We

Engála

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Etymology

Clipping of ungwéda .

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /we/

Rhymes: -e

Orthographic Form

u
ǝǝ

Pronoun

we (singular un)

1. we; first person plural personal pronoun (plain)

Inflection

Engála Personal Pronouns Singular Plural 1st Person 2nd Person 3rd Person 1st Person 2nd Person 3rd Person Rabbit Other Animate Inanimate Plain un is me zha tu we sis sas Emphatic chalyun chalis chaime chaizha chaidu chaiwe chaisís chaisás

Creation and Usage Notes

As we were coming up with Engála's pronouns during episode 110 of LangTime Studio, we hit upon an incredible idea for the first person plural pronoun. We would use a shortening of the word ungwéda which means "warren" (as in a rabbit warren). I went through the process of shortening the word via regular morphological lenition and ended up with [we], which coincidentally looks exactly like the first person plural pronoun of English. A viewer on our stream (user name LightDhampire) came up with a name for this: Serendipitous Convergent Linguistic Evolution. To turn this into a proper word, I added "We" to the end of it (as a reminder of what word led to the word's creation), and thus was born the term SCLEW. -David J. Peterson 12:01, 3 September 2024 (PDT)

Trigedasleng

Etymology

From English away.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /wɛ/

Rhymes: -ɛ

Particle

we

1. (verbal satellite) emphasizes motion away or expansion out in all directions

Derived Terms

Trigedasleng verbs with the satellite we