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Karani: Kapale kunagara guragara [kʰa:pʰaleɪ kʰuna:ga:ra: gura:ga:ra:]
/lit.To be a raccoon disguised as a skunk./

Many people in Karanorisa though that raccoons and skunks were often thought to be deceitful twins in which one would disguise itself as the other. They are considered to be mysterious because they tend to hide and you only find them when you don't want to and when you want to find them you can't. The fact that both words end in -gara lead to Duhi eche garagara! [duɦi: ɛtʃɛ ga:ra:ga:ra:] Don't be a 'coon'unk! (raccoon+skunk) which means "Don't be a stranger by not being mysterious" meaning that you should keep in contact with someone.

There's also:

Rezzuli kuna (gura)- [rɛzsuli: kʰuna: (gu:ra:)] to wear a (rac)coon [or (sk)unk].

Rezzuli-to wear clothes, costumes, etc.
Kapale- To be disguised as, to pretend to be someone else, to lead someone on, to string along someone, to bait (includes scammers),
Guragara-Skunk (Often shortened to Gura)
Kunagara- Raccoon (Often shorted to Kuna)
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To stress out over something very important
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Koko.Dk wrote:Next: To stress out over something very important
Kala:

nkitso - to (become) stress(ed) (tense) / stress / tension

next word: swamp / bayou

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sano wrote:
next word: swamp / bayou

dimbon, swamp < proto-Tarandic *dweyn, 'swamp' + *buyŋ, 'field, place'.

next word: salpetre.

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Ars Lande wrote:next word: salpetre.
Kala:

satlila - Potassium nitrate / Sodium nitrate / saltpeter

next word: sheriff / police

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Hellesan:

n. isardol -e -s -es "Hellesan police", lit. "fusilier". Etymology: from isardol baserant "mountain fusilier", an ancient paramilitary force, from isard "fusil".


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Izo wrote:Next word: muzzle
Kala:

kipa uku no >> kipukuno - muzzle [device to stop an animal from biting] (lit: bite stop thing)

next word: alert

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Tirase:

omúli adj. 1) high. 2) alert, watchful, vigilant. Etym. Kulae hoimúlie "high". Later sense of "watchful" is from the concept of a lookout being on high ground or a tower.


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eodrakken wrote:next: promise
Mebharan:

verb: eginan
noun: egina, also andest, but andest has a thrust more along the lines of "guarantee" or "warranty".

There is also a verb limbron meaning, among other things, "to break a promise".

Next word: procrastinate
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bulbaquil wrote:Next word: procrastinate
DAUTIAN
takiemue [takɪmʊ] n procrastinate; delay doing (LIT continue over, FROM takie + mue)

Next word: prescience

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Sevly wrote:Next word: prescience
Kala:

anyama - foresee / predict / prescience / forecast

next word: wait / await

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Karani:
Mazu/ma:zu/- to wait, await, pause, delay, to have downtime, to hold on, to fill time, lie in wait, to stop temporarily and wait for (someone/something)

NEXT wrote:To be inconvenienced/To cause an inconvenience
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Proto-Vdangku:
åpiåk- v. to trip, to be delayed, to be inconvenienced
aggazt- v. to cause an inconvenience (for someone else)


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treskro wrote:Next: diagonal

Proto-Aidisese:
Bresxon - diagonal, oblique; cognate to Preskon, meaning a slant


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I never heard that word before.
Filial according to Google's define option wrote:designating the generation or the sequence of generations following the parental generation
relating to or characteristic of or befitting an offspring; "filial respect"
Pertaining to or befitting a son or daughter; Respectful of the duties and attitudes of a son or daughter toward their parents; Of a generation or generations descending from a specific previous one
having or assuming the relation of a child or offspring.
Karani: Kafonyo /kʰa:foɲo /- Filial (Lit. Parental influence)
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Someone who enjoys reading in bed/Librocubicularist
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Koko.Dk wrote: Someone who enjoys reading in bed/Librocubicularist
Classical Tarandim: birkevonne < birke, bed + fonne, he reads.

next: virtuous.

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Ars Lande wrote:next: virtuous.
Aidisese: Lonen, cognate with Eroni, meaning "Justice"


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cybrxkhan wrote:Next: Melody
Kala:

maka - music / melody / tune

next word: play or fiddle with

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Hellesan:

v. merçar "to play", "to fiddle with". Etymology: a deformation of marrozar "to joke", "to fool around" (from an old orthography marroçar, merroçar, mer'zar, mer'çar), from marro "joke", "fun" but also "haze", "mist", from Peran mabronu "flock", "fluff".


Next word: protest
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Izo wrote:Next word: protest
Aidisese:

Waxan, "to protest"; from wahaya, meaning "whine". Originally an offensive term used for nonconformists and rebels, but gradually over time became more and more accepted.


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cybrxkhan wrote:Next: Angst
Kala:

muna - worry / concern / care / angst

next word: convenience, ease

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Karani:

Sawuonii-[sa:wuoni:i:]Convenient
Gubeno-to try at something and win, to be lucky, be good at something
Gubeno sawuonii- [gʰubɛno] to have something made easy, to press the easy button, to have/make something convenient for someone/yourself.
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to book something (invitation to a party, buy plane tickets/hotel rooms etc)
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Koko.Dk wrote:Next: to book something (invitation to a party, buy plane tickets/hotel rooms etc)
Kala: hapa - book in advance / reserve / retain

next word: be careful; be mindful

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Proto-Vdangku: erk- v. to be careful, to be cautious < from erku adj. cautious, careful.


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a study, an investigation
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zo piku means a study or ivestigation in Orincaryian

Next word: a journey or a quest

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Hellesan:

1. f. idachie -s "adventure", "odyssey".

2. m. tardezze -s "travel", "journey", "quest". Etymology: from Arc. Hel. tardentse, from Peran tardentisu and Sarden tardentĭsos "travel", from tardes "way", "road".


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