Lexicon Building

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Risla Amahendir wrote:Next word: uncontrolled
Buruya Nzaysa:

əmu v.ERG 'be out of control, be out of place', from Ndak Ta emau 'loose'
tɔdɔle v. 'act involuntarily', from Ndak Ta totoli 'be clumsy'
revɔ v. 'lose control of sth.', borrowed from Naidda rïvwa, from Ndak Ta erimbwa 'fail to use sth.'

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Myonian:

bliin n. a sore
sor adj. painful
kensur n. a swelling, an inflamed sore

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Hellesan:

m. margre "cancer", "malign tumor". Etymology: màr "bad", "evil" + gre- "sprout".


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suidh n. event, specific time and place. From PC *esweid.

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Tirase:

tómil vt. peel, remove husk or covering. (From noun tóme "shell, husk, peel", from Kulae tóuumos "that which comes off/away, that which separates", Proto-Nuelic tau "depart")


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vacra "to cancel, to cross out"
avvala "to remove, to delete, to cancel"

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Hellesan:

f. escorne "corner". Etymology: from Sarden aesquolon or aesquon "angle".


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iesme /'jəsmə/
(v) to live; to be alive; to experience, to undergo [transitive];
(n) life

mouniesme /mun'jəsmə/
(n) extinction {moun-, prefix of form and substance meaning pointy, sharp, but also ending, final, concluding}

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Saolo:

sodoiuẽ [sodoˈjwɛ̃] f. quality of being male or female. (Kulae somtohilóm "two-part", i.e. half)

iepekõ [jaɪpɛˈkõ] f. the act of having sex. (Nominalization of iépeta "have sex", originally "lie down" used euphemistically, now primarily a sexual word. Kulae etymon iléphite "lie, recline")


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Ndok Aisô:

rugeu [ˈɾuːɣɛw], HAB.PL rugat'eu [ɾuˈɣaː.tʰɛw], v. C-I, 'to be gullible, to be naïve'. Etymology: Ndak Ta rugua (habitive mood of gua 'to follow').


Next word: consider; take into account

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I'll take a break to mention the inspirer of an awesome word of mine
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Hellesan:

v. mestanesar "to consider".

v. perer en sarm "to have in mind".

v. perer en prende "to have in account".


Next word: backcountry or hinterland.
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South Eresian: sarwel tlapa, literally "the northland."

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*doing previous one as the above was posted when I was think of this one*

Myonian, Granurian, Muphridish:

lend: n. land (Myonian, Granurian, Muphridish)
ded: adj dead (Myonian, Granurian, Muphridish)
nooz: n north (Granurian | Myonian and Muphridish: noorþ)
sphiis: n: outer space (Muphridish | Myonian: ruum | Granurian: pima), generic space (Muphridish | Myonian: spiis | Granurian: pima)

dedlend: n. lit deadland: backcountry, comes from their prior times on the planet Terra, which has large expanses of desert and rocky lands. (Myonian)
noozlendz: n. lit northlands: backcountry, comes from the name for the polar landmass on Mïyan. (Granurian)
shpiisphiis: n. lit spacy space: backcountry, comes from a somewhat jocular name for a region of space with nothing of interest. (Muphridish)

Next word: spoil, become rotten
Zain pazitovcor, sio? Sio, tovcor.
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Hellesan:

v. prusir "to spoil", "to broke through corruption". Etymology: from Firn. prus- "corrupt".


Next word: siege engine
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Dautian:

ostie tee mendietie ['ʊstjɪ ʦɛ 'mɛnzɪʦɪ] n. machine intended to break through walls and other heavy fortifications -> siege engine, siege machine, etc.

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ost-ie | tee | men-die-tie
defence-thing | to | give-thing-thing
giver to fortresses (refers to the act of giving immense forces to fortifications in order to demolish them)

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muutekie ['mʌtɛkɪ] n. machine designed to break through light fortifications, especially at close range -> siege engine, battering ram

LIT

muu-tekie
short-wall
shortwaller (shortens walls, or demolishes walls at short ranges, ambiguous)

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In Ikianio:
hansoforto - han numbers; so buy, sell, sales, change; fortor to work with, to use (Book)
hanforto - mathematics (Standard)
has'tohas'to - math (Rude)

Hansoforto ar fortor ya. Mathematics don't work with me. Mathematics are difficult.
Hanforto ar fortor ya. Mathematics don't work with me. Math is hard.
Hastohasto ar ar ya. Math [nonsense] [nonsense] me. I suck at math.

next word: to save, as in save something for later

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valiums wrote:Mathematics are difficult.
you might want to watch your english grammar there O_o

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valiums wrote:next word: to save, as in save something for later
Kala: hoso - to keep / save / store for future use

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finlay wrote:
valiums wrote:Mathematics are difficult.
you might want to watch your english grammar there O_o
Sounds perfectly fine to me as an American. Likewise we talk about "politics" in the plural but I think the rest of the English-speaking world might use the singular.

mąąąu (mąą - *maal "land" + ąu - *aarl "art")

next word: foggy
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Neire Wippwo: endull /'En.duL/, foggy; (Delta Naidda ena 'see' dui 'white' -l 'diminutive')

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Myonian:

wotur: n. water
kensur: n. swelling, inflamed sore

woturkensur: n lit water-swelling, cyst, blister

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Next word: cyst
dašeis [ˈda.ʃeɪs] - abnormal growth, cyst, tumor/cancer

Derivative forms:
- dašis [ˈda.ʃɪs] - (trans. verb) to cause a cyst/tumor/cancer in something/someone
- dašįs [ˈda.ʃis] - (intrans. verb) to cause a cyst/tumor/cancer
- daš- [daʃ] - (adj.) inflicted with a cyst/tumor/cancer (i.e. daštavi, "He has cancer")
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sitwavei [sɪ.ˈtʷa.veɪ] - tornado

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Sjal wrote:
finlay wrote:
valiums wrote:Mathematics are difficult.
you might want to watch your english grammar there O_o
Sounds perfectly fine to me as an American. Likewise we talk about "politics" in the plural but I think the rest of the English-speaking world might use the singular.
"politics is confusing",
"his politics are objectionable"

There's a duality... just like every other word ending in -ics.

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Bengedian again:

dalem (vt) "to give"
ofdalem (vt) "to give off, emit" (of- "out, away")
ofdalec (n) "radiation, that which is given off" (-ec, present passive participle)

EDIT: Oh crud, I forgot the new word!

Well, here it is: mean (verb, as in "What does this mean?")
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