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Uscaniv:

atraciuar - expand, make big

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vecfaranti wrote: next: whistle
Tarandim: seçi < proto-Tarandic *srisi

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Ars Lande wrote:Next: mercy
Kala:

tsihi - compassion / mercy / sympathy / empathize

Next Word: suffer

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prasaich- 'suffer'

Next word- beer (or other suitable alcoholic beverage)

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roninbodhisattva wrote:Next word- beer (or other suitable alcoholic beverage)
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nkapa - alcohol (a generic term for any alcoholic beverage) / napita - wine

next word: assignment

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sano wrote: next word: assignment
Tarandim: koggenra, from koggene, 'to order' < proto-Tarandic *kuŋbən, 'to order, to instruct'


next word: squirrel

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Ars Lande wrote:next word: squirrel
Kala:

salali - squirrel (squirrels, chipmunks, and beavers)

next word: sum

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sano wrote: next word: sum
Tarandim: tarales, from the perfective of ta, 'to count' + the class VI object suffix -les (noun class VI comprises, among other things, coins and money in general). < proto-Tarandic *trah
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Kuroras: tòra. Possibly monomorphemic all the way back to proto-Human, but I can say that it is cognate to a word for a skirt worn by women, the commonality being that they both "bloom" out at you from a relatively small starting point. And both tend to be colorful. Actually, this word means "flowering plant" technically, while the word for the bloom of a flower is si, which derives ultimately from proto-Human nihì. But this latter word is not normally used by itself because one-syllable nouns in general cause problems for comprehension in this language.

New word: to move by pushing with the end of a stick (this language has a two syllable word for it)
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Soap wrote:New word: to move by pushing with the end of a stick (this language has a two syllable word for it)
Kala: kusu ma'a palo lit: push with stick


next word: backlog

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Soap wrote: New word: to move by pushing with the end of a stick (this language has a two syllable word for it)
Tarandim distinguishes the following for 'to move, to push, to pull'

fano is to move (push or pull) an object with an instrument < proto-Tarandic *hwau, 'branch' + *nwow, 'to push'
deno is to push by hand ('give-push')
'to pull' is pimno from the same root + pim, 'to get'.

For large objects, one has to use: bazér, 'to move, to push', vubazér, 'to pull'. < proto-Tarandic *batser, 'to move' and *wruy, 'prop, support'.

OK, I missed my turn :)

Backlog would be mutettançe: 'backlog, reserve', from tettam, 'to supply (military)' < proto-Tarandic *tretram +mu, 'after, behind'


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In Neo-Moiku:

fhandhīminaa - fhan official, valid; dhī force, pressure; mina out, outwards, outside

Fhandhīminaa nao. She is in exile, she is/was exiled.

next word: realisation, to realise

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Uscaniv:

realisation: hiarmint

Next: slum
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valiums wrote:next word: realisation, to realise
Kala:

nala - to become enlightened / enlightenment

Kala: nyopamo - dilapidated neighborhood / slum

next word: unpleasant

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Neo-Moiku:

alai - unpleasant, rude, distasteful - a global negator; lai pleasing, pleasant
vūlōphiŋ - slum, a person who lives in a slum - vūlō mud; phiŋin to shuffle, to move slowly or ponderously, to move or act in a way that pains other people to watch ("I phiŋi!" You move so slowly!)

Lá, alai vūlōphiŋ. What an unpleasant slum.

next words: rush, hurry, stress, panic, freak out

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Myonian:

meuri - pleasant
an - negation prefix
anmeuri - unpleasant
anmeuri - slum
wurlen - to rush, to hurry
strees - stress
teurur - panic, terror
teuren - to panic, to freak out

next word: skirt
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Nowieda- siegi [sʲegi[/b] 'skirt, short dress'

Next word- picture frame

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Hellesan:

m. frent "picture frame". Etymology: related to fredesc "marquis" and frede "march", from Meg. fred- "limit", "border", "barrier".


next word: trajectory
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Tirase:

sóluze m. 1 bow (weapon). 2 arch, archway. 3 rainbow. 4 trajectory, arcing path a projectile takes through the air. (Kulae sólusos "bow (weapon)")

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Sóluze si zus is vróni te tóro. Lu révol, kulbál.
trajectory of.the.M throwing_knife be(3SG) bad of little_bit // your window / sorry
The trajectory of the throwing knife was a little unfortunate. Sorry about your window.


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eodrakken wrote:next: suggest
Kala: teya - imply / suppose / recommend / suggest / propose

next word: to conduct or carry out

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Hellesan:

1 v. farder "to conduct", "to carry", "to carry out", "to direct".

2 v. prestar "to conduct", "to carry", "to carry out", "to direct".

3 v. estardar "to conduct", "to drive".

4 v. casardar "to direct", "to pilot", "to drive", "to conduct".


Next word: afterlife
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Izo wrote: Next word: afterlife
gande dorabenkeça, 'the fields of the dead'

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gande dor-     aben-ke       -ça
dead   PL.VIII-sow  -place  -POSS.3pl
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Tormiott:

huatt /ʍæt/
(n) wind; (v) to blow (for wind); to be windy
sohuatt (n) misfortune, bad luck {so-, prefix meaning opposition, negative, being against}
(v) to be disfavoured; to be unlucky, to be unfortunate; to be omitted (to omit: iorh)

In case you care, iorh as a noun means hole or anus. As a verb it also means 'to leave room for' or 'to save someone a seat'. Not entirely sure how awkward that makes things

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din wrote:Next word: coffee
Kala: kaua

Next Word: inflation

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Hellesan:

1 To inflate, the act. v. blefaví

2 To inflate, the effect. v. blefavet


Next word: piracy, pirate
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