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(edit) Damn you, cyberxkhchq. Now I have to do two translations

Tormiott:

odair /o'ðæjəɹ/
(v) to be alike, to look alike; to look like, to be similar to, to match (oda-, similar + ir, to see, experience)

and

mandon /mæn'don/
(n) pair
(v) to pair, to put together; to team up; to marry (colloq.) (man-, past; besides, alongside; complementary + don, number 2)

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open /'owən/
(n) division; separation
(v) to divide; to cut, to slice; to pare, to cut off
penopen /pən'owən/
(n) racial segregation, apartheid; racism (pen-, on, through or in the skin, relating to the skin)

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Thṡjeb: prepjid /pɾɛ.pjɪd/ < Resmus prəpizd < pər "foot" + pirzd "to lay" (that which lies under the feet)

next word: cycle
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din wrote:(edit) Damn you, cyberxkhchq.
It's "cybrxkhan". Not that that matters. :mrgreen:

Z500 wrote:next word: cycle

Aidisese:
furufuru - cycle, pattern; related to the "furu" suffix, which indicates the repetitive aspect



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grasslands
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cybrxkhan wrote:Next:
grasslands
Baranxeï
indrua - grasslands; meadow
< plural of indru - grass, formed the same way as ñauzā - sand, ñauzua - beach; arena, stadium
>> whence also ineda - meadow

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arena, stadium
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cybrxkhan wrote:Next:
grasslands
Balsamese:

Miangshie [mjaŋ'ʃje]; from miang, meaning "plain" or "flat land" and shieshie, meaning "grass".

Edit: Dammit, this took me too long to post... okay,
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arena, stadium
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Balsamese:

Jeang; loanword from Chinese chǎng, meaning "field".

Next word: Mantra

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Sortsdam wrote:Next word: Mantra
Hahaha! With Haziam being Indo-Iranian I have to do this one.

manthra- mantra

Next word: dog

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Prmysl wrote:Next word: dog
Balsamese: arie

Next word: hinge

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Shinaschi - "Rotate meet" for something like a hinge that move sideways, such as a door hinge.
Shernaschi - A hinge that moves up/down
Darnaschi - A ball hinge (ball joint)

Next word: To compare

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Foolster41 wrote:Shinaschi - "Rotate meet" for something like a hinge that move sideways, such as a door hinge.
Shernaschi - A hinge that moves up/down
Darnaschi - A ball hinge (ball joint)

Next word: To compare
Kalpadu: soživai [sɒ.ˈdʑiˑ.βəɪ] - to compare, show likeness

Yagalian: oskúsu [os.kɨ.su] - to compare, show likeness

Next word: demilitarisation
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田中竜字 wrote:Next word: demilitarisation
Baranxeï:
akunsontārnīr - demilitarisation; downsizing of the military literally "withering of the military", in analogy with akunsonlunīr growth of the military
< akunso - military
<< akunī - warrior, soldier
<<< akuna (stem aku-) - to be a warrior/soldier

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MisterBernie wrote:Next: measuring rod, stick; ruler
Kala: palo te nkasa - stick of measurement

next: snap, pop (onomatopoeia)

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sano wrote:
MisterBernie wrote:Next: measuring rod, stick; ruler
Kala: palo te nkasa - stick of measurement

next: snap, pop (onomatopoeia)
Kayalian: kakka [ˈkaˑ.kxə]

Yagalian: pihé [pi.hə]

The sounds of an object breaking.

or, if you wanted me to do Onomatopoeia >.>

Kayalian: pisékaxo [pɪ.sæː.ˈkaˑ.ʑɒ]

Yagalian: sansó [sɐn.sɒ]

Both meaning roughly, sound-word, though in Kayalian's case it's more like word-sound.
Next: MOAR ONOMATOPOEIA ;D A frogs croaking, ribbit.
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田中竜字 wrote:A frogs croaking, ribbit.
Kala: oto te mpeka - sound of frog

next: sincerity; honesty

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sano wrote: next: sincerity; honesty
Aidisese:
Bentoi - honesty, sincerity


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Tormiott

therchesidir
/θəɹxə'siðiɹ/
(v) to discuss, to debate {therche-, intensifier, + sidir, to talk}

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Standard Baranxeï:
dźãndsadźasu - hair cut (from dźad hair + sadźa to cut + -su act/event nominaliser)
[*] Northern variant: źā̃dsāźasu

gavat dźādu or dźadgavat - a particular hair cut, hair style (from gavat style, fashion, manner)
[*] Northern variant: gavat źād:u, źādgavat

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MisterBernie wrote:Next: leavened bread - unleavened bread
Kala: tiya ma'a kopo / tiya ma'ak kopo - bread with yeast / bread without yeast

next: shed; canopy; shack

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sano wrote:next: shed; canopy; shack
Xuála: cuánti /ʃuˈanti/ 'shed', 'shack'; 'refuge' (from canti /ˈʃanti/ 'take shelter'; 'take refuge'; 'refugee')

Next word: tongue (of a shoe)
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bipemboppa, basically meaning "covering on top". It could also be tunop, a word for the top fin of a fish, which doesnt make a lot of sense but it is more convenient than bipemboppa. Or it could just be bidžom, "tongue".

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Tormiott

pasiopen
/'pæɕˌowən/
(n) apartment {pasi, family, home + open, division}

I realised I had no word for house yet, so I created that too. But in the end I didn't need it for this translation...
werancua
/ˌwəræn'cua/
(n) house; home
{weran-, prefix, containing, enclosing, surrounding, all-encompassing, covering, wrapping, protecting + cua, noun, wall}

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Next word:
Notice (either the noun or the verb, or both)




(edit), Ha, I just saw that I created 'open' in order to be able to translate apartheid on the top of this page.
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din wrote:Next word: Notice (either the noun or the verb, or both)
Kala: homa - to notify; to inform; notice; notification

next: to support with hand; to help someone up

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Tormiott:


soddomatho (v) to help somebody up; to pull up (oneself or someone); to erect; to place upright

{sodd-, prefix, around or pertaining to the limbs, hands or feet; Of or pertaining to the bones + matho, preposition, up, upward}

Matho, in turn is the prefix math, over the top of (either static or in motion); up or upwards, + o, (preposition) on, on top of; from, out of (space; object, surface); from a certain time onwards (v) to be on top of; to be from a certain time onwards

So hand-up-on, literally

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pēzdor [pæːz.dɒɾ] < Thśjezb pēzd "to lay" + or "ink"

next: deck (of a ship)
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Z500 wrote:next: deck (of a ship)
Kala: yoka - floor; deck

next: appropriate; suitable

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sano wrote: next: appropriate; suitable
Aidisese:
Tamae - appropriate, suitable


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