FairyLang

The primary colors are traditionally considered to be red, yellow and blue, with the secondaries being green, orange and violet. Each of these has a distinct word in English, with the tertiary colors being referred to with hyphenated names (red-violet, blue-green, etc.).

Thing is though, red, yellow and blue aren't the true primary colors. The real primary colors of light are red, green and blue (RGB). The secondary colors of light (and primary colors of ink) are cyan, magenta and yellow (the CMY or CMYK).

Something I've been wanting to do for a while now is to have a language in which the real primary colors of light and ink have distinct names, and the tertiary colors in between would have hyphenated names. Orange would be red-yellow and violet would be blue-magenta, for example.

That would make the language more accurately reflect the mechanics of color. As a printing professional, this is relevant to me.

I'm not sure it's right for FairyLang, though. I know I want FairyLang to have a rich vocabulary for describing color, but would a system like this be appropriate for a fairy language, or is it too technical?

œthnyn / ithnœn noun/verb, angelic
inspiration / to inspire

ethnan / ithnen noun/verb, fairy
encouragement, motivation / to encourage, motivate

usnan / isnun noun/verb, human
enticement / to entice, stoke

oznan / iznon noun/verb, demon
bribery / to bribe

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My list of words I need to translate Three Little Pigs is down to:

stoke (v.)

asam / isam noun / verb, neutral
sight / to see

cata / cati noun / verb, neutral
hearing / to hear

ashas / ishas noun / verb, neutral
smell / to smell

asal / isal noun / verb, neutral
taste / to taste

pafa / pafi noun / verb, neutral
touch, feeling / to touch, feel

ehym / ihem noun / verb, fairy
empathy / to empathise


All of the above nouns refer to the senses or act of sensing. To refer to something being sensed, -r or -ar is suffixed.

asam (sense of sight) > asamar (thing seen)
cata (sense of hearing) > catar (sound)
ashas (sense of smell) > ashasar (smell, odor)
asal (sense of taste) > asalar (flavor)
pafa (sense of touch) > pafar (feeling, sensation)
ehym (sense of empathy) > ehymar (emotion, mood)

samar noun, neutral
door

fynar noun, neutral
window

takh noun, neutral
roof

abad noun, neutral
floor

mar noun, neutral
wall


Bonus:

bapu / bupi noun / verb, human
knock / to knock

cawhœl noun, angelic
tribute, homage

cyfel noun, fairy
care, upkeep of a person or animal

gaful noun, human
maintenance, upkeep of an inanimate object

qavol noun, demon
sacrifice, appeasement


tyled noun, fairy
sacrifice, charity

dalud noun, human
sacrifice, out of necessity


Three words for sacrifice?! Yes, and each with a different connotation.

Qavol is a sacrifice made TO someone or something in order to appease them, like sacrificing a virgin to a vengeful deity or paying off the mob so they don't burn down your convenience store.

Tyled is a sacrifice made FOR someone or something out of compassion, or for greater good, like donating a kidney or giving money to charity.

Dalud is a sacrifice out of necessity, like cutting back expenses to make ends meet or going on a diet.

chim verb, neutral
to put, set

ilachym verb, neutral
to hang, put up

igachym verb, neutral
to send away


adryl / idral noun / verb, neutral
question, to ask

agryl / igral noun / verb, neutral
answer, to answer

edyg / ideg noun / verb, fairy
flight / to fly

udag / idug noun / verb, human
jump / to jump

adrym / idram noun / verb, neutral
climb / to climb

pache / pechi noun / verb, fairy
sinking, to sink

bachu / buchi noun / verb, human
fall, to fall



alwkh / ilwkh noun / verb, neutral
ascent / to ascend

achwkh / ichwkh noun / verb, neutral
descent / to descend

daltun noun, human
blaze, flame

dultin verb, human
to blaze

daltyndu adjective, human
blazing


vansus noun, human
rapids, rushing water

vunsis verb, human
to rush

vansystu adjective, human
rushing