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This is a labubu. Now there is another one. There are two _______. (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 23 hours ago by antonim@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/linguistics_humor@sh.itjust.works

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[–] Hegar@fedia.io 5 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

It sounds sumerian so I think labubuene maybe?

[–] lvxferre@mander.xyz 3 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

Probably "labubu". The -(e)ne suffix is mostly used with animated nouns, and since they're toys I'm guessing people would use the inanimate with them instead.

...unless it's part of some odd construction like "kings of labubu" (lugal labubu-k-ene) or "shepherds of labubus" (sipad labubu-k-ene) . Then you get the plural mark, but that's because of "kings" (lugal-ene) and "shepherds" (sipad-ene); those Sumerian case/number marks behave more like clitics than suffixes.

You can also stack them, and it gets messy (like, "labubu-k-ak-a-ne" tier).