Lexicon Building

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f noganit –s "youth" » From noghe "young" + –anit (abstraction).


Next word: multinational
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Izambri wrote:next word: multinational
hēigēhaŋā - multinational (< hēigē nation, state + haŋā many, multiple)
anhēigemā - international, global (< anhēigē world from an older meaning of hēigē land)

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Izambri wrote:Hellesan

f noganit –s "youth" » From noghe "young" + –anit (abstraction).


Next word: multinational
khresikánteqi - genitive noun - of a bunch of nations (khresi-kánteqi, several.GEN country.GEN. The non-genitive form of "khresi" is "khrèsí", derived from "akhrey iy sí", "more than one"; "kantéqi" is the non-genitive form of "kánteqi".)

next: phonology

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Mr. Z wrote:next: phonology
aukuðivahāŋ - phonology
< auku - sound
< ðivahāŋ - system
<< ðivaha - administer, manage
<< aŋu - number; order, arrangement
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Hellesan

m fevanet –s » From Sarden faedeuanes "evil spirit", "cacodemon".

m màr terasmi "bad spirit".


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Izambri wrote:Next word: occultism (occult practices)
Kala: puanato

next: business management (as a study)

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m pl ardimis escanardurs "enterprise studies".


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Izambri wrote:Next word: hairstyle, haircut, hairdo
Kala: senuato

next: (manufacturing, production etc) costs

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Tormiott:

coper /'kopəɹ/ (v) to pay (n) coin; copper; money {from LA cuprum, through W.Gmc}
- côpero /'ko:pəɾo/ (n) cost, debt {passive participle of coper}

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din wrote:next: campfire
Kala: tlatsa

next: intermediary; matchmaker; go-between

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sano wrote:next: intermediary; matchmaker; go-between
Mebharan: semdriker, from sem 'between', driken 'run'; i.e. "between-runner"

Next word: modulus (the mathematical operation; 15 mod 6 = 3)
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bulbaquil wrote:Next word: modulus (the mathematical operation; 15 mod 6 = 3)
Kala: tsisu - coefficient; factor; modulus; ratio

next: straight; to straighten

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Tormiott:

dil (n) /dil/ arm (also mechanical); limb
-> yaradil (v) to be straight; to be level, to be horizontal; to be pure, to be unaltered, to be unchanged {yara, outstretched + dil}

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din wrote:next: to binge
Vayardyio:

dé glafoulyio igara - to drink excessively

- for; to; glafoulyiara - to drink (to get drunk) > glafoulyio - PART PRES; igara - go

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Yagia wrote: Next: to get sober
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acʼřukte; acʼ-řu=kte; literally "become un-intoxicated"

Next word: obedient

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Theta wrote:
Yagia wrote: Next: to get sober
Kinál
acʼřukte; acʼ-řu=kte; literally "become un-intoxicated"

Next word: obedient

Proto-Sayetic:
uktara [ʊk.ˈtɑ.ˌrɑ] "obedient" from uktar [ʊk.ˈtɑr] "slave" plus adjectiviser, ultimately from root k-t-r "animal (domesticated)" whence katur [kɑ.ˈtʊr] "ox" and aketr [ɑ.ˈkɛ.ˌtʊr] "dog".

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Caleone wrote:Next word: Symphony
Kala: makaha

next: plum (fruit; tree; color)

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f dorne –s "prune" » From Peran dormne, from Meg. deuramne, from deuramon "tight", "full". The name of the color is the same as the fruit. The tree is dorneu (prune-AGENT).


Next word: fresco (painting)
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Izambri wrote:Next word: fresco (painting)
Kala: natsa

next: wall; rampart

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sano wrote:next: wall; rampart
Illyrian: Muir "fortification", bessieun "partition (generally of a removable sort)", parette "internal partition, wall", plackart "enclosed yard"

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Christopher Schröder wrote:Next: orangery
Kala: monama te tsinka / tsinkamo

next: to groan; to snort; to hum

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sano wrote:next: to groan; to snort; to hum
<ludḩɑmɑ> /ɬøtxɒmɒ/ : s/he is groaning (typically whilst under physical burden)

next word: to appreciate secretly, hidden emotion, etc
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Hellesan

sarmellir "to love secretly", "to hide a secret", "to work affectionately and secretly" » From Sardanyese sarmeliri (with contamination from abeliri "to love (fraternally)", which developed a [ʎ]), from Middle Peran sartmeliri "to love secretly", from sartisu "secret" + meliri "to love (passionately)".


Next word: referendum
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ugumtåta qhavuong but- v. to hold a referendum < u- dative gumtå inverted cone -ta above + qhaong underlying network -vu- change in state + but- to ask, to enquire


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treskro wrote:Next: sketch (drawing and theatrical)
Kala: natsahi

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