What are the words for geometrical shapes in your conlangs?
In Lagunish, the words for geometrical shapes are long, like over 7 letters, but some are short and basic. The word for a triangle is cherieszè /tʃərāye'zē/, meanwhile a square is nomig /'nœmāy/ A pentagon is pentagona, a hexagon is hexagona, a heptagon is heptagona, and so on. A parallelogram is dotsegreil /dœtsə'grāyl/, a diamond (shape) is called a losenge /'lloʃən'gē/, and a trapezoid is called either trapesoīd /tra'pī'zōwīd/ and theronogreil /θīrono'grāyl/, and a rectangle is called rictagreil /'rrictə'grāyl/. Circle means either forirond /fœri'rrōnd/ and cirgla /'ssirglā/ .And 'greil' stands for "shape" in Lagunish. Seg /səg/ means side, rie /'rrāye/ means angle, fora /fœra/ means edge, dweiga /d'vāyga/ means corner, and cintere /'ssinte'rrē/ means center.
Posted Aug 14, 2026, 12:34 AM UTC