Mighty Word summary
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noun
[GI] Gender Inflected[N] Noun[V] Verb
˥zaʊgʰɔɹʡɑ
˥zaugor'a
[˥zaʊgʰɔɹʡɑ]
tail (generic)
[˥zaʊgʰɔɹʡɑ]
tail (generic)
Etymology
Etymology of Creation: Trying to bridge the gap between 1) Quecha: chaka : bridge, thigh, leg & 2) Nostratic: *t’u?ÅrV or *zÉgUtV
My best guess was zaʊgʰ for something that might lead to either a CH, J, or ZH sound later on. Especially preceding a low rounded vowel, since I kept making those sounds by accident when I tried it.
To match the second set of sounds I felt a flap and vocalized stop would get both an r and t sound.
Then I just ended on a, and it felt like a good Mighty word to me.
For the genders, I tried to think what one Mighty observing another would apply as their gender's primary limbs / actions. Notes
Super Masculine gender ˥zaʊgʰɔɹʡɑ: Butt, tail, back-end, climb
Super Feminine gender ˩zaʊgʰɔɹʡɑ: Lift (up), strike (like an eagle), kick
Child gender ˩˥zaʊgʰɔɹʡɑ: neck, strike (like a serpent)
Affectionate gender ˧˥zaʊgʰɔɹʡɑ: Wing, to cast shade
Other gender ˧˩zaʊgʰɔɹʡɑ: improper usage.
Etymology of Creation: Trying to bridge the gap between 1) Quecha: chaka : bridge, thigh, leg & 2) Nostratic: *t’u?ÅrV or *zÉgUtV
My best guess was zaʊgʰ for something that might lead to either a CH, J, or ZH sound later on. Especially preceding a low rounded vowel, since I kept making those sounds by accident when I tried it.
To match the second set of sounds I felt a flap and vocalized stop would get both an r and t sound.
Then I just ended on a, and it felt like a good Mighty word to me.
For the genders, I tried to think what one Mighty observing another would apply as their gender's primary limbs / actions. Notes
Super Masculine gender ˥zaʊgʰɔɹʡɑ: Butt, tail, back-end, climb
Super Feminine gender ˩zaʊgʰɔɹʡɑ: Lift (up), strike (like an eagle), kick
Child gender ˩˥zaʊgʰɔɹʡɑ: neck, strike (like a serpent)
Affectionate gender ˧˥zaʊgʰɔɹʡɑ: Wing, to cast shade
Other gender ˧˩zaʊgʰɔɹʡɑ: improper usage.
↺ 10 January 2016, 08:36
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German (Deutsch)Schwanz
Englishtail
Japanese (日本語)尻尾 (しっぽ)
Dutch (Nederlands)staart
Polish (Polski)ogon
Silesian (Ślůnski)szwanc