Laceyiam Word summary
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noun
[1D] 1st declension [AI] Lower animate
mayva
['mai̯va]
language (form of communication)
['mai̯va]
language (form of communication)
Laceyiam
⤷ Not dialect specific
⤷ Not dialect specific
Etymology
Proto-Mǎng Tì *mayhʷo (tongue) Notes
'hėnna' and 'mayva' both translate English 'language'. 'hėnna' refers to languages as a spoken and written form of communication and identity mark of an ethnicity; 'mayva' refers to any other form of communication, though the practical meanings of 'hėnna' may be covered by 'mayva' too.
Based on this definition, languages like English, Sanskrit or Laceyiam are 'hėnnai'; on the other hand, sign languages, programming languages or traffic signs are 'mayvai'.
Proto-Mǎng Tì *mayhʷo (tongue) Notes
'hėnna' and 'mayva' both translate English 'language'. 'hėnna' refers to languages as a spoken and written form of communication and identity mark of an ethnicity; 'mayva' refers to any other form of communication, though the practical meanings of 'hėnna' may be covered by 'mayva' too.
Based on this definition, languages like English, Sanskrit or Laceyiam are 'hėnnai'; on the other hand, sign languages, programming languages or traffic signs are 'mayvai'.
↺ 20 May 2016, 15:14
Inflection of 'mayva' (2 tables)
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Conlang translations
Natural translations
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Asturian (Asturianu)llingua
Belarusian (Беларускі)мова (mova)
Bulgarian (Български)език (ezik)
Czech (Čeština) jazyk
Old Church Slavonic (Ѩзыкъ словѣньскъ)ⰧⰈⰟⰊⰍⰟ / ѩꙁꙑ́къ (językŭ)
Danish (dansk)sprog
German (Deutsch)Sprache
Greek (Ελληνικά)γλώσσα
Spanish (Español)idioma, lenguaje
Finnish (Suomi)kieli
French (Français)langue, langage
Irish Gaelic (Gaeilge) teanga
Gothic (Gutiska)razda
Ancient Greek (Ἑλληνική) γλῶσσα
Hebrew (עברית)לשון
Croatian (Hrvatski)jezik
Hungarian (Magyar)nyelv
Italian (Italiano)lingua
Japanese (日本語)言語 (gengo)
Lezgian (Лезги чIал)чІат ; чІал
Latvian (Latviešu)valoda
Low Saxon (Plattdüütsch)Sprook
Norwegian (Norsk)språk
Old English (Ænglisc) sprǣc
Polish (Polski)język
Portuguese (Português)língua
Romansh (Rumàntsch)lingua
Romanian (Română)limbă
Serbian (Srpski)jezik
Serbian (Srpski)језик
Sumerian (eme-ĝir)eme 𒅴
Swedish (Svenska)språk
Silesian (Ślůnski)gŏdka
Slovak (Slovenčina)jazyk
Thai ( ภาษาไทย)ภาษา
Toki Ponatoki
Tagalogwika
Ukrainian (Українська)мова (mova)
Yiddish (ייִדיש)שפּראַך