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to pick (fruit), remove something from a shelf or support

In Pendisqusquian:

the verb scarlar means "to remove from rightful place." This applies to both picking fruit and moving an object from a shelf or a support.

Conjugation:

Y scarlo de fruite--I pick the fruit
Atú scarlú de fruite--You pick the fruit
Le scarle de fruite--He picks the fruit
La scarla de fruite--She picks the fruit
Sos scarlos des fruites--We pick the fruit
Atí scarlí des fruites--You (plural) pick the fruit
Les scarles de fruites--They (at least one male) pick the fruit
Las scarlas de fruites--They (all female) pick the fruit

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Hellesan

v. marchezar "to climb". Etymology: from marche "paw" (from Peran marka) + –ezar (verb).


Next word: young adult
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Izo wrote:
Next word: young adult

Aidisese:
Shureus - young adult, teenager, adolescent (about 15 to 21-24-ish years of age, so a bit older than the modern concept of an adolescent).


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Hellesan:

f. avellete "caress". Etymology: from avellir "to love" + –ete (diminutive), literally, "little love", in the sense of "little show of esteem".


Next word: Hubris (hybris), extreme haughtiness or arrogance
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Tormiott:

o melis rgay (verb phr) – arrogant, haughty; conceited (lit. to be with sky-like eyes)

or

ne (v) to place, to put
manthe (n) arrogance {+math, prefix meaning: over the top of (either static or in motion); up or upwards}

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din wrote:pockmark
Aidisese:

kelepes - from Middle Aidisese verb kelraebe, meaning "to scar".


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Polynesian goblin:

tetengihi tūha [təteŋittu:xa] pleasing speech

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roninbodhisattva wrote:Next word: social network
Kala: tlimutsan - societal collective

next word: put off, procrastinate

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Polynesian goblin

ng'uo'o- 'do after waiting'

Nest word- fricative

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roninbodhisattva wrote:Nest word- fricative
Kala: oto te satsu - sound of rubbing / fricative

next word: play with, joke

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Polynesian goblin:

esu'esu- tease, joke with
hil'u- make a joke

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roninbodhisattva wrote:Next word- helicopter
Kala: hauama - helicopter / hovercraft

next word: clause, condition

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Polynesian goblin:

ng'uan'eaqu- condition upon which another action is performed

Next word: protest

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roninbodhisattva wrote:Next word: protest
Kala: kuhu - protest / object

next word: (verb) set aside

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Polynesian goblin:

maqa- set aside

Next word- church, or some equivalent religious /ceremonial space

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roninbodhisattva wrote:Next word- church, or some equivalent religious /ceremonial space
Kala: toli - church / mosque / synagogue / temple / shrine

next word: relative; be related to

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PG: - general term for a blood relative

Next word- bush

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roninbodhisattva wrote:Next word- bush
Kala: kuanu - bush / woody plant

next word: gas, vapor, air

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PG ngōhi- air

Next word: rerverse, opposite

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roninbodhisattva wrote:Next word: rerverse, opposite
Kala: a'e - against / in spite of / opposite

next word: continue, carry on

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Polynesian Goblin uses an aspectual construction for continue Ving, the progressive and an adverbial particle

o V(-tī) ... nak'e (nak'e = still, basically) = 'to keep on/continue Ving'

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roninbodhisattva wrote:Next word: resist
Kala: a'enyo - resist / oppose

(-nyo can be added to particles and certain nouns to create verbs)

next word: butcher, slaughter

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Irosemos: yenax - to kill violently, butcher (one person)
yenašše - to slaughter, butcher (many people)

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Lordshrew wrote:I
Next word: nightmare
Aidisese:
Puvavere - literally, "melancholy dream". A compound of "melancholy" and "dream".

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cybrxkhan wrote:Next:
economy
1) "the Economy" (collective financial behavior of a group of people):

uikéka ha / ua (n., class 5 / 2), -- from proto-Victot li Rhák *wikéka "trade, exchange; economy"; also vikéka or ukéka, from modern VLR. Sometimes peveinan govri ua "(the) national market" (in informal contexts), but uikéka is more common for sense of "economy" as opposed to "market" (see below).

govri ua (n., class 2), -- basic meaning is "market, marketplace". Normally class 5 (abstract, materials, etc.), but here class 2 (animate non-people: animals, emotions, wind, fire; also babies / other 'people' who aren't considered people yet / anymore -- cause the Economy is a Thing with a mind of its own.

2) "cheapness, thrift" (e.g. "economy class"):

omtuk ha (n., class 5), from om "cheap, inexpensive"



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