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Ewed:HelixWitch wrote:((fear's been done, but this is probably fine))
zaga [X] ["zaga] adj afraid, frightened, scared [of X]; v fear [X]
whence ziaga [zi"aga] n monster, bugbear
Next: stiff/sore from sitting in the same position for too long
Glossing Abbreviations: COMP = comparative, C = complementiser, ACS / ICS = accessible / inaccessible, GDV = gerundive, SPEC / NSPC = specific / non-specific
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-qowo- /ʔo.wo/ - (only) give for, limited exchange, trade (for a particular item) (Lit. "finger-hand")äreo wrote:putte - v. to be bored, figurative, from literal meaning to be bitter
next word: monopsony
-qowo- didn't get pushed by the wayside with the arrival of Europeans, for the simple reason that the atoll had nothing the Europeans wanted to trade for or take. so both pre- and post-Contact, you could have rather long trades, one with another with another.
One pe goragenqta-qowo-kefgen-qowo-gora pe two
/pe.gor:a.gen.ʔta.ʔo.wo.kef.gen.ʔo.wo.gor:a/
one lizard for a bat's foot for two birds
Rodlox wrote:coined after the arrival of Europeans:
pe goragenqta - pe.gor:a.gen.ʔta - of {groups} . bird . foot . skin
(qo = finger, singular)
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akana: n. game, puzzle; v. (root akan-) to propose a challenge/game/puzzle, to play (a game)roninbodhisattva wrote:Next word: puzzle
Next: sprawl (Been listening to this song from Arcade Fire for a long time now, it's great!)
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vevehimae - to lie sprawled; to spill (a liquid); to bleed heavily (casual); from veve down, low him openAdrianovaz2007 wrote:Next: sprawl
Dame komai vevehimatsec. He lay sprawled, like an idiot.
Vevehimatsen o mi sús. I spilled my cup of water.
Ca meunan pevi vevehimae. He will start bleeding soon.
next word: arcade; phonetically, if you have to
ksetevsémnolókrosi - ksetev dust sémnoló lungs krosi disease, sickness
sroiksetevsémnolókrosi - sroiksetev silica, glass dust, fine sand
Tennaec sroiksetevsémnolókrosi. Mo suasan moikunan tsinae. He has pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, which is easier to say in Moi Ku.
Seriously.
next word: to posture, posturing
sroiksetevsémnolókrosi - sroiksetev silica, glass dust, fine sand
Tennaec sroiksetevsémnolókrosi. Mo suasan moikunan tsinae. He has pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, which is easier to say in Moi Ku.
Seriously.
next word: to posture, posturing
Tirase:
várre reg-tar lit. "to make a frog's chest", to posture, to act like something one is not, to brag falsely
lid déb-il bír-an red az lárke, e lid le vár-re reg-tar
sit[3SG] try-INF talk-INF like man wise / and sit[3SG] CONTR make-INF frog-chest
"He tries to talk like a wise man, but he is only posturing."
next: widow/widower
várre reg-tar lit. "to make a frog's chest", to posture, to act like something one is not, to brag falsely
lid déb-il bír-an red az lárke, e lid le vár-re reg-tar
sit[3SG] try-INF talk-INF like man wise / and sit[3SG] CONTR make-INF frog-chest
"He tries to talk like a wise man, but he is only posturing."
next: widow/widower
qoqikem - bereft, without one (close), lit. fingerless palm.eodrakken wrote:Tirase:
várre reg-tar lit. "to make a frog's chest", to posture, to act like something one is not, to brag falsely
lid déb-il bír-an red az lárke, e lid le vár-re reg-tar
sit[3SG] try-INF talk-INF like man wise / and sit[3SG] CONTR make-INF frog-chest
"He tries to talk like a wise man, but he is only posturing."
next: widow/widower
/ʔo.ʔi.kem/
finger.absent/negate.palm
can be used both to describe one who has lost a spouse, and a couple who have lost a child.
qoqi-kem (negating & absenting follow what they are impacting)
next: flashpoint
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sustamécreklosuilha or sustaméha flash point.
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mécreklosuilha fire point
Would probably also be vlecpointe and vairpointe/hapointe.
next word: blog
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mécreklosuilha fire point
Would probably also be vlecpointe and vairpointe/hapointe.
next word: blog
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Ewed:Prmysl wrote:next word: to fly
Veli ["veli] v to fly; n flying thing/animal; adj flying; adv by air
Next: to crush underfoot
Glossing Abbreviations: COMP = comparative, C = complementiser, ACS / ICS = accessible / inaccessible, GDV = gerundive, SPEC / NSPC = specific / non-specific
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