Lexicon Building

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Next word: to disobey; to violate; to separate; to go against

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Psykie wrote:
Xados wrote:no, as in something that takes things away from you [greedy stock investor]; i.e. it's not needed, could kill/ruin you and only kept thru voluntary actions


but to calm sano down i have to invent another word rez- useless [created in 5 seconds flat]
To avoid this level of confusion you should do what everyone else does and write a very short explanation next to your new word. You would have cleared all that up before it started, plus you wouldn't have needed to use the WILDLY inappropriate example you did.

Also, just because everyone else is doing it (and I am a sheep if nothing else... Bah. < See.): why did you feel the need to write how long it took you to come up with the word "rez- : useless"?

i agree this is my fault for not understanding the concept superlousness-and it really took me five seconds, the word comes from a moronoc character in a crappy story i wrote. why i posted the time shouldn't concern anybody.
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sano wrote:Next word: to disobey; to violate; to separate; to go against
vussajis-disobedient

next word; towering,high
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Ronyar:

Nahar - high, tall
Naharil - towering (nahar + intensifier)
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faurasxā – patient < faura to wait + asxā full

Next: to twist, to turn, to bend
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MisterBernie wrote:Next: to twist, to turn, to bend
Kala: tina - fold; bend; twist; turn; warp

next: to disguise oneself; to dress up; adorn

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*is sorry for forgetting to add the next word last time*

Ronyar:

Kanayali = to disguise (or more literally, 'to use shadows') [yali = to use, kana = shadows]
Falyuli = to decorate (a home or object), to dress for a special event or particular reason
Falyunoli = to dress up or decorate excessively [falyuli + the verb intensifier 'no']

Next word: lantern
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Nira wrote:Next word: lantern
Kala: mpula - lamp; light; lantern

next: to bubble up; to rush forth

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to bubble up; to rush forth

jjesî - to boil violently, to push through something or break something as a result of built-up force.

next word: to be perfectly content, still, quiet, peaceful- like a puppy lying in the sun.
Lëian nuv raact etemî, a iahb lëépasi ân bra.

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bornforwater wrote:next word: to be perfectly content, still, quiet, peaceful
Kala: yesa - still; calm; quiet; not moving; peace; tranquil

next: to fasten; to button; buckle; knot

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tohgai- to tie in a knot

Next word- pick-pocket

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pick-pocket
Kuma: Kūsjö pūlū [ninja+kinetic energy] /lit. A ninja that moves/ (Implies that something [such as but not limited to] money got stolen without one's own knowledge, through a diversion, or any type of unseen theft.

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Koko.Dk wrote:NEXT: Out of control
Kala: enye hyata - outside of control/governance

I don't know what you mean by this...a machine that is no longer operating under normal circumstances, or a person that could be called "crazy". If you're gonna use idiomatic expressions, it might be best to either give a sentence/phrase or at the very least an explanation of the context in which the expression would be used.

next: barn; granary; storehouse

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Poswobs have no true agriculture, and dont really have a need to store much of anything else either. Nevertheless they do have a word for warehouse, bipop, and it can be expanded to sosabipop, "reserve warehouse", to indicate that it's for things that probably won't be used for a while. Most likely this would be clothes in a clothes shop.

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stone tablet

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tukhullú-from Proto-Lukpanic tuku plus an Emp. derivational suffix.

Next word: small intestine
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Arzena wrote:Next word: small intestine
Kala: pelohi

pelo - gut; intestine; bowel; alimentary canal

-hi - denotes a diminutive form

next: numbness of the limbs

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sano wrote:next: numbness of the limbs
Baranxe'i:
hpāstnimoś - numbness literally 'lack of feeling'
> hpāstnimoś ðīrntu/dautu - numbness of leg/arm

Next: singular (grammatical number)
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hedavaṭe "Singular", from hos (Oblique stem heda-) "one" and vaṭe "number"

Next word: nuclear fallout, if you have nuclear weapons in your conworld, otherwise do rain, precipitation

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Thśjezb: misrād [mɪs.ɾɒːd], from mjer "rain" + sād "to fall"; khēdtsad [kʰæː.tsɐd] from khēzd "(from the) sky" + sād

next word: intoxication
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Z500 wrote:next word: intoxication
Kala: saho - drunk; intoxicated

next: dirty; filthy; foul

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next: dirty; filthy; foul
Ronyar:

Muhan = dirty, messy
Muhanil = filthy, foul (muhan + intensifier)

Next word: framework, structure
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Kuroras: yàna

Poswa and Pabappa: noplanno (the second element is cognate to the above)

next word: surprise party
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Baranxe'i
navēsau, also navēisau - surprise party (from navēs- 'surprise' + sau 'celebration, party')

next: wild, feral, untamed
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MisterBernie wrote:next: wild, feral, untamed
Kala: mato - wild; undomesticated

next: as if; (just) like; just as

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Amakese: aḫa- as if, just as

Next: insecure, lonely

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