Lexicon Building

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inwo soppšim "to give an Inwo answer" where Inwo was a girl who thought she knew everything based on very little experience, and was also very literal minded. Kind of like Rain Man who thought that all hot bathwater was unsafe just because he saw his brother injured that way once 20 years ago.


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ŋlɛɛmhu- be suspicious

Next word: street food

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roninbodhisattva wrote:Next word: street food
Kala: ina te to - food of street

next: star; satellite

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Taalen:

shu'n /Su.n=/ na-IN. star

(Water class (incohesive) animate noun)

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cup, mug, glass, dish for drinking from

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SE: pochílatl, from pochíl- "drink" and -atl, a nominalizer that signifies a tool used for doing something.

Next word: deaf.

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mɤnhaap- 'deaf'

Next word: to file, put away for later, sort

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roninbodhisattva wrote: Next word: to file, put away for later, sort
Aidisese:
Etonkoi - to organize, sort, file


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cheese
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cybrxkhan wrote:Next:
cheese
Tenga Fir:

cáis "solid cheese", cognate with Latin cāseus.
formait "wet cheese", cognate with Latin formāticum.
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forgetful, brain dead, not providing what's supposed to be provided

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Dauyn wrote:Next:

forgetful, brain dead, not providing what's supposed to be provided
Sorry, I think the next Wword was deleted when I was editing my unposted post earlier.

Tenga Fir: deirmatach "forgetful, oblivious"

Next word: apology
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Poswa pobblam for feeling apologetic and pobblampopo for actually saying it. The Poswobs arent big on manners so they dont use those words very often.

next: to shrink, become smaller, waste away
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Soap wrote:next: to shrink, become smaller, waste away
Kala: ahime - to become small(er); shrink

ahi - small; tiny

-me (from menya) - become; begin to be; come to be; turn into

next: slope; sloping; slanted

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sano wrote:
next: slope; sloping; slanted
Aidisese:
Preskon - slant, slanted


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Hiirawə:

ruhcəmpisuksu: 'villain; one who commits evil deeds', lit. 'one who goes around cutting faces' (< ruhc-mpi-suks-u cut-face-ACT-ABS)

Usually extended with the pejorative suffix to:

ruhcəmpisuksəskuu

And hell, let's make it diminutive for fun:

ruhcəmpisuksəskəki

Next word: wire

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roninbodhisattva wrote:Next word: wire
Kala: tsule - wire; string

next: pace back and forth; hesitate; waver

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sano wrote:next: pace back and forth; hesitate; waver
Vaida Mi ha:

kuahonto "to sway, waver; pace (also kuahonto mehi 'pace walk'); hesitate, waffle, hem and haw"
< kua- frequentative + honto "to jump, leap"

next word: world, universe; environment, surroundings
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Boşkoventi wrote:next word: world, universe; environment, surroundings
Kala:

kata - universe; nature; essence

kaya - world; environment (surroundings)

next: ma; mom; mother

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Fuotonh:

bêu - mother (also occasionally, any older female relative who isn't a sister)
māmá - mum, mummy

Next word: to dance

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shiǔ- dance

Next word: to telephone, to call (on the telephone), to talk on the phone

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roninbodhisattva wrote:Next word: to telephone, to call (on the telephone), to talk on the phone
Kala: nyalo - telephone; phone call; phone number; cell phone (used as a verb as well)

next: friction; rubbing; chafing

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This is my first time here on zompist, and I'd like to add to the Lexicon Building:

Cyrenean: ΣΚΕΛΕ [skіː liː] friction n.

Next Word: recalcitrant; obstinate
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頑頭方 naendopang [næn do paŋ] - obstinate, recalcitrant


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ripple, rippling effect
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treskro wrote:Next: ripple, rippling effect
Kala: motso - undulation; wave; ripple (effect)

next: to solder; weld by heat; to weld

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sano wrote: next: to solder; weld by heat; to weld
Djakhetian:
zep - to forge, to weld, to solder

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cybrxkhan wrote:Next: biplane
Kala: tsitiheuata'o

next: deficiency; lack; scarce

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