Lexicon Building

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Élerhe wrote: next: candied jellfyfish
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Proto-Vdangku: ubuput- v. onomatopoeia splatter


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Shĕăré
next- jawbone

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phlegethon wrote:Shĕăré
next- jawbone
Poswa: pampafa
Pabappa: pansadi
both meaning "lower jaw + bone"
Thaoa: šanu
meaning "scoop" and used by itself

next word: Apron
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Hellesan

m naçardol –s "apron (garment)"» From naçard "in front" + –ol (object; direct relation).


Next word: mortuary temple or memorial temple
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Breob (gnoughish)
Xesh (Alahithian)

Next word: verb for when you lose something but have it in your hand already
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missing the obvious
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deize xhtep- n. to release and grab, to miss the obvious


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treskro wrote: Next: float in the air, float in water
Trurian:

emreon - to fly, to float (in the air), to levitate
chaldheon - to float (on the water); to lie (on a slope) (from chaldhá "slope, horizon; wave")

Next: down (as in feathers)

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Leþwin:

Down (ornithology): /ndɑmwæ/ <ndamà>

Next word: The most left-field lexeme you can muster
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Economic Left/Right: -7.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.69

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Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.33

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Kvan wrote:Leþwin:

Down (ornithology): /ndɑmwæ/ <ndamà>

Next word: The most left-field lexeme you can muster
Kvænig Sana:
krunnåtfúttʀ, f. - /krʏnnɑtp​̪utɻ/ [kʲrʲʏnːɑtfutɹ]
Meanings: most inappropriate (not neccesarily rude) word for the situation, unrelated idea to one currently discussed, guttural word (word with plenty of guttural sounds) - lit. throat-word

Next word: intermediary, an agent acting as a mediator between sides that may disagree
Alternative: fire-eater, one who entertains by consuming immolated objects.
Warning: Recovering bilingual, attempting trilinguaility. Knowledge of French left behind in childhood. Currently repairing bilinguality. Repair stalled. Above content may be a touch off.

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Hellesan

m dauneder –e –s –es » From Old Hellesan dauaneder, from dauane- "medial", "middle".


Next word: sleet, or rain and snow mixed
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Alahithian: doraga sûkifis (lit. thick rain)
Gnoughish: blopple (bloppy=wet, blop=rain)

I also did a word for fire-eater.
Gnoughish: clarltroller (lit. fire-biter)

Next word: falling tree
It was about time I changed this.

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Cednítıt: cìcfwoŋ topthud [ɕjʌ̀ɕɸʋoŋ t̪ɔps̪uʔ] - tree in the process of falling


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Hemis

(constructed from hes (eye) and misa (wet))

New word: loyalty
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Cednítıt: athal [as̪aw] - be loyal


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m sageturses "hallway", "corridor" » From sage "long" + turses "steps"; literally "steps-lengther".


Next word: trousers, pants
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Lilith language (working name)

m šaguili "pants", "trousers" from ša- "derivational suffix" + guili "legs.GEN" from gol "legs, crotch".

Next word: wolf, wild dog
[bɹ̠ˤʷɪs.təɫ]
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Kinál:
kulʼ - wolf

Next word: author

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Theta wrote:Next word: author
Alahithian: sebûth

Gnoughish: spallard

New word: hairstyle
It was about time I changed this.

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treegod wrote:New word: hairstyle
Pabappa: pelpalepap, "head shape" (because obviously people cant change the shape of their heads, so head shape is understood as hair shape.)
Poswa has the more logical apebip "hair form/shape".

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Cednítıt: ouwùcurì dteŋ [ouʋʌ̀ɕurjʌ̀ tt̪ʰɛŋ] - n inan - hairstyle (lit. the way one pulls hair)

Next: unremarkable
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Gnoughish: beolp
Alahithian: do

New word: hangover
It was about time I changed this.

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Cednítıt: rìwul [rjʌ̀ʋul] - drunk, hungover


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Hellesan

m tarn –s » From Peran tarmnu "limit", "edge", "rim", contraction of tarmantu "end" or "top", "summit", from tarmari "to put and end (to)".


Next word: windowpane
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Izambri wrote: Next word: windowpane
Rån: Soçogyrséł (literally mouse-place-lens)
also Osyrséł: stained glass (God-lens)
and Hrosséł: window glass (glass lens)

next word: king-sized bed

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