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Last updated 2 months ago

This page uses NewEng and IPA.

How to read .

How to read .

Additional ordinal-based words, especially for time and itemisation.

For days, ordinals have been derived for up to six, because seven is one whole week.

For sets, selectors, sequences, ordinals have been derived for up to twelve, because twelve is one whole set in the base-12 Dozenal counting system

Collated word summary table

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affix
selectors
nexts
previouses
tomorrows
yesterdays

1

next

prēvïȣs

tŏmốrōw

yésterdăy

2

tï

bōþ

tiéxt

tēvïȣs

tŏtốrōw

tiésterdăy

3

þr

þrōþ

þréxt

þrēvïȣs

tŏþốrōw

þrésterdăy

4

f

fōþ

fext

fēvïȣs

tŏfốrōw

fésterdăy

5

iv

ivōþ

ivéxt

ivēvïȣs

tŏvốrōw

ivésterdăy

6

sc̊

scōþ

sc̊ext

sc̊ēvïȣs

tŏxốrōw

sc̊ésterdăy

7

sp

spōþ

spext

spēvïȣs

in a wēk

a wēk agō

8

ïȝ

ïȝōþ

ïȝéxt

ïȝēvïȣs

9

nïȝ

nïȝōþ

nïȝéxt

nēvïȣs

10 / ↊

t,

dix

tōþ,

dixōþ

dïȝéxt

deg̊ēvïȣs

11 / ↋

liv

livōþ

livéxt

ilēvïȣs

12 / 10

tw,

dō

twōþ,

dōþ

twext,

dwext

twǒēvïȣs,

dōḗvïȣs

Multiple selectors

Inspired by Vietnamese's "cả hai", "cả ba", etc.:

meaning
new word
in NewEng

both

both

bōþ

/bəwθ/

all three

throth

þrōþ

/θɹəwθ/

all four

foth

fōþ

/fəwθ/

all five

ivoth

/ɪˈvəwθ/

all six

scoth

scōþ

/skəwθ/

all seven

spōþ

/spəwθ/

all eight

yoth

ïȝōþ

/ɪjˈəwθ/

all nine

nioth

nïȝōþ

/nɪjˈɣəwθ/

all ten

toth,

tōþ,

dixōþ

/tʰəwθ/, /dɪkˈsəwθ/

all eleven

livōþ

/lɪˈvəwθ/

all twelve

,

twōþ,

dōþ

/tʰwəwθ/,

/dəwθ/

Day sequence terms

The tomorrows

meaning
new word
in NewEng
IPA

tomorrow

tomorrow

tŏmốrōw

/tʰəˈmʌ.ɹəw/

overmorrow

totorrow

tŏtốrōw

/tʰəˈtʰʌ.ɹəw/

in three days

tothorrow

tŏþốrōw

/tʰəˈθʌ.ɹəw/

in four days

toforrow

tŏfốrōw

/tʰəˈfʌ.ɹəw/

in five days

tovorrow

tŏvốrōw

/tʰəˈvʌ.ɹəw/

in six days

toxorrow

tŏxốrōw

/tʰəkˈsʌ.ɹəw/

in a week

in a week

in a wēk

/ɪn ə ˈwɪjk/

The yesterdays

meaning
new word
in NewEng
IPA

yesterday

yesterday

yésterdăy

/ˈjɛs.tɚ.dɛj/

two days ago

tiésterdăy

/ˈʧɛs.tɚ.dɛj/

three days ago

thresterday

þrésterdăy

/ˈθɹɛs.tʰɚ.dɛj/

four days ago

festerday

fésterdăy

/ˈfɛs.tʰɚ.dɛj/

five days ago

ivesterday

ivésterdăy

/ɪˈvɛs.tʰɚ.dɛj/

six days ago

skesterday

sc̊ésterdăy

/ˈskɛs.tʰɚ.dɛj/

Sequence terms

Next

meaning
new word
in NewEng
IPA

next

next

next

/nɛkst/

second-next

tiext

tiéxt

/ʧɛkst/

third-next

thrext

þréxt

/θɹɛkst/

fourth-next

fext

fext

/fɛkst/

fifth-next

ivext

ivéxt

/ɪˈvɛkst/

sixth-next

skext

sc̊ext

/skɛkst/

seventh-next

spext

spext

/spɛkst/

eighth-next

yext

ïȝéxt

/ɪˈɛkst/

ninth-next

niext

nïȝéxt

/nɪˈɛkst/

tenth-next

diext

dïȝéxt

/dɪɣˈɛkst/

eleventh-next

livext

livéxt

/lɪˈvɛkst/

twelfth-next

twext,

dwext

twext,

dwext

/tʰwɛkst/,

/dwɛkst/

Previous

meaning
new word
in NewEng
IPA

previous

previous

prēvïȣs

/pʰɹɪj.vɪj.ɵs/

second-previous

tevious

tēvïȣs

/ˈtʰɪj.vɪj.ɵs/

third-previous

threvious

þrēvïȣs

/ˈθɹɪj.vɪj.ɵs/

fourth-previous

fevious

fēvïȣs

/ˈfɪj.vɪj.ɵs/

fifth-previous

ivevious

ivēvïȣs

/ɪˈvɪj.vɪj.ɵs/

sixth-previous

skevious

sc̊ēvïȣs

/ˈskɪj.vɪj.ɵs/

seventh-previous

spevious

spēvïȣs

/ˈspɪj.vɪj.ɵs/

eighth-previous

iyevious

ïȝēvïȣs

/ɪjˈɣɪj.vɪj.ɵs/

ninth-previous

nevious

nēvïȣs

/ˈnɪj.vɪj.ɵs/

tenth-previous

degevious

deg̊ēvïȣs

/dɛˈɡɪj.vɪj.ɵs/

eleventh-previous

ilevious

ilēvïȣs

/ɪˈlɪj.vɪj.ɵs/

twelfth-previous

twoevious,

dowevious

twǒēvïȣs,

dōḗvïȣs

/tuˈwɪj.vɪj.ɵs/,

/dəwˈɪj.vɪj.ɵs/

NewEng Orthography