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Re: [romconlang] Call for opinions: word for "now"

Hi!

eamoniski writes:
> In creating the words for "now," I've generated the following:

Hehe.  One typical kind of words one is busy with.  I wasn't very
productive today, but 'if' is now (boringly) 'sí' in Þrjótrunn.

> (well now! then in that case, etc.) = alora < ad illa hora
> (right now) = manutenendo < manu + tenendo
> (at present, nowadays) = simera < Greek
>
> I'm also keen to give a shorter option to manutenendo; I've jammed
> together demonstratives and arrived at the following options: istora,
> ecilora, ipsora... the etymologies should be pretty transparent.  I'm
> leaning towards ipsora... I don't know, it just sounds pretty. :)
>
> Any opinions?

Very nice.  I used 'ipse' all over in Þrjótrunn.  E.g. 'eccu ipse' >
'kviss'.

For 'now', I went for 'hac hora' > 'hákur'.

**Henrik