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Classical Tarandim: gisa, from sa, 'sea' with inceptive prefix gi-. < proto-Tarandic *swah

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Olguma: thia [hi.a], contrasting with thoen (younger sister). Thia derives from Agiram tsim-a [tʃima], which in turn comes from the Proto-Askirrian root *tem (sister). Thoen also comes from this same root, and is originally a diminutive.

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Buruya Nzaysa:

me’ɛxe v. 'feel wronged by someone' < Ndak Ta ngwideki 'should hate'
maxayso v. 'shun; avoid someone's company' < NT makaktod 'do not greet'
kənɔñúmɛ v. 'hold a grudge, resent (because of something done in the past); seek restitution' < NT kenau ndong kumâi 'demand a repair'
savrɛdi n. 'feud, vendetta' < Delta Naidda savreadi 'grudge'; ultimately from Eastern Miwan sāvrēχati 'not speaking to each other'
uysɔbo n. 'jealous person' < NT uktsobibu 'one who covets'
məropso n. 'one who cannot forgive' < NT merwompobu 'one who does not fail to remember'

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Classical Tarandim: forgenimende, from forgenim, 'responsable', from forgene, 'to promise'. Related: deforgene, 'to vouch for'.

Etym.: from proto-Tarandic *weur, 'to speak' via High Argirean fôr, and *grn, 'to carry'.

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Hellesan:

m. marroc "monster".


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Saolo:

lelkõ méldi [ʎɛɫˈkõ mɑɪɫdʒ] f. witchcraft (lit. witch's lore). méldu is cognate with Tirase imón "witch", both ultimately meaning "enemy of God".


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South Eresian: e t'orak, literally "like/with stone."

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Tirase:

skulibuló f. procrastination. (Kulae thiiluepuhlóm "tomorrow-saying")


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Olguma:

rymefrai (transitive), rymefrus (intrans.) Formed from rym (in), efru (ground), with the addition of a transitivity suffix. Replaced the older word riefri, a native development of Agiram rihu-epperei, which is etymologically identical to rymefrai.

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Hellesan:

f. astence. Etymology: from Late Peran astente, shortening of Middle Peran astenente "culture", "the result of cultivation", from asteniari "to cultivate" + -ente "direct relation". Related to Hellesan astenyar "to cultivate", asteny "cultivation" and astene "cult", "worship", from Sate astor- "cicle", "to turn", from ast- "turn", "rotate", "curve".


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Standard Terpish:

Tl’âamekha [tl’âame "wolf" + -kha "person"] Not sure that the Terps have a concept of werewolves, but this word forms rather easily from existing roots and affixes.

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Classical Tarandim: virnandete.
virnande derives from virna (proto-Tarandic *weirnra), the 70-year cycle of the second sun, and means, roughly 'social or political change'. (It was believed that most changes in human society could be attributed to the influence of the second sun as it gets farther or closer to the planet). -te designs a period, or a season, thus: period of social upheaval.

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Hellesan:

m. valeduc "lieutenant" or "viceroy".


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Avŕti - Covenant

Now,

To Restore

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I'm giving you my entry for culture, 'cos I was still working on that, but I had to cook.

Something in the entry of 'dour' will get closest to something meaning culture:
dour [duɹ] (n) to form, to shape; to transform
cgoddour [kʁo'd:uɹ] (n) something man-made, something constructed; something artificial {cgop-, prefix of manner: by manual labour}
dourort ['duɾoɹt] (n) plastic (also cgoddourort, only in scientific context) {+ort, resin}
cgopascadour [kʁoˌæskæ'ðuɹ] (n) cultivation {asc-, prefix meaning the act(ion) of.., the result of...}

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Now, to restore

ne (v) to place, to put
danone [dæno'nə] (v) to restore {dano-, negation, undo}
nadine ['næðinə] (v) to discard {+nadi, fire}
(etc)

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din wrote:next: gown
Kala: pukuna - (puku) clothing / garment | (na) feminine / female

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Tirase:

kuzóman vt. be perpendicular to. (Kulae khausóumte "flank-touch", originally used of flanking maneuvers in war. The khau "flank" element also appears in the Kulae terms for the equinoxes, khauthóhil "flank-entering, spring equinox" and khaupóla "flank-egress, autumn equinox", with a related image of the sun making a perpendicular approach to the horizon. The Proto-Nuelic root was *kax "flank, side".)

(Thanks -- I had no idea where the spring and autumn words came from until now!)


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Morig- To Stretch


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Lukas Kelly wrote:Next: Terror
Kala: kyopuha - (kyopu) fear | (ha) superlative

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Hellesan:

1 Generic meaning. f. astene samant "public cult". Etymology: from astene "cult", "worship" + samant "public".

2 Ceremonies and rites of the Peran Cult. f. entastene. Etymology: from Peran entastene "the people's cult" or "national cult", from entu "people", "nation" + astene "cult", "worship".


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Izo wrote:Next word: detective
Kala: tasako - (tasa) to hunt, seek, look for | (ko) agentive suffix

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Hellesan:

v. camanevar "to reciprocate". Etymology: from camaneu "reciprocal" (from cam- "common" + maneus "both") + -ar (infinitive), so "to do both commonly".


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Izo wrote:Next word: Ausbausprache – Abstandsprache – Dachsprache (these three come together)
That's hardly a "word".

Kala: ke taso ma omyanam nahe kalam - levels and variations within languages

taso - level / standard

omyana - variety / variation / vary

kala - language / speech / talk / say

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The thing is to translate the three words separately.
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