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No root words of 2L are vulgar. Why would anything in the sacred language, modeled on the perfect Forms, be unspeakable?
Actually, there are several. Just about anything connected to the goddess Hubris could be considered impure or vulgar in a sense, and that's a good chunk of the vocabulary (over 1/16th of the words). By that measure, some examples would be qjj̀v "(to be) impure, tainted", hjv̄rg "demon", qrv̀jn "zero, nothing", ʔj̀ʔ "descendant", xvv̀v "human", frj̄j (the extradistal introductory pronoun)...
Special mention has to go to ʔj̄j though, which falls so far down the order it doesn't even get an attached meaning. Its different tone homophones also tend to get censored (fortunately this is easy, as they are only used in magic and Names). Names containing ʔj́j are often considered unlucky or cursed.
Actually, there are several. Just about anything connected to the goddess Hubris could be considered impure or vulgar in a sense, and that's a good chunk of the vocabulary (over 1/16th of the words). By that measure, some examples would be qjj̀v "(to be) impure, tainted", hjv̄rg "demon", qrv̀jn "zero, nothing", ʔj̀ʔ "descendant", xvv̀v "human", frj̄j (the extradistal introductory pronoun)...
Special mention has to go to ʔj̄j though, which falls so far down the order it doesn't even get an attached meaning. Its different tone homophones also tend to get censored (fortunately this is easy, as they are only used in magic and Names). Names containing ʔj́j are often considered unlucky or cursed.