Substantial postings about constructed languages and constructed worlds in general. Good place to mention your own or evaluate someone else's. Put quick questions in C&C Quickies instead.
Thry
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by Thry » Tue Nov 15, 2011 2:24 pm
sano wrote: Brussels Sprouts wrote: dislike, disapproval
Kala:
nomok
next:
root; source; origin
Irglandic:
radiç, origen, font, génesis
Next: sweet, sugar
masako
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by masako » Mon Nov 21, 2011 12:46 pm
Eandil wrote: Next: sweet, sugar
Kala:
tsini
next:
to indulge (in)
Kvan
Lebom
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by Kvan » Mon Nov 21, 2011 1:04 pm
Leþwin
root: mh̨̀ɑ́b /mʷxɒpʷ/ (to) indulge wholeheartedly,delightfully (with no regret)
root: vɑ́bb /ʋɒpʷ:/ (to) indulge (in drinking) with the foresight that you'll regret it later.
next: (your favorite word from your own language here)
From:
Economic Left/Right: -7.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.69
To:
Economic Left/Right: -6.12
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.33
Amsel
Sanci
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by Amsel » Tue Nov 22, 2011 10:57 am
Kvan wrote: next: (your favorite word from your own language here)
Kallai:
nuku [nuː.kuː] (adj) from nukux [nuː.kʊʂ] (noun), a half-grown cat. Used to describe the (non-sexual) beauty or grace of young beings (esp. young humans) who do not seem to be aware of their own beauty or grace.
Next: mispronunciation, slip-of-the-tongue
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Amsel
Herr Dunkel
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by Herr Dunkel » Tue Nov 22, 2011 11:17 am
Amsel wrote:
Next: mispronunciation, slip-of-the-tongue
Kti:
sekai - uneducated mispronounciation, dialectical mispronounciation, derivation from standard
kansha - foreigner's mispronounciation
æneem - lapsus, miswording
komuam - lapsus, switch of word letters (lying dog => dieing log)
Next:
solar eclipse
sano wrote: To my dearest Darkgamma,
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Sincerely,
sano
masako
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by masako » Tue Nov 22, 2011 3:27 pm
Darkgamma wrote: Next: solar eclipse
Kala:
samakoma
next:
one-sided; to lean; to slant; prejudiced; inclined to one side
GrinningManiac
Lebom
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by GrinningManiac » Tue Nov 22, 2011 5:46 pm
sano wrote: Darkgamma wrote: Next: solar eclipse
Kala:
samakoma
next:
one-sided; to lean; to slant; prejudiced; inclined to one side
ñammacanna
next -
Biology , the
Study of Biology
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by ---- » Tue Nov 22, 2011 11:53 pm
Kinál:
tʼlkáskʼu - biology
tʼ-lke-skʼu
NOM-live-study.of
Next word: ravine
treskro
Avisaru
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by treskro » Wed Nov 23, 2011 12:33 am
Proto-Vdangku:
kiotok n. ravine, fissure
Next: search party
Imralu
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by Imralu » Wed Nov 23, 2011 5:06 am
treskro wrote: Next: search party
Xuáli:
An
om oru[a X] is a
search party [for X].
An om [X] is a group/collection [of X]
An oru[a X] search es [for X]
Next word:
conceited, arrogant, vain
Izambri
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by Izambri » Wed Nov 23, 2011 4:36 pm
Hellesan
adj odebreig "arrogant" » From Peran eudepereiu "self had".
Next word: sailing ship
Un llapis mai dibuixa sense una mà.
MisterBernie
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by MisterBernie » Wed Nov 23, 2011 4:43 pm
Izambri wrote: Next word: sailing ship
mirmlāŋś(hturp) - sailing ship, sailboat
lit. wind-cloth-(boat)
next:
to strangle
GrinningManiac
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by GrinningManiac » Thu Nov 24, 2011 7:12 pm
MisterBernie wrote: Izambri wrote: Next word: sailing ship
mirmlāŋś(hturp) - sailing ship, sailboat
lit. wind-cloth-(boat)
next:
to strangle
Anaragíranna -
əɳəʁəgiːʁəɳɳə
To Strangle/Choke
next:
To Imagine
Izambri
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by Izambri » Thu Nov 24, 2011 8:15 pm
Hellesan
aidaronar "to imagine" » From Peran aidaronari "to imagine", from aidaron "image".
Next word: unemployment
Un llapis mai dibuixa sense una mà.
Soap
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by Soap » Thu Nov 24, 2011 8:21 pm
Izambri wrote: Hellesan
aidaronar "to imagine" » From Peran aidaronari "to imagine", from aidaron "image".
Next word: unemployment
Where I will be soon if I cant improve my sales skills or find a different (easier) job
moššopla and
unemployment (benefits) is
moššopliesa wablofup
next:
toothpaste
Sunàqʷa the Sea Lamprey says:
masako
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by masako » Fri Nov 25, 2011 8:48 am
Soap wrote: next: toothpaste
Kala:
kipatsala
next:
crowded; to squeeze
Thry
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by Thry » Fri Nov 25, 2011 5:19 pm
sano wrote: Soap wrote: next: toothpaste
Kala:
kipatsala
next:
crowded; to squeeze
crowded:
plivad
to squeeze:
espref-
Next:
lava
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by ---- » Fri Nov 25, 2011 7:20 pm
Kinál:
kuá [kʷə]~[kʷʰ] (unstressed) - lava, magma
Next Word: viscous
din
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by din » Thu Dec 01, 2011 3:33 pm
Tormiott (you get the entire dictionary entry for nîti as it is currently absolutely free of charge):
nîti /ni:tɕə/ (n) sap (botany); resin
dachondîti /daxo'n:i:tɕə/ (n) morning dew, dew drop {dachod, morning + nîti}
naunîti /naw'ni:tɕə/ (n) glue; adhesive; something sticky
(v) to adhere to, to stick to; to be stuck to (transitive), to be stuck (intransitive)
(adj) viscous, sticky
nîtipaper /'ni:tɕə'papəɹ/ (n) sticky note, adhesive note, Post-it note {nîti + paper, paper , note }
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next word:
roof
— o noth sidiritt Tormiott
Sortsdam
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by Sortsdam » Thu Dec 01, 2011 4:25 pm
din wrote:
next word:
roof
Cravanian:
gossbat
Next word: cynicism
Phoenix Torte
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by Phoenix Torte » Fri Dec 02, 2011 1:27 am
Sortsdam wrote: din wrote:
next word:
roof
Cravanian:
gossbat
Next word: cynicism
Cynical-hirepile (adj.)
Next word: hearth
Soap
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by Soap » Fri Dec 02, 2011 9:07 am
Poswa
bibblep "container for (camp)fires" or vwavblam "wood-burn place"
Pabappa
saptabusi or pueblam (the same as vwavblam above)
"fire den"
next: Fallopian tubes
Sunàqʷa the Sea Lamprey says:
Cathbad
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by Cathbad » Fri Dec 02, 2011 1:03 pm
Soap wrote: Fallopian tubes
High Eolic:
ngungúra-civándas (literally "egg-pipes")
Next: drought
Izambri
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by Izambri » Fri Dec 02, 2011 1:27 pm
Hellesan
a f tersor –s "drought" » From ters "dry" + –or (abstraction).
b m/f atersavet –s "drying (effect)", "drought" » From atersar "to dry".
Next word: scaffold
Un llapis mai dibuixa sense una mà.
Cathbad
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by Cathbad » Sat Dec 03, 2011 9:13 am
Izambri wrote:
Next word: scaffold
High Eolic:
lunder , literally "(tree) root", but can also mean "support", and thus, by extension, "scaffold".
Next: furrow (as in made by a plow)