Next 25 Words of θəwəməθy (DeRamosh), a #NewLanguage

We're using the Swadesh list to come up with the first 207 words or so in DeRamosh.  Before we start, here are the letters of this new language's alphabet:  ə þ θ w y m.

ə = All vowels are schwas.
þ = Plosives are rarely used (only for curse words); spit.
θ = th sound.
w = w sound.
y = consonant-y sound.
m = m sound.
No hard consonants, like k.

Without further ado, the next 25 words:

1. five = θəwwə /thoh-wuh/
   
2. big = wəwyə /woh-yuh/
   
3. long = wəmyə /wuhm-yuh/
   
4. wide = wəθə /wuhth-uh/
5. thick = θəθə /thuh-thuh/
6. heavy = yəwəyə /yuh-wuh-yuh/
7. small = θəww /thoh/
   
8. short = θəyəwθ /thuh-yohth/
9. narrow = məwwəw /moh-woh/
   
10. thin = θəm /thuhm/
    
11. woman = wəməm /wuh-muhm/
    
12. man (adult male) = yəθməm /yuhth-muhm/
13. Man (human being) = yəməm /yuh-muhm/
    
14. child = θəwθməm /thohth-muhm/
15. wife = wəθ /wuhth/
    
16. husband = yəθwəmθ /yuhth-wuhmth/
    
17. mother = məθəw /muhth-oh/
    
18. father = θəθəw /thuhth-oh/
    
19. animal = əməməw /uhm-uhm-oh/
    
20. fish = θəθəθ /thuh-thuth/
21. bird = əwəəm /uh-wuh-uhm/
    
22. dog = θəməm /thuh-muhm/
23. louse = wəwθ /wohth/
    
24. snake = θəwθəmθ /thoh-thumth/
    
25. worm = wəwm /wohm/
    

Here are the 53 we have so far.  This list is in pronunciation-alphabetical order (to help me deal with some redundancies), with some modifications from last time (and from earlier in this post):

1. narrow = məwwəw /moh-woh/
   
2. many = məməyə /muh-muh-yuh/
3. not = məθ /muhth/
4. mother = məθəw /muhth-oh/
5. all = əww /oh/
6. few = θəw /thoh/ homophone with small
   
7. small = θəww /thoh/ homophone with few
   
8. five = θəwwə /thoh-wuh/
9. child = θəwθməm /thohth-muhm/
   
10. snake = θəwθəmθ /thoh-thumth/
    
11. she = θə /thuh/
12. thin = θəm /thuhm/
    
13. some = θəmə /thuh-muh/
14. dog = θəməm /thuh-muhm/
15. four = θəəw /thuh-oh/
16. that = θəθ /thuhth/ 
17. father = θəθəw /thuhth-oh/
18. thick = θəθə /thuh-thuh/
19. fish = θəθəθ /thuh-thuth/
    
20. there = θəwə /thuh-wuh/ 
21. short = θəyəwθ /thuh-yohth/ 
    
22. they = θəyə /thuh-yuh/
23. two = θwə /thwuh/
    
24. three = θwəə /thwuh-uh/
    
25. one = əm /uhm/
26. animal = əməməw /uhm-uhm-oh/
    
27. it = əθ /uhth/
    
28. other = əθəw /uh-thoh/
29. bird = əwəəm /uh-wuh-uhm/
    
30. I = əyə /uh-yuh/
31. worm = wəwm /wohm/
32. louse = wəwθ /wohth/
33. big = wəwyə /woh-yuh/
    
34. we = wə /wuh/ 
35. woman = wəməm /wuh-muhm/
36. long = wəmyə /wuhm-yuh/
    
37. wife = wəθ /wuhth/
38. wide = wəθə /wuhth-uh/
    
39. who = wəyə /wuh-yuh/
    
40. when = wəyəm /wuh-yuhm/ 
41. what = wəyəθ /wuh-yuhth/
    
42. where = wəyəwə /wuh-yuh-wuh/
    
43. how = yəw /yoh/
44. he = yə /yuh/
45. Man (human being) = yəməm /yuh-muhm/
    
46. this = yəθ /yuhth/ 
47. man (adult male) = yəθməm /yuhth-muhm/ 
    
48. husband = yəθwəmθ /yuhth-wuhmth/
    
49. you (singular) = yəə /yuh-uh/
    
50. you (plural) = yəə əww /yuh-uh oh/ for three or more
    
51. you (plural) = yəə θwə /yuh-uh thwuh/ for two
52. here = yəwə /yuh-wuh/
53. heavy = yəwəyə /yuh-wuh-yuh/
    

DeRamosh is obviously a work in progress.

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