Lexicon Building

[maıráí]

lusnela for long hair, lusnilen for short hair.

next word: a favor, to do a favor

[roninbodhisattva]

vurjate- 'to do something without expectations of any kind of positive feedback' (there's also a kind of implied 'for someone')

Next word: afraid (has this been done??)

[maıráí]

((fear's been done, but this is probably fine))

[Imralu]

((fear's been done, but this is probably fine))

Ewed:
zaga [X] ["zaga] adj afraid, frightened, scared [of X]; v fear [X]
whence ziaga [zi"aga] n monster, bugbear

Next: stiff/sore from sitting in the same position for too long

[Přemysl]

doyeisau from doye boat + reisau sit- soreness from not moving including everything from stiff muscles to back cramps

As a fisher people the Mohuana are used to sitting in place for a long time. They have a word for the physical toll and a word for the mental toll.

Next word: boredom

[äreo]

putte - v. to be bored, figurative, from literal meaning to be bitter

next word: monopsony

[Rodlox]

putte - v. to be bored, figurative, from literal meaning to be bitter

next word: monopsony

-qowo- /ʔo.wo/ - (only) give for, limited exchange, trade (for a particular item) (Lit. "finger-hand")

-qowo- didn't get pushed by the wayside with the arrival of Europeans, for the simple reason that the atoll had nothing the Europeans wanted to trade for or take. so both pre- and post-Contact, you could have rather long trades, one with another with another.

One pe goragenqta-qowo-kefgen-qowo-gora pe two
/pe.gor:a.gen.ʔta.ʔo.wo.kef.gen.ʔo.wo.gor:a/
one lizard for a bat's foot for two birds

coined after the arrival of Europeans:
pe goragenqta - pe.gor:a.gen.ʔta - of {groups} . bird . foot . skin

(qo = finger, singular)

Next: writing implement

[roninbodhisattva]

nappis [naʰpis] - 'pencil; pen' (general writing implement)

Next word: puzzle

[Adrianovaz2007]

Next word: puzzle

akana: n. game, puzzle; v. (root akan-) to propose a challenge/game/puzzle, to play (a game)

Next: sprawl (Been listening to this song from Arcade Fire for a long time now, it's great!)

[maıráí]

Next: sprawl

vevehimae - to lie sprawled; to spill (a liquid); to bleed heavily (casual); from veve down, low him open


Dame komai vevehimatsec. He lay sprawled, like an idiot.
Vevehimatsen o mi sús. I spilled my cup of water.
Ca meunan pevi vevehimae. He will start bleeding soon.


next word: arcade; phonetically, if you have to

[äreo]

vojlavoma - n. arcade, from vojla video game + voma place

next word: pancreas

[Přemysl]

diomoni- pancreas from diosdio offal + moni sweet

Next word: under

[Amuere]

lir (sublative postposition): under

next word: confederation

[maıráí]

mé - below, under (physically)

vevelú- under, beneath, below (in rank, stature)

Ien tumé. It's below you.
Cí kíká nao hánmé. The paper's under the book.

Uan vevelú! This is beneath you!





next word: assistant, helper

[Přemysl]

duisgino- assistant (person)
duisgiru- assisting thing

next word: left

[äreo]

skanesu - n. (con)fœderation, alliance, syndicate, from skane - to tie, figuratively to unite, incorporate + -su nominalizer


lei - left

next word: pneumoconiosis (or if you prefer, pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis)

[maıráí]

ksetevsémnolókrosi - ksetev dust sémnoló lungs krosi disease, sickness
sroiksetevsémnolókrosi - sroiksetev silica, glass dust, fine sand


Tennaec sroiksetevsémnolókrosi. Mo suasan moikunan tsinae. He has pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, which is easier to say in Moi Ku.
Seriously.

next word: to posture, posturing

[eodrakken]

Tirase:

várre reg-tar lit. "to make a frog's chest", to posture, to act like something one is not, to brag falsely

lid déb-il bír-an red az lárke, e lid le vár-re reg-tar
sit[3SG] try-INF talk-INF like man wise / and sit[3SG] CONTR make-INF frog-chest
"He tries to talk like a wise man, but he is only posturing."

next: widow/widower

[Rodlox]

Tirase:

várre reg-tar lit. "to make a frog's chest", to posture, to act like something one is not, to brag falsely

lid déb-il bír-an red az lárke, e lid le vár-re reg-tar
sit[3SG] try-INF talk-INF like man wise / and sit[3SG] CONTR make-INF frog-chest
"He tries to talk like a wise man, but he is only posturing."

next: widow/widower

qoqikem - bereft, without one (close), lit. fingerless palm.
/ʔo.ʔi.kem/
finger.absent/negate.palm

can be used both to describe one who has lost a spouse, and a couple who have lost a child.

qoqi-kem (negating & absenting follow what they are impacting)


next: flashpoint

[maıráí]

sustamécreklosuilha or sustaméha flash point.
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mécreklosuilha fire point


Would probably also be vlecpointe and vairpointe/hapointe.


next word: blog

[daryush]

Kashi-Teli for "blog" is anokap-mada, same as the word for journal / diary / day planner / etc

Next word: rawhide

[Přemysl]

t'iuluña [tʃʼuluɲa] n. unprocessed skin/hide

next word: to fly

[Imralu]

next word: to fly

Ewed:
Veli ["veli] v to fly; n flying thing/animal; adj flying; adv by air

Next: to crush underfoot

[maıráí]

konneo nikoprá - to crush under one's feet; to have an oppressive reign (ko also means oppression, desert heat, among other things)



next word: personality

[Z500]

òm in New Puthe, ŋormmʼ in Old Puthe. Rebe has ŋomjēm. all originate from the Old Rebe compound gorbjēm (gor "out" + bjēm "mind").

next word: sawmill