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next: meager; slight

Kàipói:

goalakí - /ɡo̯a˧.la˧.ki˦/ [go̯ɐ˧.lɐ˧.ɡʲi˦] - meager, slight

Next: fishbowl

[hwhatting]

Next: fishbowl

No real Tautisca equivalent.
The nearest equivalent would be pisculun ~ "fish-barrel", which designates a container used for live fish on a market or in a kitchen; a paraphrase for "fishbowl" would be wetrun sam biwu piscu "a glass with a living fish".

Next word: father-in-law (wife's father and husband's father if your conlang has different words for them).

[masako]

Next word: father-in-law

Kala:

otaya

ota - father

-ya - in-law; relative by marriage

next: elegant; elegance; good taste

[Boşkoventi]

next: elegant; elegance; good taste

Vaida Mi ha:

cekoi [tʃékoi̯] (adj., decl. 1) "elegant, refined, tasteful"
cekoituk [tʃekói̯tuk] (n., class 5) "elegance, refinement, taste"
-- from cekoi + -tuk "-ness"

tepet [tépet] (adj., decl. 1) "sufficient; efficient, effective, elegant"
-- from VLR tepet "satisfying, placating; sufficient" (tep- "satisfy, make content, placate" + -t 3rd person inanimate verbal ending)
-- sometimes teppo [téppo] < VLR (tep- + -bo: participle of tep-
tepéka [tepéːka] (n., class 5) "sufficience, sufficiency; efficiency, effectiveness, elegance" < Victot li Rhák tepéka "satisfaction, contentment, ~happiness"


Next: to choose, pick, select

[Chagen]

Next: to choose, pick, select

Pazmat: Mircja (lit. "to grab") [miɻtɕa]

Next: "Malfeasance"

[treskro]

nowotcoŋ - n inan - malfeasance, corruption < loan from PVd *noo- be wrong + *xheong southern, public

Next:
article (written)

[Colonel Cathcart]

Next:
article (written)

Icastrian:

Kaedaistár ['kaIDaSta:r_0]
Etymology: kaedais "book" + tár "part, piece, section, episode"

"kaedais" has a somewhat broader meaning than "book" - it can refer abstractly to any large corpus of writing on a particular theme or subject. Referring to a physical book, kaedaistár means "chapter."

Next: Dissociation

Edit: Hey, this is my 500th post! And it only took me four years to get here. At this rate I'll reach the top rank by the tender age of 101.

[clawgrip]

Next: Dissociation

Himmaswa:
disassociate; disunite: beuonbneat
dissociation: beuonbneatga

beuon: 'split; divide'
bneat: 'associate; connect'
ga: instance; example

Next: critique; constructive criticism

[Seamus]

Next: critique; constructive criticism

Petruchian:

Pikrino (the general word for criticism)
Konsilameyo (constructive criticism; literally 'advice to make one better')
Next: Scissors

[treskro]

nuìfkwarakınınne - n inan - scissors lit. twin-bladed lever


Next:
perforated screen, filter

[masako]

Next: perforated screen, filter

Kala:

즌기
tsunki
['tʃu:ᵑki]
to filter; to strain; perforated screen

next: handle; grip; knob

[Thry]

sano have you changed the pronunciation of <ts> recently or was it [tS] all the way along?

[----]

next: handle; grip; knob

Kàmo:
takaino - handle; knob
takàitaan - long handle (as of a hoe or rake)

Next word: council; committee

[masako]

Next word: council; committee

Kala:

tsata - ['tʃa:ta] - council; committee; assembly; parliament

next: to take precautions

[cartweel]

Next word: council; committee

ceng phabhōl:

ladh mag - committee
lit: organizational group; cf. ladh deghōl - official reports

to take precautions

ceng phabhōl:

gogho'
ca gogho pibh pha' leng bhag phadha.
The priest took precautions against evil magics.


Next: pubescent

[Colonel Cathcart]

Next: pubescent

Icastrian: sokuzhûró [ˈsokʊzyːɾoː], "pubescent, adolescent" (adj), "adolescent" (n)
etymology: sokuzhûr- "to mature sexually, to reach puberty" (soku "sex, sexuality, reproduction" + zhûr- "to develop, to mature") + -ó , active participle: "-ing, -er"

Next: insomnia

[clawgrip]

Next: insomnia

Himmaswa:


tañmilfnau
[taɲmɪlfnɔ̰]

tañ: sleep
mil: break; wreck; tear
fnau: sickness; disease

Next: to call; to cry; to sing (said of animals)

[treskro]

uru [uʋu] - v it - make a sonorant animal noise (basically, anything animal noise that is voiced as opposed to something like hissing ricu)


Next: derogatory

[masako]

Next: derogatory

Kala:

ntaua - ['ⁿta:wa] - derogatory sense; negative connotation

next: avaricious; greedy; rapacious; insatiable; avid

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next: avaricious; greedy; rapacious; insatiable; avid

Kàipói: hoàma /ho̯a˩ba˧/ [hõ̯ɐ̃˩.ᵐβa˧] - avaricious, greedy, rapacious, insatiable, avid

Next word: visible

[clawgrip]

Next word: visible

Himmaswa:


aakoykpang
[a̰kʰɔ̰jk̚pʰaŋ]

aak: be
oyk: vision
pang: state; situation

Next: to sprout from the ground

[Soap]

Diʕì: apù, from a dream (at viewtopic.php?f=5&t=35705&p=991819#p991819 ). It evolved from an earlier form ʕʷopù, which more closely resembles what I dreamt.

next: to smile with the mouth slightly open; to grin

[din]

Tormiott:

smione /'smjonə/ (v) to smile (with mouth closed); (n) smile
da /da/ (n) laugh; smile (with teeth bared); (v) to laugh; to smile (with teeth bared)

the words that derive from it are more interesting; these are roots.

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next: chewing gum

[cartweel]

next: chewing gum

ceng phabōl:

lan dhongōl
sticky chew-stuff.

mu lan dhongōl ngong pho' phu'.
He fixed it with chewing gum, unfortunately.

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Trinitarianism

[masako]

next: chewing gum

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