Lexicon Building

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MisterBernie wrote: luslosa [lusˈloːsɐ] - to spread rapidly (< lūcluca < clucclúca [tlutːˈlutɑ] < reduplication of cluca ‚to broaden‘, from *clw- 'broad, wide' + *-ca intransitive verb suffix)
> luslosīr - rapid spread, rapid growth; explosion (in number)

next: to push, to press
dein [dəɪ̯n] - put pressure on somebody

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Thsäv: wäspeth [waːs.pɛtʰ], from Resmus wərspetś < wərts "cook" + petśig "master"

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Z500 wrote: next: megalomania
Aidisese:
tramekoitokoimon - originally a gibberish salutation used in an Aidisese satire of dictators and conqueror-wannabes, eventually became slang and eventually standard term for megalomania; usually shortened to koikoimon


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Bettaunn:
大自裝尊 da dǐttángqónn [da˧di˩˦tlaŋ˦˥tʃõ˦˥] - megalomania
仔自捧 s-dǐpiàunn [s̩˩di˩˦pjãw˦˩] - egotistic, self-flattering


茶 ddae [dlæ˧] - tea (not very interesting... someone else can do this if they want)


Next: a visit, to visit someone, to visit someplace
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treskro wrote:Next: a visit, to visit someone, to visit someplace
Kala: peso - to meet with (sb who is paying a visit); visit

next: to comfort; to console; to stroke; to caress

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Axetxukwer: tyunot [tju.nɔt] to caress, to reassure, to console
Muyiqépi: pessed ['pe.set̚] to comfort, to hold, to calm

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caffeine: Qot hoi 'Caffine' lit. Khat speed, as it is belived that the cathinone in khat is caffeine
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Faint?

Saharaina:-gumiwa [gʊmiwa]
Ex: Jana maligumiwa- I fainted yesterday. [Yesterday+1st Per Prefix+Past infix+to faint] [dʒana maligʊmiwa]
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Koko.Dk wrote:Next: Coffee
Kala: kaua

next: rugosa rose (shrub) (Rosa rugosa); rose flower

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feint as in fake a move, mock attack, or like a something done to cause confusion but k

Tzoi:
dzeselton zingdsong /ts\e.se.tM~ s\i~.dz\M~/ 'Jesselton Shrub/Flower' as roses are rare in chujland themselves...


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Ulan wrote:Next word: Trench Foot
tandixanus minrutśvirgatīr - foot rot caused by cold and damp conditions (lit. moist-cold-caused foot rotting)
(minrutśvirgatīr – any gangrenous affliction of the feet)

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I'm taking Ulans, since trench foot is probably common in my planet.

kitosu nihepeteui, disease of the cold foot.

next is still: alliteration

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Torco wrote:next is still: alliteration
Kala: myano

next: chain; lead or tin ore

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Illyrian:

Chette — 'chain, string of metal links'
Vley — 'lead' (toxic metal)
Estain — 'tin' (metal)
Leuid — 'weight' (same root as English "lead" (n.))
Mijnerait — 'ore, mined material (in a generic sense)'
Ers — 'ore, mined material (in the case of a specific variety)'

Estainers — 'tin ore'
Vleissers — 'lead ore'

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Christopher Schröder wrote:Next word: to read aloud
Kala: yomu

next: pavilion; booth; kiosk

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sano wrote:next: pavilion; booth; kiosk
damrek - pavilion, tent; any free standing structure in a garden/park not used for storage (from damer park + ek roof, cover, shelter)
kauġek - booth, kiosk, a small structure in which trade is done (from kauġa to do business)

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seng [sɯ̰ŋ] - sorrow, grief, sadness

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Theta wrote:seng [sɯ̰ŋ] - sorrow, grief, sadness
Kala: muhe

next: left; the Left (politics); east; unorthodox

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sano wrote: next: left; the Left (politics); east; unorthodox
Balsamese:

left: seu
political left: salaya seu (lit. Leftist school)
east: kaang sesin
unorthodox: aipreamjong (lit. Out of regulation)

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Sortsdam wrote:Next: Customs
Kala: tsikue - habit; custom; usual practice; to be used to; tradition

next: in vain; to no purpose; for nothing

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SE: sólt-: to be in vain, to be without result.

Next word: natural disaster.

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Risla wrote:Next word: natural disaster.
Kala: katamala - lit: nature.bad

next: companionship; fellowship; friendship

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SE: mílanos, "friendship, companionship" from míl- "be a friend, be a companion," -an "person who ___" and -os, which marks abstract nouns.

Next word: nausea.

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Risla wrote:Next word: nausea.
Kala: pasa - nausea; to feel sick; disgust; nauseating

next: physiology

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sano wrote: next: physiology
physiology: pathang sarabha (lit. body studies)

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