The invisible woman

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The invisible woman

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Got this from the conlanging group on FB, and since I had both concepts (invisibility and woman) figured out in Vanga already, I decided to give it a try.

Vanga uses a generalised system of incorporated nouns along with a passive verb to express stuff like this.

lǫyyapıtǭzıṣtu
Ø-<luN>j<Ø><Ø>pː-tuN-aH-s-ṣt-uw
Literally more along the lines of "one cannot see the woman", with a relativising suffix.
SIMP-<woman>see<INV><NEUT>-POT-3-PASS-NEG-REL
[ˈɭɔ̃ʝːˌɑb̥d̠̥ɔ̃ːz̻ɯ̤ʂʈʊ]
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Půjan çůn ßa am wů jam ma.
/pɯ.jaŋ tʃɯŋ pfa am wɯ jam ma/
to_see PTCP NEG NULL_SUBJ person female SGV.
Lit: (There is) a not seen woman

(PRT is participle, right?)
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No idea. I'd interpret it as particle, probably. PTCP or PCP, according to the list of Leipzig abbreviations on Wikipedia.
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Miwonša simply uses derivation:

škonja = woman (noun)
žanjo = eye (noun)
žai = not (particle)

žaniwa = see
žanjapi = visible
žaižanjapi = invisible

škonja žaižanjapja... = invisible woman
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Leb datretsettírDam.
DEF.ART NEG.POT-see-POT-female
The invisible woman.
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XXXVII wrote:
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Půjan çůn ßa am wů jam ma.
/pɯ.jaŋ tʃɯŋ pfa am wɯ jam ma/
to_see PRT NEG NULL_SUBJ person female SGV.
Lit: (There is) a not seen woman

(PRT is participle, right?)
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nó te·ro kónət
ə̆n-yá-ø-ø‹w tay=ro kón·-ə̆t
NEG-be_seen-PRS-3SGE ABIL=REL woman-DEF₂
the invisible woman
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Ithkuil: Ixai'livîra êqel
FRAMED/DYN-"see"-COR-NRM/DEL/M/CSL/UNI-ABL1/1-NA11/4 STA-"woman"-ABS-NRM/DEL/M/CSL/UNI
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Rireinutire forms neike 'visible' as a participle of the verb neita 'to be visible', and adds the caritive adjectival suffix -nopo to produce neikenopo 'invisible'.

It is seen as demeaning to refer to sapient beings as female (or, as the case may be, male1) so unless the context requires a reference to reproductive biology, 'woman' would be translated simply as kave 'person'. The word for 'female' is kani, so a female person would be kanikave.

neikenopo kave
nei-ke-nopo kani-kave
visible-PRESP-less female-person

(the) invisible person

neikenopo kanikave
nei-ke-nopo kani-kave
visible-PRESP-less female-person

(the) invisible woman
1 Such beings do exist among some galactic species.
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prettydragoon wrote:1 Such beings do exist among some galactic species.
pix or it didn't happen


alla taihka nv wi leepne
[ˈʔæ̰lla ˈtæi̯xka ˈŋɯ βi ˈlɛːbnɛ]
IND.NEG 3SG.OBV-PAS see REL woman-DEF

the invisible woman
the woman who is not seen by anyone
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Pa inup tha hesorel.
/pa ˈiɳ.up ʈa he.ˈso.ɾeɭ/
pa inup tha hesor-el
DEF women PASS to.see-NEG

lit. "the woman that is not seen"

Note: not actual Alahithian word for "woman (not got my vocab list with me), and I can't remember if "to see" is hesor or hesir - the other one is "to look".
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abamiamilialoron
[ˈabamamiliaˌlɔɾɔn]
abam-i-amilialoron
person-SG.DEF.FEM-invisible
the invisible woman

amilialoron, invisible: lit. incapable of being seen.

ilial: to see
am-ilial: unable to see
am-ilial-oron: unable of being seen
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Zidhgebzhail

Elements in [square brackets] could be omitted in the vernacular.

aza-zhah[ar]Ainoipsysa
az-Ø-a-zha-h[ar]-Ø-Ai-n-oi-ps-ys-a
woman-ABS-SG.F-PTCP-PASSIVE-PRS-see-SIMPLE-NEG-ABILITY-ABS.ADJ-SG.F
Cannot-be-seen woman.
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Creyeditor wrote:
XXXVII wrote:
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Půjan çůn ßa am wů jam ma.
/pɯ.jaŋ tʃɯŋ pfa am wɯ jam ma/
to_see PRT NEG NULL_SUBJ person female SGV.
Lit: (There is) a not seen woman

(PRT is participle, right?)
I really like that script *.*
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Classical Kávelat
Kiisu vepoolissem
woman NEG-see-able
The invisible woman

Modern Kávelat
Vepóliśem kís
NEG-see-able woman
The invisible woman
reírítí lixa kisti o lixati reí kisti · the river god controls the fish and the fish control the river – otísil (pdf)
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Atlántiqa

Avlixwonha guna.
not-see.FUT-PTCP.MEDIOPASS-FEM woman
The invisible woman.
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In Hoavi, there are two ways to translate this sentence:

Vuinga roja
[ˈβɨi̯ŋɑ ˈʐojɑ]
vui-ng=a roja
air-STAT=3An woman

Here, a stative verb ("to be X") is derived from vui- "air". This translation would put emphasis on the fact that the woman is disappearing or has disappeared.

The second option puts more emphasis on the fact that the woman can't be seen:

Pagguraa roja
[pʰɑˈʔkɨʐɑː ˈʐojɑ]
pa-kur-es=a roja
INV2-see-DUR=3An woman

Here, the translation uses the verb "to see" with the passivizing inverse marker pa-. So more literally, this means "the woman isn't being seen". Plain and simple.
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:con:Kwëpta
A inire hwekútöne
ɑ ɪ.nɪ.rɛ hwɛ.kuː.toʊ.nɛ
DEF woman invisible


Hwekútöne is made up of hwe, which is a negator and kútöne, which comes from the verb kútönen and means visible, so it's pretty straight-forward.
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Dormouse559 wrote:
prettydragoon wrote:1 Such beings do exist among some galactic species.
pix or it didn't happen
I understand your skepticism. Sapient beings that are biologically male do sound like some particularly outrageous scientifiction conceit. But I assure you, they are real.
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:con: Ngenggakii:

Hnema ghi tuubeeta coangemh
woman who NEG-able see-PASS
"the woman who is not able to be seen"
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