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Unizšitabalwa’o Nabá: Happy New Year!
Lwa’o: starting point, beginning
Bxorazwe’ee: goals
Male’ehzoeeh: liminal
Amwa: wish
bxalwóla uakulapo ookweh amwee: cheers, a toast “wishes for a feeding frenzy”
Tšyim kwa txina šwe kuwélerola nonii : hope springs eternal ‘neath the human breast “like an ocean wave, hope swells eternally within the human breast.”
Bxorazwe’ee unizšitabalwa’o ookweh uatšar?: Do you have any New Year’s resolutions?

Day 30: No theme!
Ocean ecosystem words

Imererola: kelp forest
Afya: sea sponge
Afya’erola: sponge forest
kxalinerola: coral reef
kxalinina: coral polyp
pxara: bubble
Ehzmee umoma: a school of fish
Nwee umoma: a pod of whales

Ruzša: seal
Akwi: shell
Ruzšoma: sea otter
Swura: penguin
Topa: sea turtle
Kali’ana: driftwood
Kali’aneeh: to drift aimlessly on the waves of life
Zolatxazbara: early morning sunlight sparkling on the ocean waves
Kumintxea : underwater cave

Day 29: Date night
Date night

Among the Tulwyn, arranged marriage is the norm. Dates are expected to lead to serious marriage negotiations. The shaman and the parents discuss who would be a good match based on factors such as personality, life goals, shared interests, and more. The couple ostensibly has the ability to refuse, but they can face pressure from their family if they do. If they are from different clans, they may not meet before their first date. A chaperone may tag along at first to ensure that everything runs smoothly. If everything goes well, a marriage contract is drawn up, stipulating the couple’s rights and responsibilities.

Leha: date
Leha iigatsorii: blind date
Leha’iinúlobea : secret date, dating without the sanction of family
Šeenka: nervous. The sound of chattering teeth.
Leha’iitswoa: courtship
Méa: matchmaker, matchmaking
Orwa: chaperone.
Zaltu ehmwonere: marriage candidate
Ehmwonere’a: marriage negotiations
Eehg: to refuse a candidate
Ehmegala: marriage festival. This is a yearly event where young Tulwyn – and, increasingly, Nolwynn – can mingle and meet others their age for the purpose of finding a marriage partner.
Utxa: single
Mi: married
Ikwee iigara: childless
Ehmesakueeh: pressure to become married and have children
Utxéa: divorce
Zwolora: love at first sight

The Nolwynn are a lot more laidback about courtship rituals. Marriage [particularly monogamous marriage] was a foreign concept to them up until recently when more began to leave their traditional nomadic life behind.

Mwaarikeh: romance

Ikwataba: baby season, where many animals are being born. This is seen as a fortuitous time to find a partner and is heralded with festivals and feasts.

Gibxobe: gift

Iitswoa: dance

Kare: flirt

Txina: hopeful

Alina: crush [as in, a lighthearted infatuation]

Utxakuzurobe: lovesick, heartache

Utxarikeh: love magic

mwaa: kiss

Tyoa: that look two people give each other when they want to initiate something but are too afraid/nervous to be the one to do it.

Erolera: soulmate

Koréa: arousal

Day 28: Vices, addictions, and dirty little secrets

Norwa: addiction
iinúlobea: secret
rola: something dirty, obscene, or taboo; a vice
Kea’aréna: alcohol
Norwa galatxoonapxašalxag: video game addiction
Zaltuzu: laziness
Oomega: craving
Oomegoma: desire
kamorá: taboo
A’anwu: tobacco
-uzu- : signifying that the root is perverted, immoral, or bad
Guzunaza: gossip
Unisuzuzšeh: sexual fetish
Kxaluzuneeh: creepy
Yomeeh: to hide
Kamoráguzunaza: curse words, insults
Arikuzunorwa: addiction to perverse magic such as necromancy

Day 27: Childhood memories:
Childhood memories:

ikwua: childhood
Šelobea: memory
Myesalxaa: education
Tsunuzu’ore: bully
Tšyarami: growth
Galanesakeh: toy

Day 26: Death and the afterlife:

Ka’obelenazšaraw: death name
Ka’obe: death
Iigorworee: Shadowless Ones
Kakóarikeh: necromancy
Lorearee: rites of purification
Otabaneareno: Dawnland
Núla kwatš twuzeeh: to go peacefully into the afterlife
Lozúnorika: trees of Dawnland, which are said to be watered by the tears of women
Uazuka: prayer
Tšees á gibxeeh: sky burial, the process of allowing the deceased’s body to be consumed by animals and the elements
Ešalerola: skeleton [always plural]
Šuzueeh: : to rot
Kakitšu: an honorable death
Kamora: a dishonorable death
Olweeh: grief
Otxazšénu: mummy
Uakerola: immortality

Day 25: No theme
Holidays

Núlagala: Hanukkah
Yeeserugala: Christmas
Obe’ehamagala: Kwanzaa
Falataba: winter

Day 24: Lighter than air

Pxa: balloon
núlobea: photon
Azwuesakeh: airship
Pxatwuzesakeh: hot air balloon
Elara txooneeh: magic carpet
Alazuzehtwo: smoke
Lalá: drug
O’ozwo: buoyancy
Tsunaala: carefree
Tukxalina tsunaaleeh: dandelion
O’ozwalxa: foam
O’ozwalxarikeh: aerogel
Ušapeeh: to fluoresce
Txooneeh: to float
Azšeaa: atmosphere
Txoozuzehna: fog
Larenwarikeh: a type of magic that manipulates the wind and air
Eana txoonalxa: Saint Elmo’s fire
Eana: plasma
Azwueeh: to fly

Day 23: Abyssal depths

Sazšintxeaa: deep sea
Ehzma ar núla: lantern fish
Sakueh: pressure
yoruzua: nightmare
Tšeezu: Oceanite
Zatsaa: cold
sazšintbeaa kwa lubo: deep sea vent
korunintxeaa: underwater volcano
tumintxe: continental shelf “underwater land”
Šehpora: portal
Tšees: goddess
uropxa: squid
uakonúla: bioluminescence
Ehzma zet bwole’a: octopus
abisa: trench
uapintxeo: marine snow
Nwa: whale
Lo’oolo: whale shark
Iinúlintxea, abisa: abyss
Kuweal: eel
Šwúna: clam
Otxealu: sea cucumber
Uniazšwi rewa uako swo’ii: circle of life
Kareheloa nwii: whale fall “whale ecosystem”
Ešalwiig: invertebrate
Kuleloa: decomposition
Lxonukozuna: chemosynthesis
Gwehneloa: origin
Kareheloa: ecosystem

Day 22: Things found in Spain:

Bakazelará: castle “guard place”
Tšehswala’e: Spanish language
Tšehsareno: Spain
Txora: bull
Fazolehzoa : beach
Esakeh gibxakulara zozatsee, tumenóra : economy “land system for distributing things”
Alola: archipelago
Zako txabxarii: metal “shiny material”
Ápea: rabbit
atsúa iir uakwulea’oa: cave painting “ancestor’s art”
Atsúa: art
Šwe kuwéla twuzobe: time travel
Zšelwara: exploration
Uniazšwitwuzintxeara: circumnavigation
Olwa: spice
Enóra: religion, belief system
erakulore: pirate “breaker,” also part of the word for hacker
Tumílwa: war “land argument”
lozúnerolenóra: humanism
Erolaguzu’ore: dictator “a jerk who forbids everything”
Kuwélwona: history, the past
Korinamali: flamingo “pink bird”
soza: dolphin
tumezazeh: isthmus
Zuna ar txazbara : solar power, solar energy

Day 21: verbs from the digital age

Eehzaréna: to catfish [pretend to be someone you’re not to entrap people] – a captative verb
Núkoleeh: to turn something on
Iinúkoleeh: to turn something off
Txoonapxašalxag ara azšeehwa : to text, to type
Á Txazbxozšwi elazeehna: to log in
Kuneeh: to log off “I stand up”
Txoonapxašalxag tšoaneeh: to waste time on electronics
Txazbxozšweri: someone whose entire life is online
Kaa’akeeh: to click
Papeeh: to post [something]
Fyalopxapeeh: to make a shitpost
Agoreeh: to troll [to make someone mad on purpose] – supposed to be an onomatopoeia of someone growling
garenaza kwa fyalopxera: someone who can’t stay on topic and is constantly moving the goalposts. “someone who craps on conversation.”
Txazbxozšweri zwole’a: eyes dry from staring at a bright screen for a long time
Ónyazšeeh: to be bored, to yawn
Zwol’onu: post-truth
Zwolyona txoonapxašalxag ar: blog “Electronic journal”
Txoonapxašalxazel : website
Karobe rewa nolazšwu erakulaneeh: to hack “break a computer”

Day 20: no theme
Collocations

Collocations are immutable phrases which behave as a unit. They are frequently euphemistic or depend on historical context. These phrases commonly deal with: 1. land phenomenon; 2. new technology; 3. things which Nolwynn culture is opposed to; 4. things which Nolwynn culture would have no access to traditionally.

• Á kašikee alikoma: telephone: a method of listening to distant voices. From “alima” and -ko- it means something closer to “A method of listening to voices”
• Nolazšwu txazbxorii: television: bright image box
• Zifarwemako slozii: transference, teleportation “a scary method to travel quickly.”
• Á anworizee alimesaka: radio “a tool to listen to distant sounds.” Anworizee is an incorporated phrase derived from anweeh “I am distant” and oriza “sound”
• Uapo korenesaka: toaster: a tool that burns food
• Karobe rewa nolazšwu obwii: computer: a box full of information
• Ozšwi txazbxii: screen: bright plane
• Tsworo ar karobenolazšwu: mouse: information box hand
• galatxoonapxašalxag: video game: “lightning game”
• Nolazšwi txoonapxašalxag iir: electronic: box lightning
• Nolazšwi kwolakxatšalxa iir: processing power: box thunder
• Kašika rewa zarena obwii: internet: a web full of voices
• Karobenolazšwu iir galatxoonapxašalxag: video game console:
• Karobenolazšwalawu: programming: information box language
• Orizuzua zo rola twuzako: a loud, dirty method of travelling: vehicle such as a car or train that produces exhaust and pollution

Day 19: Glaciers

uusozintsa: glacier
Fala: snow
uusofala: icy snow
Uusoneeh: frozen
Uusolw: frostbite “ice tooth”
Fala zwolara: snowblind
Uusolarenwa: a cold wind, especially one full of ice or snow
Uusomo: ice sheet “big ice”
Saluaneeh: melt
Saluazola: meltwater
Uusozotsa: something frozen in ice
sweehpx: to slip, onomatopoeia
Tsweeh: slide
uuseehzo: to crack, to fracture
kemuusoa’eeh: to be trapped as if in ice [unable to move, scary, suffocating ,etcetera]
Twuusozintseeh: to move like a glacier, to move slowly
Falabu: the white snow on a mountain that can be seen from a distance
Oaso: a river that runs from a glacier
skxantxa: the sound of ice cracking or melting
uusoareeh: to be numb from cold

Day 18: Diseases

kuzurobe, yxola unizšataba gazša: flu
Kuzunabareeh: the feeling of relief that comes with being sick because you don’t have to do anything, you can just relax and indulge in self-care and ignore all your responsibilities
Kuzutxamoneeh: the feeling of guilt associated with being sick because you can’t take care of your responsibilities
Kuzurobúwile: contagious
Uuyá : physical pain, soreness
kuzurobe: sickness, disease
kuzureeh: to be sick
Areazwea kwa kuzurobe: mental illness
Kuzuroberikeh: magical illness
Iimekoa: bad health
Uakwuetšuo: genetics
Korareeehla: fever
O’onwukoraleeh: skin rash
Šeše: itchy
Txapuuyá: headache
Kwuuyá: stomach ache
Mearikeh: medicine, healing magic
Syeemekoa zalteeh: handwash, especially to prevent illness
Tswuzuorel: parasite
inuzu: germ
Inuzubazšiila: infection
Oareeh: to be numb

Kuba kuzurobe, yxola unizšataba gazša – syeemekoa zaltá!
It’s flu season – wash your hands!

Day 17: poultry and keeping poultry

Azwua: feather
azwua: wing
bakará: chicken, hen
bakariná: hatchling
iibakará: rooster
bweehsu: to guard
bakareeh: gently mother, like a mother hen; to protect, especially those who cannot defend themselves
tola: beak
two’eeh: to lay eggs

Day 16: things you might find laying on the floor

yuzua: mess
obee: cat
Enkwa: clothing

Day 15: No theme
Space
• Kwola: sky
• Zintsakwola: meteorite “sky rock”
• Urwer wuuomakw: astronaut, “one who travels space.”
• Kwana: radiation
• Uanerola: universe
• txazbalxee zel swo’a: solar system “A place that has planets.”
• Buzafehra: space ship
• Zyólara: satellite, moon [generically]
• zyóloara: orbit, path
• txoonafehra: nebula
• Unizšataba núla: light-year
• Tswupa: gravity
• Zéhla: gas
• Zéhlomazšaana: gas giant
• fehratšuya: corona “star crown”
• zako kozuama iizwolekoa: dark matter “weird invisible material”

Day 14: patterns, designs, geometry, and décor

nolazšwu: square, any four-sided shape
Enko: dot, point
Swinwa: line
Bxora: basket

Day 13: words found in Pokémon moves

• Tšopeeh: chop
• popxeeh: pound
• tsxóweeh: punch
• ónkeeh: scratch

Day 12: Unhappy words

yeeh: cry

Day 11: A stroll through the forest
A stroll through the forest

Only the Tulwyn would have need of these words:

Zšeo: fern
yipa: fox
wuya: the sound of wind, psithurism
karehnu: the smell of wet earth, petrichor
zolatswikolalxanu: the smell of oncoming rain
amu: leaves, leaf
amerolu: fallen leaves, dry leaves, detritus on the forest floor
aminu: moss
Nalenobe: traces left after someone’s passage, legacy
Amutxabxara: dappled sunlight through leaves
Ulwa: mushroom
Orika ar o’onwu: tree bark
Otše: ground, dirt
Gišeehloika’ii: the feeling of being alone in the forest
Orikerola kwa yora: a visit to the forest to improve one’s health “forest dreaming”
Zurikazeh: vine
Uakwuokareheloa: that which connects all living things
Maleloarala: birdsong
amu’onu: canopy
Galwala: squirrel
Wuukworika: clearing
Kureša: Unicorn
Nubwala: deer
Tsora: antler
Ekwutxa: arrow
zá: spider
zárena: spiderweb

Day 10: No theme
Mathematics

zoeeh: to add
iizoeeh: to subtract
omeeh: to multiply
iigomeeh: to divide
uanwerolo: number

Day 9: Edible things

Kapeeh: fermented
swifu: sweet
Yozola: juice
yona: fruit
Yozola tšyxim oša: milk

Day 8: human anatomy

Ešalw: bone
Ešalerola skeleton [always plural]
O’onwu: skin
Olw: tooth
Lubo: mouth
areazwea: brain. Think + abstraction
txapu: head, skull
oan: back, spine, the back of the ribs
bwolilwo: calf “middle leg”
ehla:elbow
bwolino:heel
bwolozuzeh: knee
txapazuzeh: neck
oanehla: shoulder
yunka: thigh

Day 7: making music

alilomaa:music, to make music
alilomesakeha: musical instrument
nonalilo: sound of the ocean waves
gwalaa: bell
kxa: clap
: percussive instrument, drum
maauzu zalteeh: to sing offkey
maa [zalteeh] : to sing
bomabom: rhythm
elolaa meeh: to sing a lullaby

Instruments favored by the Nolwynn include bells, anything that mimics the sound of the ocean or wind, percussive instruments made from shells, and human voices.

Day 6: pairs of opposites

rola zo atxeh: dirty and clean
Núla zo iinúla: light and dark
Arikeh zo mikehlw/iigarikeh: magic and mundane
Mekoa zo kuzurobe: healthy and sick

In Nolwynn you can use the infix -ilw[u]- to denote “middling” or a continuum from one extreme to the other.

Day 5: No theme

Animals

• Nwawala: cow “land whale”
• Rolwamali: pigeon “message bird”
• Fyxateloo: goat “dog-like creature”
• Zabilwa: a domesticated jaguar
• Abilwa: jaguar
• Erate: monkey. From the archaic word “era,” which means “human” and the infix -ate- “esque.”

Day 4: Homemaking verbs

Kalomeeh: cook
Nealeeh: care for

Day 3: reptiles, amphibians, and scaly things

Zehmesu: snake
Šazwol: dragon

Day 2: geography and landforms.

Una: mountain
zyóloara: path
lozúnazel: town
lhola: lake
Zatora: island
Koruna: volcano
kuma: cave
zana: sand
alola: archipelago

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