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Classical Quazian:
ħǫ- metal
kyet- sand

Becomes Modern Quazian:
ħɔcɛ "silicon" (getting the sound changes off the top of my head...)

Next: sulfur
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dhokarena56 wrote:Next: sulfur
Kala:

tliki
sulfur; brimstone [color and element]

next: to monopolize; to seize

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masako wrote:next: to monopolize; to seize
Switching back to my tonal lang:
bôy₁ "to take over, especially for one's sole benefit"

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Iveriss: vurye (: fiery)
['bew.ɾi]

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Ean wrote:Next: womb
Kala:

sikyo
['ʃi:kʲo]
womb; placenta; fetal membrane; uterus

next: to be cynical; to be embittered

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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.

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IndieAuthor wrote:Next: constellation
Tautisca: custarnin n.(actually a calque of Latin constellatio)
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hwhatting wrote:Next: pearl
Unnamed IE lang: hemebár "frost-stone"

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Astraios wrote:
hwhatting wrote:Next: pearl
Unnamed IE lang: hemebár "frost-stone"

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magháë "flu, fever, similarly debilitating illness"

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Linguifex wrote:Next: italics
Kala:

moyakali
"slanted letter"

next: basic; fundamental; main; elementary

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masako wrote:
Linguifex wrote:Next: italics
Kala:

moyakali
"slanted letter"

next: basic; fundamental; main; elementary
ös "basic, fundamental, main, elementary, primary, foundational, essential"

Next: syndactyly
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Linguifex wrote:Next: syndactyly
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Łin:

čüibiar
[ˈʧyi̯.bi̯aʁ]
connected fingers, syndactyly

next:collector's item
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next:collector's item
Skaod:

kărudi (adj; rare, precious)

Next: ocean (or a large body of water)

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Wōše: ŋuk

Next word: nebula
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ghiase nesun
[jɑ:ʃ ɲɛ:sˠʊnˠ]
literally: cloud of gas (cloud GEN.gas)

next: nerve gas
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Tormiott:

gas /ʁɛs/
(n) gas (science); smoke (colloq., see cosse); fart, flattulence; natural gas {from DU gas}
- - - cuikgas /'kwikʁɛs/ (n) nerve gas, nerve agent {cuik- (prefix) relating to fire, roasting, burning, cooking; electricity or electronics; nerves and the nervous system}

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din wrote:next: Uvula
Icastrian:
haele [ˈhaɪle]
etymology: from haela- "hang"

Haele is a general term for things that hang from a ceiling or overhang. It can also mean "icicle" or "stalactite" (also híhaele "ice-haele" and nosthaele "rock-haele" respectively).

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Colonel Cathcart wrote:
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Poswa: rapy, rappop in the basic sense of a tool meant for grasping very small things that one's fingers would be too coarse to use for. It can also mean "tongs" however, in the sense of something you use to grasp objects that are too hot to touch with bare hands. And they also have the purmu, a combination of the above with an arm extender tool, which is what they use to reach objects that are high up on shelves. I actually dont know what theyre called in English so I guess this is a word with no translation.

edit: purmu, not puvburap
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Mhoárunh: amhilaoch ['ɑ:vʲilˠɰi:x], literally: duty, obligation, responsibility

next: mercury
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Monk wrote:next: mercury
In Zarian:

sourrintar
[sorɪnʔtɶr]
= Mercury, as in the element.

next:
market, agora, shopping mall, exchanges, mass trade facility, or you conworld's equivalent of a large trading centre.
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thaida - shop (giving-building)
thaiga - market (giving-place)
āmathaida - big shop (big-giving-building)
āmathaiga - big market (big-giving-place)
hridathaida - shopping mall, large trading centre. (central-giving-building)

Next: Entrance, opening, hole.
Talāṃ leya kalakena rāmah, saktalām peha leya bhūmena ca.
See a world in a grain of sand, and a heaven in a wild flower.
Omkāṃs tava sutvantayam pharo, 'naiṃ le' jeś ca.
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand, and eternity in an hour.

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abaddamn wrote:Next: Entrance, opening, hole.
Arǵi:
rheyad - entrance; opening (in a cave)

Next word: sever; cut

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Tieđđá wrote:Next word: sever; cut
tng "sever, cut (physical)"
tôs "withhold, cut off (services or goods)"

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Guma:

inwi : Clever, smarter than the average bear Boo-Boo!

Next word: aberrant [deviating from the proper course]
Formerly a vegetable

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