-# Midekʰ
+# Midêkʰ
This is one of several conlanguages [][@:Rinna] is working on for an
eventual Dark Dungeons X (BECMI D&D retroclone) setting.
(fae welcomes input.)
-for context: a minimal map of the world in question
+a minimal map of the world in question is below for a bit of context.
+it is also necessary to know that all or most sentient creatures in the
+setting are anthropomorphic animals, but that the corresponding
+ordinary animals also exist but are considered non-sentient.
![map of an as-yet unnamed world, with three contents and a few
islands][https://lyssa-rpg-docs.neocities.org/media/blorb-world-map-minimal.png]
-Rinna has the following goals for Midekʰ:
+Rinna has the following goals for Midêkʰ:
* it will serve as a proto-language for a number of languages spoken
along the west coast and within the temperate interior (mostly the
to four (but usually three) consonants, which are combined with a
particular template (TKTK) of surrounding and intervening sounds
(mostly vowels) to form a particular word.
+Roots will be represented with their consonants separated by hyphens,
+for example: `m-d-kʰ` (which is the root for language).
+Templates can include any vowel but only certain consonants: nasal
+stops (n m ŋ), the coronal and glottal fricatives (s h), and the
+voiceless coronal stop (t).
### Adjectives
* Prepositional: used for the complement of most prepositions, although
some prepositions require or allow other cases.
-TKTK
-
### Verbs
Verbs are inflected for tense, aspect, mood, person, and number.
* Subjunctive: used for hypothetical events, future events, and more
polite commands.
-Issues such as questions and passive voice are marked elsewhere in a
-snetence.
+Issues such as questions and the active or passive voice are marked
+elsewhere in a sentence.
-There are three special forms of a verb:
+There are three special forms of each verb:
* The verbal noun, which functions as a noun and can represent the act
of the verb occuring or a object related to the activity described by
Both participles receive the normal affixes for number, gender, and
case agreement.
-## Derivational Morphology
+TKTK
+
+### Derivational morphology
+
+The derivational morphology of Midêkh is based around the combination
+of a root with a template to form a stem (TKTK).
+These stems are further modified by infection to arrive at final word
+forms.
+
+This section and the following one on inflectional morphology will
+represent roots using their consonants separated by hyphens: e.g.
+m-d-kʰ, p-ŋ-r, h-s-t.
+Groups of roots sharing only certain components will be represented
+with a question mark `?` for any unspecified consonants: p-?-r would
+include p-ŋ-r, p-k-r, p-s-r, etc.
+Templates will be written with their surrounding and intervening sounds
+and with the position of each root consonant represented by a plus
+sign, for example: `+i+ē+`.
+Groups of templates sharing certain components will be represented
+using a question mark for any unspecified template positions: for
+example, `?+i+?+?` represents all noun templates (which all place a
+short /i/ between the first two consonants).
+
+This section and the following will primarily use the root `m-d-kʰ` as
+an example to express how roots are combined with templates to form
+stems or words.
+
+All noun templates place /i/ between the first two consonants of the
+root, but vary in other positions.
+These are summarized below, with more details below:
+
+| pattern | description | m-d-kh | gender | english gloss |
+|---------|--------------|----------|--------|--------------------------|
+| +i++é | abstraction | midkhé | f | linguistics/all language |
+| +i+ê+ | prototype | midêkh | varies | the Midêkh language |
+| so+í+i+ | place | somídikh | n | TKTK |
+| mi+í++o | instrument | mimídkho | n | pen, stylus |
+| +i+és+e | emphasis | midéskhe | m/f | conversation/command |
+| hê+i+o+ | personal | hêmidokh | m/f | orator, author, sage |
+| hi+i++í | diminutive | himidkhí | f | word |
+| ŋô+i++o | derogative | ŋômidkho | m | nonsense, pleading |
+
+* The noun of abstraction represents the abstract category of the root,
+ both the set of all of the things (or at least a particular type of
+ thing) encompassed by the root, the idealized concept of the root,
+ and sometimes the academic, artistic, or other sort of field related
+ to the root.
+ The noun of abstraction is not normally used in the plural, but this
+ may have occasionally happened in poetic language to refer to many or
+ all things belonging to the category.
+* The prototype noun represents the prototypical object related to a
+ root.
+ For some roots, the prototype refers to a specific thing (as "Midêkh"
+ for the language) as a proper noun, in which case it cannot be used
+ in the plural and it has feminine gender.
+ In other cases, it refers to a typical type of object related to the
+ root (e.g. p-s-ŋ 'liquid' has the prototype pisêŋ 'water'), in which
+ case the noun may be used in the plural and has neuter gender if it
+ refers to a mindless animal and masculine gender otherwise.
+* Nouns of place refer to a place associated with the root.
+* Nouns of instrument refer to a tool used in performing actions
+ associated with the root.
+* Nouns of emphasis refer to a repetition or intense form of an action
+ related to the root.
+ They are usually masculine, but in some cases a root gives rise to
+ two nouns of emphasis with identical form but with one masculine and
+ one feminine.
+ When this occurs, typically the feminine noun relates to intense
+ action and the masculine noun relates to repeated action.
+* The personal noun refers to a type of person associated with the
+ root's meaning.
+ The noun is gendered according to the individual being referred to.
+ When not referring to a particular individual of known gender, the
+ word is typically masculine except when the meaning of the word was
+ strongly associated with women.
+* Diminutives refer to something small or dear related to the root.
+* Derogative nouns refer to something disapproved of related to the
+ root.
+* There are also several "common noun" patterns which can give rise to
+ various nouns associated with the root without specific semantic
+ implications from the pattern.
+ Each root only is used with a subset of the common noun patterns.
+ Some patterns for common nouns (with the resulting noun's gender in
+ brackets) include "+í+o+" (f), "to+i+í+" (n), "te+i++ó" (m),
+ "no+i+é+" (f), "si+í+e+" (m).
+
+### Inflectional morphology
TKTK
## Lexicon
+Lists here are sorted using roughly the collation order of English.
+
+### Roots
+
+* m-d-kh: language
+* p-s-ŋ: liquid/water
+
TKTK
+
+### Word stems
+
+Format: stem (root): part of speech. gloss (notes).
+
+Parts of speech: **n**oun (**m**asculine, **f*eminine, **n**euter,
+**v**arying by referent), **v**erb (**t**ransitive, **i**ntransitive),
+**adj**ective.
+
+* hêmidokh (m-d-kh): nv. orator, author, sage
+* hêpisoŋ (p-s-ŋ): nv. cupbearer
+* himidkhí (m-d-kh): nf. word
+* hipisŋí (p-s-ŋ): nf. pond, lake
+* midêkh (m-d-kh): nf.sg. the Midêkh language
+* midéskhe (m-d-kh): nf. command, order
+* midéskhe (m-d-kh): nm. conversation, dialogue (this can refer to a spoken conversation or a written dialogue)
+* midkhé (m-d-kh): nf.sg. linguistics, language in general
+* mídokh (m-d-kh): nf. book, scroll
+* mimídkho (m-d-kh): nn. pen, stylus, other writing instrument
+* mipísŋo (p-s-ŋ): nn. canal
+* nomidékh (m-d-kh): nf. message, letter
+* ŋômidkho (m-d-kh): nm. nonsense, pathetic request
+* nôpisŋo (p-s-ŋ): nm. urine
+* pisêŋ (p-s-ŋ): nm. water
+* pisésŋe (p-s-ŋ): nm. flood
+* pisŋé (p-s-ŋ): nf.sg. liquids (the state of matter, and the science of its behavior)
+* simídekh (m-d-kh): nm. language, script
+* sipíseŋ (p-s-ŋ): nm. mouthful (esp. of liquids)
+* somídikh (m-d-kh): nn. TKTK (some sort of language place)
+* sopísiŋ (p-s-ŋ): nn. body of water or other liquid, esp. an ocean
+* tepisŋó (p-s-ŋ): nm. blood
+* tōmidíkh (m-d-kh): nn. sentence
+* tōpisíŋ (p-s-ŋ): nn. cup, waterskin, jug
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