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Bròv-Vež:
-šêrb, roasted, burnt or grilled (all food, especially meat) (from išêgm, stone and hêrb, hot.)
-hûêbv, baked, grilled or roasted (vegetables) (from gûkúv, vegetable and hêrb, hot.)

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User wrote:Next: to roar
Kala: oma - roar or howl of an animal; bellow of rage; to yell; to shout

next: to mix together; to blend

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Himmaswa: oongkniok /uːŋkniɔ̯k̚/ from oon /uːn/ to mix/stir and kniok /kniɔ̯k̚/ to merge/combine

Also since no one answered capsize from the last page, I will do it:
Himmaswa:
If it hasn't sunken yet, it's taiynggwaat /tæjŋ.ɡwa̰ːt̚/ from taiyng /tæjŋ/ 'to flip' and gwaat /ɡwa̰ːt̚/ 'to lean/lurch'
If it sinks, it's taiyngeuot /tæj.ŋœ̰ɔ̯t̚/ from taiyng /tæjŋ/ 'to flip' and euot /œ̰ɔ̯t̚/ 'to sink'

Next: to spread around; to transmit
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clawgrip wrote:Next: to spread around; to transmit
Kala: sota - to sow; to scatter; to spread; to broadcast

next: to cultivate; to earth up

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sano wrote:next: to cultivate; to earth up
Proto-Itholian:
hlātnqes /hla:t.ⁿqes/ - to farm, cultivate, grow

shīl /ɬi:l/ - dig, earth up


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n and adj calcemàs –mase –maus –mases » From Peran kalkematsi "civilian", "citizen", from kalke "city".

Next word: tailor
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Izambri wrote:Next word: tailor
Kala: pukutlo - one who makes clothes

next: chair of board; president (of a university etc); department head; dean

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Kòmo:

Kiovua - chief; leader of any group of people

Next: zeppelin; airship

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m banerant –s "airship".


Next word: traction
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fontaketh n inan - traction < font "hold" + ak "earth" + eth "intensifier"

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treskro wrote:fontaketh n inan - traction < font "hold" + ak "earth" + eth "intensifier"

Next: sloping
If it's something that's closer to vertical than horizontal, pubblelas, lit. "resting by leaning". This is also the name of the letter for the glottal stop (which doesnt actually occur in Poswa, but it's in the alphabet so they can write loans)

If closer to horizontal than vertical, tšampos ('hill-shaped')

Pabappa:

laptaniba for a smooth gentle slope like a doorstop, unlike a hill which is generally not smooth
laptapimpus for a bumpy slope
pubblelas (a loan) for the tall one


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Soap wrote:next: temper tantrum, fit of madness
Kala: patle - act like a spoiled child; throw a tantrum; act coquettishly

next: footstep; step

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sano wrote:
next: footstep; step
Trurian: tanth "step, footstep"

High Eolic: nartav "step, footstep"
Aurelian: nèton "steep, footstep" (cognate)

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Cathbad wrote:Next: extra, unnecessary, unwanted
Bròvvež:
-otôl: extra, sticking out

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User wrote:Next: sensor
Gnoughish: snoapor
Alahithian: eship

Next: artic (or equvalent) circle
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treegod wrote:Next: artic (or equvalent) circle
Kala: punyelo - from puna - earth; soil & yelo - freeze; ice

next: poor; inadequate; deficient; garrulous

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sano wrote: next: poor; inadequate; deficient; garrulous
High Eolic: cávert 'bad, useless'
Aurelian: piçar 'bad, inadequate'

next: plan, project; course, method

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Cathbad wrote:next: plan, project; course, method
Kala: to

next: to receive; to accept

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sano wrote: next: to receive; to accept
Himmaswa: plar /pla̰˞ː/

Next: board; plank

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Drydic Guy wrote::| Every time I look in here the terms are all incompatible with my conlang's conculture/location/timeframe :(
I have the same problem. :(

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No planks in your conworld? Why don't you suggest a theme or genre and we can try to suggest words in that vein.

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clawgrip wrote:
sano wrote: next: to receive; to accept
Himmaswa: plar /pla̰˞ː/

Next: board; plank
I have over 7000 words in Poswa, but still struggle with basic vocabulary sometimes. I dont like having one-morpheme roots for manmade objects because this is supposed to be a language for people who climbed out of true ferality, when they had no clothes and no tools or weapons.
But I've used semantic shifts for some things, such as wall (of a canyon) > wall of a building. I used this root also for "plank, board, sheet of any hard material" in the proto-lang of Poswa and Pabappa, but even though it wouldn't collide with anything important phonologically I wanted to do something different for that concept in the daughter languages. Poswa doesn't have a single word for it, it has tem "stood on" when it's just one element of a compound (e.g. kaetem "skateboard") and tšol for the word by itself. But this is a one-morpheme root, which is precisely what I wanted to avoid, so I may have some more work to do.


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clawgrip wrote:
sano wrote: next: to receive; to accept
Himmaswa: plar /pla̰˞ː/

Next: board; plank
Gaugaodūā - lit. "Flat of the tree which has been partitioned"

Next: Funeral (or your conculture's related death-ceremony/celebration)

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themponre [s̪ɛmbon̪ʋɛ] - v it - hatch (from an egg) < thenka "hollow out, be born" + ponre "egg"


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treskro wrote: Next: automatic

Proto-Itholian:
khuzhlak /xuz.hlak/
automatic, without thinking, lifeless motion, etc.


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