Shtah

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Tpaalha

Etymology

From Proto-Tpaalha *sʌʈax.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ʂʈah/

Orthographic Form

(Ancient)
sotakh
(Modern)
sotakh 

Noun

shtah (dual shtaksyi, plural zushtah)

  1. leaf
Inflection
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative shtah shtaksyi zushtah
Partitive ushtah ushtaksyi uzzhdah

Creation and Usage Notes

This word, along with graam, was coined so that we could, in Tpaalha, say the LangTime Studio catchphrase "Stay grammar". Combined, the phrase shtah graam a means "sticky leaf".

-David J. Peterson 21:57, 3 September 2024 (PDT)