Blylandic language/Vocabulary/Metalanguage

This article lists Blylandic words relating to language.

Phonology and phonetics

English	Old Blylandic	Blylandic	Notes
vowel	selblööt n (selblööþes, selblööþu)	selbleuþ n (selbleuts, selbleute)
consonant	samlööt n (samlööþes, samlööþu)	samleuþ n (samleuts, samleute)
voiceless	rardlǫser	rardlus	rard(u) "voice" + -lǫser/-lus "-less"
voiced	rardoder	rarded	rard(u) + oder/-ed "-ed"
bilabial	twiwiramęllider	twiwiremęld	twi- "two-" + wör(er) "lip" + męllider/męld
labiodental	werǫrtyndermęllider	wörtyndsmęld	wör(er) "lip" + tann(s) "tooth" + męllider/męld
dental	tyndermęllider	tyndsmęld	tann(s) "tooth" + męllider/męld
alveolar	tundabergesmęllider	tyndebergsmęld	Alveolus is literally "teeth mountain" in Blylandic.
postalveolar	hindertundabergesmęllider	hindertyndebergsmęld	hinder- "behind"
retroflex	hinderbęndidmęllider	hinderbęnstmęld	Literally "bent-back sound"
palatal	framgöömimmęllider	framguummęld	fram- "forward" + goomo/guume "palate, gum" + męllider/męld
velar	hindergöömimmęllider	hinderguummęld	hinder- + goomo/guume + męllider/męld
uvular	drypingöömimmęllider	drupenguummęld	drupo/drupe "drop" + goomo/guume + męllider/męld
pharyngeal	þrotommęllider	þrotemmęld	þrota/þrote "throat + męllider/męld
epiglottal	uphlöötlokmęllider	uplötlokmęld
glottal	hlöötlokmęllider	lötlokmęld

Morphology

English	Old Blylandic	Blylandic	Notes
inflection	böögjingu f (böögjingur, böögjingor)	beugjing f (beugjings, beugjinger)	Gerund of böögjan/beugjen "to bend"
declension	fallböögjingu f	fallbeugjing f	fall = "(grammatical) case"
conjugation	sagnuböögjingu f	sagenbeugjing f	sagnu/sagn = "verb"
case (grammatical)	fall n (falles, fallu)	fall n (falls, falle)	Calque of Latin casus, cf. Icelandic fall
number (grammatical)	talu f (talur, talor)	tal f (tals, taler)
gender (grammatical)	kynj n (kynjes, kynju)	kynj n (kynjs, kynje)	Calque of Latin genus, cf. Icelandic kyn
masculine (gender)	gyminerkynj n	gumenkynj n	gumo/gume "man" + kynj
feminine (gender)	qenonerkynj n	qenenkynj n	qena/qene "woman" + kynj
neuter (gender)	niþarkynj n	niþerkynj n	niþarer/niþer "neither" + kynj
nominative (case)	nęminerfall n	namenfall n	namo/name = "name"
accusative (case)	þolesfall n	þolfall n	þol "act of enduring", derived from þylan/þylen "to endure"
genitive (case)	ęęgfall n	iigfall n	ęęgan/iigen = "to own"
dative (case)	þigjfall n	þigjfall n	þigjan/þigjen = "to receive"
vocative (case)	hęętfall n	hiitfall n	hęętan/hiiten = "to call"
instrumental (case)	toolesfall n	tuulfall n	tool/tuul = "tool"
locative (case)	stędirfall n	stędfall n	stęder/stęd = "place"
ablative (case)	swiifall n	swaifall n	swiiban/swaiben = "to stray, to move away". The -b- is lost before -f-.
allative (case)	qemfall n	qemfall n	qeman/qemen = "to come"
comitative (case)	samwistirfall n	samwistfall n	samwister/samwist = "being together"
singular (number)	ęntalu f	ęntal f
dual (number)	twitalu f	twital f
plural (number)	manerintalu f	manerental f	manero/manere = "more"
degree (comparison)	stig n (stiges, stigu)	stig n (stigs, stige)
positive (degree)	fryminerstig n	frumenstig n	frumo/frume "first, former" + stig
comparative (degree)	misstig n	misstig n	miz- "mid-" + stig
superlative (degree)	męęstastig n	miistestig n
comparative (case)	misstigesfall n	misstigfall n	Used in Namari grammars
terminative (case)	ęndesfall n	ęndfall n	Used in Namari grammars
tense	tiider f (tiidir, tiidir)	taid f (taids, taider)	Also means "aspect"
mood	hǫtter m (hattǫr, hęttir)	hǫtt m (hǫtts, hętter)
voice	mynder f (myndir, myndir)	mynd f (mynds, mynder)
first person	fyristu persoona f	fyrst persoune f
second person	annaru persoona f	anner persoune f
third person	þriza persoona f	þrize persoune f
present tense	nuutider f	nautid f
past tense	þannitider f	þantider f
future tense	framtider f	framtid f
future-in-the-past	þanniframtider f	þanframtider f
perfect	lidantider f	lidentid f	liidan/laiden = to pass (of time)