Lexicon Building

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CatDoom wrote:next: Rheum (that stuff that forms a crust around your eyes when you sleep)
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tsihyo - discharge of the eyes; rheum

next: apparently; it seems that

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masako wrote:next: apparently; it seems that
Tautisca: funnai 3Sg.Pres.Act. of fáman "appear, seem"

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Axetxukwer:
ntsáyla - scary - from ntsáy frighten, scare

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TiikkGaahaak da:

sopp [ ˈsɔp˩ ] cyst, wen, skin growth, abscess
soppöïhïs [ ˈsɔp˩ˌoyːs˥ ] leper
soppooŋ [ ˈsɔp˩ˌɔŋ˥ ] pimple, blackhead
soppdeheirt [ ˌsɔb˩ˈdeːirt˥ ] skin treatment
dü DeheirtMus Soppooŋ har VhoinHiinŋ da [ dɨ˩ ˌdeːird˥ˈmus˥ ˈsɔp˩ˌɔŋ˥ ɚ˩ ˌfoin˥ˈɪŋ˩ də˩ ] Redberry Brand Facial Remedy Cream

next: give out, fail to bear weight

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Karuslnko: Insufiziens ukwu
/lit. Big failure/

Next: To solve problems
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Kunesian: kìrai [cçɨ˨˧rˠəɨ̯] to solve problems, to heal, to repair

Next word: communism

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Dē Graut Bʉr wrote:Next word: communism
Kala:

tsonkato

from: tsonka - public; common; open; fair & -to - method; manner; way

next: to melt (of ice, metals etc)

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TiikkGaahaak da:

ftehes [ ˈfteːs˥ ] ftef [ ˈftef˥ ] to melt, to become liquid, to liquefy
ftehesa [ ˈfteːz˥ə˥ ] ftefa [ ˈftev˥ə˥ ] melted/liquid thing; molten metal
ftehesar [ ˈfteːz˥ər˥ ] ftefar [ ˈftev˥ər˥] ] foundry
ftehesäänt [ ˈfteːz˥ɶ̃t˥ ] ftefäänt [ ˈftev˥ɶ̃t˥ ] founder; metalworker

next: bottle-opener, corkscrew

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alt wrote:next: bottle-opener, corkscrew
Kala:

tsu'unetsi - corkscrew

from:

netsi - helix; screw; spiral

tsu'u - cork; plug

next: to elucidate; to explain clearly; to expound

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Makūlorata:

Noun-
panarata: the telling of all, an explanation, a full description.

Verb-
panarate: to explain in great detail, to tell all, to give specifics.


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consummate: to fulfill, to complete.
Conlangs: makūlOrata (WIP).
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Rovörgelskar:

antía
/ɑːn.tiʔ.ə/
- to consummate, to complete, to finish


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aluminium: a light, silvery metal extracted from bauxite, and a chemical element (symbol Al) with an atomic number of 13.

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jokull wrote:Next: aluminium
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tline - aluminium (chemistry)

next: to sob and sniffle

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Tormiott:

hesse ˈhəsːə (v) to sob, to weep
hesse amatho ˈhəsːə ˈamɪθʊ (v phr) to cry crocodile tears, to exaggerate one's sadness {hesse + amatho, to sniffle}
hadesse ˈhɛðəsːə (n) funeral crier, professional mourner {active participle of hesse}

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Aumon (next):

fish bone
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Karuslnko: Fiskhonei; honei ja fisk
Next: To mock someone; make fun of; imitate
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Rovörgelskar:

rýdja /riː.djə/ v. to mock, to make fun of, to imitate
Lusarinn rýdjað katinn.
The lynx mocked the house-cat.

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Nýstir [next]:

to take as an example, to consider

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Tormiott already has a nice word which kind of covers that:

neddan ˈnədːɪn (v) to inspect closely; to look at merchandise; to contemplate; to consider; to carefully think about, to weigh the pros and cons
{from dan (v) to take (changing possession); take in one's hands + nep- (prefix) switch (to opposite); turn over, flip; inspect; go on and off, to blink

I guess I can also use the same root to create the word for example:

niadan ˈɲɛðɪn (n) example; sample (of material or product)
{from dan (v) to take (changing possession); take in one's hands + nia- (prefix) a single unit from something normally appearing in a collection; a piece of a larger whole; a part of something larger (also figurative); a bounded quantity (e.g. water)

And then I might as well create:

odair niadan ˌoðɛːɹ ˈɲɛðɪn (adv phr) for example (often abbreviated to od.n.)
{odair (prep) like + niadan}

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Aumon /ˈoːmən/ (next):


beeswax
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Rovörgelskar:
kúir /kuː.ər/ n. wax, beeswax
From Proto-Indo-European *kohᵃ-ⁱ (“wax”)
Чašarær ýsti kúannar evo kúí at stregna.
Candles are made up of wax and string.

If specifying that the wax is from bees is necessary, you can say "kúir bes", which means "wax of bees", or "bees' wax".
I think I'm going to add etymologies to my dictionary. They might be useful...
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Nýstir [next]:
to constitute, to compose, to make up, to form

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Tormiott:


niarhian ˈɲaɹjɪn (v) to consist of, to be made up of, to be composed of (elements, members); to be made of (material)
note: always in the passive voice
{from rhian (v) to construct, to make, to fabricate, to create; to lie + nia- (prefix) a single unit from something normally appearing in a collection; a piece of a larger whole; a part of something larger (also figurative); a bounded quantity (e.g. water)

example:
Y pagt niarhian mie mitt la stan
this group to.consist.of.3S REFL ten CLASS person.PL

This group consists of 10 people


(I thought these gloss tags were supposed to make the words align with their gloss?)

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to water (plants)
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to water (plants)
kavilakhaya plant-care for

vilakhaya - to grow trees. ka- preffix makes it be a diminutive.

Next: To listen to music.
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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Msérsca:
tínir ocía [ˈtiːnɪɹ̝ uˈciːjɔ] to listen to music, from to listen + ocía sound, noise, jingle, leitmotif
tínen ocía [ˈtiːnɛn uˈciːjɔ] from another dialectal variant of to listen + ocía
ocíatínen [uˈciːjɔˌtiːnɛn] incorporated: "music-listening"

Note that this common phrase does not use the usual words for music, thema [ˈθɛmɔ] and alarsa ['alaɹ̝sɔ]; tínir/tínen thema would imply that you're listening to concert music, or perhaps are at an actual concert, and tínen alarsa doubly so.

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Ascima mresa óscsma sáca psta numar cemea.
Cemea tae neasc ctá ms co ísbas Ascima.
Carho. Carho. Carho. Carho. Carho. Carho. Carho.

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Arrakum:

setmizēp [,setmiˈzeːp], from settem [ˈsetːem] 'store, keep' (transitive) and zebbu [ˈzebːu], plus the compounding morphology -$i (occurs between stems in every compound word), as well as -T&$, which occurs finally on certain nominal compound words and essentially signifies 'used for such a purpose'.

Next word: honeycomb

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Ngolu/Te

ziju :: (v) is a <bee>
oziju :: (v) is <honey>
maki :: (v) is a <wall>
maki oziju :: (v) is <honey comb>

Next: bug, creepy crawly (generic word for an insect, especially one seen negatively)
Glossing Abbreviations: COMP = comparative, C = complementiser, ACS / ICS = accessible / inaccessible, GDV = gerundive, SPEC / NSPC = specific / non-specific
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Sotyaokei:

aoktozi from aoktoi- meaning small and -zi which turn adjectives into nouns so it is literally something small.

Next word : Pizza

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The Ngolu/Te people don't have an exact equivalent of pizza, but a flat bread base covered with sauce, meat and cheese, a little bit more like a Hungarian lángos is called a mevine (although of course, that's a verb ... "to be a ...").

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nach nax
(prep) low; downward
(n) descent, downward spiral; depression (economics, weather)
(v) to climb down, to descend (mountain, hill); to deteriorate, to worsen; to precede, to happen before

nâcho ˈnaːxʊ (n) past, history (period of time, compare nît) {passive participle of nach}

dounnâcho ˈduːnːaːxʊ (n) nostalgia (also sometimes nostalgie ˈnostalʁə) {doul- (prefix) sad, sorrowful, dreary, depressed, longing}

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