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Cednítıt: mupuxìmo oùtriŋ [mupuxjʌ̀mɔ oʌ̀ʈiŋ] - a king's bed (lit. it is his bed, he is king)

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treskro wrote:Next: encase
Kala: sane - cover; sheath; to encase; to overlap

next: pigeon; dove

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sano wrote: Kala: sane - cover; sheath; to encase; to overlap

next: pigeon; dove

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Helios wrote:Next Word; error
Kala: hata - error; mistake; mistaken; blunder

next: bay; gulf

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sano wrote:
next: bay; gulf
Rån: Hacrondo: sound, straights, small bay
Haba: bay, gulf
see also Mën: shore, periphery, land around a body of water
Yrhaba: ria, haven, natural harbour

next word: volcano

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Élerhe wrote:
next word: volcano
Aurelian: keylèyaç (literally 'fire-head') 'volcano'
Trurian: kelöyach (from Aurelian - mostly a literary word, since most Trurians would hardly know what a volcano is)

Next: (grape)vine

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Cathbad wrote:Next: (grape)vine
Kala: napa - grape; grapevine

next: inside; inner; internal; within; interior

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sano wrote:next: inside; inner; internal; within; interior
Alahithian: thûpak

Gnoughish: creeth

Next word: shell
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treegod wrote:Next word: shell
Kala: ole - shell; carapace; crust; husk; casing

next: to ask about; to inquire about

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next: to ask about; to inquire about
Medhyā [mɛðjɑː]: "To ask"

Medhyāmõ: "to ask about" (telic incomplete)
Medhyānū: "to ask for" (telic complete)

Next: to deduce,
Nūdhrēmnāva naraśva, dṛk śraṣrāsit nūdhrēmanīṣṣ iźdatīyyīm woḥīm madhēyyaṣṣi.
satisfaction-DEF.SG-LOC live.PERFECTIVE-1P.INCL but work-DEF.SG-PRIV satisfaction-DEF.PL.NOM weakeness-DEF.PL-DAT only lead-FUT-3P

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Chagen wrote:Next: to deduce
Kala: yota - to deduce; to infer; to derive; an implication; to extrapolate

next: to bore through; pierce; perforate; penetrate

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sano wrote: next: to bore through; pierce; perforate; penetrate
Trurian: ächtono 'to pierce, perforate'

Next: bald, baldness

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Cathbad wrote:Next: bald, baldness
Telèmor: c̦avu (adj., pattern F): bald, hairless
Declension: c̦avu / c̦avan / c̦avi / c̦avae

Next: shame, embarrassment
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vampireshark wrote:Next: shame, embarrassment
Kala: yapu - disgrace; shame; humiliation; embarrassment

next: but; however

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next: but; however
Pazmat: "ta"

Next: without
Nūdhrēmnāva naraśva, dṛk śraṣrāsit nūdhrēmanīṣṣ iźdatīyyīm woḥīm madhēyyaṣṣi.
satisfaction-DEF.SG-LOC live.PERFECTIVE-1P.INCL but work-DEF.SG-PRIV satisfaction-DEF.PL.NOM weakeness-DEF.PL-DAT only lead-FUT-3P

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Chagen wrote:Next: without
Kala: ma'ak

next: to patrol; to make one's rounds

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next: to patrol; to make one's rounds
Pazmat: Plnscya

Next: "Not yet!" (interjection)
Nūdhrēmnāva naraśva, dṛk śraṣrāsit nūdhrēmanīṣṣ iźdatīyyīm woḥīm madhēyyaṣṣi.
satisfaction-DEF.SG-LOC live.PERFECTIVE-1P.INCL but work-DEF.SG-PRIV satisfaction-DEF.PL.NOM weakeness-DEF.PL-DAT only lead-FUT-3P

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Cednitit: cacate [ɕaɕatʰe] - wait, after + IMPERATIVE



Next: castle keep
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treskro wrote:Next: castle keep
Kala: kule

next: to see off; to send

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Tormiott:

soddosieme /sod:oɕə'mə/ (v) to see off, to wave goodbye to
- sodd (pref) Around or pertaining to the limbs; Of or pertaining to the bones; Also used for swaying or wavering movements, or movement from side to side
- sie (pref) Going away; changing in shape, material or form
- me (v) to enter, to walk into (a space, area); to collide with; to penetrate; to infiltrate; to pierce; {in momentane form} to shiver; to move or shake shortly and quickly

In analogy with: sieme (v) to leave, depart



sienank /ɕə'naŋk/ (v) to send (out), to mail
- sie (pref) Going away; changing in shape, material or form
- nank (v) to signal; to emit; to radiate





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din wrote:Next: bubble gum
Kala: tsaki - chewing gum / bubblegum

next: to go for; to engage in; to undertake; to deal with; to handle

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Kinál:
icʼé- [ʔit͡sʼə˧˥] - to deal with; to work on [a project]

Next word: Physics

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Theta wrote:Next word: Physics
Kala: onyono < onyo - study | no - matter; substance

next: hygiene; sanitation

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hutūph

Clean behaviour / To behave cleanly

Next : Saga/Epic Poem (a culturally-important narrative e.g. Beowulf, Mahabharata, Gilgamesh)

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GrinningManiac wrote: Next : Saga/Epic Poem (a culturally-important narrative e.g. Beowulf, Mahabharata, Gilgamesh)
Aurelian: toç 'myth, legend' (cognate with High Eolic tand 'famous'); sutraş 'story, epic' (no HE cognate, although possibly related to atruş 'speech, language', which is in turn related to HE ters 'mouth')
High Eolic: catúr 'story, epic; memory; history' (the Aurelian cognate is kateş, but it just means 'narrative' in general)

Trurian: wen 'legend'



next: shell (of a seashell, snail, of a turtle...)

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