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Saolo:

taldẽbe [taɫˈdʒɛ̃bɑɪ] vi. be haughty, elitist. (Kulae etáunempel "all-push", i.e. reject everything as inferior)


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Kulae: káulipa f. responsible party, esp. person who bears the punishment for a mistake. (From Proto-Nuelic *sqaʟ̩ipa "whip-shield". Derived verb form káulipate is the source of words meaning "apologize" in Kulaic languages, cf Tirase kúlban "to apologize", Saolo kaipé "I'm sorry".) next: patience

One of these days I think I'm going to rework Hanheliubl, now that I actually have some sort of clue as to what I'm doing. Funny you mention it, I was just thinking about making some additions to Iŋomœ. I had more in mind than I could actually finish and write up in two weeks, but once the deadline...

Tirase:

lúkert f. plague, epidemic. (Kulae lúmkhelikois "many-sufferings")


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finlay wrote:well known conlangs are allowed, but we will of course need another person who can do Klingon in that case...

Of course. Well, consider it offered, just in case there is another.

I can do English and French in either direction. (Into French will come out worse, but that's part of the fun...) If well-known conlangs are allowed (I recall we had Esperanto last time), I can also do Klingon in either direction.

Tirase: fezóvage adj. dull, boring. (Adjectivization of fezóvan "to bore" < Kulae pheosóphute "put to sleep") sinkáplarage adj. uninteresting, unimpressive, lackluster. (Adjectivization of sinkáplaran "be uninterested in" < káplaran "be interested in" < Kulae káliplahite "want-know") next: mock, mak...

Cool, thanks for the additional info. (The typo on ininiwan was Klaiman's, though looking again, he had it right in other examples.)

Tirase:

muzibú f. butcher. (Agentive form of múzil "slaughter" < Kulae músuel < músu "ram")


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There's also direct-inverse alignment, also called inverse alignment or inverse voice. In that system, the verb is marked differently depending on the position of the subject in some sort of agent-worthiness hierarchy relative to the object. (I say "some sort of" because the details differ by langua...

(these three come together) [...] The thing is to translate the three words separately. I don't think I can blame sano for not understanding what you wanted... :? Tirase: kásovne te onzó m. marsupial, "pocket mammal". ( kásovne < Kulae káuthauphinun "milk-animal", onzó < K. onisóm "bag, pouch") nex...

Tirase: kuzóman vt. be perpendicular to. (Kulae khausóumte "flank-touch", originally used of flanking maneuvers in war. The khau "flank" element also appears in the Kulae terms for the equinoxes, khauthóhil "flank-entering, spring equinox" and khaupóla "flank-egress, autumn equinox", with a related ...

Tirase:

skulibuló f. procrastination. (Kulae thiiluepuhlóm "tomorrow-saying")


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Saolo:

lelkõ méldi [ʎɛɫˈkõ mɑɪɫdʒ] f. witchcraft (lit. witch's lore). méldu is cognate with Tirase imón "witch", both ultimately meaning "enemy of God".


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Tirase:

lúnul-e-ro f. "wind-and-water" i.e. shifting circumstances.

Ah, wasn't fast enough. Here's "hostility":

sídage adj. "hostile, threatening in demeanor". Adjectivization of sídan vt. "threaten", from Kulae sítete "discipline" < Proto-Nuelic sisa "fist".


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Ewe/yew/you sounds like it would be a good way to test if any dialects have a true contrast between /ju/ and /iu/. Does any such dialect exist? That is a very good question that I would be interesting in seeing the answer to myself. What about the expression of disgust "ew"? I've certainly heard [i...

Also, Notepad doesn't handle diacritics right. (Try it, you'll see.) What type of diacritics are you trying to make it handle? Are you trying to do combining diacritics and stuff? It can display all the single ones I've ever thrown at it, though of course they make the letters look teeny and odd. B...

Saolo: sodoiuẽ [sodoˈjwɛ̃] f. quality of being male or female. (Kulae somtohilóm "two-part", i.e. half) iepekõ [jaɪpɛˈkõ] f. the act of having sex. (Nominalization of iépeta "have sex", originally "lie down" used euphemistically, now primarily a sexual word. Kulae etymon iléphite "lie, recline") nex...

zompist wrote:I'm not sure what give-away food is, so I translated it literally— food that's given away. (Wêyga literally means ‘bread’.)

Yes, food to be given away is what was meant in the original context. I'm looking forward to seeing this grammar.

You can't translate that into Dhekhnami of all languages! It's tripleplusungood crimethink! The ktuvok overlords would never accept it! Sure you can, just begin it with "Some fools believe". :P Here's a TC, something a friend just said to me: "I can't even find an empty container to put give-away f...

Tirase:

tómil vt. peel, remove husk or covering. (From noun tóme "shell, husk, peel", from Kulae tóuumos "that which comes off/away, that which separates", Proto-Nuelic tau "depart")


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Tirase: lúli adj. square, rectangular, quadrilateral. (Kulae láholi "four-pointed", cf. Proto-Nuelic həuʟ "point, projection") Saolo: ládi [lɑdʒ] masc. adj. , laduẽ [lɑˈdwɛ̃] fem. adj. square, rectangular. (Compare reborrowing láholi [læʊʎ, ˈlæʊʎi] m. "regular quadrilateral", a geometry term.) next:...

Exciting! I look forward to seeing that.

(Sorry if it's been done already. I checked in a little bit late, you know?) Don't worry, I doubt even people who've been watching the thread since the beginning can remember every word that's been done. A repeat doesn't hurt. (Also, welcome!) Saolõ: míle /miʎ/ vt. understand. (Kulae mílel "cast li...

I don't know. I'm American. I would say "sunbeam" or "shaft of sunlight", but I don't have anything that specifically names one of them that comes through the clouds.

Saolo:

semalẽnu m. shaft of sunlight, esp. through clouds. (Kulae símalhino "sun finger")


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