Lexicon Building

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HausMaus wrote:Next word: to dance
Tautisca: solliten

Next word: to pull, draw

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hwhatting wrote: Next word: to pull, draw
trāhaney to pull, drag

glibēy to draw, to leech, to sap

Next word: linguistics
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Bouritish

Soupietyshsityrdie /sopi:dɐʃ.sitr̩ti:/ from soupietysh 'language' (from speech) + sityrdie 'study, analysis, research' (from study)


Börtis

Söpdâssitertie /sœpdɑs:itɛrti:/ from Bouritish soupietyshsityrdie 'linguistics; the formal study of language'


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Msérsca:
úslaernío [ʉːsˈlaːɾniːju], lit. under-earth-levels

next word: metaphysics
Last edited by äreo on Sun Nov 24, 2013 2:21 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Ascima mresa óscsma sáca psta numar cemea.
Cemea tae neasc ctá ms co ísbas Ascima.
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äreo wrote:Msérsca:
next word: metaphysics
maanedeetsh:

dinne dee insaats uzaa faashteeez saan [dinə inˈzɑts 'uzɑ ˈfɑʃteəz sɑn] metaphysics (things which are beyond our understanding)

unfortunately the best translation I could come up with :?

next word: interpret
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HausMaus wrote:next word: interpret
Riktas Rammay

wakaka- [wa.ka.ka] verb: to interpret, to try to understand. Continuative form of waha-, to know, to understand.

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Bearlandic: súp [suːp]: soup

Next word: apple

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Dē Graut Bʉr wrote:Next word: apple

Aquitanian:

éblas (noun) apple < PIE *h₂éblos apple
or
daruneblis (noun) apple tree < PIE *dóru tree and PIE *h₂éblos apple
or
pamas arudras (noun phrase) red fruit < Latin pomus apple, fruit and PIE *h₁rudʰrós red

next word: silvan, of the woods, wooded area
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Poswa:
bummis means "town in a forest" and can be used to indicate where forest people live even if they are not living in a static town with buildings and places to sleep. Plenty of words for forest itself exist, wumba is the most general purpose of these.

next: limb of an animal; arm, leg
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Vorlänegha

bhogh /βoɣ/ (noun) hand, arm.

ðeb /ðəb/ (noun) foot, leg.

pælyk /pælɪk/ (noun) tail.

Next word: death

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Tarannar wrote:Next word: death
Tautisca: morti (what can I do, it's an IE language and sometimes stubbornly doesn't want to innovate etyma)

Next word: reminder

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Msérsca:
dmecsalea [zmɛksɔʎɔ] reminder, from dmen to recall + -csa causative + -lea agentive

next word: phonograph

Ascima mresa óscsma sáca psta numar cemea.
Cemea tae neasc ctá ms co ísbas Ascima.
Carho. Carho. Carho. Carho. Carho. Carho. Carho.

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äreo wrote: next word: phonograph
Maanedeetsh:

Pladnshfeelaa [ˈplɐdn̥ʃfeːlɑː]

Next word: Whatever the term for the Gothic style of literature is in your Conlang.
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Šarlihet ja veressön elimaulbun mit uuzazu mardrömje (Karuslnko)
/ʃarlihet ja vɛrɛssœn ɛlimaʊlbun mɪt u:tsatsu mardrœmjɛ/
[lit: Love (n)+ and (conj)+ next to (prep)+eli-(prefix implying learning, teaching, education, etc)+language+ with+ 1(number)+counter for books+nightmare+instrumental case ending./

Slang: Mardröšabuk /mardrœʃabug/ (Nightmare-love-book mardrö(m)+ša(rlihet)+buk)

Šarlihet- Love (noun)+j
ja- and
veressön- next to (preposition)
eli- stem from elimu (education) and the verb elimure (to teach)
maul- language
Uu- from Uuo meaning 1 (one) (in this case the -o is dropped and the counter word for counting books: "zazu" is added)
Mardröm- Nightmare
-je (instrumental case ending)
-bun (suffix for literary works)

Next word : A word describing happiness and excitement.

EDIT: Whoops! Mixed up my conlangs! Karuslnko NOT Karani.
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Well, time to see how Cretovanian turned out. This language borrows a lot from English, Russian, and Greek. It has many original lexical entries as well.

Lingva'd Crêtova

cohet /koʔet/ (adjective) happy, content, pleased.

cohetun /koʔetun/ (noun) happiness, pleasure.

exite /eksite/ (adjective) excited, surprised.

echotav /etʃotäv/ (noun) excitement, surprise.

Next word: For those who have conworlds to go along with their conlangs, whatever the names of the countries (or other political bodies) that speak your conlangs are.

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Tarannar wrote:Next word: For those who have conworlds to go along with their conlangs, whatever the names of the countries (or other political bodies) that speak your conlangs are.
Kala:

Kala does not belong to a conworld. However, Kala uses a suffix -tla to describe a language. This can be suffixed to a cultural group or political entity.

alapotla - Arabic (language) (alapo - Arab)

amenyatla - German (language) (amenya - Germany)

sipanyatla - Spanish (language) (sipanya - Spain)
This particular construction straddles both language and culture. To distinguish dialects one could say mehikotla to identify Mexican Spanish, etc.

next: azure; sky blue

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noeenue /nʊənʊə/ adj. azure; sky blue (from noeen "sky" + ue "like")

Next word: underdog

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Msérsca:
simét perelea [ˈsiːmɲɛt ˈpɛɾɛˌʎɔ] underdog, lit. cherished loser

pereleansni [ˈpɛɾɛʎanˌzni], from loser + admirative, and pereleasmo [ˈpɛɾɛʎaˌsmu], from loser + (perhaps pejorative) augmentative, would also work.

next word: atonality
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Ascima mresa óscsma sáca psta numar cemea.
Cemea tae neasc ctá ms co ísbas Ascima.
Carho. Carho. Carho. Carho. Carho. Carho. Carho.

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*google fu ensues*

yenret ma fŭlo nɨzak-teiya ("the state of having no [musical] key." "Nɨzak" is the accusative negative prefix.)

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Pressed Bunson wrote:Next:
choir
Two words in Tautisca - corus (loaned from Greek via Latin) and cunconti < cun "with, together" + conti "singing"

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Msérsca:
eára [joːɾɔ] war

next word: (sound) synthesizer

Ascima mresa óscsma sáca psta numar cemea.
Cemea tae neasc ctá ms co ísbas Ascima.
Carho. Carho. Carho. Carho. Carho. Carho. Carho.

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äreo wrote:next word: (sound) synthesizer
Kala:

otonyo umye - sound.tool electric

next: swelling or lump on skin; pimple

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Yipta:

liyat [lij.at]: Swelling, lump on the skin. From lay, "pick up, raise," and at, "skin"
skisan [ski.san]: insect bite, pimple. From ska, "louse, annoyance," and san, "red, red thing"

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Nostalgia: svaʂʈaa (good times)

Next: statue
Talāṃ leya kalakena rāmah, saktalām peha leya bhūmena ca.
See a world in a grain of sand, and a heaven in a wild flower.
Omkāṃs tava sutvantayam pharo, 'naiṃ le' jeś ca.
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand, and eternity in an hour.

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Hohnyu

naigbrur ['naɪg.brur] n. statue

Next word: majestic

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