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+date: 2023-12-25
+title: merr chrismas
+tags: [lántas, conlangs]
+conlang: laantas
+...
+
+# just tell me how to say it please
+
+sure thing. here.
+
+:::glosses
+- ufit þulkusimsari
+- [ˌufit ˈθuɫkɔsĩsɐʒi]
+- ufi-t þulkusi-m-sa-ri
+- cozy-GEN midwinter-DEF-AD-PRL
+- (be) cozy during midwinter
+:::
+
+
+# details
+
+now i am not a huge fan of putting christianity into my conlang, which is
+hopefully understandable. but having a midwinter festival sounds cute. the days
+are finally getting longer! you made it through the worst part! and so on. so
+that's what this is. i think it probably takes place the day after the solstice,
+but with several days of festivities, so that there is still a little overlap
+with the _other_ winter holiday. it's still appropriate to say it today.
+
+## seasons
+
+| time     | name          |              | pron.        | translation |
+|----------|---------------|--------------|--------------|-------------|
+| nov--jan | `{#igisim}`   | `{igisim}`   | `[ˈiʝɛsĩ]`   | the freeze  |
+| feb      | `{#susurum}`  | `{susurum}`  | `[ˈsusʊrõ]`  | the melt    |
+| mar--may | `{#šangubam}` | `{šangubam}` | `[ˈʃaŋɡɔvɑ̃]` | the bloom   |
+| jun--aug | `{#guwanḿ}`   | `{guwanḿ}`   | `[ˈɡɔwɑnm̩]`  | the sun     |
+| sep--oct | `{#santum}`   | `{santum}`   | `[ˈsantõ]`   | the rain    |
+
+- in between `{!igisim}` (winter) and `{!šangubam}` (spring), the month of
+  february is considered a transition between the two, `{!susurum}`.
+- as a result, `{!santum}` (autumn) is only two months long.
+- `{!šangubam}` comes from `{!šani}` (flower) and `{!guba}` (grow, thrive).
+
+## putting it together
+
+the word "midwinter", without any inflections, is `{!þulkusim}`, which comes
+from `{!þulku}` "be deep" and `{!igisim}`. unusually for lántas, `{!þulku}` is a
+verb, rather than a noun. why? who knows.
+
+::: {.aside .floating}
+on that page, where you see a `{ƶ}`, replace it with `{þ}`. i haven't got round
+to updating that yet. it also has the ugly text until i redraw `{!č\ ǧ\}`, since
+at least if it's all ugly it's consistent. sorry about that.
+:::
+
+the suffix `{!–sari}` is actually a pair of two suffixes, which together mean
+through, or during. the details of the whole situation are [here][loc], but it
+is a cool two-dimensional system based on a thing that can be found in some
+languages of the caucasus. the `{!–m}` on the end (of all these words so far,
+actually) is "the". so the full form `{!þulkusimsari}` means "during midwinter".
+
+now, for `{!ufit}`. there is a small, but technically non-zero, chance that you
+remember the word `{!uf{a}t}` from [here][hallow], with the meaning of "warm".
+this is actually the same word, but a bit cutesy. so, cozy.
+
+the implied verb in this sentence is `{!iksaha}`, like before. this is an
+auxiliary verb for requests. for example, if `{!šikkúha}` means "you are going",
+then `{!šikkúm iksaha}` means "please go away". the `{–ha}` here means "you"
+(singular). here it's dropped because the phrase is long enough already to be
+easily understood.
+
+so in the end, you get `{!ufit þulkusimsari}`, meaning "[stay] cozy during the
+midwinter".
+
+
+:::twocol-grid
+![](images/crismas1.png){width=100%}
+
+::: {.glosses .left}
+- þugusim ai
+- [ˈθuɣɔsĩm‿ai]
+- þugusi-m ai
+- miwiner-DEF be
+- it crismas
+:::
+
+![](images/crismas2.png){width=100%}
+
+::: {.glosses .left}
+- ufi þugusinhari
+- [ˌufi ˈθuɣɔsĩŋxɑʒi]
+- ufi-(t) þugusi-m-hari
+- cozy-(GEN) miwiner-DEF-DURIN’
+- merr crismas
+:::
+:::
+
+[loc]: https://lang.niss.website/laantas/nouns.html#locational-cases
+[hallow]: https://cohost.org/niss/post/3366713-ufat-iksaha