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Sortsdam wrote:next: embassy
Proto-Itholian:
minose eriumo - literally, "palace of [the] foreigners"

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cybrxkhan wrote:Next: deadlock
Kala: saku - to bring to deadlock; to result in a stalemate; impasse

next: to cherish; to treasure; to use sparingly

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sano wrote:
cybrxkhan wrote:Next: deadlock
Kala: saku - to bring to deadlock; to result in a stalemate; impasse

next: to cherish; to treasure; to use sparingly
Kozea: sēondîan; to cherish; to treasure; to use sparingly; to hold on to

Next: to examine; to look closely
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repeat


tzoi
jetü /ce.t@/ 'to read or examine'



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Ulan wrote:next: dreadlock/dreadlocks/dreads
Xuáli:
pelictu = "dreadlock(s)"
(from pel "hair on the head" + ictu "snake", ie. "snake hair")

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Imralu wrote:Next: knuckle
aimirādi/rādi aimitu - knuckle (finger joint)
unakrādi/rādi unaktu - knuckle (toe joint)
(rādi is also used in the names for knees, elbows, wrists and ankles)

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Thsäv: tūb /t̪uːb/

next word: blacksmith
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Z500 wrote:next word: blacksmith
behanēn – smith (< behan ‘metal‘ + -ēn agent suffix)
vimhanēn – blacksmith (< vimhan ‘iron’ + -ēn agent suffix)
irvonēn – blacksmith working with steel in particular (< irvo ‘steel’ + -ēn agent suffix)

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MisterBernie wrote:next: barrel
Kala: kapu

next: extensive; ample; rich; plentiful

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bontin rich, full

uno hdamo bontino a rich man
un par bontin a full cup

süpin plenty, enough

d'aci süpini enough water

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valiums wrote:next: cloud, rain cloud
Kala: nyepa

next: to hand over; to pass on something

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sano wrote: Kala: nyepa

next: to hand over; to pass on something
Kūc Modyo:

kowal - to hand over, pass on something (< ko 'hand' + wal 'to give')
komete - to return, to give back (< ko 'hand' + mete 'to return')

next: to prevaricate
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Thsäv: "misleading word" ūkrutnek [uː.kɾˠʉʔ.n̪ɛk], from Resmus usskrytmek < uss "mis-" + mĕsskryt "to guide, lead" + mek "word"

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Z500 wrote:next: variegated
Kala: sahimha

next: proud; arrogant; to despise

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Li Mägsind

hgomrin arrogant
(from hgomer arrogance)

Hü es hgomrin non. He's so very arrogant.

makrir - to hate, to detest
(from/related to maker hate)

Hüa makry mo. She hates me.

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valiums wrote:next:flat, even
Djakhetian:
thumon - flat
hamat - even


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cybrxkhan wrote: Next:
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High Eolic:
tartimandas - literally "empty-eye[d]"; narrow-minded, prejudiced.

Next: to be ashamed of, to feel guilty due to (etc.)

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to be ashamed of, to feel guilty due to (etc.)
Empotle7á: wesalawae - lit. to cut the eye. From a myth in which the tragic hero cuts out an eye and offers it as atonement for his sins.

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Poswobs arent much into mathematics but they would have no trouble coming up with a good translation for this (the Latin one just means "touching", after all)
fip "to brush against something"
šano path that touches a destination at only one point (but not necessarily with a smooth curve)
taka "bumpy ground"

or even

fapplopop fipos"two curves that brush against each other"

But most likely just fip or šano would be good enough in math where a lot of the language's vocabulary can be just left to rest.

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Vayardyio: čitado ligara

čitado = forward movement
ligara = tread, take a step
'step forward'; to volunteer, to do willingly, to commit oneself

next: ignite
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Yagia wrote:next: ignite
en X = "to become X", "to begin to (be) X", INCEPTIVE
dxe = CAUSATIVE
kal = "to burn", "(be) on fire", "fire"

en kal = "to ignite" (intransitive)
dxe kal ua X = "to ignite X", "to set fire to X", "to light X"

Next: wide, broad
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pledin wide, long widthwise
forin broad, encompassing, well-rounded, thorough, long conceptwise

L'un li strukſen pledin av un porſen forin museomäd.
That wide building has a good museum section.

next: name, title (honorific), title (of a book, etc)
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valiums wrote:next: name, title (honorific), title (of a book, etc)
Kala: ata

next: to compensate for loss; to indemnify

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sano wrote: next: to compensate for loss; to indemnify
Vayardyio:

réčitalara - to indemnify, pay back

or, more precise:

o parimodo réčitalio sprésara
o (def art obl case) parimodo - loss (noun 2nd class obl case)
réči - back; in return
talo - good; worth; talara - to be worth > talio - PRES PART

sprésara - to declare

'to return the loss'

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bitterness
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Yagia wrote:next: bitterness
Kala: nika - pungent (taste); bitter

next: tracks; trail; footprint

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