Lexicon Building

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Imralu wrote: To jump in with everybody else, yes, as far as I'm concerned, a friend with benefits is a friend who you sleep with. A fuck buddy is not actually a friend, just a booty call.
I always thought that one was just a more 'rude' way of saying the other. But then, what do I know? I've never had such a relationship with anyone. :(

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I've always heard they nearly invariably turn out badly, so maybe it's not such a loss for you.

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Not so.

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Hellesan:

m. grom na farde "worm of soil/land", from m. grom –s "worm".


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Kūc Modjo:

sasimōku: "orbit", from sasim 'around' + ōku 'world'

next word: terrestrial, worldly, earthbound, mundane, sublunary
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Pabappa:
laptopam, from lapta "gravity"
Laptopa is the name of the planet.

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next: prisoner of war[/quote]

piir: prison, pit
piirra: prisoner
perja: prisoner of war; literally, "one for the pit"
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Sorry, I forgot....



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cum - it is a pygmy, it is a dwarf, it is shorter than it should be

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that stuff that's in Pepto Bismol?

Pabappa: saslipasop "soothing pink metal"

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Soap wrote:next: sail of a ship
Baranxe'i:
mirnlāŋś [ˈmiːɾnlɒŋʃ] - sail (from mirma wind, air and lāŋś cloth; fabric)

Asuāneica:
tuñcaz [ˈt̪yɲcɑz] - sail (literally cuts water)

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Igban:

Root: -yarut:
gəndyarut 'overthrow' (Agent Subject)
nyeruttə 'be overthrown, get overthrown' (Undergoer Subject)

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oraten - platform, balcony.

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Hellesan:

f edrasyor –s » From koiné Sarden etraxor, from Classic Sarden eteraksor "radiation", from eteraksari "to radiate".


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Iśhaunrauta Ðeir Faif Trojanif - Epic Story about the Trojan War
aþrusil anhehtu - epic bicycle
or
iśhaunuja ġaizuja - great epic narrative

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aksãdei - from "aksã" (it is crazy) + dei (nominalization).

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Aeetlrcreejl wrote:Next word: ochlocracy
Illyrian
Romanesse: Revelsriule
Hellenesse: Ρεῠελσριυλα

Both lit: "Rabble's rule"

Next word: Chapter (of an organisation)
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koiu [kOjM]
division of an organization, chapter. also a five to nine men squad in war. Also, political party or persuasion, as in "he's of the nationalist persuasion", the underlying metaphor being parties being a chapter of society at large, highliting unity.
next: political unity, national unity, you know, unity of the endogroup.

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Thsäv:
cohesion, unity: jihdrat [jɪ̤ː.rɐʔ], from Resmus zīdrĕt, from zīd "together" + hĕrt "to stay"
for unity of the endogroup, you might precede that with, say, thamut [tʰɐ.mʉʔ] (of the people/tribe/what have you) or thamuser [tʰɐ.mʉs.ɛɾ] (of the group)

so "unity of the endogroup" in Thsäv is "thamut jihdrat"

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MisterBernie wrote:Iśhaunrauta Ðeir Faif Trojanif - Epic Story about the Trojan War
aþrusil anhehtu - epic bicycle
or
iśhaunuja ġaizuja - great epic narrative

next: madness, insanity
The second. I was asking for the second one. XD
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Hellesan:

n and adj pentarment "one who is contrary to producing/selling/drinking alcohol" lit. "against alcohol".


Next word: relaxation of tension or easing of strained relations or détente
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Izo wrote: Next word: relaxation of tension or easing of strained relations or détente
Djakhetian:
nuwerty - from nuwer, meaning to be in conflict, and -ty, an archaic suffix representing the cessative case.


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Hellesan:

f entrave –s "receipt", "notes" » Postv. deriv. of entravar "to recollect", from en– "re–" (intensive) + travar "to catch".


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Izo wrote:Next word: college (university)
Melokos:
n masoqotl - from maso wisdom and (q)otl a suffix meaning "maker of"
Z500 wrote:[jɪ̤ː.rɐʔ]
This (without the breathy voice) looks like it could be a Maltese word


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mjuskretpa [mʲʉs.kɾɛʔ.pɐ], from mjus "stick, twig" (< Resmus mȳc < Memeyk mujğti < mujğ "stick, branch" + ti (diminutive)) + kert "attaches" + phä (3sg pronoun)

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