Lexicon Building

[masako]

Next: blanket, mat

Kala: tanye - blanket; mat; rug

next: reputation; fame

[Jerian]

next: reputation; fame

melitisrah = to have a good reputation (liked)
anitirah = to be well known, famous
onstisrah = to be despised/infamous

all are verbs.

next word:
conspiracy

[Colonel Cathcart]

next word:
conspiracy

Icastrian: sarvokúláis [ˈsarʋoˌkuːlaːʃ]
etymology: sarvo- "secret" + kúláis "plan, plot, scheme, covenant"

Next: pandemic

[Jerian]

Next: pandemic

nɛbolɪtoʊ = apocalypse/pandemic/epidemic; any sort of biological disaster with a huge impact.

for milder situations, use

nɪtrəltær = a mild outbreak, ie a bunch of kids at a school get sick; there's a bug going around, etc...


next word:
glacier

[masako]

next word: glacier

Kala: yelomha

next: prehistoric man; primitive man (or your species/conpeople)

[Jerian]

next: prehistoric man; primitive man (or your species/conpeople)

Zarian:
kɪ̈rʒoʊnʔɪd

referring to the Kirjonians, the first known civilization of my conworld

next word: celebration

[Soap]

Poswa bubutap to jump in place (and/or) clap one's hands

next: honeybee

[vampireshark]

Telèmor:
abiya [aˈbi.jɐ] (n., f1): bee, honeybee

Next word: residence permit

[Seamus]

Next word: residence permit

Petruchian:

Adea Vivitic-- 'License of Living'

Next Word: Reward

[masako]

Next Word: Reward

Kala: posu - reward; recompense; to reward

next: to inform; to report; to make known

[Skomakar'n]

Next Word: Reward

Kala: posu - reward; recompense; to reward

next: to inform; to report; to make known

Vanga:

jœ‹›w-; to see; to know; to understand
jœ‹›w-(ʷ)‹›dd- (jœudd-); to inform; to make known/understood (causative of the former)

Next word: to fulfill; to finish; to put to an end

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Next word: to fulfill; to finish; to put to an end

Kàmo:
kabaí - complete; end

Next word: cherry

[Christopher Schröder]

Next word: cherry

Illyrian:
Chessy /'ʧɛs.ɪ/ (n.n.) — Candy (Late Latin ceresium, originally used for the Fruit, and then a candied Cherry)
Cherisse /ʧɪ'ɾɪs.a/ (n.f.) — Cherry (Old French, probably a Dialenctal cherisse or else an Orthographic Borrowing)

Next Word: Peel, Rind, outer Part of a Fruit not ordinarily eaten

[masako]

Next Word: Peel, Rind, outer Part of a Fruit not ordinarily eaten

Kala: isu - peel; rind; outer layer of fruit and cheese

next: higher authorities; superiors

[ol bofosh]

next: higher authorities; superiors

Alahithian: ekef

(from v. ekey, "to lead". -f replaces -y to create the doer of the verb)

Next word: "to make a scientific study"

[hwhatting]

I just happened across this thread - that's a very nice idea. Is there a list anywhere of the words that have been proposed? Does someone check if a word has already been proposed, or doesn't anyone care?

Next word: "to make a scientific study"

Tautisca doesn't have the exact concept of scientific study, so I pass on this one.

[ol bofosh]

I just happened across this thread - that's a very nice idea. Is there a list anywhere of the words that have been proposed? Does someone check if a word has already been proposed, or doesn't anyone care?

No list of words that I know of, apart this thread. Just go through it if you want to see. And I don't know if anyone checks through repeats. I don't and it's never been commented either.

Next word: "to make a scientific study"

Tautisca doesn't have the exact concept of scientific study, so I pass on this one.

You can always come up with an approximate translation. "Natural philosophy" or "studying nature in a systematic and/or detailed way (for the benefit of...)" etc.. What's the nearest thing to science in your conculture and how would they make "studies"?

[Soap]

next: higher authorities; superiors

Alahithian: ekef

(from v. ekey, "to lead". -f replaces -y to create the doer of the verb)

Next word: "to make a scientific study"

Poswa has a few words ...
* pilispam generic "to study", but has majestic connotations because it is the name of the department of the government that studies magic and theology (prayer and magic are hard to distinguish in their religion)
* waebub /waibubʷ/ observatory, science lab (can be used as a verb) ... not really sure how to justify the existence of this word ... it's in the language because of a previously existing sci-fi story I was writing, with the idea that it would, like our own words, be taken from a medieval language in which it had had a much simpler meaning
* nobiasub /nobiasubʷ/ "to take into an office", from nobias /nobiasʷ/ "office", which sounds like politics but is probably the best word of the three all in all for "to study" as a verb.

There isn't any real word for science because they don't have anything separate from their religion, Tavžatob, that could be called science. The closest things are muplub "knowledge" and pablam "knowledge, philosophy". In the genitive these would be muplwos and pablias, so the best phrase to translate the original English phrase would perhaps be muplwos nobiasub.

next: scalp of the head

[masako]

next: scalp of the head

Kala: anasua - lit: skin of the head

next: to disguise oneself; to dress up

[Boşkoventi]

I just happened across this thread - that's a very nice idea. Is there a list anywhere of the words that have been proposed? Does someone check if a word has already been proposed, or doesn't anyone care?

No list of words that I know of, apart this thread. Just go through it if you want to see. And I don't know if anyone checks through repeats. I don't and it's never been commented either.

I have a list of about half the words (haven't updated it for a year and a half). I've decided this would be a good time to update it ... will post somewhere when it's done.

Also, as I remember it was decided at some point not to worry about duplicates, since this would allow different people to cover a word.

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next: to disguise oneself; to dress up

Kàmo: makàri - to disguise oneself

Next Word: flood

[ol bofosh]

Alahithian:

gefilaw - (to) flood
gefilap - (a) flood

Next word: garden

[masako]

Next word: garden

Kala:

niua - garden; yard; depot

hati - gardens; park; landscape garden

next: to despise; to look down upon; despicable

[Jerian]

next: to despise; to look down upon; despicable

This is an irregular in Zarian.

vɹædæ: (n) an insult, can be used on anything

vrædɹæ: (v) to show distaste towards


next word:
ocean currents

[masako]

next word: ocean currents

Kala: nkonto te muana - flow of ocean

next: highly eligible bachelor; desirable male partner