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Acranasian: łłamíssaokw'i: oppressed, persecuted, pursued, hunted.

Next word: self-effacing, modest
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Risla wrote:Next word: self-effacing, modest
Kala: katsu - modest; self-effacing; to make modest remarks

next: rays of light; brilliant rays; radiance
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1. m ays –is "ray" » From Classic Sarden aksatos "ray", from aksateri "to radiate".
Ays na folh "ray of light".

2. f axateror –s "radiation", "radiance" » Neolog. From Classic Sarden aksateror "radiation", from aksateri "ro radiate".


Next word: mayor
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Izambri wrote: Next word: mayor
Rounese

Vojte CN mayor, chairman of a city council
Nadojte CN mayor of a major municipality (Vratyslo has as Nadojte, as do London, New York, Paris, Hamburg and Berlin)


next word: committee
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Élerhe wrote:next word: committee
Kala: apa - council; committee; assembly; parliament

next: biography; historical narrative
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Hellesan

f mivescarea –ees "biography" » From mive– "life" + –escarea "writing", "recording".


Next word: tourism
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Izambri wrote: Next word: tourism
Kàmo:
Nanani hapaso - 'walking really far' - tourism

Next word: Mathematics
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Izambri wrote:Next word: tourism
Rireinutire:
mineñuro tourism
Theta wrote:Next word: Mathematics
mutioti mathematics
Next word: cultivated land
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prettydragoon wrote: Next word: cultivated land
ranrienhnges- sweet land

Next word- plague
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noreast wrote:
prettydragoon wrote: Next word: cultivated land
ranrienhnges- sweet land

Next word- plague
Rounese

Dźûma FN plague, pest, black death
Môrs FN any deadly communicable disease

next word: doctor
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Illyrian:
Liec, Lieche — Doctor, Physician

Next Word: Scarf, or similar Piece of Clothing
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South Eresian: lajíma: scarf, shawl

Next word: curly (as of hair)
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Risla wrote:Next word: curly (as of hair)
Kala: sino - to curl [hair]; to crimp; to roll up; curly

next: slogan; catchphrase
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sano wrote:next: slogan; catchphrase

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gananahia - that which he says [frequently; all the time]

Next word: gem; precious stone
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f mire –s » From Elnian mirel "gem".


Next word: corridor
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Izambri wrote:Next word: corridor
Kala: tsiyo - corridor; aisle; hallway; colonnade; passageway; piazza; veranda

next: corresponds to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian (agentive affix/particle)
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sano wrote:next: corresponds to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian (agentive affix/particle)
Kàmo: -mi

Next word: oxygen
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Theta wrote:Next word: oxygen
Illyrian:
Luft [lœf] (m.) — Air, Oxygen

Next Word: Plumbing
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Christopher Schröder wrote:
Next Word: Plumbing
Poswa: pwifaebum lit, "pipes for draining"

next: police station
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Soap wrote:
next: police station
Polese koso
Police place

Next: An epiphany
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Milloniare wrote:Next: An epiphany
Nayraki milytela, a conflation of milyta utele (thought sudden)

next: conclave
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ìnathaw n inan - conclave, holy meeting space, hallowed meeting

Next: curly hair
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treskro wrote:Next: curly hair
sano wrote:
Kala: sino - to curl [hair]; to crimp; to roll up; curly
next: to bet; to gamble
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treskro wrote: Next: curly hair
Jâsen: nakêqg - curly-haired, wavey (of the sea), adj.
/nɑkɨːɢ/ - [ɳɑkɨːɢ]

Next: derogatory term for an ethnicity

Disclaimer: "wavey" was intentional

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Wattmann wrote:Next: derogatory term for an ethnicity
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