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MisterBernie wrote:next: to negotiate
Kala: uanta - to confer; to consult; to negotiate; to hold a conference

next: throwing weapon; dart

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qoniq [k_hM.ni] - "Throwing Axe, throwing knife"
dzun [ts\u~] "dart, needle, thorn, arrow"

next word: to roll (a cigarette), or to roll (down a hill)
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Thsäv: jir [jɪɾ] (down a hill)

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Z500 wrote:next word: clusterfuck, snafu, etc.
Kala: munye - difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good; glitch

next: entirely; without exception

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sano wrote:next: entirely; without exception
Djakhetian:
sret - all, everything, entirely, etc.


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cybrxkhan wrote:Next: self-punishment
Kala: patsu - to punish; to penalize

next: examine or treat medically

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体見檢 tègěngiàm [te˦˩gen˩˧ɟam˦˩] medical examination < 体 body + 見 look + 檢 examine



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tzoi/chuj
quze mamuq /k_hus\e mAmu?/ " fix, heal, mend, can serve as a auxiliary phrase of obligation or conditionality (lit. 'to make right')
jetü /cet@/ "to read or examine"
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neqwu iktah /nV.k_wu i?.tax/ "junk, common stuff, miscellanea"


next: wet, to be wet (aroused), to wet yourself
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Ancaron:

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Noun: water
Adj: wet
Verb class 1: to be wet; to be water
Verb class 2: to water something
Verb class 3: to be aroused

Ref zigcu.
To wet oneself.

Or
Siref zigcu.
To urinate on oneself.

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Lyhoko Leaci wrote: next word: newspaper
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maketes - a newspaper; re-borrowing from Djakhetian "maqket", meaning a message, notification, etc.


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Saharaina: -nyenyekepumoya [verb stem "to make politeness"+- Impersonal suffix meaning "one/oneself"] [ɲɛɲəkɛbʊmɔɪja]
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Koko.Dk wrote:Next: Temporary
Kala: tsipa - for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant

next: kerchief; handkerchief; headscarf

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thaddayopp /ˌθæd:a'jop/ (n) headscarf, kerchief
{thadda, head + yopp, fold}

siehâso /ɕə'hæ:s:o/ (n) handkerchief, tissue
{passive participle of siehas, to blow, to exhale, from sie-, prefix, away, elswhere + has, to breathe; to drink, to suck, to inhale}

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din wrote:Next: rifle
Kala: topeka - gun; firearm; rifle; thing with shape or function similar to a gun

next: secret; confidential

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sano wrote:next: secret; confidential
mevrēnā - unseen, hidden, secret (< Old Baranxe’i mē-bʰr̩̄́jāine, passive participle to mē-bʰr̩̄́jā ‚to make unseen‘, to *bʰr- ‚to see‘)
meþxuŋā - secret, confidential (< Middle Baranxe’i meðrxuŋe < Old Baranxe’i medʲər-kʲoŋŋe ‚inside the home‘)

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MisterBernie wrote:next: limit, range
Kala: hani - range; scope; limit; extent

next: to wind; to coil (thread); to rotate around; to spiral

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tzoi/chuj
baklëzë [pa_".l3.s\3] ~[pa_".K3.s\3] "To wind, to coil, to tie a knot"
ngima [ni.ma] ~ [Ni.ma] "To spin, rotate, spiral"


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Ulan wrote:Next: to sneeze
Kala: nkusa - sneeze; act of sneezing

next: a carpenter's plane; to plane; to level; to make smooth

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sano wrote:next: a carpenter's plane; to plane; to level; to make smooth
nirihþu [ˈniːrixθɯ] - plane (nirixa 'to smoothen, flatten' (< nirā 'smooth, flat') + -þu tool suffix)

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pala [p_ha_".la_"] "Shrine, altar, sacred fetish"
palal ilahe [p_ha_".la_": i.la.xe] "holy ground"

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ingrown nail, ingrown hair
tilar yets
painful yets


Semantics: yets refers to any part of the body that grows of its own accord, ie. hair or nails.

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tzoi:
nëqwu jetü [nV.k_hB)u ce.t@] "To idly examine, poke around, peruse a book, to sweep for mines" lit. Idle examination

next: shag (tobacco) shag (hair) shag (carpet)
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shag (tobacco) shag (hair) shag (carpet)
Saharaina:
Kafurenoya- Tobacco [Lit. Plant leaves+Smoke] /kafurɛnɔɪja/
Nuwele- Hair /nʊwɛleɪ/
Sulia- Carpet /zulia/
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Koko.Dk wrote:Next: Diary
Kala: yomoya - lit: daily writing - diary; journal; log; record

next:rapid spread; to spread rapidly

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sano wrote:next:rapid spread; to spread rapidly
luslosa [lusˈloːsɐ] - to spread rapidly (< lūcluca < clucclúca [tlutːˈlutɑ] < reduplication of cluca ‚to broaden‘, from *clw- 'broad, wide' + *-ca intransitive verb suffix)
> luslosīr - rapid spread, rapid growth; explosion (in number)

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