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masako wrote:next: domestic; internal (to a country); civil
Icastrian:

ígiaormátalais [ˈiːjjaˌormaːtalaʃ] "domestic, internal; subject, denizen"
etymology: ígia- "in" + ormát "country, state" + -lais denoting origin or affiliation
cf. alormátalais "foreign, foreigner" (al- "out")

kalykalaisi [ˈkaləkalaʃɪ] "civil, civic"
etymology: kalykalais "citizen" (kalyk "people, folk" + -lais) + -i, adjective suffix

Next: creepy, unnerving, disturbing
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Colonel Cathcart wrote:Next: creepy, unnerving, disturbing
Kala:

motsua - ['mo:tʃʷa]

next: to disguise oneself; to dress up

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Poswa: punep to camouflage;
punepupiap to camouflage with extra clothes. Both terms work well, just that one is more specific than the other. There's also mampiop for the more general "hide inside something that looks like you" sense of camouflage and pibis "to spy while camouflaged".

next: "thank you"; to thank
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Uẃat-hletibaŋa
ŋípjyz̧aŋ - debt, obligation, favor
[ŋɨ̌pʲyʒəŋ]
ŋípjyz̧ajuz̧ - I'm indebted, obligated
[ŋɨ̌pʲyʒəʎuʒ]
hjyŋípjyz̧aŋ ǧgorańşe - 'You have my thanks'
[ʎ̥yŋɨ̌pʲyʒəŋ ç:ʌɻən:ʂɛ]



Next word: To expect, foresee, predict

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téllitófú ['tɛl:ito:fu:] vb. to predict, to prophesy

next: drum (made of animal skin)
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Monk wrote:next: drum (made of animal skin)
Himmaswa: ImageImageImage tgeecherkurl

Image - tgee skin
Image - to dry out; to purposely remove moisture (tgeecher is rawhide)
Image - drum

Next: small beast; creature; critter

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The wermūnd dialects have 5 main words mean small creature:

Bukspāg: memel, slaveź, melkožif, critšer
Wermundska: memł, šlaveź, lifbł
Durmundska: memel, šloveź, makaživ, lifbel
Ascmundska: šlovez, malkažif, libbel, critšer

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legolasean wrote:Next: an albino tiger (bengali)
Kala:

pyakanyahi - lit: white-tiger

next: appeal; charm

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sailiya /sai̭ˈliʝa/ n a charm, an enchantment; charm, appeal < PE ʃɑ̃ˈliʒ < PC kalṇe -ige (that which enchants)

next: notebook, place to right and keep notes

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Pazmivaniye wrote:next: notebook, place to right and keep notes
Kala:

mosa - book; notebook; scroll; booklet

next: spiral; helix; screw

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žíkvqi - spiral; helix
ʑɨ̌:cʷqʲɨ

hnatẍažzí - screw (N)
n̥əʔʁ̞əʑ:ɨ̌:
From hnat, 'nail'

natẍaz̧áŋn - he/she/it screws (V)
nəʔʁ̞əʒə̌:ŋ:


Next word: Gate, Lock, Sphincter

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baryala; baar - gate; entrance, entry point, detour, change in pace
shyondzumi, shyondzumibïl - locking bar
shyondzumi, shyondzumitae, shyondzumi-tachije - lock
kyeesdzumi, shyondzumikyeesbaar - sphincter

Next : remove (object); erase, cross out (writings)

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valiums wrote:Next : remove (object); erase, cross out (writings)
Kala:

potsa - to wipe off; erase; to blot out

mitsa - pull out from sth; remove part of the whole

next: scar; fig. remnant of former damage; remaining trauma

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scar; fig. remnant of former damage; remaining trauma

Ūvac-xohwōŋ
ǧoneš [çʌnɛɕ] - scar tissue
hwoŋéžé [ɰɐ̜ŋɛ̌ːʑɛ̌ː] - terrorized, having night terrors
ẍahrgūlh [ʁ̘ɐ̰ɟʼəː] - handicap, a gimp



Next word: to threaten, shake a vending machine, rough up

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ulsh wrote:Next word: to threaten, shake a vending machine, rough up
Arǵi: rakćon - to accost; threaten

Next word: grin/smirk

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Tieđđá wrote:Next: grin/smirk
Kala:

nalo - to smile; grin; laugh

next: brittle; fragile

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UXO: (hahaha)

kuáz̧z [kʷɵ̌ːʒː]
brittle; fragile

géžáŋó [ɟʼɛ̌ːʑəːɲʌː]
breaking, shattering


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ulsh wrote:Next: Cryptobiotic Soil
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Kala:

puna - soil; dirt; earth

next: to strain after something; to make efforts

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Pazmivaniye wrote:sailiya /sai̭ˈliʝa/ n a charm, an enchantment; charm, appeal < PE ʃɑ̃ˈliʒ < PC kalṇe -ige (that which enchants)

next: notebook, place to right and keep notes
PE looks sort of French-like; is that the idea?

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FearfulJesuit wrote:
Pazmivaniye wrote:sailiya /sai̭ˈliʝa/ n a charm, an enchantment; charm, appeal < PE ʃɑ̃ˈliʒ < PC kalṇe -ige (that which enchants)

next: notebook, place to right and keep notes
PE looks sort of French-like; is that the idea?
That's pretty much it!

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Pazmivaniye wrote:pretty
Kala:

aya - pretty; beautiful

next: absorbed; engrossed

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masako wrote:next: absorbed; engrossed
Tautisca: enuntus, -un, -a "included; occupied; busy; absorbed, engrossed"; PPP of enunten "include; occupy; absorb, integrate", en- "in(to)" + unten "take".

Next: without

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hwhatting wrote:Next: without
Kala:

ma'ak - without; apart

next: carpenter's square

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Xoųŋiçco
[χʌũɲɨðːʌ]

carpenter's square
Teceŋit sąh "Steel square"
/tɛθɛɲɨt ʂɻ̥χ/

On a somewhat distant tangent from that

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raćažŋu
Lizard

Teceŋitjeÿ sąhja ǫnfuşǫam ŋiwox Ȳbaraćažŋulaą ǫnfuşǫavyš
"Steel Squares are there when Lizardpeople are around."


Next word: Podunk, Ramshackle, or Derelict

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ulsh wrote:next: derelict
Kala:

keua - to abandon; to discard; to spurn; to forsake; derelict

next: to shoo away; to expel

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