Lexicon Building

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sano wrote:
Brussels Sprouts wrote:dislike, disapproval
Kala: nomok

next: root; source; origin
Irglandic: radiç, origen, font, génesis

Next: sweet, sugar

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Eandil wrote:Next: sweet, sugar
Kala: tsini

next: to indulge (in)

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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)
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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 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)

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Darkgamma wrote:Next: solar eclipse
Kala: samakoma

next: one-sided; to lean; to slant; prejudiced; inclined to one side

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sano wrote:
Darkgamma wrote:Next: solar eclipse
Kala: samakoma

next: one-sided; to lean; to slant; prejudiced; inclined to one side
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Kinál:

tʼlkáskʼu - biology
tʼ-lke-skʼu
NOM-live-study.of

Next word: ravine

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Proto-Vdangku:
kiotok n. ravine, fissure


Next: search party
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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] searches [for X]


Next word: conceited, arrogant, vain
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Hellesan

adj odebreig "arrogant" » From Peran eudepereiu "self had".


Next word: sailing ship
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Izambri wrote:Next word: sailing ship
mirmlāŋś(hturp) - sailing ship, sailboat lit. wind-cloth-(boat)

next: to strangle
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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

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Hellesan

aidaronar "to imagine" » From Peran aidaronari "to imagine", from aidaron "image".


Next word: unemployment
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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

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Soap wrote:next: toothpaste
Kala: kipatsala

next: crowded; to squeeze

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sano wrote:
Soap wrote:next: toothpaste
Kala: kipatsala

next: crowded; to squeeze
crowded: plivad
to squeeze: espref-

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Kinál:
kuá [kʷə]~[kʷʰ] (unstressed) - lava, magma

Next Word: viscous

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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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din wrote: next word:

roof
Cravanian: gossbat

Next word: cynicism

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Sortsdam wrote:
din wrote: next word:

roof
Cravanian: gossbat

Next word: cynicism
Cynical-hirepile (adj.)

Next word: hearth

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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
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Soap wrote:Fallopian tubes
High Eolic: ngungúra-civándas (literally "egg-pipes")

Next: drought

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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
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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)

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