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prásía [pr̥oːˈsiːjɔ] or [ˈpr̥oːːsijɔ] customary, conventional from práscustom, pl. mores + -ía-ary, -al, -ish, -ic, -istic rómía [røːˈmiːjɔ] or [ˈrøːːmijɔ] practical, economical, tried-and-true from rómwork + -ía
Nbaire –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".
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.
Mtafi –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.
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')
loriˈloɾə (n) stump (tree)
→ saulloriˈsoːlːəɾə (n) beast of burden; draught animal; nag; old machine or vehicle, beat-up car
(+ saul- (pref) slowly creeping, inching forward, moving like heavy sludge)
Mpòc na lai "cup of/for wine" » From Peran poku "cup" and laias "wine".
But is much more common to use,
aMlladre –s » Patrimonial. The most used form. bMlindre –s » Patrimonial. Usually used to refer to glass cups; influenced by rindre "thin glass", probably. cMlíndar –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).
Next word: vampire or equivalent creature.
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