Lexicon Building

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Ooh I've been wanting to do this one.

jiusgaru- thing by which one communicates, language, tongue, writing
yamo tiye- tongue, door handle, lit. mouth-arm

Next word: yawn

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Prmysl wrote: Next word: yawn
Aidisese:
woa - to yawn; onomatopoeic


Next:
to woo [a potential partner]
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Karani:
Kamas sawo jito aku rurungulonii pikajeni-[kʰamaz zawo dʒitʰo akʰu ruruŋuloni: pikʰadʒɛni] To woo (a potential male partner) [lit. To have attractive (referring exclusively to a guy) [features in] that person's face - To have+demonstrative adjective: that+ attractive(males only)+possessive particle aku+face]

Kamas sawo jito aku ehukuonii gort [kʰamaz zawo dʒitʰo akʰu ɛɦukʰuoni: gortʰ] To woo (a potential female partner) [Lit. To have beautiful (referring exclusively to a girl) [features in] that person's mouth/To have+demonstrative adjective: that+person[counter]+possessive particle+mouth]

Gort- Mouth
Rurungulonii-[ruruŋuloni:] Handsome (Used to describe males only), attractive, hunky [adj]
Ehukuonii- [ɛɦukʰuoni:] Hottie, Babe, Beautiful (Used to describe females only) [adj]
Pikajeni- Face
Next: To cheat [on a test/game/etc
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Maka-
nainko rìntannu - nain paper rìn metal tan do, action
lit. "to shine a paper", or "to make a paper shine/to make a paper like metal"
'Shine', strictly like polished metal, and metal being the rarest, most valuable substance in Moiku.

Ani nainkao aite rìntantau.
She cheated on all of her tests.

to cheat on XX: XX rìntannu, with XX preferrably being the substance of the thing.
(Tests are not called papers in Moiku, but they are made of them.)


next word: twist (verb or noun)

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Hellesan:

v. arosar "to twist". Etymology: from arós "twist".


Next word: swamp
Un llapis mai dibuixa sense una mà.

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Poswa: vwembwa, originally "forest swamp", and therefore still just bwa in many place names.

next word: bar (table) high-seated table for many people to eat at
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Soap wrote: next word: bar (table) high-seated table for many people to eat at
Aidisese:
Enzan - table


Next:
alliance
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cybrxkhan wrote:Next: alliance
Kala: napu

next word: intoxicated, drunk

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Tow:

mày - adj. drunk, intoxicated

wù mày i̖ cō ì
[wuː˥˩ maj˥˩eː˩˩ ɕɔ˦˦iː˥˩]
DEF.C2 drunk SUB person DIM
the drunk girl



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Áressa

pérbangat [pe:rbɑŋɑt]- restricted to the upper-class, exclusive

Next word- growl

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Proto Northern Yoiku:
rharalhar [ʀɐɹɐrɐɹ] to growl; to huff, make whining or complaining noises

next word: to sneak, sneaky, sneaker ~

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Áressa

nalyárut [nɑlʲa:ɾut]- sneak, move quietly, go unseen
nalyárna [nɑlʲa:ɾnɑ]- sneaky, having the ability to sneak

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roninbodhisattva wrote: Next word- delicious
Aidisese:
besi - delicious, tasty


Next:
to gasp
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Áressa-

hvúmut [xfu:mut]- to gasp, react in surprise
liyekat [lijɛkɑt]- to draw in breath sharply, not necessarily in surprise

Next word- soothing

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roninbodhisattva wrote:Next word- soothing
Kala: saya - soothe / calm / relax

next word: break off, snap

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Áressa

svárat- break in two

Next word- spark

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Tow:

nyèhny - v - to spark, to incite
nè ì - n5 - sparks (fire)


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treskro wrote:Next: Ultraviolet/infrared
Kala: enye ketla - [lit: outside red]

next word: tracks, footprints

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Maka

shaìnkuzù - shaìn foot kuzù ink, ink writing, ink marks

next word: double, triple

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valiums wrote:next word: double, triple
Kala: tita'o, tiha'o

ti - multiple prefix

ta'o - two

ha'o - three

next word: same, similar

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sano wrote: next word: same, similar
Aidisese:
sao - "same"
taima - "similar"


Next:
to harvest (i.e., to harvest crops)
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Tow:

gyá - v - to harvest
gyóh fèhnùh - v - to gather crops



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sharpen (senses)
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Sharpen

To CREATE = KAPŌ
SHARP = ZElNŌ


SHARPEN = 'To make sharp' = KAZElNŌ

*note* El is one sound as in Elevator

Next word = Horse

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greenkyle wrote:Next word = Horse
Kala: uma - horse / equine

next word: imitate, copy

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Leneric:

tasir: to make a copy
manarhe: to imitate
pofub: to copy (someone's work)

Next word: drum
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