#senyc

[ranahan]

So I totally missed #lexember. But even so, I thought that while I’m still writing up my morphology analysis and editing the monster extended dictionary (sitting currently at 8,5k entries without duplicates removed—the finished thing will be shorter… I hope), I might try to post at least some analyses & derivations. Let’s start with the common complaint that Mando’a doesn’t have a word for the verb to fly. It does, however, have a root for it:

*sen- (‘fly’)

In canon Mando’a, this root appears in several words:

senaar, (n.) ‘bird’

From sen + aar, an agent suffix which also appears in chakaar (‘robber’) and galaar (‘hawk’). So senaar is basically “a flyer”. I thought that it could be extended to also apply to any other sort of winged creatures, like bats and butterflies, analogously to te reo Māori manu.

me’sen, (n.) ‘ship’

From meg + sen, literally “that which flies”. Colloquially might also be called senaar or just sen.

sen’tra, (n.) ‘jetpack’

From sen + tra (‘starfield; space; sky’).

Now let’s make some derivations!

senir, (v.) ‘to fly’

Simple and easy, because it’s such a basic action.

senyc, (adj./adv.), ‘flying’

Again, let’s keep it simple.

senad, (n.) ‘pilot’

Can equally be spelled as sen’ad. Literally “fly-man, the person who flies”.

ge’senad, (n.) co-pilot

Mando’a has several fun native affixes, ge’/get’ meaning ‘near, almost’. The meaning here could be either “almost a pilot” or maybe “near the pilot, the guy sitting next to the pilot”.

sesen, (n.) ‘fly’

Or, y’know, spell it as se’sen if you like. We’re not picky. Mando’a uses reduplication to derive new words. English doesn’t have reduplication, but it’s rather common cross-linguistically. The meaning is often iterative (which seems to be the case for Mando’a), but it can also have less iconic senses or grammatical functions. In Mando’a, the reduplication pattern is a CV- prefix for roots that begin with a consonant. So here a fly is literally “fly-fly”, because when do they ever appear one by one, instead of in swarms?

[abyolotumbl-e-r]

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[rose-verte]

In light of the controversy coming out I wanted to share some info about fair artist rates. So let’s say you created a full page with lineart, colors and letters for a mainstream book it would be fair for you to get paid at least $450 for your work. That’s for one page of work. A contract for a full book should be for much more. This should be the responsibility of the publisher to compensate you fairly without you having to fight, but often they will not offer you this. It’s really important that we talk about these things issues in all industries so workers aren’t taken advantage of. For context this is from a panel in 2015 so cost of living has increased and you should probably ask for more. Here is a link to more from the whole panel.

[berniesbicycleshop]

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[lamagenta]

Hoy quiero publicar mi estado de ánimo. No estoy bien, siento rabia, tristeza, molestia, soledad. Hoy me siento cansada, abrumada, hoy solo quiero llorar y dormir. Siempre he dicho que en este mundo nadie quiere personas tristes, senycibles y dolientes, todos quieren amigos felices, sin problemas, sin llanto. Hoy les digo, soy una de esas personas que rie mucho, pero que se ve en vez, sufre por dentro, llora y es anciosa, por el planeta, por su familia, por su futuro, por su presente, por todo lo que pasa si hace o si no hace, lo que se supone debe hacer. Hoy escribo mi lucha diaria, que justo hoy se sale de mis manos.

[aprilshowerspro]

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