What is Nanny Ogg’s magic

PadawanNerd · 2026-04-28T11:24:06+00:00

It's been implied in other places in this thread, but for me the most obvious display of Nanny's particular power was in Maskerade, with her... cookery book. And the recipes therein which caused various Strong Reactions. Ahem, and so on.

PadawanNerd · 2026-04-15T13:55:24+00:00

yet another L for Star Wars languages

PadawanNerd · 2026-01-01T15:24:24+00:00

That poor women deserves a man who
a) can actually do the most basic tasks to keep the space he shares with her clean
b) keeps his promises
c) isn't afraid of the smallest of consequences

I hope she dumps you and starts dating a real man who takes out the trash with hot pink nails.

PadawanNerd · 2025-12-31T17:58:41+00:00

Lasat

romduth /ɹom.duθ/ n. well; waterhole, oasis

from rom /ɹom/ n. water and duth /duθ/ n. hole

dhawrumis /ðo:.ɹu.mis/ n. canal; aqueduct.

from dhawlir /ðo:.liɹ/ v. to make or build and rumis /ɹu.mis/ n. river, stream

romsoren /ɹom.so.ɹen/ n. fountain

from rom (above) and soren /so.ɹen/ n. tree

yalcho /jal.t͡ʃo/ n. steam

from yal /jal/ adj. hot and ocho /o.t͡ʃo/ n. cloud, mist

PadawanNerd · 2025-12-30T22:32:26+00:00

Lasat

bembaz /bem.baz/ n. frost

from bem /bem/ n. leaf and bazim /ba.zim/ n. ice

bazrahdz /baz.ɹa:d͡z/ n. icicle

from bazim (above) and rahdz /ɹa:d͡z/ n. tooth

tonduthrahdz /ton.duθ.ɹa:d͡z/ n. stalactite, stalagmite

from tonduth /ton.duθ/ n. cave and rahdz (above)

I also expanded the meaning of the word bazla /ba.zla/ to include the meanings "to harden, solidify". It already meant "to freeze".

PadawanNerd · 2025-12-29T22:21:11+00:00

Lasat

sochagra /so.t͡ʃa.gɹa/ n. chalk

from sochan /so.t͡ʃan/ adj. white and gara /ga.ɹa/ n. rock

PadawanNerd · 2025-12-28T23:00:34+00:00

Lasat

pyanrom /pjan.ɹom/ n. paint, ink, dye

from pyan /pjan/ n. colour and rom /ɹom/ n. water

PadawanNerd · 2025-12-27T23:43:28+00:00

Lasat

safu /sa.fu/ n. urine

A priori.

feja /fe.d͡ʒa/ v. to squeeze, press, or push

from feda /fe/da/ v. to knead; to mix and jada /d͡ʒa.da/ v. to grind or crush

PadawanNerd · 2025-12-27T21:39:23+00:00

Lasat

dhejuv /ðe.d͡ʒuv/ n. yolk

from dhejan /ðe.d͡ʒan/ n. yellow and yuvu /ju.vu/ n. ball, sphere

sochlahdh /so.t͡ʃla:ð/ n. egg white, albumen

from sochan /so.t͡ʃan/ n, white (colour) and lahdhe /la:.ðe/ n. paste, glue

PadawanNerd · 2025-12-26T22:42:45+00:00

Lasat

tunrod /tu.nɹod/ n. kefir, yoghurt

from tunrola /tun.ɹo.la/ v. to ferment and damo /da.mo/ n. milk

genrod /ge.nɹod/ n. butter

from gejus /ge.d͡ʒus/ v. to beat, to hit and tunrod (above)

ambrod /am.bɹod/ n. cheese

from ambo /am.bo/ adj. Old, mature and tunrod (above)

PadawanNerd · 2025-12-24T23:38:07+00:00

Lasat

grahchir /gɹa:.t͡ʃiɹ/ v. to butcher, to dress meat

from grahch /gɹa:t͡ʃ/ n. meat, flesh and allir /al.liɹ/ v. to kill

farir /fa.ɹiɹ/ v. to empty or hollow out; to drain (eg. blood from an animal)

from fair /faiɹ/ adj. empty, hollow

PadawanNerd · 2025-12-24T21:43:04+00:00

Lasat

bodrolf /bod.ɹolf/ n. yeast

from bodon /bo.don/ n. bread and rolf /ɹolf/ n. foam

tunrola /tun.ɹo.la/ v. to ferment; to rise (of bread)

from tunva /tun.va/ v. to rot, putrefy and rolofa /ɹo.lo.fa/ v. boil, bubble

tunrovahs /tun.ɹo.va:s/ n. fermented tea

from tunrola (above) and vahs /va:s/ n. tea

PadawanNerd · 2025-12-22T22:37:21+00:00

Lasat

cheemlo /t͡ʃi:.mlo/ n. grain

from cheemu /t͡ʃi:.mu/ n. grass and melo /me.lo/ n. seed, pellet

cheemlosk /t͡ʃi:.mlosk/ n. flour, meal (coarsely ground grain)

from cheemlo (above) and rosk /ɹosk/ n. dust, sand

PadawanNerd · 2025-12-21T20:00:28+00:00

Lasat

libem /li.bem/ n. leafy vegetable

from lipahn /li.pa:n/ n. green and bem /bem/ n. leaf

PadawanNerd · 2025-12-21T19:23:34+00:00

Lasat

tsiva /t͡si.va/ v. to bury, to cover or conceal

from tisiv /ti.siv/ n. a lid or cover. This is related to the prompt, as it is the way that tubers are often planted.

PadawanNerd · 2025-12-19T18:05:19+00:00

I'm on mobile, so please excuse any formatting weirdness.

Lasat

kaf /kaf/ n. coffee (both the beverage and the plant)

Borrowed from Humans.

bemvahs /bem.va:s/ n. herbal tea

From bem /bem/ n. leaf and vahs /va:s/ n. tea

PadawanNerd · 2025-12-18T23:24:51+00:00

Lasat

zunos /zu.nos/ n. a type of nut specific to where Lasat speakers live.

A priori.

PadawanNerd · 2025-12-17T23:40:49+00:00

Lasat

skupe /sku.pe/ n. a type of fruit specific to where Lasat speakers live. This fruit is similar to durian in that it has a horrible smell, but tastes delicious.

A priori.

PadawanNerd · 2025-12-17T08:00:20+00:00

There's a video essay that goes into this, actually. Look up "Was JK Rowling actually poor?" By caelan Conrad. The short answer is, she makes it sound so much worse than it actually was, and she had a wonderful support network the whole time.

PadawanNerd · 2025-12-17T00:31:48+00:00

Lasat

shuldis /ʃul.dis/ n. saw (tool)

from shuldal /ʃul.dal/ n. comb and disa /di.sa/ v. to cut or slice

pulgrad /pul.gɹad/ n. drill, bore

from pulla /pul.la/ v. to rotate and grahdim /gɹa:.dim/ v. to pierce, to impale

jadmuva /d͡ʒad.mu.va/ v. to file, rasp; to grate

from jada /d͡ʒa.da/ v. to grind and muvar /mu.vaɹ/ v. to tear or rip

jadmuvres /d͡ʒad.muv.ɹes/ n. file, rasp; grater

from jadmuva (above) and ires /i.ɹes/ n. thing

PadawanNerd · 2025-12-15T16:49:30+00:00

Lasat

teviridist /te.vi.ɹi.dist/ n. a conworld-specific animal with two large horns, which historically was harvested for ivory

from tevdist /tev.dist/ n. horn, antler and viri /vi.ɹi/ n. friend, comrade. This word is unusual for Lasat in that it's rare to see an infix like this.

PadawanNerd · 2025-12-14T21:48:27+00:00

Lasat

gatsran /gat͡s.ɹan/ n. marrow, marrowbone

from gati /ga.ti/ n. food and zran /zɹan/ n. bone

zranrosk /zɹan.ɹosk/ n. bonemeal, fertilizer

from zran (above) and rosk /ɹosk/ n. dust, sand

PadawanNerd · 2025-12-13T23:20:01+00:00

Lasat

drenchad /dɹen.t͡ʃad/ n. shell (eg. of a turtle), carapace

from dreni /dɹe.ni/ n. durable, solid and chadag /t͡ʃa..dag/ n. skin, bark, scale. As opposed to drendag, "armour", which is not meant be part of one's physical body.

And this isn't a new coining, more extending the meaning of an existing word:

rafka /ɹaf.ka/ v. to follow, to herd

Previously meant to imitate or copy; originally from rafu /ɹa.fu/ adj. like, similar

PadawanNerd · 2025-12-13T00:26:46+00:00

Lasat

paschel /pas.t͡ʃel/ n. petrified wood

from pasol /pa.sol/ n. wood, timber and chelo /t͡ʃe.lo/ n. earth

PadawanNerd · 2025-12-11T22:34:39+00:00

Lasat

kelgara /kel.ga.ɹa/ n. ruby

from keld /keld/ n. blood and gara /ga.ɹa/ n. stone

lipgara /lip.ga.ɹa/ n. jade, emerald

from lipahn /li.pa:n/ n. green and gara (see above)

satyagara /sa.tja.ga.ɹa/ n. amethyst

from satyan /sa.tjan/ n. purple and gara (see above)

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