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hesseˈhəsːə (v) to sob, to weep hesse amathoˈhəsːə ˈamɪθʊ (v phr) to cry crocodile tears, to exaggerate one's sadness {hesse + amatho, to sniffle} hadesseˈhɛðəsːə (n) funeral crier, professional mourner {active participle of hesse}
Tormiott already has a nice word which kind of covers that:
neddanˈnədːɪn (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 niadanˌoðɛːɹ ˈɲɛðɪn (adv phr) for example (often abbreviated to od.n.)
{odair (prep) like + niadan}
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
niarhianˈɲaɹjɪn (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?)
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.
Msérsca: tínir ocía [ˈtiːnɪɹ̝ uˈciːjɔ] to listen to music, from to listen + ocíasound, 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.
Next: warehouse
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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'.
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 ...").
nachnax
(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
nâchoˈnaːxʊ (n) past, history (period of time, compare nît) {passive participle of nach}
dounnâchoˈduːnːaːxʊ (n) nostalgia (also sometimes nostalgieˈnostalʁə) {doul- (prefix) sad, sorrowful, dreary, depressed, longing}