conlangs1-11  Exercise 2: Coining a Meren Word
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Idea: "bridge".

  1. Need      Speakers cross rivers all the time, and have no word for a
               crossing built over water.
  2. Propose   papo. Check: p-a-p-o = pa + po, each (C)V; consonants p are
               allowed, vowels a and o are allowed; stress PA-po. OK.
               (Or a compound: merekano "river-tree", a log across the water.)
  3. Test      Use it in sentences for a few weeks. Test: do listeners
               understand without explanation, and is it confused with another
               word? papo is not close to any existing word.
  4. Adopt     The keeper adds papo to the word list, marked "adopted".
  5. Record    Date the entry. The core grammar is unchanged.

Your own word will differ. Check it against the sound rules (nine consonants,
five vowels, (C)V(n), first-syllable stress).