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SE: mónon "womb."

next: hypochondriac.

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Risla wrote:next: hypochondriac.
Kala: poya te pyoki - lit: to moan/complain about illness

next: compassionate; gentle; merciful; kind; humane

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sano wrote:next: compassionate; gentle; merciful; kind; humane
Haziam:
aria- compassionate, humane, kind like a host
iipiah- gentle, soothing, kind like a friend
civa- helpful, kind like a mother

Next: manners; etiquette

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sano wrote:next: placenta; womb
Xuáli:

diálenia is a womb, uterus

Literally it means "gift of Enia". From diál 'gift' (from dal 'give') and Enia, the Ahu goddess of life, creation and femininity.

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gali e lama is a hypochondriac (literally "sick person who is healthy")

mali[a X] is kind, compassionate, gentle, merciful, humane [towards X]

le taan is the act of being polite; is manners; is etiquette
pehu taan is manners, etiquette
taan is polite, well-mannered

Next word: walking stick.
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Imralu wrote:Next word: walking stick.
Kala: palo

next: bullet; shot; shell

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sano wrote: next: bullet; shot; shell
Vayardyio:

čipo - bullet
capéna - grenade, shell
prasto - shot, impact; explosion

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consequence
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Yagia wrote:next: consequence
Kala: sonu - outcome; result; conclusion; in the end; as a result

next: acute angle

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sano wrote:next: acute angle
nag kānen - a cute angle
nag avaudu - acute angle lit. 'narrow corner'
ēġiśnag - right angle lit. 'center corner'
nag salvu - obtuse angle lit. 'wide corner'

next: edge
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MisterBernie wrote:next: edge
Proto-Atlantean: ǃoħuŋ - edge of an object, precipice, riverbank

Next: attack
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Earthling wrote: Next: attack
Vayardyio:

astrigo - attack (noun)
astrigara - to attack (verb: as in a battle)

cf.:
astrigi rétrago - 'machine for assault': armoured car, tank

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ludicrous
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adj and m rinsambre –s "ridiculous", "ludicrous" » From Middle Peran rinsanbere "laughable", from rinsari "to laugh".


Next word: comic strip or satirical or humorous sequential narrative drawing.
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Kinál:
qʼgásu [qʼxəsʷ]; > Cétes çeşa [qʰaθa] - any type of joke or humorous construction; if you needed to be specific you could say qʼgákʼasu for something written or drawn that was funny.

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aamoro`tacha`yete lit. "comprehensive word tome"
Formal [a:˦ mo˨ʀo˨ ta˦tʃa˦ iɛ˨tɛ˨]
Informal [a˦ mʊh˨ tə˦ tʃjɪtʰ˨]

next word: habit, tendancy

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valiums wrote:next word: habit, tendancy
mēzuvul [ˈmɛːzuβɯl] n - regularity; regular schedule, time table; habit
< mēzuvā regular, normal, occuring regularly + -ul state/quality suffix
<< mēzna happen, occur

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f apendance –s » From Middle Peran apentse and Sarden apéntheso "bee" + –dance "culture", "cult".


Next word: thalassocracy
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Izambri wrote:Next word: thalassocracy
Kala: muanahyata - muana - sea; ocean | hyata - authority; govern, rule

next: function; role

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sano wrote:next: function; role
Bɨɨše: faxšadùt

Next word: hypocrisy
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uongzdālt- v to say something hypocritical, to be a hypocrite, to contradict oneself


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Poswa pižbi, though you might hear just pyf, which also means "flag", used for many things that we call banners. Basically if you can hold it with one hand (or one flagpole) it's a pyf, if it takes two it's a pižbi.



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1 m sarestarmeví –ins "re-enactment", "reconstruction", lit. "act of reconstruct".
2 f sarestarmevet –s "re-enactment", "reconstruction", lit. "effect of reconstruct".


Next word: pyroballistics
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Izambri wrote:Next word: pyroballistics
What?

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The study of explosive projectiles, I would think.

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Theta wrote:The study of explosive projectiles, I would think.
Citation?

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None, that was just what it looked like to me.
But I Googled it and didn't get any promising results, so I suppose it's just a made up ad hoc word.

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Gk. pyr 'fire' + ballo 'I throw'

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