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Tormiott:

rottha roθːa (n) bread

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Hūampōu:
Ginkíuph "to brew (boil alcohol)"

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Tormiott:

nassotdiul ˈnɛsːədˌdyːl (n) gargoyle
{nassot (v) to spew + diul (n) devil, demon}

Diul is related to OE deofol

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din wrote:next: wax
Tautisca: woxun (cognate to English wax).

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Proto-Sealander:
Khaçeş: to like (have been made to feel tranquil)

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Tormiott:

My word for thunderstorm was already derived from the word cloud, so my initial idea of 'storm cloud' went out of the window. So they ended up being the same word.

rogtah ˈɾoːtaħ (n) storm, thunderstorm; cumulonimbus
- rog- (pref) relating to horror, terror, fright; overpowering, destructive; revolutionary, transforming
- tah (n) cloud

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Couldn't decide, so I'll give out two:
ímbush [ˈiːm.bʊʃʷ] to consist of something (from ín "out of" and bush "to be")
méshash [ˈmeː.ʃʷɶʃʷ] to contain something (as in, to hold it within) (from mé "in" and shash "to have")

Next: I still have no words for mother or father. I would be really glad about any suggestions.
Meine Muttersprache ist Deutsch. My second language is English. Olim discēbam Latinam. Sú ginévam Jagárhvejak. Opiskelen Suomea. Un ek kür en lütten Tick Platt.

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Qxentio wrote:Next: I still have no words for mother or father. I would be really glad about any suggestions.
This one is hard to actually do as new words since I assume these are probably words that most of us already have.

But anyways, here is the Xanínə word for father:

abs. sg. lékəv [ˈleːkɨʋ]
obl. sg. léka [ˈleːkɐ]
abs. pl. lâkhú [lɒːˈkʰuː]
obl. pl. lâkhúmə [lɒːˈkʰuːmɨ]

And here is the Xanínə word for mother:

abs. sg. thèra [ˈtʰerɐ]
obl. sg. thèrrə [ˈtʰerːɨ]
abs. pl. thəràmo [tʰɨˈrɐmo]
obl. pl thəràmmə [tʰɨˈrɐmːɨ]

next: hare
Dibotahamdn duthma jallni agaynni ra hgitn lakrhmi.
Amuhawr jalla vowa vta hlakrhi hdm duthmi xaja.
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Travis B. wrote:next: hare
Tautisca: carus, stem carun- "hare" (cognate with English hare).

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hwhatting wrote:Next: order, arrangement
Xanínə "order (of things)"

abs. sg. nónde [ˈnoːnde]
obl. sg. nónəttə [ˈnoːnɨtːɨ]
abs. pl. nãnatte [ˈnɒːnɐtːe]
obl. pl. nânàttənə [nɒːˈnɐtːɨnɨ]

next: schoolbus
Dibotahamdn duthma jallni agaynni ra hgitn lakrhmi.
Amuhawr jalla vowa vta hlakrhi hdm duthmi xaja.
Irdro. Irdro. Irdro. Irdro. Irdro. Irdro. Irdro.

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Hùŋpŏ:
Rênlŏ /ren˩˦˧lɔ˥˨˧/ "schoolbus"
Rên "school" (from Hūampōu reím "apprenticeship")
Lŏ "vehicle" (from Hūampōu sulòu "wagon", second element considered standard for "vehicle")

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Pedant wrote:Next: mascot
Xanínə:

"mascot" (lit. "symbol animal")

abs. sg. lelúkke rédnə [leˈluːkːe ˈreːdnɨ]
obl. sg. lelúkkənə rédnə [leˈluːkːɨnɨ ˈreːdnɨ]
abs. pl. līlnòkke rédnə [liːlˈnokːe ˈreːdnɨ]
obl. pl. līlnòkkənə rédnə [liːlˈnokːɨnɨ ˈreːdnɨ]

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"animal"

Unprefixed

abs. sg. lúkke [ˈluːkːe]
obl. sg. lúkkənə [ˈluːkːɨnɨ]
abs. pl. lonòkke [loˈnokːe]
obl. pl. lonòkkənə [loˈnokːɨnɨ]

Prefixed

abs. sg. (C)V+lúkke [(C)Vˈluːkːe]
obl. sg. (C)V+lúkkənə [(C)Vˈluːkːɨnɨ]
abs. pl. (C)Vː+lnòkke [(C)Vːlˈnokːe]
obl. pl. (C)Vː+lnòkkənə [(C)Vːlˈnokːɨnɨ]

"symbol"

Unprefixed

abs. sg. rédī [ˈreːdiː]
obl. sg. rédnə [ˈreːdnɨ]
abs. pl. rédāme [ˈreːdæːme]
obl. pl. rētámmə [reːˈtʰæːmːɨ]

Prefixed

abs. sg. (C)V+rédī [(C)Vˈreːdiː]
obl. sg. (C)V+rédnə [(C)Vˈreːdnɨ]
abs. pl. (C)V+rédāme [(C)Vˈreːdæːme]
obl. pl. (C)V+rētámmə [(C)Vreːˈtʰæːmːɨ]

next: ostrich
Dibotahamdn duthma jallni agaynni ra hgitn lakrhmi.
Amuhawr jalla vowa vta hlakrhi hdm duthmi xaja.
Irdro. Irdro. Irdro. Irdro. Irdro. Irdro. Irdro.

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Ostrich:

ȟavula
[χʌvʏlʌ]

Next word: weir

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Sglod wrote:Next word: weir
Kala: ahu - dam; weir; dike; embankment

next: to seep; to ooze

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Faungruśü:

Mraiqaruya "to ooze greatly" (augmentative verb form of MRaQ "slime", from Classical Qumor mrāq "mucus")

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Pedant wrote:Next: ostracism
"ostracism"

abs. sg. léxvit [ˈleːχʋit]
obl. sg. léxvī [ˈleːχʋiː]
abs. pl. léxavdo [ˈleːχɐʋdo]
obl. pl. lēxàvdomə [leːˈχɐʋdomɨ]

from Proto-Alla līxxabìd [liːχːæˈβið] "ostracize" (verbal noun)

next: furnace
Dibotahamdn duthma jallni agaynni ra hgitn lakrhmi.
Amuhawr jalla vowa vta hlakrhi hdm duthmi xaja.
Irdro. Irdro. Irdro. Irdro. Irdro. Irdro. Irdro.

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Čidlitrigo:

Unsaú "furnace, oven" /ʊnsɑu/
Abs. Sing. unsaú /ʊnsɑu/
Abs. Pl. osunsaú /ʌsʊnsɑu/
Erg. Sing. unpesaú /ʊnpɛsɑu/
Erg. Pl. osunpesaú /ʌsʊnpɛsɑu/

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Pedant wrote:Next: scripture
Xanínə

"scripture", lit. "thing that is written" (from Proto-Alla xāyyadìd "write")

abs. sg. xâytèlə [χɒːjˈtʰelɨ]
obl. sg. xâytèla [χɒːjˈtʰelɐ]
abs. pl. xâylò [χɒːjˈlo]
obl. pl. xâylòmə [χɒːjˈlomɨ]

next: pistachio
Dibotahamdn duthma jallni agaynni ra hgitn lakrhmi.
Amuhawr jalla vowa vta hlakrhi hdm duthmi xaja.
Irdro. Irdro. Irdro. Irdro. Irdro. Irdro. Irdro.

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Travis B. wrote:next: pistachio
Tautisca: pistácin "pistachio" either directly from Latin pistacium, or as pistácin (cnullun) "pistachio nut" from pistáca "pistachio tree" (from Greek via Latin)

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Hansamē;
Lājir, lāg- "to drink, imbibe" (From Proto-Western leh1gh3r)
(The full conjugation table would be a bit hard to put down here, so I'll just leave that one be...)

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Pedant wrote:Next: ziggurat
Xanínə

qōrt xa yépot "ziggurat" (lit. "tower with steps")

"tower"

abs. sg. qōrt [qoːrt]
obl. sg. qórtə [ˈqoːrtɨ]
abs. pl. qaxàrto [qɐˈχɐrto]
obl. pl. qaxàrtəmə [qɐˈχɐrtɨmɨ]

"step"

abs. coll. sg. yépot [ˈjeːpot]
obl. coll. sg. yépdə [ˈjeːpdɨ]
abs. coll. pl. yápūdo [ˈjæːpuːdo]
obl. coll. pl. yāpúttə [jæːˈpʰuːtːɨ]
abs. sgt. sg. yāptét [jæːpˈtʰeːt]
obl. sgt. sg. yāptédə [jæːpˈtʰeːdɨ]
abs. sgt. pl. yāpútdo [jæːˈpʰuːtdo]
obl. sgt. pl. yāptádmə [jæːpˈtæːdmɨ]

Next: cuneiform
Dibotahamdn duthma jallni agaynni ra hgitn lakrhmi.
Amuhawr jalla vowa vta hlakrhi hdm duthmi xaja.
Irdro. Irdro. Irdro. Irdro. Irdro. Irdro. Irdro.

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You are probably wondering how singular and plural can be combined with collective and singulative number. In Xanínə, the collective singular is the normal collective, the collective plural means more than one type of something, the singulative singular is the normal singulative, and the singulative plural is the plural of paucity, indicating a small number of discrete items. (Note that the plural of paucity is not typically used with collective nouns typically indicating body parts that generally come in relatively small numbers except when emphasizing them as discrete entities.)
Dibotahamdn duthma jallni agaynni ra hgitn lakrhmi.
Amuhawr jalla vowa vta hlakrhi hdm duthmi xaja.
Irdro. Irdro. Irdro. Irdro. Irdro. Irdro. Irdro.

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Tormoitt:

uittcâiro ˈwitkɛːɾʊ (n) cuneiform script; chicken scratch, bad handwriting
+ uitt wit (n) nail (metal fastener)
+ câiro ˈkɛːɾʊ (n) writing, writing system, script; scripture (religion)
- - passive participle of cair kɛːɹ (v) to scratch, to make a scratch

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din wrote:nextː statistics
Xanínə

"statistics" (lit. "study of things of numbers")

yovōqít yənətrãġmə pámēmə [joʋoːˈqʰiːt jɨnɨtˈrɒːʁmɨ ˈpʰæːmeːmɨ]

"study"

Prefixed

abs. sg. (C)V+G+ōqít
obl. sg. (C)V+G+óqī
abs. pl. (C)V+G+óqto
obl. pl. (C)V+G+óqtomə

"thing"

Prefixed

abs. sg. (C)V+(N)+ətrãx
obl. sg. (C)V+(N)+ətrãġə
abs. pl. (C)V+(N)+ə̀traġo
obl. pl. (C)V+(N)+ətrãġmə

"number"

Unprefixed

abs. sg. pámə
obl. sg. páma
abs. pl. pámvo
obl. pl. pámēmə

Next: logogram
Dibotahamdn duthma jallni agaynni ra hgitn lakrhmi.
Amuhawr jalla vowa vta hlakrhi hdm duthmi xaja.
Irdro. Irdro. Irdro. Irdro. Irdro. Irdro. Irdro.

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Travis B. wrote:next: logogram
Kala: tatsu - glyph; logogram

next: certainly, undoubtedly

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