2021 Lexember Roundup
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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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This article is a work in progress! Check back later in case any changes have occurred.
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Day 1 - love and affection
Day 2 - the color blue
Day 3 - sports and competition
Day 4 - politics, ideologies, and institutions
ke - pertaining to [affix]
atšxekena - politics
Day 5 - reproduction, replication, and reduplication
nwefa - clone
unizšefa - doppelganger
Day 6 - writing and orthography
bula - ink
bulesak - pen
pokyeey - erase
poreeya - carve
azšwa - having to do with writing [an affix]
azšwera - scribe
o'ola - animal skin
o'olazšwa - parchment
erazšwate - logogram
pxalxazšwa - type/text something
walakulerola - syllabary
šelazšwesak - notebook
šelazšweeya - take notes
šelobesak - mnemonic device
imáswo - message
Day 7 - beauty
rotsa - perception
utateeya - groom oneself
Day 8 - words in spring
bal - nest
This word is one of several that are derived from fhufhuelrexë. So now this tongue twister is possible:
bal bxala á bxabxalá!
Continue sitting in that nest!
kxalinolua - florescence [the process of flowering]
orike'e - seedling
makalataba - equinox
zwúpeey - to leap
olwúla - spring [as in a coil of metal]
úwilelo zalteey - to revive
Day 9: Double barreled: pick either Theoretical physics or Unspecified science
ošazwea - theory
zuziney - string [piece of fabric]
zuzoney - string [physics]
Day 10: themeless
meb - fat [edible]
neeypa - consume something
ankepa - abdomen
amaza - climate
amazetšua - climatology
meeyza - contain
enkeeya - apologize
enkeeykyua - apologize insincerely
enkyeneeya - apologize insufficiently
ankuzueeya - apologize badly in way that just makes things worse
Day 11: tools and machinery
latša - paint
latšesak - paintbrush
wir - hook
tšobereey - crochet
tšapyir - crochet hook
lulesak - rebreather
amaraza - tank [for holding things]
bak - tool
eyzol - measure; tool; -ometer [affix]
loreyzol - regulator
luletšak - pneumatics
boš - scissors
sakuesak - compressor
šayxe - valve
tsor - hammer
bašesak - drill
enkeobak - apparatus
Day 12: Autumn words
nenkom - pumpkin
nena - squash, gourd
núlabak - lantern
kor - fur
amuleey - [of leaves/trees] to change colors
arikerataba - Halloween
wonu - tabernacle
galoma oša wonua - Sukkot
šorweyzol - thermometer
šorwu - temperature
ešesakalo - sacrecrow
reka - pie
zaruama - melancholia; gloomy feelings brought on by dark and cold weather
yoméeoeey - darken
bazšasxo - cornucopia
thicken - enkeeyzša
Day 13: dangerous things
okara - lava
akaryózueey - immolate
koper - bandit
kobeey - steal [something from someone]
ankwo - pipe
ankwika - tobacco
kxalel - cyanide
slozika - hemlock
tšyxa'am - heart
tšyxa'am yxoa - heart attack
mešuzua - diabetes
barikeyša - surgery
bašuz - spear
pom - bomb
pomobeeey - explode
pankyózu - gun
ankoyózu - noose
zeka - chair
zekatxoona - electric chair
Day 14: words that contain /i/ in your native language
ola - icon; idol
oleeya - to worship an idol
olakula - iconoclast
entxa - indigo [the dye]
ikantxa - indigo [the plant]
watše - ichor
ootseawu - identity
ootser - twin
zatoren - islet
tsalo - saur [affix denoting a dinosaur]
awolatsalo - icthyosaur
tulwatšee - hierodule
zizšenóra - Islam
omanór - Buddhism
yeeserenóra - Christianity
wuketabenóra - Judaism
twosak - ovipositor
ral - iso, balanced, similar [affix]
ralozšwi - isomorph
raleey - be isomorphic
Day 15: conculture symbols
arakouapo - food sharing, an important concept in Nolwynn culture
nonole - "wave's teeth," a euphemism for death but also refers to the traditional way that Nolwynn bury their dead
uakwuolena - clan name
syxeeneeyl - to eat with one's hands.
esakoneeyl - to eat with a utensil. Eating utensils are not commonly used among the Nolwynn
lozúnyošo - ancestor
txoona - spirit. There are many different kinds of spirits in Nolwynn religion:
ešatxoona - an artificial or created spirit
kareytxoona - a nature spirit
txoonika - a type of nature spirit residing in plants
txoonintxe - a type of nature spirit residing in water
txoolasanakula - a type of spirit, usually evil, formed from the shattering of someone's soul
Day 16: Today in history
zaanonu - exoplanet
neswoke - agreement
nepeeya - welcome
nobe zalteey - ban
keeyno - negotiate
keno - negotiation
ugeeyno - refuse
ugeey - allow
tšxoreeyna - lead
atšxekena - politics
onyózu - missile
onyeeyš - throw
Day 17: On the farm
yeenkuo - toil
ankueey - ride
oneey - breed
teytšuanw - herd
alawuna - beehive
kawak - duck
ek - hay
yxonika - fruit tree
yxonikerol - orchard
ikinzel - pasture
ikiner - farmer
tsel - barn
Day 18: Reasons you had a bad day
tsola - poison ivy
tšyimoma - break up [friends or romantic relationships]
o'onzeše - eczema
larenwom - tornado
ónkobee - cat scratch, any small betrayal
tseeyra - to have acne
ro'oleeytaba - to be late
ro'oleey - to be late
ešaleeykul - to break a bone
uapuzuo - food poisoning
tseeywozš - fail something
Day 19: double-barreled:
High: Viruses and virology
Low: Sharing and spreading
eeynkuzua - gossip; spread rumors
zoomwueey - spread something such as jam [not said of disease]
zuretšu - virology
bo - move across, move through [affix]
botwuzeey - transfer
kwekwe - gene
mwu - meme
amulika - maple tree
amulika oša mula - maple syrup
yxonimea - jam, jelly
kxar - nut
kxarime - nut butter
koruzua - wild fire
kazš - mold
Day 20: Themeless
reeya - release
zalozono - egg cell
zalyošo - X chromosome
zalotaba - ovulation
zalokyoleey - to neuter; to sterilize
sosweyse - vessel
soswuer - potter
sosyózu - tar pit
sosozšwi - clay/stone tablet
sosuameey - to brainwash someone
buzomeey - to embark
Day 21: Kitchen verbs
Traditionally, the Nolwynn people did not usually prepare food with fire or heat. So, in Tulwyn, some words for various methods of cooking are influenced by Kirnosan:
Tulwyn teeey - pickle
yeesa nyeeylo - fry
karonka nyeeylo - char
katsoreey - stew
Nolwynn tsyelteey - pickle something
okoreey - grill
yeeseko zalteey - fry
faleey - marinate
neeyzša - stuff
keeyra - prepare
akeeyla - season
pxaréoeey - boil
unyá zalteey - peel
fazoleey - soak something in brine
orikinéoeey - sprout
slozobéoeey - poison something
lankeey - mix
karoneey - mill
sweeypxa - sweep
Day 22: Education and school
nealer - nurse
nealel - patient
swinwezeeey - form a line
šazwoluam - dread
notaba zalteey - waste time
lošagibxobe - funding
galaswor - sport
utxarane - uniform
The next ones are not related to the theme, but I was binging my favorite show and decided to add this reference as an idiom:
karankua - crackers or any other dry, flat, and crunchy food such as chips "bonkers, crazy"
karankua neala - literally: she/he cares about crackers "she/he is crazy"
karankua iinealeey! literally: I don't care about crackers! Used to mean, "You're crazy and I want no part of it!"
Day 23: Straight lines
nolazšweey - box something in
anobetša - angle
swinweey - straight
Day 24: waves, wiggles, spirals, and curls
meeytšo - curl
momo - ringlet
ankeey - twist
Day 25: Linguistic terminology
walin - lexeme
karo - pronoun
kašwala - voice
kašwala syxeeey - to be in the passive voice
kašwala nosyxeeey - to be in the antipassive voice
orizina - phoneme
Day 26: Sleep and unconsciousness
eyzolarikoa - electroencephalagram
'onuyora - hypnogogic hallucination
'onurikoa - non rapid eye movement sleep
yorašola - rapid eye movement sleep
zelarikoa - bed
sxora oša areazwea - brainwave
arikoa oša txayo - myoclonic jerk
kerikoa - oneirology: the study of dreams, dream interpretation, etc
inikoa or iniko - nap
norikoa - insomnia
kyorikoa - narcolepsy
tšéneeyrikoa - hibernate
šorweeyrikoa - aestivate
Day 26: Sleep and unconsciousness
eyzolarikoa - electroencephalagram
'onuyora - hypnogogic hallucination
'onurikoa - non rapid eye movement sleep
yorašola - rapid eye movement sleep
zelarikoa - bed
sxora oša areazwea - brainwave
arikoa oša txayo - myoclonic jerk
kerikoa - oneirology: the study of dreams, dream interpretation, etc
inikoa or iniko - nap
norikoa - insomnia
kyorikoa - narcolepsy
tšéneeyrikoa - hibernate
šorweeyrikoa - aestivate
Day 27: verbs from the digital age and/or the stone age
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