Lexicon Building

[masako]

Next word: tundra

Kala:

pumanka - from puna - dirt, soil & manka - cold; freeze

next word: airy

[Izambri]

Hellesan:

1 With a lot of air. With good air. Light, graceful. Open to the free circulation of air. adj. alfís. Etymology: from alfe "air", from Peran alefe "air".

2 Related to air or the atmosphere. adj. alefi. Etymology: from Peran alefe "air".


Next word: seiche

[masako]

Next word: seiche

Kala:

motso tatsi - wave standing (seiche)

Next word: wander; roam

[Grimalkin]

Olguma:

soél ['so.øl] - to wander, roam, travel.
Formed from the verb él (to go, walk, move, travel), with the frequentive prefix so-. Él is derived from Agiram mahelo (with the same meaning), and the so- prefix is identical to the progressive particle so, which is of unknown origin.

Next word: criminal

[Bedelato]

Bengedian mebašo /meˈba.ʃo/ (n.) "criminal".
Etymology: from Old Bengedian (draft) mevvæʃox, from Proto-Banic (draft) *mæ:lvæskox "villian, criminal, wrongdoer", from *mæ:l "bad" + *væsk- "to do" + *-ox "agentive suffix".

Yep, the Banic language family is in its beta version now.

Next word: connect

[the duke of nuke]

Woltu Falla: tebayü [tE.ba'jy:] from teba "together" + -(y)ü causative

Next word: ambush

[masako]

Next word: ambush

Kala:

pusu - shock / surprise / "ambush"

next word: impermanent ("temporary")

[Izambri]

Hellesan:

adj. saigartend "temporary". Etymology: from Late Sarden saigartendas "temporary", "related to time", from saigas "time", "tense", from Elnian saigas "time".


Next word: newspaper

[Ulan]

Chuj
cod lliinn / Sof lyŋ / sod liwnn
/s\@D KyN/
'Newspaper' from catt 'calender' and lliinn 'book'

Next word: Airline

[masako]

Next word: Airline

Kala:

yasato - yasa air | to way / path

Next Word: cannibalism

[Astraios]

Sogurian (the original version): belnankel cannibalism < belar "to eat", nan "human", -kel "belief or practice".

Next word: night vision (the technology - if n/a, then try ability to see in the dark)

[masako]

Next word: night vision (the technology - if n/a, then try ability to see in the dark)

Kala:

ke anyapa nahe kitsa

TOP see.ABIL in dark

ability to see in the dark

Next Word: pen (writing utensil)

[din]

Tormiott:

cair [kæjɹ] (n) to scratch
agcair [a:'kæjɹ] (n) pen (+ag-, agent or instrument prefix)

Or simply, pen [pən]

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Next word: butcher

[eodrakken]

Tirase:

muzibú f. butcher. (Agentive form of múzil "slaughter" < Kulae músuel < músu "ram")


next: legendary

[Risla]

South Eresian: atlatson ("3PS is legendary," since verbs (and that's what adjectives are) don't have uninflected forms). Literally, "sun-like."

Next word: tide

[din]

Tormiott

nît [ni:t] (n) time; period; history (also: sienît {+sie-, prefix meaning away; but also changing in shape, material or form})
þarnît [θaɹ'ni:t] (n) tide {+þar-, prefix indicating relation to water or liquid}

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Next word: microwave
(if your con-culture has nothing like it, translate 'pet' instead)

[Acid Badger]

mikrokamsa, from kamsa "Wave". Language purists suggest ḳalalkamsa lit. "little Wave", but this is seldom used.


Next word: soup

[bulbaquil]

soup: chulin "soup, broth"

Next word: kilogram (or closest equivalent thereto)

[Christopher Schröder]

Livre (f.) — pound-mass
Peond (m.) — pound-force

Next word: denim, or some similar fabric

[Daistallia]

Serce /seɹ.çe/ n. serge twill

Next word: trade/labor union (did I put that one up before? I can't recall. )

[Ars Lande]

Classical Tarandim: edosas, 'guild, corporation, trade union'; litteraly 'apprentice fee' (the fee to pay to have a son taken as an apprentice), from as, 'gold coin' (etym. uncertain), and edos, 'apprentice', borrowed from Ponegi hedos < proto-Tarandic *hwaisdraus, 'teenager, boy', related to addos, 'servant', doste, 'puberty'.

Next word: inquisitor, inquisitorial

[masako]

Next word: trade/labor union

Kala:

keputsa te koma - keputsa - group / te of (genitive) / koma - work, labor, task

Next Word: flection

[maıráí]

Ingleti:
zini di baomata or zini baomata. From baomir, to bend; zini health, state (of being), repair - lit. "a state of bent" or "a bent state"

next word: dull, boring, lackluster

[eodrakken]

Tirase:

fezóvage adj. dull, boring. (Adjectivization of fezóvan "to bore" < Kulae pheosóphute "put to sleep")

sinkáplarage adj. uninteresting, unimpressive, lackluster. (Adjectivization of sinkáplaran "be uninterested in" < káplaran "be interested in" < Kulae káliplahite "want-know")


next: mock, make fun of

[masako]

next: mock, make fun of

Kala:

senta - mock / mimic / imitate

next word: protein