Sajem Tan/Etymology

This is where all of your favorite Sajem Tan words come from, created and compiled by me, Wind.

June 2016

Week 4

• zhnelm: (adj.) bright
  zh + "nelm" (sight)
• snysuhn: (adj.) fluffy
  "snym" (cloud) + suhn
• tuht: (transitive verb) to be similar in size to
  "tuhn" (having a quality or property) + "duht" (big)
• duhgan: (n.) a circle
  "duhfnat" (2D geometric object) + "kagan" (hula-hoop/donut)
• vulcifnat: (n.) a triangle
  "vulc" (3₁₀) + i + "duhfnat" (2D geometric object)
• sluhtolduhn: (n.) a tetrahedron
  "sluht" (4₁₀) + "golduhn" (3D geometric object)
• sesult: (v.) to yell
  "sesuht" (sing boisterously) + ul
• zevulc: (n.) a mistranslation
  Looks like a misspelled "vulc" (3₁₀) -- mistranslations can be misspelled -- similar to zet (knowing wisdom/silliness) -- sometimes mistranslations can be silly -- and zezholt (well-intentioned) -- mistranslations are not done on purpose.
• kidek: (n.) face
  "kexek (emotion) + id
• slelceln: (n.) lemon
  mi + "slelceln" (orange)
• tulceslit: (n.) that which affects you in a good way
  "tult" (object) + ce + "slik" (good) + t
• gak: (adj.) fun derived from a game or other entertainment
  g + "tak" (play)
• jelshnec: (n.) a signature, particularly an autograph.
  "jelkelm" (book) + "shnuhk" (lips) + ec
• zlafmelk: (v.) to miss a target, especially when aiming a projectile weapon like a gun, a bow, or a laser
  "zlaslolk" (gun/laser/phaser/etc.) + "fmelk" (counter-factual) + ol
• slnaxan: (v.) to idly chat despite not wanting to; small talk; (v.) when someone tries to end a silence but all they do is make it worse
  "slnuhm" (boring) + a + "xanoln" (greet)
• nuldic: (n.) a miner, usually a coal miner; one who mines
  "nuln" (friend) or "nulvmic" (charcoal) + dic
• julnim: (transitive verb) to have a pleasant dream; (n.) the opposite of a nightmare
  "zhejuln" (enjoy) + "tishnim" (sleepy)