - astrolab
zšo - stellar (affix)
day 16: words that rhyme (in a natlang or a conlang)
benkeeyla - weigh something
kxare - cay
eyzintxe - bay
wame - lark (the bird)
yameeey - to be sarcastic
yame - sarcasm
yome - secret, especially a dark secret
yomeeey - obfuscate
zšoreeya - to harvest a star
tworeya - mandolin
foreeya - to rhyme
zeyreykula - dime
not a rhyme, but coined today as I was trying to come up with new words:
twuzako oša azšeaa
day 17: cheese and dairy
ene - yogurt (
Tulwyn )beyankwala - camel
yozola oša beyankwala - camel milk
lxank - buffalo
yozola oša lxank - buffalo milk
yozola oša lel - sheep milk
kxarya - almond
kxaryeana - almondmilk
me - soybean
meana - soymilk
kolxo - chocolate
kolxeana - milk chocolate
kxarinkul - calcium
atšyenuo - protein
gwaneey - digest something
gwaneeyla - ponder
gwanoneey - to have indigestion
tšyimeša - lactose
kuzurobe oša tšyimeša - lactose intolerance
day 18: cognition and thought
azšuameeya - analyze
azšuamara - analysis
akeeyra - meditate (archaic)
akobera - cognition
šonopeey - forget something
šonopeeyla - be forgetful
yarobe - judgement
yareeya - make a judgement
benkeey - consider something
lon - opinion
zšoranarea - neuroscience
larem - neurodivergence
day 19: under the sea
yeyzma - oyster
fazozela - sea glass
tswe - sea slug
alema - scallop
por - mussel
batš - riptide
neeyšo - caught in a riptide
nelul - whelk flute
nene - whelk
pwoyyó - melon (organ in a whale's head)
nonuul - ambergris
day 20: no theme
azwua twuzako zafa - jet
kayózu - rocket
ootseawunobeo azwolú - unidentified flying object
ootseawuno zalteey - to be unidentified; to lack an identity or be anonymous
šeeynko - abduct
kesobe - experiment
eseey - experiment on something
akumerol - military
txanúla - hologram
zšoraneyzoeey - precognition
mareeeyla - to be psychic
ankeey - hybridize
ankema - hybrid
tsúkema - war (archaic)
day 21: today in history
zintsalwu - radium
ulera - animator
uleeya - animate
ulobea - animation
yxakyeey - ban something
alxeeya - launch
tšeeypxa - scare somone
tšuzupxa - terrorism
tšerupxa - terrorist
inuzukyo zalteey - vaccinate
inuzukyo - vaccine
tsúrom - tick
poreluzuya - Lyme disease
galakala - baseball
day 22: things made of paper
ureyama oša latšesak - papyrus (plant)
ureysak - papyrus (material)
azšalxawa oša txazbatabaa - journal
azšalxawa - notebook
ozšwamesu - wrapping paper
šozwalxa - wallpaper
azšalxwin - page
zozin - tomatillo
zololan - golden berry
núlazšobewazuzey - magazine
núzey - magazine (slang)
tswam - stylus
yomika - calyx
ozšwape - paper noodle (a type of food made from seaweed)
swe'ena - straw
yar - filter
yar oša fafimeza - coffee filter
day 23: reasons you're coughing
nalul - final breath
onkin - cigarette
unkeeyo - smoke something
pyxunka - marijuana
azšeuzuaa - air pollution
larenzyó - trachea
lulyyó - lung
tswoš - mucus
onko - cigar
kxeeyfuzun - catch a cold
šenyeeyla - to be irritated
šenyobe - irritant
izma - dry air
day 24: money, currency, and banking
rošeey - ransom someone
kipyxoareey - receive something
kipara - receipt
lošerol - currency; economy
keko - coin
kxeera - cheat someone
kxarara - scam
kxara - scam
kxareeya - haggle for something
kipeey - reward someone
kipobe - income
woyeneey - bribe someone for some reason
woyen - bribe
tsane - type of currency in my conworld
lxeeynaza - to be rich
neey - to be poor
éko - fargo snail: its shells were sometimes used as currency among the Nolwynn people in ancient times
syxeko - purse
keku - tax
keku gibxeey to give a tax
day 25: things that grow
tsúte - thyme
ulya - oregano
kwora - basil
oša - mint
zetxo - pepper
karwula - cardamom
ané - cumin
uakwiko - family tree
swinwa oša txoonayózu - lightning bolt
bolomeeya - expand
bolomaraa - expansion
borika - crop (food)
ega - celery
eynkyona - grapefruit
borwu - growth spurt
twuzarapan - phototropism
bolwueeya - to get older
day 26: gems and jewels
txazintsa - gemstone
tsoberezša - jewelry
yobek - crystal
tazer - lapidary
txatšer - water crystal: a crystal with water trapped inside
nazša - pearl
tso'orya - geode
kwiza - nacre
oroozšan - ammolite
olwoozšan - ammonite
alazšan - crystal bowl
zazšin - bauble
txaz - gem (affix)
oreeyw - to be fancy
txazyora - amethyst
boreeyzba - cut a stone
txazola - sapphire
swazbeey - polish something
day 27: happiness
day 28: misery
elokyo - apathy
kanomwo - misery
kanomwo zalteey - to be miserable (This word is subject to certain taboos)
tšénezeeya - hypothermia
syxese oša zwole - eye bag
eyrikyo - insomnia
Baruzo - name of a particular demon who is believed to drown people (This word is subject to certain taboos)
kaluzuo - melancholy
tabolwa - seasonal depression
kanomeeywo - make someone else miserable
eeyomuzua - gaslight someone
ónyazšeeyla - to be boring
yašako - mourning mood (the name of a particular grammatical mood)
kanaba - funeral
orikyola - deforestation
orikyola zalteey - to cut down a forest
day 29: words in song titles
koaleeyla - make a phone call
koalobela - telephone
netšeey - change one's mind
lxonurikey - alchemy
marela - prism
pxaró'o - bubblegum
mešaza - cotton candy
inezeeey - shrink something
txazakobela - marathon
maruame - telepathy
gazšeeyla - to be prepared
kunoneeyla - stop
kunonobela - condom
kula - condom (slang)
swonkalilo - concertina
swonka - accordion
day 30: no theme
yutxa - union
yutateey - unite something
yutwua - unity
tšaranafo - self-determination
lanyenobe - responsibility
lanyeneey - have responsibilities; to be responsible
lanyeneeyla - work together; work with someone
yenkoaryeeey - share something
arakoeey - purpose
oalo - creativity
kweyomwu - creativity
emyane - faith
yošazweao - ancestry
wutxa zalteey - gather
wutxa - gathering
kameey - strive for something
uakazweo - generation
txazara - kinara
ikatšer - Christmas tree
lxala - misteltoe
makatabala - advent
kuna - chalice
kunala - Chalica
Tsamenozš - Zamenhof
taba oša Tsamenozš - Zamenhof day
day 31: old and new
aneeyza - generate
anesakaza - generator
aneeyzúwila - regeneration
kweynyúwileey - reincarnate (verb)
kweynyúwil - reincarnation (noun)
tšank - patch (a scrap used to fix a small hole)
elya - teenager
karya - young adult ✎ Edit Article ✖ Delete Article
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