Body Parts in Your Conlangs

The "Body Parts in Your Conlangs" template was created by Tom H. Chappell on Oct 26, 2006. It has been used to organize biological vocabulary for several conlangs. Below is a list of the conlangs which have used this template, and their response lists. These lists are arranged chronologically as they were created (this entire page was once an archived forum thread, but has recently been reformatted for ease of use). For an alphabetical list of submissions, see here.

For the actual template/questionnaire, see here.

(Unknown conlang 1)

Responses here.

Pabappa

List here.

Unknown conlang 2

Responses here.

Zevino'shoma

Responses here.

Muphridian

Responses here.

Unknown conlang 3

Responses here.

Mèlw

Author: radagast

Seat of life: blood 
Seat of emotion: stomach 
Seat of conciousness: eyes 

Mèlw doesn't allow bodypart affixation; it only incorporates patients.

Palhàwan

Responses here.

Gevey

Responses here.

Neo-Khitanese (Kilda)

Responses here.

Ttuan

Responses here.

Qatama

Responses here.

Beftokan

Responses here.

Unknown Conlang 4

Responses here.

Sdannískr

Responses here.

Archeía - Séillethear Chéighea

Responses here.

Yuiyo

Responses here.

Hantic

Amsel Ur

Joined: 03 Jan 2007 Location: Seattle

Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2007 2:28 am    Post subject:    

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The paltry list of bodyparts in Hantic. I must endevour to expand it.

Head kaif Hand kamr Eye axr Tongue lis

Cénárol

mavonduri Endi

Joined: 27 Aug 2006

Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2007 3:07 pm    Post subject:    

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Cénárol

nava- foot (pl. navam)* paldo- hand (pl. paldom)* qar'ta- finger hir'da- head ristai- arm (pl. ristím)** nif- leg (pl. nífu)*

• NOTE: These terms are pluralized in the dual form only, unless when referenced in a group of people

• • NOTE: Cénárol sound rule- ai>í

Terpish

Eddy Šalea

Joined: 11 Aug 2003 Location: In the middle of the American empire

Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2007 7:17 pm    Post subject:    

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Here are the words for body parts I have for Terpish so far:

Bol — belly Jok — eye Klit — clitoris Kof — head Kor — heart Liöshan — brain Mumbe — butt Piej — foot

Naturally, the Terps understand biology well enough to understand the appropriate place for the seat of emotion and consciousness (the brain). _________________

Zali

Imralu Šalea

Joined: 28 Mar 2006 Location: here

Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 10:01 pm    Post subject:    

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In Zali ["Zali]

Body tem [tEm] -Blood vessel --Artery --Vein -Material of which it is composed pu [pu] (just means "stuff", "material") --Bone zaik [Zajk] --Gristle or cartilage (sp? cartilege?) --Skin --Muscle mad [mad] --Fat --Blood eik [Ejk] -Trunk (torso) jul [dZUl] --Chest bus [bUS] ---Heart ---Lung --Abdomen or Belly taun [tawn] ---Stomach ---Liver ---Spleen ---Intestines --Waist edil ["EdIl] -Neck stiv [StIv] -Extremity --Head pok [pOk] ---Hair iki ["iki] (= hair on head), tal [tal] (= hair on body, fur, general word for hair) ---Ear cok [tSOk]

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Earhole cokdvad ["tSOkdvad]

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Earlobe?

---Eye og [Og]

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Eyeball ogwel ["OgwEl]

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Iris

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Pupil ognol ["OgnOl] (= "eyeblack")

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Sclera ogaigu ["Ogajgu] (= "eyewhite")

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Eyebrow

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Eyelid

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Eyelash ogtal ["Ogtal] (= "eyehair")

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Eye socket ogdvad ["Ogdvad] (= "eyehole")

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Tear gland

---Nose penk [pENk]

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Nostril penkdvad ["pENkdvad]

---Mouth sab [Sab] (= externally visible part of the mouth, ie. the lips), cik [tSIk] (= oral cavity)

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Jaw

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Maxilla (upper jaw)

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Mandible (lower jaw)

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Tooth (!I think I had a word for this, but lost it when I lost my dictionary)

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Incisor

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Eyetooth or Canine Tooth

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Molar (and/or premolar?)

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Tongue lamil ["lamIl]

--Limb ---Arm cad [tSad]

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Shoulder zut [ZUt]

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Elbow cadwelik ["tSadwElIk] (= "armjoint")

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Wrist logwelik ["lOgwElIk] (= "handjoint")

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Humerus (upper arm) yalcad ["jaltSad] (= "toparm")

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Lower Arm loncad ["lOntSad] (= "bottomarm")

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Hand log [lOg]

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Palm

---Leg duk [dUk]

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Hip pois [pOjS]

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Knee dukwelik ["dUkwElIk] (= "legjoint")

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Ankle dezwelik ["dEZwElIk] (= "footjoint")

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Thigh (upper leg) yalduk ["jaldUk]

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Shin hilag ["hilag] (= shin, bony part at front), oboz ["ObOZ] (= calf, muscular part at back), lenduk ["lEndUk] (= "bottomleg")

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Foot dez [dEZ]

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Sole dezlen ["dEZlEn] (= "footbottom")

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Heel

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Ball

--Digit (toe or thumb or finger) ix [Its] ---Nail vask [vaSk]

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Fingernail log(ix)vask ["lOg(Its)vaSk] (= "hand(digit)nail")

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Toenail dez(ix)vask ["dEZ(Its)vaSk] (= "foot(digit)nail")

---Toe dezix ["dEZIts] (= "footdigit")

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Pollex ("Great" Toe or Big Toe) darix ["dazIts] (= "bigdigit"), dadezix ["dadEZIts] (= "bigfootdigit")

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Pinky toe or little toe posxirix ["pOStsizIts] (= "mostlittledigit")

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Other individual toes? xidezix ["tsidEZIts] (= "littlefootdigit")

---Thumb zadix ["ZadIts] (= "importantdigit")

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Thumbnail zadixvask ["ZadItsvaSk] (= "importantdigitnail")

---Finger logix ["lOgIts]

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Index finger

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Pinky finger

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Middle finger

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Ring finger

--My god, how could I have left out the genitalia?!?! ---Female en [En]

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vagina munu ["munu]

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womb

---male az [aZ]

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penis wung [wUN]

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testicle

-Side vel --Back (!don't remember offhand) --Front (!don't remember offhand) --Left --Right --Bottom (lower) len- ["lEn-] --Top (upper) yal- ["jal-] -Orifices --anus dumfdvad ["dUmfdvad] (= "arsehole") --urethral meatus?

Other breast, boob bumba ["bUmba] arse, buttocks, bum dumf ["dUmf] skull pokzaik ["pOkZajk] (= "headbone")

As for the other questions - they are much like us, technologically and scientifically advanced, so they know the true function of each organ, but much like us, although they know the true situation, there still remain certain cultural attachments to organs. The heart and guts are the home of the emotions - the heart beats faster with just about any intense emotion, and when it gets even more intense, the stomach aches. Consciousness was associated with the eyes, although it then became associated with the brain because people who had lost their eyes still reported being conscious - the brain was the obvious choice, being behind the eyes, and able to see through them.

Lhueslue

Responses here.

Unknown Conlang

Aisling Iseléaku

Joined: 23 Jul 2007 Location: Kentucky

Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2007 12:00 pm    Post subject: Body parts   

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My small dictionary has some basic body parts but nothing specific like artery.

ANKLE = TĀMA ARM = RŌTA BLOOD = PĀTA CHEST = ShŌMĀ ELBOW = JeĪTŌ

etc, etc

One more

guitarplayer wrote: http://benung.freehostia.com/files/bodyparts.pdf My list, so far Very complete! Thanks. I hope many people take a look at it. __

Helleran

Izo Šalea

Joined: 04 Apr 2004 Location: Catalonia

Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 4:11 pm    Post subject:    

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Hel·lerà / Helleran

Body tol, estou

Blood guès Blood vessel cabinyol guesetz “blood vessel” Artery maxarva Vein ôued

Bone tot Cartilage martel•let Skeleton gargamol, gaugamol

Skin fiu Muscle rambe Fat (corporal) lhud Tendon tirant

Head pot, tuc, tuys, syet, arsyet (m), tuche, tutze (f) Hair togès Hair (a fiber) bli Skull golag (m/f) cranium raz Neck lleg, nyoc

Ear onze, osye, oge Earhole bosit na s’onze “hole of the ear” Earlobe lhob na s’onze “lobe of the ear”

Eye oc, oig, uoc Iris gavi Pupil chelandé Sclera bel na s’oc “white of the eye”; cýncolis (neolog) Eyebrow tirse Eyelid pedillou Eyelash goume Eye socket bou na s’oc “socket of the eye” Tear gland dragole

Nose per Nostril bosit nas per “hole of the nose”

Mouth tamà Cheek guys Jaw radagame (sg) or radagames (pl) Maxilla (upper jaw) berosti Mandible (lower jaw) carmazzi Tooth gam Incisor cartalh, gartalh “central incisor”; cartalet, gortalet “lateral incisor” Eyetooth or Canine tooth anhac Molar cheral “molar, second molar”; cheraló “first molar” Tongue lheme. But "language, idiom" is lhambe Lip jami

Trunk bros Chest tor Abdomen mablada Belly beli Lower abdomen naig beli “lower belly”; sabel

Heart lhò Lung beloi Stomach mansaghe Liver sagé Spleen vèdem Intestines ganyalons (pl.)

Extremity, limb estighiu; espadelhe

Waist caradanç Pelvis cadanche or tot nas caradanç “bone of the waist” Buttock dabons (pl.) / dabó, bono and guys nas sat “cheek of the butt” Bum, arse, butt sat Hip bemuc Leg (from hip to ankle) gambe Thigh (upper leg, from hip to knee) gamays Knee golde Kneecap, patella gavanhol Shank (lower leg, from knee to ankle) garme Shin astanye Calf tonsim na s’astanye “doughy part of the shin” Ankle poghet Foot pedh, madà Heel garou Sole mad

Shoulder espambelh (traditional), espemble (neolog) Arm (from shoulder to wrist) ram Arm (from shoulder to elbow) ramec Elbow ajoc Arm (from elbow to wrist) ramell Wrist arbou Hand badh Palm pançou

Digit gartembi, cartempe (neolog) Finger, toe ghez (traditional) Toe (foot digit) ghez nas pedh “finger of the foot” Finger (hand digit) ghez nas badh “finger of the hand” Ball tonsim nas ghez “doughy part of the finger” Thumb tigarembi, tigampó, garampó Index finger ghez casarteu “managing/governative/guiding finger” Middle finger ghez perís “middle finger” Ring finger ghez nigançant “dependent finger” Little finger ghez polzuc “small finger”

Genitalia zinyaroncs Vagina begane Womb gameu Penis gozzi (traditional); felghe (neolog) Testicle galló Anus guada Urethral meatus dragavàrie

Quote: Does Helleran use any of these terms, or reduced forms of them, as affixes?

Helleran has affixes for different bodyparts or body materials/substances to create neologisms (although I must work on them).

Quote: Or as verbs or adjectives or prepositions or conjunctions or pronouns?

Some verbs are derived from the words for heart, skin, ear, etc. Many bodypart names have adjectival forms.

Quote: What bodypart does the Megadelanian civilization think is the seat of life?

Not a bodypart but a microscopic life-form present in all cells.

Quote: What bodypart does the Megadelanian civilization think is the seat of emotion?

The heart, the diafragma, the skin and the stomach. But it really depends on the emotion. From the point of view of the Megadelanian civilisation all four bodyparts play some role in any emotion, although only one has a main role; it is said that that one is the leading organ.

Quote: What bodypart does the Megadelanian civilization think is the seat of consciousness?

The soul. From the point of view of the Megadelanian civilization it isn’t a bodypart but the essence of the living body.

Urobasican

Responses here.

Talanese

dinnae Tšur

Joined: 10 Jan 2007 Location: Elsewhere

Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 3:43 pm    Post subject:    

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Talanese motional/locational/temporal prepositions are derived from body parts or other nouns (note, /a/ is actually more central, and /r/ usually is a tap, but they written as such for the ease of transcription):

My apologies, this was a neat table

In, inside of - Tendet (heart) /ˈtɛndət/ Out, outside of - Twizo (shell, skull) /ˈtwizoʊ/ Around (static) - Natan (skin, bark) /natɔn/ Through (static) - Ped (stick, rod) /pɛd/ On top of, Over (static) - Miye (hair) /ˈmijə/ Above, Over (static) - Aol (cloud) /ɔβ̞͡ɫ/ Underneath - Bundu (underside) /ˈbɵndʊw/ Below - Neeza (grass) /ˈniza/ Beside, Next to - Stabed (arm) /ˈstabəd/ In front of - Danćod (chest) /ˈdɔntɕɔd/ Behind - Kee (back) /k͜xi/ At (in a place; at a moment) - Se /sə/ Over (dynamic) - Meyl (wing) /ˈmɛil/ Under, Before - Asper (water) /ˈaspər/ Through (dynamic), During, While being in - Ense (spear) /ˈɛnsə/ Past, After - Huś (wind) /hʊɕ/ From elsewhere towards here - Sitei (source of river) /ˈsiti/ Towards a specific location Ula (gaze) /ˈʊla/ Away from here - Pridas (buttocks) /ˈpridas/ Alongside - Dedomheyet (lover, lit hand-holder) /dədɔˈmejət/ < relatively recent addition to the pronoun list, con-historically Off - Away, from touching - Donin (fall) /ˈdɔnɘn/ Into (place, area, state) - Raowemelek (field of view) /rɔwəˈmeilək/ (always makes me think 'raw milk') Out of (place, area, state) - Meśa (leaf bud) /ˈmeiɕa/ Around (dynamic) - Malman (orbit) /ˈmɔlmɔn/, dynamic form of /ˈmɔlma/, hug Moving around the inside of area or place - Sefse (sniff around) /ˈsɛfsə/

--- And no, this is not a confusing system. Talanese requires articles for nouns pretty much all the time (because nouns themselves don't inflect much), and of course prepositions don't have articles. It all came to me when I was reading a rather interesting text that had something to do with perception of time, progress and motion in Mediaeval paintings in the library. Actually, my whole TAM system is built upon inspiration drawn from that! ---

As for the body parts list, well... I haven't filled out much, yet, because I've chosen to do it elaborately. I have more words for body parts than there are on this list, but I just haven't reached them yet while filling it out!

Thanks for providing it, though. Here's what I have so far (.htm converted from .doc) http://www.by002.net/~neuteboo/bodyparts.htm

I'll get there... some time!

Danšlağ

langover94 Gent

Joined: 24 Nov 2007 Location: USA

Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 6:04 pm    Post subject:    

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Here's some of the body parts that I have in Danšlağ. I haven't really gotten specific with them, although I have got the "main" ones.

body- ri nose- nopu ear- yakušu mouth- slata eye- aslo tongue- zabu teeth- clač tonsils- kakraku neck- uxač hair- skoru head- baru shoulder- tuŵ arm- cura hand- ğeš finger- baklaŵer fingernail- baklaŵeruka thumb- kuku chest- orka breast- ğuš stomach- iču lungs- abačeraku leg- laŵe ankle- etai foot- teš toe- kuklaŵer toenail- kaklaŵeruka genital- irosi penis- bamu vagina- omaru

That's pretty much all I have so far. I'm sure I'll add more after reading this, though.

Novegradian

Responses here.