A – Langs and Conlangs

September 28, 2011September 23, 2011

mattÅ«tÅnte

This refers to someone with authority, generally earned through some sort of mastery of skill. It is also a specific guild rank in certain guilds.

Sentence #37:
Ä“ Ã±i sapÄla luhaÃ±en aÃ¾ temme jakekÅrja ke mÄ“la matÅ«ttÅnte sÅ« mÄ«Ã¾i hÄl ien Ä“ se jawÄ“ra sarÄpa mo jamÄonre Ã¾Å Ä« Årra Ã±i makerÄon manÅÃ±a il jahÅÎ»en Ä« hÄ“ja Ã±atta sÄen makerÄon Äl cÄ« Ä« hÄ“ja Ã±i sÄen rÄ jamÄonre mÄ“ cÄ« aÃ¾ ilwae Ã±i sÄen manÅÃ±a rÄ“ha;
Still he was weeping, and one with authority, in front of the rest, explained to him that this city was named sarÄpa and that the king had been dead a long time and now they would make him the king and that he should come into the city and then never would he die.

September 23, 2011September 16, 2011

anniÃ¾en

This is a clause-level modifier and it means “soon”.

Sentence #32:
tÅ jÄo anniÃ¾en tema jÄ“wÄri anhÄri nÄ«kan antÄoni nÄ«kan anwÅ«lÄ«Ã±i anlÅi Ä“ rÅ«jÄÃ± ew sÅ«jÄ«r mo sarÅÃ±a;
So that soon he saw the waters of the lakes with waves with the golden sands around it but not at back.

September 3, 2011August 27, 2011

alxien

Sentence #10:

temle ien Ä“ tere jamÄrwakie mo rirÅÃ±a hi alxien Ã±i riÄ“n rÄ xÅ;
He said to me: it was a surprising sight if you came to it suddenly.

alxien is another clause-level modifier, and refers to something unexpected by the speaker that happens. There are two other words, taxien and kexien. taxien refers to something that the speaker expects but doesn’t happen, and kexien refers to something the speaker expects that happens. I decided I didn’t need a word for something the speaker doesn’t expect that doesn’t happen. 🙂

July 31, 2011July 29, 2011

jalmÄ“sa

This is a region or portion of land, as defined by something natural – like terrain or so.

kexien tema jekÄ«Ã¾a ien la Ã¾Å jatarÅ«ni jawÄ“hi tÅ tema jatÄ“la ien la Ã¾Å jalmÄ“sa sÅ« sÅssirja pa anhÄri wÄ ewaÃ¾ Ã±i sÄen rÄjanÅ;
Of course, he knew these were mirages because he knew this part of SÅssirja has no water, yet he followed.

February 13, 2010December 26, 2010

sakkÄsa

one’s fist or fists.

This word is also a body part ascribed to things like the ocean: anÄlhÄri jakkÄsa ‘ocean’s fist’ describes those huge breaking waves that pound the coast during a storm.