Our final #Lexember word is the game name itself! Sovála got its name from Engála, our #conlang for rabbits, and is the name of the lake in their region. The name means "Great Heart". <3
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Our final #Lexember word is the game name itself! Sovála got its name from Engála, our #conlang for rabbits, and is the name of the lake in their region. The name means "Great Heart". <3
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Our #Lexember word for today comes from Sarkezhe, our #conlang for cats: "yikwi" means "blood water" and refers to the magical water-based substance that gives all our Sovála characters their abilities (including their ability to speak!).
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For the final three days of #Lexember, we are focusing on some key vocabulary for the name of the game, Sovála. Today's word is "amùghù", which means "battle" in Haughòf (our #conlang for dogs). A subtitle for Sovála is "The Battle of the Blood Water"!
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We're wrapping up our week's focus on actions characters can take in the Sovála game with "shäs", which means "to sneak" in Loh Akish, our #conlang for foxes!
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Our #Lexember word for today comes from Nulisü, our #conlang for beavers. The verb "dhãdhã" means "to build", something our Sovála beavers are very good at!
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Our #Lexember word for today is "uaghḅae", which means "to attack" in Haughòf, our #conlang for dogs. The word is a compound of the verbs meaning "to scratch" and "to bite".
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Our #Lexember word for today is "khi", which means "to cast a spell" and comes from Sarkezhe, our #conlang for cats. The cats are perhaps the most magical of the animals in Sovála, so it's a fitting word to come from their language!
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Our #Lexember word for today is one of my favorites! "Zhálá" means "to sing" in Wokuthízhű (our #conlang for mice). When multiple mice are singing, it comes out as "zhálálá", which delights me to no end.
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Our #Lexember word for today is "tshiet", which means "to defend" in Tpaalha, our #conlang for opossums. This word comes from an older root meaning "to push away", and this opossum stands ready to push attackers away with a decorative shield!
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It's a new #Lexember week and new vocab focus for our Sovála-related words! This week focuses on types of actions characters can take in the game, starting with "ahe" ("to hop") in Engála, our #conlang for rabbits.
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For our last Sovála weapon word for this week of #Lexember, "minkhüm" means "bow" in Loh Akish, our #conlang for foxes. It consists pf the verb root meaning "to pull" and a nominal derivation indicating a patientive object—a bow is a "pull thing".
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Our #Lexember word for today comes from Nulisü, our #conlang for beavers. The weapon of choice for this warrior is a "thakipak", or an axe. The word is an old compound coming from "tooth hammer"!
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Our #Lexember word for today is "gankò", which means "club" in Haughòf, our #conlang for dogs. When drawing these warriors, I chose to put a baseball bat in their hands as their club of choice—a nod to my dad who is a baseball coach and dog person through and through.
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Our #Lexember word for today is a weapon often featured with our magic-using cats in Sovála: "ikhtezhe" means "staff" in Sarkezhe.
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Today's #Lexember word is "popo" ("drum"), which comes from Wokuthízhű, our #conlang for mice. This little mouse bard is one of my favorite characters in all of Sovála!
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Our #Lexember word for the day is "dzhaak", which means "shield" and comes from Tpaalha, our #conlang for opossums!
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It's a new #Lexember week, so we're starting over with Engála, our #conlang for rabbits (the first #LangTime language!). This week's words focus on weapons characters use in Sovála. Today's word is "membédza", which means "guitar", and is the weapon of choice for this bunny bard!
Our #Lexember word for today comes from Loh Akish, a #conlang for foxes. "Kfässir" means "trapper" and is an agentive form of a verb. Foxes, being as clever and stealthy as they are, are excellent at laying traps and sneaking around the Sovála game board!
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Our #Lexember word for today is "mhawuk", which means "master builder" in Nulisü, our #conlang for beavers. It's a compound that literally means "square paw".
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Our #Lexember word for the day is "khvùkhte", which means "solider" in Haughòf, our #conlang for dogs. This noun is an agentive form of a compound verb that incorporates "stand" and "growl". These dog soldiers are formidable when they're standing and growling in your path!
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Our #Lexember word for today comes from Sarkezhe, our #conlang for cats. "Saytsmo" is the word for "pyromancer", which is based on the root meaning "to flow". Magic flows from the toe beans of these amazing cats!
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Our #Lexember word for today is "wotáma", which means "driver" in Wokuthízhű, our #conlang for mice. The mice are well known for their tank-operating abilities, making them formidable opponents!
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It's week 2 of #Lexember, and today we are circling back to Engála (our #conlang for rabbits) and featuring one of the classes of characters in the #Sovála board game: "kimbáda" means "sharpshooter" and comes from a compound that literally translates as "steady paw".
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Our #Lexember word for today comes from Loh Akish, our #conlang for foxes! The word "kish" (which is incorporated into the language name) means "fox".
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Out next #Lexember #Sovála glyph is ch’ükí the Wokuthízhű word for “mouse”! #conlang #language #langtime #lts
For #Lexember this year we’re doing words related to the board game we’re building Sovála. Over on our YouTube channel we’re creating conlangs for each of our animal kingdoms. Today’s word comes from our rabbit language Engála. It’s the word imé “rabbit”. :) #conlang #language #langtime #lts
I’ll be speaking fourth at #Kopikon in Edinburgh this October! Last time around I made a jellybean language you can eat. This time…!
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#Kopikon is back! This October (Friday the 10th) we’re hosting our second #conlang event at the University of Edinburgh, and our first speaker will be linguist and conlanger Keras Saryan! Stay tuned this week for more speaker intros! #langtime #langtimestudio
Here’s our last #LangTime #conlang intro ahead of episode 706 of #LangTimeStudio! This is our sixth season beaver #language Nulisü! 🦫