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Changes in meaning are shown at the bottom of each entry, and any extra useful information is shown below that. | Changes in meaning are shown at the bottom of each entry, and any extra useful information is shown below that. | ||
= | =Agar= | ||
/ | /ˈaʧar/ | ||
''Meaning'' - to ask ''v1.tr'' | |||
From: tesar (Gusvia) | |||
Related words: | |||
Derivatives: '''syngar''' ''v1.tr'' - to interview | |||
{| | |||
| tesar || → etsar || → atsar/ítsar/útsar/ätsar || → atsars/agars || → agar | |||
|- | |||
| Gusvia || → Kaåbarun || → Krushildnajs || → Sak∞e || → North-West Sevvufery → Sevvufery | |||
|} | |||
=Dÿmunk= | |||
/ˈdaimyɳk/ | |||
''Meaning'' to promise | ''Meaning'' to promise | ||
From: | From: dunk (South-West Sevvufery) - to confirm | ||
=Golrý= | |||
/ˑʧɔˡrĭ/ | |||
''Meaning'' - news | |||
From: Tý jolrý (Sevvufery) | |||
{| | |||
| tý jolry || → tjolrý || → golrý | |||
|} | |||
=Gí= | |||
/ˈʧɪ/ | |||
''Meaning'' - other, remaining (from a selection) ''adj'' | |||
From: sɣo /ʨʲo/ (proto-gusvia) - (having been) left behind | |||
{| | |||
| sɣo || → rro || → (i)rrto || → rrito || → trrito/tsito || → gito → gí | |||
|- | |||
| proto-gusvia || → Gusvia || → Kaåbarun → Krushildnajs || → Enúu || → proto-South Sevvufery → South Sevvufery → south-east Sevvufery || → Sevvufery | |||
|- | |||
| left behind || → left, abandoned || colspan= "3" | → remaining || → other, remaining | |||
|} | |||
=Gïsi= | |||
/ʧɪiˈsi/ | |||
''Meaning'' - to reference, ''literally'' "other-say" ''v2'' | |||
From: Gí + ysi (Sevvufery) | |||
{| | |||
| gíysi → gïsi | |||
|} | |||
= | =Kil= | ||
/ | /ˈkil/ | ||
''Meaning'' - man, human, person, ''informal'' friend, "bro" ''n'' | ''Meaning'' - man, human, person, ''informal'' friend, "bro" ''n'' | ||
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| ji || → ii /iː/ || → ë || → eʰi || → eki/ehhi || → ekil | | ji || → ii /iː/ || → ë || → eʰi || → eki/ehhi || → ekil → kil | ||
|- | |- | ||
| gusvia || → Kaåbarun → Krushildnajs || → Enuú → proto-South Sevvufery || → South Sevvufery || → South-west Sevvufery || → Sevvufery | | gusvia || → Kaåbarun → Krushildnajs || → Enuú → proto-South Sevvufery || → South Sevvufery || → South-west Sevvufery || → Sevvufery | ||
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This word seems to also have entered Cathlushenian as ɧkl /xɛkɵl/, but only when referring to a person of importance/respected individual. | This word seems to also have entered Cathlushenian from the older version of Sevvufery as ɧkl /xɛkɵl/, but only when referring to a person of importance/respected individual. | ||
= | =Ko= | ||
/ | /ˈkɔ/ | ||
''Meaning'' - | ''Meaning'' - eye ''n'' | ||
From | From "ɿʅø/ɿʅoo" /βʎæo/ or /βʎoː/ (ȢȤȜȿ) - eye, twin, to see | ||
{| | {| | ||
| | | ɿʅø/ɿʅoo || → ȴʅoȤ /ʃʎoa/ || → errloa || → efloa || → euloa || → heulosa || → hheulota/hhjulota || → kulota || → k(l)ota → kot(a) || → ko | ||
|- | |- | ||
| proto- | | ȢȤȜȿ || → proto-Gusvia-Jwar#da || → proto-Gusvia || → Gusvia || → Kaåbarun || → Enuú || → proto-South Sevvufery || → South-Sevvufery || → South-West Sevvufery || → Sevvufery | ||
|- | |} | ||
=Milswon= | |||
/miˈˡsʷʋɔn/ | |||
''Meaning'' - to get back, recover, retrieve, ''literally'' "again-get" | |||
From: "milmil + swon" (Sevvufery) | |||
{| | |||
| milmilswon → milswon | |||
|} | |} | ||
= | =Nunk= | ||
/ | /nyɳk/ | ||
''Meaning'' - to | ''Meaning'' - to notice, make oneself aware (of) | ||
From: | From: ɦȤɥȜȿ /jæɵnɯ/ (ȢȤȜȿ) - to be conscious (of) | ||
{| | {| | ||
| | | ɦȤɥȜȿ || → njaun/janun || → jaun/naun || →neún/neon || → nuun || → nun(k) || → nunk | ||
|- | |||
| ȢȤȜȿ → Proto-Gusvia-Jwar#da || → Proto-Gusvia → Gusvia || → Kaåbarun → Krushildnajs || → Enuú || → South Sevvufery || → South-West Sevvufery || → Sevvufery | |||
|} | |} | ||
The origin of this word has been disputed several times due to its unusually common usage, often hinting at different origins for different dialects, or some equivalent theory. But after some further evidence-gathering, it was Inaʰale, the renowned scholar, who discovered the true root of the word. However, some ''Sevvuferykilý'' are not convinced, and thus the active dispute goes on. | |||
=On= | |||
/ɔn/ | |||
''Meaning'' - to do | |||
From: ƆȤɺȿƆȤȜo /wæxɯwæno/ or ƆȤɺȿƆȤȜø /wæxɯwænæo/ (ȢȤȜȿ) - to do, practice, make a hobby, behave | |||
{| | {| | ||
| | | ƆȤɺȿƆȤȜo/ƆȤɺȿƆȤȜø || → ƆȤɺƆø (/wæxwæo/) or ƆȤɺƆȤȤ /wæxwæː/ || → wahwø/wahø/waha || → wøa/øa || → wan/øn/an || → ãn/õn/ön || → on/ún/en || → on | ||
|- | |- | ||
| ȢȤȜȿ || → | | ȢȤȜȿ || → Proto-Gusvia-Jwar#da || → Proto-Gusvia || → Gusvia → Kaåbarun || → Krushildnajs || → Enuú → South Sevvufery || → South-East Sevvufery || → Sevvufery | ||
|} | |} | ||
= | It is not yet clear why this word underwent such significant simplification from ȢȤȜȿ to Gusvia, but it is thought that part of the reason for this is the ancient's heavy use of constructions expressing "do", even where most other languages use "be". For example, even in ȢȤȜȿ, the sentence "I am a good person" would be written as "'''''ƆȤɺȿƆȤȜo''''' εɓĦȿr ʌȤʌȤȿε" /wæxɯwæno səpɯœ tætæsɯ/, literally "I do like a good person" (i.e I conduct myself like a good person), but there has been no evidence of any expressions using the verb "ɦȤɓl" /jæəi/ (to be). This is likely to have led to a lot of simplification, as these expressions would also be used when speakers were under pressure, making ƆȤɺȿƆȤȜo the most common verb in ȢȤȜȿ. | ||
=Pøwysi= | |||
''Meaning'' | /paɔˈʋesi/ | ||
''Meaning'' – to shut up, ''literally'' "to be on one's way to rest" | |||
From: pø(w)(Kaåbarun) + wy + si (Sevvufery) | |||
{| | {| | ||
| | | pøwwysi → pøwysi | ||
|} | |} | ||
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{| | {| | ||
| tat || → tatã || → satatã | | tat || → tatã || → satatã || → saåata || → saåasa | ||
|- | |- | ||
| Gusvia → Kaåbarun || → Krushildnajs || → Sak∞le || → proto-North-Sevvufery → || North Sevvufery → North-West Sevvufery → Sevvufery | | Gusvia → Kaåbarun || → Krushildnajs || → Sak∞le || → proto-North-Sevvufery → || North Sevvufery → North-West Sevvufery → Sevvufery | ||
|} | |} | ||
= | Fun fact: this word was actually inspired by the Ancient Greek word for the sea, θαλασσα. However, while some words are directly copied from the ancient languages, the creator had other plans in this case. | ||
=Son= | |||
/ˈsɔn/ | |||
''Meaning'' - to use, make use of ''v3.tr'' | |||
From: suje (Kaåbarun) | |||
Related words: esï (use ''n'') | |||
Derivatives: | |||
{| | |||
| suje || → su(j) || → sún || → (ú)sän || → úsän/esen || → eson || → son | |||
|- | |||
| Kaåbarun || → Krushildnajs || → Enuú || → proto-South Sevvufery || → South Sevvufery || → South-East Sevvufery → Sevvufery | |||
|} | |||
=Syngar= | |||
/ | /seɳˈɐʧar/ | ||
''Meaning'' - to interview, ''literally'' "ask deeply" ''v1'' | ''Meaning'' - to interview, ''literally'' "ask deeply" ''v1'' | ||
From: " | From: "synk + agar" (Sevvufery) | ||
{| | {| | ||
| | | synkagar → synakgar → synkgar → syngar | ||
|} | |} | ||
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This is one of the rare cases where a consonant is not elided following [ʒ] | This is one of the rare cases where a consonant is not elided following [ʒ] | ||
=Ysi= | =Ysi= | ||
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From: ajs (Krushildnajs) - to utter, speak, communicate | From: ajs (Krushildnajs) - to utter, speak, communicate | ||
Related words: '''ÿsi''' ''v2.tr'' - to tell; '''nysi''' ''v2.tr'' - to gossip | |||
Derivatives: '''nagrysi''' ''v2.tr'' - to boast; '''njolåysi''' ''v2.tr'' to instruct; orysi ''v2.tr'' - to twist, distort; '''wysi''' ''v2.intr'' - to be on one's way, be going; '''pøwysi''' ''v2.intr'' - to shut up | |||
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From: ajs (Krushildnajs) - to utter, speak, communicate | From: ajs (Krushildnajs) - to utter, speak, communicate | ||
Related words: '''ysi''' ''v2.tr'' - to say; '''izi''' ''v2.tr'' - to speak; '''nysi''' ''v2.tr'' - to gossip; | |||
Derivatives: '''worÿsi''' ''v2.tr'' - to complain, grumble; '''ýlÿsi''' ''v2.tr'' - to summarise | |||
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Latest revision as of 09:29, 26 October 2025
Each entry will be allocated a different section. Words deriving from languages which use Sevvuferyn orthography will not have the IPA transcriptions of the source words, although those that do not, will.
Changes in meaning are shown at the bottom of each entry, and any extra useful information is shown below that.
Agar
/ˈaʧar/
Meaning - to ask v1.tr
From: tesar (Gusvia)
Related words:
Derivatives: syngar v1.tr - to interview
| tesar | → etsar | → atsar/ítsar/útsar/ätsar | → atsars/agars | → agar |
| Gusvia | → Kaåbarun | → Krushildnajs | → Sak∞e | → North-West Sevvufery → Sevvufery |
Dÿmunk
/ˈdaimyɳk/
Meaning to promise
From: dunk (South-West Sevvufery) - to confirm
Golrý
/ˑʧɔˡrĭ/
Meaning - news
From: Tý jolrý (Sevvufery)
| tý jolry | → tjolrý | → golrý |
Gí
/ˈʧɪ/
Meaning - other, remaining (from a selection) adj
From: sɣo /ʨʲo/ (proto-gusvia) - (having been) left behind
| sɣo | → rro | → (i)rrto | → rrito | → trrito/tsito | → gito → gí |
| proto-gusvia | → Gusvia | → Kaåbarun → Krushildnajs | → Enúu | → proto-South Sevvufery → South Sevvufery → south-east Sevvufery | → Sevvufery |
| left behind | → left, abandoned | → remaining | → other, remaining | ||
Gïsi
/ʧɪiˈsi/
Meaning - to reference, literally "other-say" v2
From: Gí + ysi (Sevvufery)
| gíysi → gïsi |
Kil
/ˈkil/
Meaning - man, human, person, informal friend, "bro" n
From: ji /ji/ (Gusvia) - person, thing, object
| ji | → ii /iː/ | → ë | → eʰi | → eki/ehhi | → ekil → kil |
| gusvia | → Kaåbarun → Krushildnajs | → Enuú → proto-South Sevvufery | → South Sevvufery | → South-west Sevvufery | → Sevvufery |
| person, thing, object | → person | → person, human | → human being | ||
This word seems to also have entered Cathlushenian from the older version of Sevvufery as ɧkl /xɛkɵl/, but only when referring to a person of importance/respected individual.
Ko
/ˈkɔ/
Meaning - eye n
From "ɿʅø/ɿʅoo" /βʎæo/ or /βʎoː/ (ȢȤȜȿ) - eye, twin, to see
| ɿʅø/ɿʅoo | → ȴʅoȤ /ʃʎoa/ | → errloa | → efloa | → euloa | → heulosa | → hheulota/hhjulota | → kulota | → k(l)ota → kot(a) | → ko |
| ȢȤȜȿ | → proto-Gusvia-Jwar#da | → proto-Gusvia | → Gusvia | → Kaåbarun | → Enuú | → proto-South Sevvufery | → South-Sevvufery | → South-West Sevvufery | → Sevvufery |
Milswon
/miˈˡsʷʋɔn/
Meaning - to get back, recover, retrieve, literally "again-get"
From: "milmil + swon" (Sevvufery)
| milmilswon → milswon |
Nunk
/nyɳk/
Meaning - to notice, make oneself aware (of)
From: ɦȤɥȜȿ /jæɵnɯ/ (ȢȤȜȿ) - to be conscious (of)
| ɦȤɥȜȿ | → njaun/janun | → jaun/naun | →neún/neon | → nuun | → nun(k) | → nunk |
| ȢȤȜȿ → Proto-Gusvia-Jwar#da | → Proto-Gusvia → Gusvia | → Kaåbarun → Krushildnajs | → Enuú | → South Sevvufery | → South-West Sevvufery | → Sevvufery |
The origin of this word has been disputed several times due to its unusually common usage, often hinting at different origins for different dialects, or some equivalent theory. But after some further evidence-gathering, it was Inaʰale, the renowned scholar, who discovered the true root of the word. However, some Sevvuferykilý are not convinced, and thus the active dispute goes on.
On
/ɔn/
Meaning - to do
From: ƆȤɺȿƆȤȜo /wæxɯwæno/ or ƆȤɺȿƆȤȜø /wæxɯwænæo/ (ȢȤȜȿ) - to do, practice, make a hobby, behave
| ƆȤɺȿƆȤȜo/ƆȤɺȿƆȤȜø | → ƆȤɺƆø (/wæxwæo/) or ƆȤɺƆȤȤ /wæxwæː/ | → wahwø/wahø/waha | → wøa/øa | → wan/øn/an | → ãn/õn/ön | → on/ún/en | → on |
| ȢȤȜȿ | → Proto-Gusvia-Jwar#da | → Proto-Gusvia | → Gusvia → Kaåbarun | → Krushildnajs | → Enuú → South Sevvufery | → South-East Sevvufery | → Sevvufery |
It is not yet clear why this word underwent such significant simplification from ȢȤȜȿ to Gusvia, but it is thought that part of the reason for this is the ancient's heavy use of constructions expressing "do", even where most other languages use "be". For example, even in ȢȤȜȿ, the sentence "I am a good person" would be written as "ƆȤɺȿƆȤȜo εɓĦȿr ʌȤʌȤȿε" /wæxɯwæno səpɯœ tætæsɯ/, literally "I do like a good person" (i.e I conduct myself like a good person), but there has been no evidence of any expressions using the verb "ɦȤɓl" /jæəi/ (to be). This is likely to have led to a lot of simplification, as these expressions would also be used when speakers were under pressure, making ƆȤɺȿƆȤȜo the most common verb in ȢȤȜȿ.
Pøwysi
/paɔˈʋesi/
Meaning – to shut up, literally "to be on one's way to rest"
From: pø(w)(Kaåbarun) + wy + si (Sevvufery)
| pøwwysi → pøwysi |
Saåal
/ˈsaθal/
Meaning - coast, shore n
From: tat (Gusvia) - water (referring to any body of water), land near water
| tat | → tatã | → satãl | → satal | → saåal |
| Gusvia → Kaåbarun | → Krushildnajs | → Sak∞le | → proto-North-Sevvufery → | North Sevvufery → North-West Sevvufery → Sevvufery |
Saåasa
/saˈθasa/
Meaning - sea n
From: tat (Gusvia) - water (referring to any body of water), land near water
| tat | → tatã | → satatã | → saåata | → saåasa |
| Gusvia → Kaåbarun | → Krushildnajs | → Sak∞le | → proto-North-Sevvufery → | North Sevvufery → North-West Sevvufery → Sevvufery |
Fun fact: this word was actually inspired by the Ancient Greek word for the sea, θαλασσα. However, while some words are directly copied from the ancient languages, the creator had other plans in this case.
Son
/ˈsɔn/
Meaning - to use, make use of v3.tr
From: suje (Kaåbarun)
Related words: esï (use n) Derivatives:
| suje | → su(j) | → sún | → (ú)sän | → úsän/esen | → eson | → son |
| Kaåbarun | → Krushildnajs | → Enuú | → proto-South Sevvufery | → South Sevvufery | → South-East Sevvufery → Sevvufery |
Syngar
/seɳˈɐʧar/
Meaning - to interview, literally "ask deeply" v1
From: "synk + agar" (Sevvufery)
| synkagar → synakgar → synkgar → syngar |
Vilgo
/ˈviˡʧɔ/
Meaning - village, literally "[well-] known settlement"
From: viii + gone (Sevvufery)
| viiigo → vi∞go/virrgo→ vilgo |
This is one of the rare cases where a consonant is not elided following [ʒ]
Ysi
/ˈesi/
Meaning - to say v.tr
From: ajs (Krushildnajs) - to utter, speak, communicate
Related words: ÿsi v2.tr - to tell; nysi v2.tr - to gossip
Derivatives: nagrysi v2.tr - to boast; njolåysi v2.tr to instruct; orysi v2.tr - to twist, distort; wysi v2.intr - to be on one's way, be going; pøwysi v2.intr - to shut up
| ajs | → as | → es | → ese | → esi | → ysi |
| → Krushildnajs | → Sak∞e | → proto-North Sevvufery | → North Sevvufery | → North-east Sevvufery | → Sevvufery |
Ÿsi
/ˈaisi/
Meaning - to tell v2.tr
From: ajs (Krushildnajs) - to utter, speak, communicate
Related words: ysi v2.tr - to say; izi v2.tr - to speak; nysi v2.tr - to gossip;
Derivatives: worÿsi v2.tr - to complain, grumble; ýlÿsi v2.tr - to summarise
| ajs | → is | → jas | → jaise | → aisi | → ÿsi |
| → Krushildnajs | → Sak∞e | → proto-North Sevvufery | → North Sevvufery | → North-east Sevvufery | → Sevvufery |
