So I was working on my lexemes for #lexarch week 3, and while I will post the full list later, one word stuck out for...interesting reasons.
The word, Kukāk [kʷukʷɒk], which means "shield", derives from the words for "arm or forelimb", Kuluk [kʷuluk], and "shell/carapace", Kāg [kʷɒg], respectively.
#Lexarch Week 1
Words (9/7): Urūr (n, “snarl/growl”), Urūbū (v, “to howl”), Gūr (n, “wolf”), Kur (n.dim, “wolf pup”), Gūri᷈r (n, “werewolf”), Ṣaṣa (n, “hiss”), Ṣaṣu (v, “to hiss”), Ṣaṣ (n, “snake/serpent”), Nadi᷈l (n, “adder snake”)
#linguistics #conlanging #phori
That said, I will be participating since I only need to do a minimum of 7 words per week and can fulfill 2-4 of the provided prompts.
I'll be using the better derived tag of #lexarch for each week's offering.
