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Bok sa has no specific word to inspire, but common cultural belief is that ideas and creativity come from dreams, therefore: to inspire; doă pȩlâ ăhdz ănă ŏbæ; translated as "to make beautiful dreams real" Next word: to love ( romantically, friendly, family and however many different variations your...

Izambri wrote: Next: fortune (luck)

Skaod:

sòt rhuă

sòt good
rhuă fate

Next word: incompatible

I was wondering, though this may be a silly query, would I be able to put the culture tests for my created worlds up on my website? I know Mark created the culture tests, and it doesn't feel right to throw them onto my website without making sure that he's okay with it.

next:collector's item

Skaod:

kărudi (adj; rare, precious)

Next: ocean (or a large body of water)

I'm afraid there is only room for one Native-American-rip-off wolf-shapeshifting con-culture on this forum, thank you very much. We must therefore duel to the death. Here is your salmon. I duel with a codfish, thank you very much. Thrust and parry. Shall we invite Stephanie Meyer and settle this wh...

If you’re Yuɹhăt . . . You are a shapeshifter, and can turn into a wolf at will, as can all the Dɹeyò, your race. What your people call the simple magics are used on a daily basis, to purify water and food, cure illness and injury and provide protection to your ăʉɹs , or settlement. You love to hea...

next: to be cynical; to be embittered

Bôk Sã:

âkisæn (n; bitterness)
to make it into an adjective, the particle "ȩ" is placed after the noun.

Next: constellation

next: What can go wrong, will go wrong (murphy's law)

ăot tȩtru dròkidãt Rhuã uãrsāgã hrō tri sidȩãt

Translation: Expect Rhua's bite before her kiss
Rhua is the goddess of fate.


Next: to trick some in a harmless/non offensive way

Next: tongue twister

Bôk Sã:

Fãʤe FIn (trick mouth)

Next: doctor/healer/your culture's equivalent

Phonology for Skaod Consonants (shown in order of frequency) ʃ t d ʈ j k h q ɸ f ɕ ɭ c ʔ s ɾ ɻ v ʝ ɖ ʒ β G l g ɟ ɽ z ɹ Vowels (shown in order of frequency) e ă u ę ã i I ŏ ā ô ì o ʉ ò ɨ ï Consonant Blends rh rs hr kr kw dr gr gw tr tw I haven't done much with the allophony yet, but I know they don'...

Linguifex wrote:Next: to be in a coma or vegetative state

Skaod:
ketrhuă ryȩdu "fate sleep"

Next: the earliest feeling of a romantic/sexual connection with someone

catalytic converter:

Skaod:
tȩtyăt ɸiri ueră
[cleans metal air]
literally - metal that cleans air

Next: restaurant

*Edit: thank you finlay and masako. To clarify, qã is both a word meaning person, and a root used in reflexive constructions, essentially meaning "self". I'm not sure why I decided it should translate as selves rather than simply "all persons" or even just "everyone" since that's really all the word...