Lexicon Building

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Tll-Fusyn: Kinkho' [kin.xoʔ]. Like most complex Tll-Fusyn words, a compound word formed of Kin "near" and Kho' "feeling/emotion"

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Cockroach wrote:Next: Pious
Kala: takan - respectful / devout [pious]

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Hellesan:

1 f. sadance -s "edition", lit. "refaction". Etymology: from sa- "re-", "again" + dance "faction", "thing done", from Peran danke "thing done", taken from Low Sarden dagnis "faction", from Sarden thagandois "done", "act and effect of doing", from thagaro "to do". Examples: Mintare sadance "first edition", Se ninojare sadance èu se mestre "The 18th edition is the best".

2 f. tarsamantoe -s "edition", lit. "prepublication". Etymology: from tarsamantar "to edit" (lit. "to prepublish") + -oe "the act of". Example: Se tarsamantoe n'aget marghi ai fardetz brè jans "The edition of this book has taken five years".

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Athanic:

hegla thavsete "superstition", lit. "fear of ghosts". Etymology: from hegla "fear, phobia", and tavse "ghost, shade, phantom", both from Irish eagla "fear" and taibhse "ghost".
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Propera paraula?
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Izo wrote:Propera paraula?
Ho sento molt!

NEXT WORD: slim, skinny
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Bristel wrote:NEXT WORD: slim, skinny
Aidisese:
Tilu - Slim, skinny. From Early/Middle Aidisese Tillou, meaning "to stretch", "to elongate".


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Karani:
Derived from the Sumainan (Language that developed into the Kantuna language family [think Latin]): Ayamarushikumakopasham /the pathway to futuristic changes by a forced decision)

Ayamarzi (Standard Karani/Karanorisa) [a:ja:ma:rsi]
Kumazui- (Faznand dialect) [kʰuma:su:i:]
Kopashi- (Tanoshino dialect-Frevria) [kʰopʰa:ʃi:]

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Proto-Vdangku:
datei uongzddānāonguān, "(non first person plural) will potentially think good", nominalized.


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treskro wrote:Next:
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Aidisese:
Stolaisus - "freak, weirdo, a strange person". Derived from Stolais, meaning unusual, and -us, a suffix attached to adjectives to indicate the modified noun is a (male) person.


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Hellesan:

expr. sanir aferjanuc "to feel relief".


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Izo wrote:Next word: mottled
Kala: pene - mark / mottle / spot(ted)

next word: teach, instruct

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sano wrote: next word: teach, instruct
Aidisese:
Xosen - "to teach, to instruct". Cognate of Shozen, meaning "to know, to understand". Both are derived from Early/Middle Aidisese Chosen, meaning "practical knowledge", or "knowledge derived from the senses", in turn derived from Proto-Meyic Choesne, meaning knowledge.


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cybrxkhan wrote:Next: to contemplate
Kala: omu - think / ponder / contemplate

next word: elsewhere; apart, separately

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Hellesan:

expr. en ont ardri val "in another place"

expr. a torn "apart".

adj. estornatz -e -s -es "separated".


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Izo wrote: Next word: chain reaction
Aidisese:
leyéi ma agnaéi - literally, "motion's journey", meaning a "chain reaction"


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Hellesan:

f. risaule –s "guffaw". Etymology: from ris– (rel. to ríser “to laugh”) + –aule (relation suffix).


Next word: polygon. And if you wanna try these too: henagon (monogon), digon, triangle (trigon), quadrilateral (tetragon), pentagon, hexagon, heptagon, octagon, nonagon, decagon to see if your conlang has regular forms for all of them.
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Alajean:

jumtulisfrene: literally "jum" (multi /many), "tuli" (side/boundary), "sfrene" (shape/figure)

auetulisfrene ( monogon)
taratulisfrene (digon)
fometulisfrene (triangle/trigon)
sufetulisfrene (quadrilateral)
laişitulisfrene (pentagon)
jeketulisfrene (hexagon)
xuritulisfrene (heptagon)
cadhetulisfrene (octagon)
vremnitulisfrene (nonagon)
tlumatulisfrene(decagon)

next word: apocalypse
Tjalehu ge frulehu, tjea ale stjindamihu? Dime sfraiaknanmi.

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Amuere wrote: next word: apocalypse
Gelukanvastan - a compound of Gelukan, meaning situation or great problem, and Vastan, meaning ending. Therefore, the term translates to "End of the Great Problem".


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Proto-Vdangku: miilutengddå miilutengddā miilutengddåm miilutengddqqān, wanting to kill, kill.DES.

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Sjührabahl Tissue

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Hellesan:

adj. lleós -ose -osis -oses


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Izo wrote: Next word: drama
Aidisese:

tanaban - "drama"


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In Hapusathian:

Gentle (soft) is kaipau
Gentle (emotion) is letaik

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Poswa bep (the reflexive ofbi "to kill")

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to pick (fruit), remove something from a shelf or support
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