So what’s the right proper and polite way to tell the manager of a hardware store he’s got rats the size of dachshunds running between the aisles?

#Lexember Day 11, or where rats lie:

ingozīrletsi ingæzīrletsi zīrletsi sizīrletsi /i.ŋo.'zi:r.le.tsi/ II ina., ratslair or den. [Derives from the Prt.-Bal. noun *ingodhīralethi 'rat-lair', from Pre-Bal. roots *thirale- 'rat' and *thi- 'to lie'.]

#Lexember Day 10: Our first verb:

zīwal tozī /'zi:.wal/ v. trans., to lie, rest. [Derives from the Prt.-Bal. verb *dhī’la 'to lie', from the Pre-Bal. root *thi- 'to lie'.]

Mind the superlatives. If the card wishes you the happiest of new years, it's no an intensifier. The wish is that it all goes downhill from here.

#Lexember Day 9: Rats!

engozīrle enæzīrle ezīrle etsezīrle /e.ŋo.'zi:r.le/
II m., rat, buckrat. [Derives from the Prt.-Bal.
noun *engodhīrale buckrat, from the Pre-Bal. root
*thirale- buckrat.]

#Lexember Day 8:

tigwātipar tugwātipar igwātipar /ti.ɢa:.ti.par/ III ina., antler. Lit. tree-deer. [Derives from the Prt.-Bal. noun *tigwātipari antler, from the Pre-Bal. roots *kwati- deer and *pari- tree.]

#Lexember Day 7:

tobār tæbār ubār /to.'ba:r/ III ina., tree. [Derives
from the Prt.-Bal. noun *utobāri tree, from the
Pre-Bal. root *pari- tree.]

#Lexember Day 6:

atigwāt atugwāt agwāt /a.ti.'ɢa:t/ III f., deer. [Derives from Prt.-Bal. *atigwāti 'deer', from the Pre-Bal. root *kwati- 'deer'.]

#Lexember Day 5: First animal compound:

ngeghōmahutse ngughōmahutse eghōmahutse
/ŋe.'ɣo:.ma.hu.tse/ II m., porcupine. Lit. quill-pig.
[Derives from the Prt.-Bal. noun *engeghōmahuthe
'porcupine', from the Pre-Bal. roots *khoma- 'pig' and
*uthe- 'pointed'.]

#Lexember Day 4: First animal entry: pigs. Introduces pattern where female terms in Proto-Balkre become generic terms in modern Balkre.

angeghōm angughōm aghōm /a.ŋe.'ɣo:m/ II f.,
pig, sow. Rel. eghōm voc. boar. [Derives from the
Prt.-Bal. noun *angeghōma sow, from the Pre-Bal.
root *khoma- pig.]

#Lexember Day 3: The first compound in Balkre's Lexember entries:

tovōlrutse tævōlrutse uvōlrutse /to.'vo:l.­ru.tse/ III ina., feather, feathered-wing. Lit.: 'fur-quill'. [Derives from the Prt.-Bal. noun *tovǣlauthe 'feather', from the Pre-Bal. roots *fæla- 'fur' + *uthe- 'quill, pointed'.]

As someone who frequently posts and then wants to go back to correct spelling or grammatical lapses, it'd be nice if Bluesky had an edit option.

#Lexember Day 2: Continuation in basic terms for anatomical parts in Balkre to build towards more general terms for animal categories.

tjūtse trūtse jūtse /'tju:.tse/ III ina., quill. [Derives from the Prt.-Bal. noun *itiūthe quill, from the Pre-Bal. root *uthe- pointed.]

Vise failed do I replaced it with a frog and this little bit of scrap is way more satisfying than the vise it replaced.

#Lexember Day 1: Planning to do a series of animal terms later in the week derived from hair- and fur-based idioms. Only Balkre doesn't yet have words for hair or fur:

tovōl tævōl uvōl /to.'vo:l/ III ina., fur. [Derives from
the Prt.-Bal. noun *utovǣla fur, from the Pre-Bal.
root *fæla- softness.]

Haven’t done any kind of drawing past furniture plans in twenty-five years, and I wasn’t all that great in the first, but I did find it relaxing in ways that writing wasn’t.

Decided to get back into it as an ultralearning project leading into the new year.

Landscape Sketch, No. 1.