Lexicon Building

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Arzena wrote: Next word: piano (as in soft music)
sensaa [seɳˈsaː] soft, gentle

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Msérsca:

prásía [pr̥oːˈsiːjɔ] or [ˈpr̥oːːsijɔ] customary, conventional from prás custom, pl. mores + -ía -ary, -al, -ish, -ic, -istic
rómía [røːˈmiːjɔ] or [ˈrøːːmijɔ] practical, economical, tried-and-true from róm work + -ía

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Ascima mresa óscsma sáca psta numar cemea.
Cemea tae neasc ctá ms co ísbas Ascima.
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M futuramne –s » From Cat. futur "future" + –amne (–ism).


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Izambri wrote: Next: fortune (luck)
Skaod:

sòt rhuă

sòt good
rhuă fate

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alématarobí: lit. unconnectable
néúneí: mutually exclusive

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N baire –s » ETYMOLOGY Probably by contraction of bardaire "peasant", from bardà "farmer" + –aire (profession, job). USE Originally, as early as the Grey Age, a bardaire was a term used to refer to a member of a traditional class of farmers, workers and little landowners; the terme appears, for the first time, in legal texts. For obvious reasons it was also used as a derogatory sense for peasants, considered illiterate and uncultured and, lately, it became a vulgar word to refer to shy, sharp and coarse people. Nowadays is a colloquial word for "person, individual".


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Ooh, I like your fancy etymology.

venzessorí (adj.) — having impact of insult; derogatory. ETYMOLOGY. venzesso, "wound left by an insult" + –urí (having ~) < venzé, "to insult or curse" + –esso (impact or legacy) < venzedzhré = ven–, "under" + zedzhr(ú)é, "to give a title or nickname"; ultimately from Ks. fzneidzhr-, "station". HISTORY. This term along with the –esso suffix first appeared in the late 1st c. LILPO, in a late draft of Sarthía's texts on morality. USAGE. Relatively minor technical term; múreneí, "hurtful" is a more common synonym.

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Rhetorica wrote:Next: to subsist
Proto-O *hrkj [hakxi] "subsist" (what is subsisted on is the subject and the ones subsisting are the object)

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M tafi –s » Shortening of Enolian pastafi "taxi, cab, stagecoach", taken from Hellesan perstafaig "luggage cart" (from perse "cart" + astufaig "luggage, equipment"), name given to the first public transport carts equipped with a boot.


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Unnamed:

killhijattha, killhilikksi
killhikamjattha, killhokemlikksi (formal)
arsenal, weapon storage, weapon collection

[emmi]killhijottoninne, [emmi]killhilikksininne
[emmi]killhikemjettheninne, [emmi]killhokemlikksininne (formal)
[entire] arsenal [of a nation]

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natosarobí. a. Reversible. (nato- = reverse, saré = to do, -arobí = -able)
anatosarobí. a. Irreversible. (a[l[é[z]]]- = not, only reducible to a- before certain prefixes like 'nato')

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M erabalat –s » ETIM Neologism, from Peran erabalans, name given by the Sagandame to the atmospheric genies, ultimately from Sate erapalu "sky".


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Izambri wrote:Next: slate (rock)
Icastrian: keytonost ['keɪtonost] "slate, shale"
etymology: keyto "layer, stratum" + nost "rock, stone"

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Uwknat:
nge''o [ŋɛʔʔo] - Any type of large crustacean.

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metzoridto (mɛtzoːɹɪˈroː)—sweet bit. (-idtu = locus)
metzoripso (mɛtzoːɹɪˈpsoː)—sweetie, sweetlet (-ipsu = dimunitive)

Masculine (-o) gender indicates artificiality; grapes could probably be described with the same words in the feminine (-a) gender.

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Naduta:

Image memerdey-(un) credit; commendation; recognition

Next: to locomote (to move oneself to a different location, irrespective of speed or manner of movement)

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clawgrip wrote:Next: to locomote (to move oneself to a different location, irrespective of speed or manner of movement)
bwengeř
to move (someone/something)
(which could also be oneself)

Next up: jig; a lively dance;
Soušui igo nuř bangoř heurlich
I wish only to be happy

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Hellesan

a F daŀle –s
b F danle –s

ETIM Postv. deriv. of daŀlar, danlar, from Peran danlari, from Archaic Peran dāl–, from Sate DĀR– "jump, leap, leap-moving", DĀR–.


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Ihuyu:
oitera senen pak rŭ
(literally "concerning multiple grand clans".)

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dar intàvers, lit. "to do shops", both a noun and a verb.


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Izambri wrote:Next: chimney
Tautisca: dúmupuntis < dúmus "steam, smoke" + puntis "way"

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F lame –s » From Peran lamane "tongue, language". Compare with Hellesan lhame.


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Izambri wrote:subjunctive
Old Epainine: agbáscicos m subjunctive (et: with-binding-like), calque on Latin Conjunctivus

Is·cíli: wabbási subjunctive (borrowed from OE) abstraction

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nag (or tired, old local variety of beast of burden)

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Tormiott:

lori ˈloɾə (n) stump (tree)
saullori ˈsoːlːəɾə (n) beast of burden; draught animal; nag; old machine or vehicle, beat-up car
(+ saul- (pref) slowly creeping, inching forward, moving like heavy sludge)

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M pòc na lai "cup of/for wine" » From Peran poku "cup" and laias "wine".

But is much more common to use,

a M lladre –s » Patrimonial. The most used form.
b M lindre –s » Patrimonial. Usually used to refer to glass cups; influenced by rindre "thin glass", probably.
c M líndar –s » Cultism. It can be used for luxury wine glasses.

ETIM From Middle Peran laidaru or laindaru, from Old Peran poku laiendaru "cup that aims to be (filled with) wine" or, more literally, "cup that aims to be win-ed", from laias "wine" + –endaru (aorist participle).


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