Body Parts in Your Conlangs
The "Body Parts in Your Conlangs" template was created by Tom H. Chappell on Oct 26, 2006. It is used to organize biological vocabulary for several conlangs.
Template
Body
- Blood vessel
- Artery
- Vein
- Material of which it is composed
- Bone
- Gristle or cartilage (sp? cartilege?)
- Skin
- Muscle
- Fat
- Blood
- Trunk (torso)
- Chest
- Heart
- Lung
- Abdomen or Belly
- Stomach
- Liver
- Spleen
- Intestines
- Waist
- Chest
- Neck
- Extremity
- Head
- Hair
- Ear
- Earhole
- Earlobe?
- Eye
- Eyeball
- Iris
- Pupil
- Sclera
- Eyebrow
- Eyelid
- Eyelash
- Eye socket
- Tear gland
- Eyeball
- Nose
- Nostril
- Mouth
- Jaw
- Maxilla (upper jaw)
- Mandible (lower jaw)
- Tooth
- Incisor
- Eyetooth or Canine Tooth
- Molar (and/or premolar?)
- Tongue
- Jaw
- Limb
- Arm
- Shoulder
- Elbow
- Wrist
- Humerus (upper arm)
- Lower Arm
- Hand
- Palm
- Leg
- Hip
- buttock (if different)
- Knee
- Ankle
- Thigh (upper leg)
- Shank (lower leg, between knee and ankle)
- Shin
- Calf
- Foot
- Sole
- Heel
- Ball
- Hip
- Arm
- Digit (toe or thumb or finger)
- Nail
- Fingernail
- Toenail
- Toe
- Pollex ("Great" Toe or Big Toe)
- Pinky toe or little toe
- Other individual toes?
- Thumb
- Thumbnail
- Finger
- Index finger
- Pinky finger
- Middle finger
- Ring finger
- Nail
- My god, how could I have left out the genitalia?!?!
- female
- vagina
- womb
- male
- penis
- testicle
- female
- Head
- Side
- Back
- Front
- Left
- Right
- Bottom (lower)
- Top (upper)
- Orifices
- anus
- urethral meatus?
- vagina was covered under "genitalia".
- mouth and nose and ear were covered under "head". So was "eye", but your conlang might not consider that an orifice.
Things to consider
- Does your conlang, or do your conlangs, use any of these terms, or reduced forms of them, as affixes?
- Or as verbs or adjectives or prepositions or conjunctions or pronouns?
(I left out "adverbs" and "interjections". I assume the "interjections" part is "yes", because some of these are probably good curse-words. I can't think how to make one of these body-part nouns into an adverb, though.)
- What bodypart does your conculture think is the seat of life?
Popular answers are the liver (hence the name "liver") and the heart.
- What bodypart does your conculture think is the seat of emotion?
Popular answers are the stomach, the guts, and the heart.
- What bodypart does your conculture think is the seat of consciousness?
Popular answers are the eyes and the heart; but modern Western culture says "the brain".
Things included and things omitted on purpose, with reasons
I tried to leave out most things that were microscopic (like the Islets), and most things that were not visible on the surface (like the Islets).
(I also left out the Organ of Zuckerkandl, which resides in the arch of the aorta. Nobody seems to know what it's for.)
(And I left out the voicebox or larynx, and other parts of the speech system. Perhaps I should have included some of them. Others are welcome to, if they feel it would be good to do so.)
Bones and blood and stomachs-and-or-intestines and hearts and wombs, however, seemed like I should include them.
Blood is often visible on the surface, after a minor injury.
If bone is visible on the surface, a major injury has occurred; but one can detect the bone from the outside by touch.
Hearts move and make a sound detectable from the outside.
The same is true of the stomach-and-or-intestines; furthermore the owner of the stomach can often tell when it's empty, or when it wants to operate in reverse (the name of that sensation is "nausea").
Wombs have visible results; and their owners know what's going on in them. (Actually, I've been kicked awake by an unborn baby whose mother slept through the kick!)
As for livers and spleens and sweetbreads and so on: They are often referred to in old-fashioned conversations preceding the advent of modern medicine; I assume that the practice of butchery, together with those of surgery and veterinary and medicine, familiarized people with some of them. In some Native North American languages, for instance, an automobile's battery is referred to as its "liver".
It would be reasonable for some conlangs not to have all of these, and for others to have body-part terms in addition to these.
(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
Beftokan's still a new conlang (only about 150 words in the lexicon to date), but it does have most of the points of consonantal articulation noted (linguistics is a living science in Beftok), so I'll list them here:
lip - èman [e_M.ma_Ln] (paucal: kaèman) tooth - ghîš [GI_Hs`] tongue - šuun [s`u:n] alveolar ridge - gìkew [gi_M.ke_L.M_L] palate - bugháth [bu_L.Ga_Ht_h] velum - ughom [u_L.GO_Lm] uvula - bháplekh [Ba_H.plE_Lx] glottis - durtan [du_L4.ta_Ln]
All body parts, including these, are considered to be part of the "human" noun class, and will decline according to it once I post the grammar.
unknown conlang 4
Joined: 07 May 2005 Location: Aotearoa
Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2006 9:08 pm Post subject: Re: Body Parts In Your Conlangs
Body Kanana -Blood vessel aka --Artery akala --Vein akawana -Material of which it is composed --Bone ohakao --Gristle or cartilage (sp? cartilege?) lahala --Skin lamaha --Muscle kako --Fat lapala --Blood koko -Trunk (torso) koho --Chest hahaka ---Heart 'alona ---Lung lana --Abdomen or Belly po'o ---Stomach 'ahakalo ---Liver lawala ---Spleen hapalana ---Intestines po'oloko --Waist hopa -Neck na'a -Extremity --Head opo'o ---Hair ma'awa ---Ear kalana
Earhole
Earlobe?
---Eye 'alo
Eyeball
Iris
Pupil
Sclera
Eyebrow
Eyelid
Eyelash
Eye socket
Tear gland
---Nose aho
Nostril
---Mouth waha
Jaw
Maxilla (upper jaw)
Mandible (lower jaw)
Tooth
Incisor
Eyetooth or Canine Tooth
Molar (and/or premolar?)
Tongue
--Limb ---Arm lana
Shoulder
Elbow
Wrist
Humerus (upper arm)
Lower Arm
Hand
Palm
---Leg wawa
Hip
Knee
Ankle
Thigh (upper leg)
Shin
Foot
Sole
Heel
Ball
--Digit (toe or thumb or finger) ---Nail
Fingernail
Toenail
---Toe
Pollex ("Great" Toe or Big Toe)
Pinky toe or little toe
Other individual toes?
---Thumb
Thumbnail
---Finger
Index finger
Pinky finger
Middle finger
Ring finger
--genitalia ---female
vagina kala
womb halapapa
---male
penis ola
testicle paopao
-Side kaha --Back mola --Front moa --Left maoa --Right makao --Bottom (lower) lalo --Top (upper) lona --anus anoho
Sdannískr
Arunaza Tšur Joined: 16 Oct 2005 Location: Nouvelle Angleterre
Posted: Sat Dec 02, 2006 7:26 am Post subject:
Sdannískr
Lihhámr (body) -Flǽskr (flesh) --Bǽnr (bone) --Flǽskr (flesh) --Kríǥr (strength--muscle) --Tálgr (fat) --Bloðís (blood) -Búlr (trunk, usually of a tree, but also a term for torso) --Bármr (chest) ---Hǽrto (heart) ---Lúnǥwr (lung) ---Brýstr (breast) --Hrǽfr (abdomen) --Gérþ (waist) -Hálsr (neck) -Strǽkætiwr (limbs, lit. "extendeds") --Hǿvuð (head) ---Hǽrr (hair) ---Ǿro (ear) ---Ǿǥa (eye)
Bréhwo (eyelash)
---Snútr (nose) ---Múnþr (mouth)
Kǿko (jaw)
Tánþr (tooth)
Túngo (tongue)
--Lím (limb) ---Ármr (harm)
Sklúðro (shoulder)
Wrístr (wrist)
Múndr (hand)
Lófr (palm)
---Hýpr (hip) ---Kníw (knee) ---Ánkulwr (ankle) ---Þýhr (thigh) ---Skíno (shin) ---Fót (foot)
Lǽstr (sole)
Hahílr (heel)
--Fíngrr (toe or thumb or finger) ---Tǽhwo (toe) ---Ðúmo (thumb) --Grúnd (groin) --Fúlwatos (genitals/groin area, lit. "hiddens") ---Blédr (bladder) ---Ársr (butt)
Arskúlr (anus)
---Kwénir (woman)
Slít (vagina)
Wámb (womb)
---Mánnr (man)
Sǽkkr (scrotum)
Fýrnr (penis)
Bállukr (testicle)
-Síðo (side) --Hrýng (back) --Fǿro (front) --Hlǿmr (left) --Ríhtr (right) --Bóð (bottom)
Archeía - Séillethear Chéighea
Waldkater Tšur
Joined: 15 Oct 2002 Location: Leipzig
Posted: Sat Dec 02, 2006 11:00 am Post subject: Re: Body Parts In Your Conlangs
English - Archeía - Séillethear Chéighea - Trial: Sorosya Cheía
Body - elwer - ellor
-Blood vessel - uía - clœya
--Artery - súloŋ
--Vein - coluía ("bluish blood vessel")
-Material of which it is composed --Bone - σá (σaxx-)/ σaxxode - shacchod --Gristle or cartilage (sp? cartilege?) - δoσσa - dóssha --Skin - sár (sarc-)/ sarca - chámha ["xA:w@] --Muscle - deuma - tóimma --Fat - gyom (gyób-) - ceóimb [cOmj] --Blood - sur (surg-) - tía [ci:@] -Trunk (torso) --Chest - ámos ---Heart - céo - chéomh [CE:w] ---Lung - sválode - sbállod --Abdomen or Belly - lomme - lóimm ---Stomach - byallo - beáll ---Liver - bóyar - póughar ---Spleen - quellego ---Pancreas - felgeustar ---Intestines - zoibe, unyode - dsóibe [dzObj@] --Waist -Neck - dyalle - áirdeall [Ar\J\6l] -Extremity --Head - oan (oand-) - lúivan ["lu:vj@n], mhand [wAn] ---Hair - fille - híll ---Ear - lωm (lωv-) - lúabh ["lu:@v]
Earhole
Earlobe? - tulma - tsulma
---Eye - sáde - sáitt [sac]
Eyeball - sassum (eye ball)
Iris - tiŋyen - tsínge [tSINj@]
Pupil - marya - máira ["mA:r\@]
Sclera
Eyebrow - círes (círeθ-) - chíreth
Eyelid - fánes (fáneθ-) - fáinneth
Eyelash - satwaco - sátmhag
Eye socket - sattuce
Tear gland - sádelos (sadeloσσ-)
---Nose - tús (túy-) - áippeg
Nostril - túyoce - tsúghog
---Mouth - beuta - tsúiga
Jaw - vaugo - vóugh
Maxilla (upper jaw) - arvaugo
Mandible (lower jaw) - survaugo
Tooth - náŋ (nág-) - nág
Incisor - ctainaŋ (cteinag-)
Eyetooth or Canine Tooth - sηnaŋ (sηnag-)
Molar (and/or premolar?) - aunaŋ (aunag-)
Tongue - maiga - máigga
--Limb ---Arm - lámo - láom
Shoulder - marθa - mártha [mArh@]
Elbow - láδer - láidher ["lA:j\@r\]
Wrist - gyalláδer - gealláidher [J\@"lA:j\@r]
Humerus (upper arm)
Lower Arm
Hand - gyán - geán [J\An]
Palm - yéna
---Leg - baŋ (bang-) - páinge, háidda [hAJ\@]
Hip - rωbe - rúaibh
Knee - nébos - néobhas
Ankle
Thigh (upper leg)
Shin
Foot - δos (δoi-) - dóigh [dOj]
Sole - sumba
Heel
Ball
--Digit (toe or thumb or finger) ---Nail - caŋ (cág-) - chág-
Fingernail - gyácaŋ (gyácag-)
Toenail - δoicaŋ (δoicag-)
---Toe - derdon ---Thumb - duntice ---Finger - dún - tún --My god, how could I have left out the genitalia?!?! ---female - quenwe
vagina - θeíma (vulg.: morma)
womb - urwa - urbha
---male - donya
penis - litto - líott [Lit]
testicle - byólos (byoloσσ-) - beóllosh
-Orifices --anus - roξo
Does your conlang, or do your conlangs, use any of these terms, or reduced forms of them, as affixes?
Yes, e.g. -los < loσσo (sack) in byólos 'testicle' and sádelas 'tear gland'
The other body liquids you haven't got mentioned:
urine - fulbis pus - peugema _________________
Yuiyo
-Klaivas- Šalea
Joined: 30 Jan 2006 Location: Ebrauc
Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 3:16 pm Post subject:
Ooo, I forgot this thread existed! Please find enclosed (sic) the Yuiyo words for various body parts!
Head - dú Nose - amar Eye - škíol Mouth - armu Ear - níu Chin - va Cheeks (and side of neck) - súdd Throat / Neck - damá
Shoulder - issun Chest / Stomach - núa Sides - gatod Back - rammrót Hip / Waist - fúv
Arm / Leg - skaro Back of arm / Back of leg - orga Palm of hand / Sole of foot - ét Back of hand / Top (?) of foot - tull Finger / Toe - ram Knee / Elbow - aitait
Flaccid penis - pelúa Erect penis - lakkuš Scrotum / Testes - ssap 'Gooch' - emrát Vagina - tlaš a feu Anus - tlaš Buttock - mappíok
Hantic
Amsel Ur
Joined: 03 Jan 2007 Location: Seattle
Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2007 2:28 am Post subject:
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:
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:
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:
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]
Earhole cokdvad ["tSOkdvad]
Earlobe?
---Eye og [Og]
Eyeball ogwel ["OgwEl]
Iris
Pupil ognol ["OgnOl] (= "eyeblack")
Sclera ogaigu ["Ogajgu] (= "eyewhite")
Eyebrow
Eyelid
Eyelash ogtal ["Ogtal] (= "eyehair")
Eye socket ogdvad ["Ogdvad] (= "eyehole")
Tear gland
---Nose penk [pENk]
Nostril penkdvad ["pENkdvad]
---Mouth sab [Sab] (= externally visible part of the mouth, ie. the lips), cik [tSIk] (= oral cavity)
Jaw
Maxilla (upper jaw)
Mandible (lower jaw)
Tooth (!I think I had a word for this, but lost it when I lost my dictionary)
Incisor
Eyetooth or Canine Tooth
Molar (and/or premolar?)
Tongue lamil ["lamIl]
--Limb ---Arm cad [tSad]
Shoulder zut [ZUt]
Elbow cadwelik ["tSadwElIk] (= "armjoint")
Wrist logwelik ["lOgwElIk] (= "handjoint")
Humerus (upper arm) yalcad ["jaltSad] (= "toparm")
Lower Arm loncad ["lOntSad] (= "bottomarm")
Hand log [lOg]
Palm
---Leg duk [dUk]
Hip pois [pOjS]
Knee dukwelik ["dUkwElIk] (= "legjoint")
Ankle dezwelik ["dEZwElIk] (= "footjoint")
Thigh (upper leg) yalduk ["jaldUk]
Shin hilag ["hilag] (= shin, bony part at front), oboz ["ObOZ] (= calf, muscular part at back), lenduk ["lEndUk] (= "bottomleg")
Foot dez [dEZ]
Sole dezlen ["dEZlEn] (= "footbottom")
Heel
Ball
--Digit (toe or thumb or finger) ix [Its] ---Nail vask [vaSk]
Fingernail log(ix)vask ["lOg(Its)vaSk] (= "hand(digit)nail")
Toenail dez(ix)vask ["dEZ(Its)vaSk] (= "foot(digit)nail")
---Toe dezix ["dEZIts] (= "footdigit")
Pollex ("Great" Toe or Big Toe) darix ["dazIts] (= "bigdigit"), dadezix ["dadEZIts] (= "bigfootdigit")
Pinky toe or little toe posxirix ["pOStsizIts] (= "mostlittledigit")
Other individual toes? xidezix ["tsidEZIts] (= "littlefootdigit")
---Thumb zadix ["ZadIts] (= "importantdigit")
Thumbnail zadixvask ["ZadItsvaSk] (= "importantdigitnail")
---Finger logix ["lOgIts]
Index finger
Pinky finger
Middle finger
Ring finger
--My god, how could I have left out the genitalia?!?! ---Female en [En]
vagina munu ["munu]
womb
---male az [aZ]
penis wung [wUN]
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
Qwynegold Gent
Joined: 24 May 2007 Location: Sweden
Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 7:39 am Post subject:
Here are the words in Lhueslue:
Body lu /lu:/ (human), rhu /ɻu:/ (animal) -Blood vessel ueshie-echul /yʃə:etʃu:l/ (human), ueshie-echurh /yʃə:etʃuɻ/ (animal) --Artery ueshie-echulxhe /yʃə:etʃulxe:/ (human), ueshie-echurhxhe /yʃə:etʃuɻxe:/ (animal) --Vein ueshie-echulqe /yʃə:etʃulqe:/ (human), ueshie-echurhqe /yʃə:etʃuɻqe:/ (animal) -Material of which it is composed --Bone pujchul /puʒtʃu:l/ (human), pujchurh /puʒtʃu: ɻ/ (animal) --Gristle or cartilage pubchul /pubtʃu:l/ (human), pubchurh /pubtʃu: ɻ/ (animal) --Skin xhuchul /xutʃu:l/ (human, homonynous with front side of body), xhuchurh /xutʃu:ɻ/ (animal) --Muscle euchul /eutʃu:l/ (human), euchurh /eutʃu:ɻ/ (animal) --Fat bee-chulu /bɛ:tʃulu:/ (human), bee-churhu /bɛ:tʃuɻu:/ (animal) --Blood ueshie /yʃə:/ -Trunk (torso) yuchulu /jutʃulu:/ (human), xhuchurhu /xutʃuɻu:/ (animal) --Chest yuyuchulu /jujutʃulu:/ (human), yuxhuchurhu /juxutʃuɻu:/ (animal) ---Heart ije /iʒe:/ ---Lung hichul /hitʃu:l/ (human), hichurh /hitʃu:ɻ/ (animal) --Abdomen or Belly zuyuchulu /zujutʃulu:/ (human, same as stomach), zuxhuchurhu /zuxutʃuɻu:/ (animal, same as stomach) ---Stomach zuyuchulu /zujutʃulu:/ (human, same as abdomen and belly), zuxhuchurhu /zuxutʃuɻu:/ (animal, same as abdomen and belly) ---Liver ueshie-juch /yʃə:ʒutʃ/ ---Spleen tyueshie-juch /tjyʃə:ʒutʃ/ ---Intestines lhunyejuch /ðˡunjeʒutʃ/ --Waist ungtudlu /uŋtudlu:/ (human), ungtudrhu /uŋtudɻu:/ (animal) -Neck huzchul /huztʃu:l/ (human), huzchurh /huztʃu:ɻ/ (animal) -Extremity chulu /tʃulu:/ (human, same as limb and bodypart), churhu /tʃuɻu:/ (animal, same as limb and bodypart) --Head chyuel /tʃjy:l/ (human), chyuerh /tʃjy:ɻ/ (animal) ---Hair bochyul /botʃju:l/ (human), borh /bo:ɻ/ (animal, actually fur) ---Ear su /su:/
Earhole sujung-ie /suʒuŋə:/
Earlobe zungsu /zuŋsu:
---Eye wu /wu:/
Eyeball wubuzuytud /wubuzujtu:d/
Iris wu-wuech /wu:wytʃ/
Pupil wu-miewuech /wu:məwytʃ/
Sclera wu-fwueh /wu:fwyh/
Eyebrow boywu /bojwu:/
Eyelid wuyeung /wujeuŋ/
Eyelash bowu /bowu:/
Eye socket wujung-iechyuel /wuʒuŋətʃjy:l/ (human), wujung-iechyuerh /wuʒuŋətʃjy:ɻ/ (animal)
Tear gland -
---Nose nyu /nju:/
Nostril nyujung-ie /njuʒuŋə:/
---Mouth znu /znu:/
Jaw zuchyul /zutʃju:l/ (human), zuchyurh /zutʃju:ɻ/ (animal)
Maxilla (upper jaw) yuzuchyul /juzutʃju:l/ (human), yuzuchyurh /juzutʃju:ɻ/ (animal)
Mandible (lower jaw) zuchyul /zutʃju:l/ (human, same as jaw), zuchyurh /zutʃju:ɻ/ (animal, same as jaw)
Tooth poznu /poznu:/
Incisor poznuxhu /poznuxu:/
Eyetooth or Canine Tooth poznupú /poznupǔ:/
Molar poznutud /poznutu:d/ (both molar and premolar), qupoznutud /qupoznutu:d/ (molar only)
Premolar xhupoznutud /xupoznutu:d/
Tongue nub /nub/
--Limb/bodypart chulu /tʃulu:/ (human, same as extremity), churhu /tʃuɻu:/ (animal, same as extremity) ---Arm zyux /zjuχ/
Shoulder xa /χa:/
Elbow jungzyux /ʒuŋzjuχ/
Wrist xua /χua/
Humerus (upper arm) yux /juχ/
Lower Arm zux /zuχ/
Hand xu /χu:/
Palm xuz /χuz/
---Leg zechul /zetʃu:l/ (human), zechurh /zetʃu:ɻ/ (animal)
Hip azuchulu /azutʃulu:/ (human), azuchurhu /azutʃuɻu:/ (animal)
Knee jungzechul /ʒuŋzetʃu:l/ (human), jungzechurh /ʒuŋzetʃu:ɻ/ (animal)
Ankle chae-pyuzechul /tʃæ:pjuzetʃu:l/ (human), chae-pyuzechurh /tʃæ:pjuzetʃu:ɻ/ (animal)
Thigh (upper leg) yuzechul /juzetʃu:l/ (human), yuzechurh /juzetʃu:ɻ/ (animal)
Shin -
Foot chae-zechul /tʃæ:zetʃu:l/ (human), chae-zechurh /tʃæ:zetʃu:ɻ/ (animal)
Sole chae-zuzechul /tʃæ:zuzetʃu:l/ (human), chae-zuzechurh /tʃæ:zuzetʃu:ɻ/ (animal)
Heel chae-quzechul /tʃæ:quzetʃu:l (human), chae-quzechurh /tʃæ:quzetʃu:ɻ/ (animal)
Ball -
--Digit (toe or thumb or finger) chochulu /tʃotʃulu:/ (human), chochurhu /tʃotʃuɻu:/ (animal) ---Nail puchochulu /putʃotʃulu:/ (human); puchochurhu /putʃotʃuɻu:/ (animal, also means claw)
Fingernail puchoxu /putʃoχu:/
Toenail puchozechul /putʃozetʃu:l/ (human)
---Toe chozechul /tʃozetʃu:l/ (human), chozechurh /tʃozetʃu:ɻ/ (animal)
Pollex ("Great" Toe or Big Toe) ochozechul /otʃozetʃu:l/ (human), ochozechurh /otʃozetʃu:ɻ/ (animal)
Pinky toe or little toe oe-chozechul /ø:tʃozetʃu:l/ (human), oe-chozechurh /ø:tʃozetʃu:ɻ/ (animal)
Second toe chozechulowu /tʃozetʃulowu:/ (human), chozechurhowu /tʃozetʃuɻowu:/ (animal)
Third toe chozechuloqaxh /tʃozetʃuloqa:χ/ (human), chozechurhoqaxh /tʃozetʃuɻoqa:χ/ (animal)
Fourth toe chozechulo-rhuength /tʃozetʃulo:ɻyŋθ/ (human), chozechurho-rhuength /tʃozetʃuɻo:ɻyŋθ/ (animal)
---Thumb choxutud /tʃoχutu:d/ (human), choxu-oeue /tʃoχu:øy/ (animal)
Thumbnail puchoxutud /putʃoχutu:d/
---Finger choxu /tʃoχu:/
Index finger choxuowu /tʃoχuowu:/
Pinky finger oe-choxu /ø:tʃoχu:/
Middle finger choxuoqaxh /tʃoχuoqa:x/
Ring finger choxuo-rhuength /tʃoχuoɻyŋθ/
--genitalia vichul /vitʃu:l/ (human), vichurh /vitʃu:ɻ/ (animal) ---female ci /ɕi:/
vagina ciljung-ie /ɕilʒuŋə:/ (human), cirhjung-ie /ɕiɻʒuŋə:/ (animal)
womb iájung-ie /iǎ:ʒuŋə:/
---male ri /ri:/
penis vichri /vitʃri:/
testicle buzuytudri /buzujtudri:/
-Side tud /tu:d/ --Back quchul /qutʃu:l/ (human), yuchurh /jutʃu:ɻ/ (animal) --Front xhuchul /xutʃu:l/ (human, homonymous with skin), zuchurh /zutʃu:ɻ/ (animal, actually underside) --Left tu /tu:/ --Right du /du:/ --Lower zuchulu (human) /zutʃulu:/, quchurhu /qutʃuɻu:/ (animal) --Upper yuchulu /jutʃulu:/ (human, same as torso), xhuchurhu /xutʃuɻu:/ (animal, same as torso) -Orifices chulujung-ie /tʃuluʒuŋə:/ (human), churhujung-ie /tʃuɻuʒuŋə:/ (animal) --anus jung-ieqae /ʒuŋəqæ:/ --urethral meatus vichrijung-ie /vitʃriʒuŋə:/ (male), ciljungjung-ie /ɕilʒuŋʒuŋə:/ (human, female) cirhjungjung-ie /ɕiɻʒuŋʒuŋə:/ (animal, female)
Heh! This is probably the only language that has three words for urethral meatus.
But what exactly is the tear gland? I tried looking it up at WP but I couldn't understnad the picture. And what is meant with bottom and top side? Is it supposed to be the lower and upper half of the body?
Unknown Conlang
Aisling Iseléaku
Joined: 23 Jul 2007 Location: Kentucky
Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2007 12:00 pm Post subject: Body parts
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:
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
imbecilica Mey
Joined: 10 Jan 2008
Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 10:03 am Post subject:
UROBASICAN
Body Corpo -Blood vessel Vessilo de Sango --Artery Arterio --Vein Veîno -Material of which it is composed --Bone Oso --Cartilage Cartilagio --Skin Pelo --Muscle Musclo --Fat Lipido --Blood Sango -Trunk (torso) Trongo/Torso --Chest Caffro ---Heart Coro ---Lung Pomeno --Abdomen or Belly Abdomeno ---Stomach Estomaco ---Liver Fusjo ---Spleen Kescauro ---Intestines Intesnós --Waist Dasrão -Neck Collo -Extremity --Head Testo ---Hair Cavero ---Ear Orelo
Earhole Casemo d'Orelo
Earlobe? Lûbe
---Eye Optro
Eyeball Globo d'Optro
Iris Iris
Pupil Pupiro
Sclera Sclera
Eyebrow Sobbrio
Eyelid Pardigo
Eyelash Cyliu
Eye socket Domecco d'Optro
Tear gland Glando dè Plurós
---Nose Neso
Nostril Nestrilo
---Mouth Boco
Jaw Macco
Maxilla (upper jaw) Maxilla
Mandible (lower jaw) Mandiblo
Tooth Dento
Incisor Incisèro
Eyetooth or Canine Tooth Primca dento
Molar (and/or premolar?) Molaro
Tongue Languo
--Limb Omembrio ---Arm Ièbro
Shoulder Costrio
Elbow Vikastrio
Wrist Pristão
Humerus (upper arm) Humerus
Lower Arm L'ièbro surina
Hand Maño
Palm Paumo
---Leg J'azabo
Hip Fahjo
buttock Destro
Knee Noremo
Ankle Cavliniro
Thigh (upper leg) Ecaustro
Shank Shánk
Shin Shimno
Calf Vecravo
Foot Pedio
Sole Sôle
Heel Talono
Ball Balo
--Digit Dijéto ---Nail Otrís
Fingernail Otrís de Dijéto
Toenail Otrís de Puçavo
---Toe Puçavo
Pollex Pollexo
Pinky toe or little toe Granda Puçavo
Other individual toes? None
---Thumb Puço
Thumbnail Otrís de Puço
---Finger Dijéto
Index finger Dijéto Indexo
Pinky finger Dijéto Pestanda
Middle finger Dijéto Midiena
Ring finger Dijéto d'Annilo
---female femaraia
vagina vajno
womb utero
---male maraia
penis peneso/penetraso/pestaso
testicle testicuro
-Side Visjeiro --Back Destra --Front Avastra --Left Gosca --Right Diréjito --Bottom (lower) Subina --Top (upper) Surina -Orifices Orifiçós --anus anús
Talanese
dinnae Tšur
Joined: 10 Jan 2007 Location: Elsewhere
Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 3:43 pm Post subject:
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:
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
Mecislau Šalea
Joined: 24 Jul 2003 Location: Maryland
Posted: Sat May 03, 2008 2:47 pm Post subject:
Novegradian:
Body тѣло tiě́lo
-Blood vessel кревоносита жила krevonósita žíla (lit. "blood-carrying vessel")
--Artery артеря artiéria
--Vein вена véna
-Material of which it is composed матеряљ зе котраево состаулене materiáł ze kotrájevo sostáulene
--Bone кости kósti
--Gristle or cartilage (sp? cartilege?) хреце hréce
--Skin плоти plóti
--Muscle мишка míška
--Fat туке túke
--Blood крев krév
-Trunk (torso) торсе tórse
--Chest грандина дантина grándina dántina (lit. "breast cavity")
---Heart серце siérce
---Lung плуце plúce
--Abdomen or Belly желудок želudók (not distinguished from "stomach")
---Stomach желудок želudók
---Liver етро iétro
---Spleen слезени sleziéni
---Intestines есто iésto
--Waist таля tália
-Neck шия šíja
-Extremity концина kóncina
--Head глава gláva
---Hair власи vlási
---Ear оху óhu
Earhole ---
Earlobe? ---
---Eye око óko
Eyeball оцное яблоко ócnoje iábloko (lit. "eye apple")
Iris оцное кољце ócnoje kołcé (lit. "eye ring")
Pupil оцней дѣде ócnej dědié (lit. "eye child")
Sclera бѣлое око bě́loje óko (lit. "white eye")
Eyebrow брев brév
Eyelid вѣко vě́ko
Eyelash ресница résnica or ресна résna
Eye socket оцней доље ócnej dółe (lit. "eye pit")
Tear gland слезная жлеза sléznaja žlezá
---Nose носе nóse
Nostril носдера nosderá
---Mouth роте róte
Jaw целусти célusti
Maxilla (upper jaw) верхеная целусти verhénaja célusti (lit. "upper jaw")
Mandible (lower jaw) нижная целусти nížnaja célusti (lit. "lower jaw")
Tooth забе zábe
Incisor предней забе prédnej zábe (lit. "foretooth")
Eyetooth or Canine Tooth коле kóle
Molar (and/or premolar?) глауней забе gláunej zábe (lit. "headtooth")
Tongue лизике lizíke
--Limb концина kóncina (not distinguished from "extremity") ---Arm рока róka (not distinguished from "hand")
Shoulder плеѕо pledzó (not distinguished from "upper arm")
Elbow лакоти lákoti
Wrist подруцие podrucjé (lit. "beneath the hand")
Humerus (upper arm) плеѕо pledzó (common usage, not distinguished from "shoulder") or надлакоцие nadlakocjé (lit. "above the elbow", in medical usage)
Lower Arm предлакоцие predlakocjé (largely medical usage)
Hand рока róka (not distinguished from "arm")
Palm длани dláni
---Leg нога nogá (not distinguished from "foot")
Hip ланцо lancó
buttock (if different) заде záde (lit. "rear, behind")
Knee колѣно kolě́no
Ankle глезне glézne
Thigh (upper leg) бедро bedró
Shank (lower leg, between knee and ankle) голени goléni (not distinguished from "shin")
Shin голени goléni (not distinguished from "shank")
Calf лиска líska
Foot нога nogá (common usage, not distinguished from "leg") or пѣхе pě́he (largely medical usage)
Sole позпѣшие pozpěšjé (lit. "under the foot")
Heel пида pidá
Ball ---
--Digit (toe or thumb or finger) порсте pórste ---Nail ноготи nógoti
Fingernail ноготи рокѣ nógoti rókě (lit. "nail on the hand")
Toenail ноготи ногѣ nógoti nogiě́ (lit. "nail on the foot")
---Toe порсте на ногѣ pórste nogiě́ (lit. "digit on the foot")
Pollex ("Great" Toe or Big Toe) палоке ногѣ páloke nogiě́ (lit. "thumb on the foot")
Pinky toe or little toe вейка ногѣ véjka nogiě́ (lit. "little digit on the foot")
Other individual toes? -just find the equivalent finger name and add ногѣ; each finger name can refer to either the finger or the equivalent toe, though in common usage it is generally assumed that the hand is meant unless otherwise specified or context makes it clear
---Thumb палоке páloke
Thumbnail ноготи палокѣ nógoti pálokě (lit. "nail on the thumb")
---Finger порсте pórste (like the individual fingers and toes, this term can refer to either a finger or toe in general, but by default is assumed to refer to the fingers)
Index finger предовоке predovóke (lit. "the front one")
Pinky finger вейка véjka (lit. "little twig")
Middle finger срединоке sredinóke (lit. "the middle one")
Ring finger безимѣнноке beziměnnóke (lit. "the unnamed one", a name you see in Russian and several Uralic languages)
--My god, how could I have left out the genitalia?!?! плодовии plodóviji (lit. "[organs for] producing offspring") ---female женески плодовии žéneski plodóviji
vagina туло túlo
womb трево trévo
---male мужески плодовии múžeski plodóviji
penis шлене šléne (lit. "member")
testicle яйѕок iajdzók (lit. "little egg")
-Side страна straná --Back заде záde (for the back part of the body) or спина spína (for the actual back/spine) --Front преде préde --Left лѣво lě́vo --Right право právo --Bottom (lower) низе níze --Top (upper) верхе vérhe -Orifices отуоре ótuore --anus задней отуоре zádnej ótuore (lit. "rear orifice") --urethral meatus? --
Misc: --lap љону łónu --kidney нерка niérka --bladder пуғири puğíri (lit. "bubble") --brain мозгѣ mozgiě́ --lip осту óstu
