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Nirimian:

Nalōroy, nalōribil, to bounce, jump up and down; to undulate; from 'na-', 'again' and 'lōroy, lōrib', 'to jump'

next: clock, sundial, or other most common chronometer
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himmose - lit. sun timer; a sundial
ranmose - lit. ringing timer
ranmove or ranmoseve - a sundial-and-bell tower that keeps time for a district.

Ranmose may be small enough to work for only one household. They are private, as opposed to ranmove/se, which are public.

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preleden v. preview, to see beforehand; preled n. an advance statement, sample, or survey

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Griets uses the conjunction mjasag [mʲas.ag̊]

next word: how does your conlang say than?
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KetziaNaren wrote:preleden v. preview, to see beforehand; preled n. an advance statement, sample, or survey
Is preleden any relation for prelude? A related inquiry: is your conlang of the Germanic presuasion?
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Azathoth wrote:next word: how does your conlang say than?
Hellesan has te [tə] or [te], although can be combined with other particles, basically na "of" and the definite article.

Next: accelerate (with non-personal forms if possible).
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Curan Roshac wrote:
KetziaNaren wrote:preleden v. preview, to see beforehand; preled n. an advance statement, sample, or survey
Is preleden any relation for prelude? A related inquiry: is your conlang of the Germanic presuasion?
The only german thing about my conlang is the infinitive verb ending. preleden is based on the Macedonian word Преглед. Most of the vocabulary is based Macedonian, Latin, and Ido.

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accelerate
Ardinorian:

clerghenti

Lennei:

ngutur

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mulsamane - v. to bleed, hæmorrhage. from mulsa blood + amane to lose, release

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Arzena wrote:Ardinorian:

clerghenti
This word could be Hellesan from the orthographic point of view and would be pronounced [kləɾ'ɣɛnti]. :P
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äreo wrote:mulsamane - v. to bleed, hæmorrhage. from mulsa blood + amane to lose, release

next word: margarine
tsanga-šok (butter-soft)

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daryush wrote:next word: apartment
Kala:

mokumo - n. aparment (lit: sleep-place); as opposed to tsaka meaning house, home or abode

Next word: jug, serving vessel
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oneigu, 1 cup, 2 large jar

next: hug

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OT: Oh come on, no more obscure words you can think of? :D

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gum(X-Sampa, more or less. Rhymes with DOOM): The sound is supposed to be onomatopoeic to what one hears when affectionately enveloped in the mantle of another. These folks resemble some kind of squid or cephalopod.

This was meant to be a rough translation of, "hug."

The next word is: lurid.
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Torco wrote:oneigu, 1 cup, 2 large jar

next: hug
/ʔbily.wo.fa/ - held close.


Note: the /ɤt/ {fm} /ot/ {m} are optional prefixes, as the -fa does the needed business..
ʔbily.wo = grasping
-fa: = likely a marker to denote closeness, intimacy, in great confidence.
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I assume you mean, "why me?" specifically in the lamenting sense rather than as, "why am I so lucky?," or, "why am I always the one who gets all the attractive members of the appropriate gender?"

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su_liam wrote:I assume you mean, "why me?" specifically in the lamenting sense rather than as, "why am I so lucky?," or, "why am I always the one who gets all the attractive members of the appropriate gender?"
while I was thinking of the lament when I said next, its up to whomever goes next, if they want to use the lament (as opposed to your examples, or some other interpretation)
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äee [i:] oh, woe. Just a sound to make when lamenting or despairing. Yes, it's really pronounced [i:].

Next: carbon (as in the element or something related, like charcoal)
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laolu, coal, charcoal.

next: the eerie feeling that something is not quite right.

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ko-a'graS - carbon(lit. "candle dust")

ko'Al - candle(coincidentally pronounced a little bit like the English, "coal.")
graS-in - powder/dust, also essence.

How about lurid, next?

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Torco wrote:next: the eerie feeling that something is not quite right.
Ngatowɤlɤ - risen hairs {on your hands}...yes, /wo/ became /wɤ/ through rounding and stuck.
/ŋatowɤlɤ/

su_liam wrote: How about lurid, next?

:)
Natiiwlɤngabo - risen hairs {on your hands} of the eyes - literally. a great shock to see/behold.
/ŋati:.wɤlɤ.ŋabo/
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Rodlox wrote:Ngatowɤlɤ - risen hairs
I like this a lot.


What's the next word? x3


roninbodhisattva wrote:
HelixWitch wrote:sekáno - lit. thing that writes people (Used among followers of Oiká, the second most common religion, a main part of which is writing and words)
The sekáno is the pen writing out a life's story...
(This lead to a lot of insults about "paper people".)
I want/need to know more about this.
What part? The whole religion, or how Oikános and Oisuinos pass the time insulting each other?

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HelixWitch wrote:
Rodlox wrote:Ngatowɤlɤ - risen hairs
I like this a lot.
Heheh... As do I.
HelixWitch wrote: What's the next word? x3


roninbodhisattva wrote:
HelixWitch wrote:sekáno - lit. thing that writes people (Used among followers of Oiká, the second most common religion, a main part of which is writing and words)
The sekáno is the pen writing out a life's story...
(This lead to a lot of insults about "paper people".)
I want/need to know more about this.
What part? The whole religion, or how Oikános and Oisuinos pass the time insulting each other?
Both? I mean, really, for me at least, both.

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Rodlox wrote:/wo/ became /wɤ/ through rounding and stuck.
Hm? /ɤ/ is unrounded.

And I think you owe us a word.

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