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ñyu /ɲju/ (n.) : jaw
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#Lexember Day 9 yayyy, and we have our first substrate borrowing
kwets /kwe̞t͡s/ [kwe̞t͡s] : chin
![Day 9: Koṭärt
kwets /kwe̞t͡s/
1. noun: chin
2. noun, colloquial: a curious or interested person
3. noun: a (any) style of facial hair, especially the beard, e.g. kwets u pūn, literally “new chin”
Etymology: from Old Koṭärt kwets, kweks (originally e-type noun, in Modern Koṭärt eu-type noun), borrowed from Pre-Koṭärt substrate qu-bheks- (“chins”), qu-bheks-a (“chin, protrusion”). The word is attested since Archaic Old Koṭärt and is one of the very early borrowings.
Expressions:
* kwets u weṃn [kwe̞t͡s u wẽ̞n] – literally “long chin”: (pejorative) aristocrat, bigwig
(originated from the imperial times, when inbreeding within the aristocracy became commonplace, “long chin” here refers to what is known as “Habsburg jaw”)](https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/691/674/407/427/643/original/ca7c51e1b7871e0a.png)
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I'll post Day 9 later today as well
Sorry forgot to post this but i really didn't feel like it then. So delayed #Lexember Day 7 and Day 8
ṣet /ʂe̞t/ [ʂe̞t] : (single half of) moustache
cep /ʈ͡ʂe̞p/ [ʈ͡ʂe̞p] : beard
![Day 7 (late)
ṣet /ʂe̞t/
1. noun a single half of the moustache
2. noun whisker
3. reduplicative plural: ṣeṣṣet – moustache, whiskers
Etymology: From PŚV *šet-. Wow, how surprising.
Day 8
cep /ʈ͡ʂe̞p/
1. n. beard
Etymology: From PŚV *čep- (“chin, beard; down (on human face)”). Cognate with Teiwet ćep° (“chin, beard”); [TBC] ho·čefa (“down”), čefa (“fluff”)
__Derived terms__:
* cepṣet – 1. n. a dvandva compound “moustache and beard” → 2. (figuratively) an unwanted, unneeded, or unnecessary part of something; 3. (in plants) chaff, awns, other inedible parts](https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/690/816/211/615/717/original/6b62ea02984d6467.png)
![Day 6: Koṭärt
ṣäl /ʂæl/ collective noun: hair
Etymology: from Proto-Koṭärt šái₂l-ŭ, šái₂l-ĭ, from Proto-Śäts Valley šál-i₂. Cognate with Teiwet śail′, [TBC1] soali, [TBC2] šare.
Related terms:
ṣälö – noun: a single strand of hair, ṣäloṃn – adjective: hairless, bald; stakṣält – 1. hairy; 2. hairy one; ṣälenkä – to be covered in hair (inchoative wiṣälen- “to become…”); Pakṣṣäl – literally “fire-hair”: family name
Expressions:
awyinispa wë suwyeulśō ṣäl(ue) [əˌjːinisˈpa wə sujːe̞ʊ̯̈lˈɕɔː ʂæl(uˈe̞)] – literally “I can see (their) hair falling out”: I can tell that they're obviously lying](https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/673/266/987/941/329/original/2ab97e4ec081100a.png)
It's #Lexember Day 5 and i have my first idiom! I really want to make Koṭärt particularly rich in idioms and expressions, and i'm definitely going to create more body part collocations
tay /taj/ [taj] (n.) : forehead, brow
![Day 5: Koṭärt
tay /taj/
1. n. forehead, brow
2. n. (in toponyms) peak, summit, top of something
3. n. (figurative) initiative, audacity
Etymology: from Proto-Śäts Valley *taj- (“top, peak, summit”), cognate with Teiwet tay′ (“hill”), tyip (“on top”), tayitl° (“crown, top of the head”); [TBC] ϑaia (“mountain peak”)
Related terms: tayenkä – verb (rare) to lead, to head, to be in command of, tayen – noun (obsolete) a military commander title, Taiyēt – one of the Koṭärt tribes
Expressions:
* tay yok ūṛṇṇunāṃ [tɐj‿jo̞k ˌʊːɽɳːuˈnɑ̃ː(ŋ)] – lit. “forehead towards the world”: audaciously, boldly, unabashedly
(Variations: tay yok śusatän “id.” [Weśte dialects, borrowed by Northern dialects]; watslö yok ūṛṇṇunāṃ lit. “penis towards the world” [vulgar])](https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/667/825/491/837/365/original/335350b948d355f9.png)
Fun fact: the Koṭärt words for "goodbye", "particle accelerator", "multicolored", and "coitus" all come from the same root √rei- (root for "face")
Sorry for being so late but i was doing lexember only in Agma Schwa's Discord server, and only now i decided to do it here too. My personal theme is body parts because this is the first category in the Tlyauñireul script, the earliest script used for writing in Old Koṭärt (ancestor of Koṭärt, my main conlang). So i think i'm basically going to repost entries here.
#Lexember Day 4
rei /ɹe̞i̯/ [ɹe̞ɪ̯], [ɻe̞ɪ̯] : face
![Day 4: Koṭärt
rei /ɹe̞i̯/ [ɹe̞ɪ̯], [ɻe̞ɪ̯]
1. n. face, countenance; (of an animal) muzzle, snout
2. n. (figurative) public image, outward appearance; good reputation, honor
3. n. (figurative) a set of qualities that make someone or something considered beautiful, attractive
4. n. desktop
5. n. look, gaze
6. n. short for stalprei
Etymology: from PŚV rei₁-. Too tired to add cognates rn.
Related terms:
raiḳä – to face, to meet, to encounter, saraiḳä – v. (reciprocal) to meet, stalprei – n. colo(u)r, seṃkrei – n. moon phase](https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/663/862/139/586/236/original/b9cec1779da0e749.png)
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