After doodling some art, I wondered what shape words some of y'all's languages might have. If your language does have words for shapes, why are the words the way they are?
(From left to right: loko, wanton, kiki)
(From left to right: loko, kiki, loko/minkosi, wanton, wanton pilin/wanton neli, lol)
I like to sort words in my conlang, Tokuwin to keep things orderly. There is a whole category of shape words (its criteria might overlap with the "material" category, but it's anything serious so it's fine.)
Some shapes are generally used to describe things whose whole purpose is to be that shape. Ropes are linja because if they weren't, that would defeat the purpose of a rope.
- kiki - spiky
- kutu - thick, heavy
- kunu - hill, bumpy
- linja - rope
- loko - blocks, 3d shapes
- lupa - holes, tubes, loops
- luwi - nets, webs, meshes, (extends to the internet)
- minkosi - sticks, rods, pillars
- nan - solid
- nasu - thin, flat
- ontosi - connection, (extends to relation)
- pika - boxes, containers
- po - crumbs, flakes, dust
- satun - roofs, flat surfaces, floors, tables
- takake - squares, polygons
- tena - dividers, knives, wedges, blades, walls
- wanton - circles, spheres
And if you're curious, here's the material category:
- awa - water, liquid
- jawa - oil, grease
- kiwen - stone
- kon - gas
- lowa - metal
- matan - materials in general, (also a word for "be made of.")
- neki - goo, dough, slime
- penson - fuzz
- saku - gummy, rubber, jelly
- sen - fabric, ("to wear")
- siwata - glass
