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Imralu wrote:Next: a draft, cool air which enters from outside
Kala: yasahi [jaʃa:ɦi] - draft, breeze; small wind

next: sound of beating a drum; onomatopoeic for rat-a-tat etc

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sano wrote:
Imralu wrote:Next: a draft, cool air which enters from outside
Kala: yasahi [jaʃa:ɦi] - draft, breeze; small wind

next: sound of beating a drum; onomatopoeic for rat-a-tat etc
Illyrian:
tet-a-tet [tɛt ɑ tɛt] — Snare Drum Onomatopoeia (imitative)
dom-bom-dum [dɒm bɒm dʉm] — Bass Drum Onomatopoeia (imitative)
Trumme ['tɾʉm.a] (n.f.) — Drum (CGmc, perhaps *trumō, or a Borrowing from Dutch; not attested in Old Illyrian, in which the Word was Bota)
Trummesbunne [tɾʉm.ɨz'bʉn.a] (n.f.) — Drumbeat (Trumme + Bunne (Deverbial, ultimately from CGmc punojanan, cf Eng. "pound" (v.))

Next Word: Orchard
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Christopher Schröder wrote: Next Word: Orchard
Diʕì: gisugə (gis "fruit tree" + ugə "forest") or gihin "place with fruit trees")
... Khulls: gisŏgʷ
... Bābā: pisupe or žisue ... /p/'s were added because the fruit was in the "gender" of /p/, which often includes natural foods that are not meat-based
...... Poswa: župsi
...... Pabappa: pissi or ipsi ... the sequence piss (or any C1VC2C2 sequence) automatically contracts to -ps- after a vowel, so the second word seems as if it's a compound of i + pissi, but in fact it's just the retention of the non-gendered form of the other word.

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Keja-mwsj lit. Wing-bug
Next: the feeling of being free to be yourself in an unfamiliar place/the feeling that you can tell more to an impartial stranger/the feeling of freedom to start anew/fresh, free of consequences

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meltman wrote:Next: liberty; liberation; freedom
Kala: tsiya

next: to tread; to stamp; to step on; to press a pedal

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sano wrote:next: to tread; to stamp; to step on; to press a pedal
Illyrian:
traithen [tɾɑi̯ðɨn] (v.t.) — to press, to push down (CGmc *trēdanan)

Next Word: Jigsaw Puzzle
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Alahithian: Jigsaw puzzle - Pid zhexu (lit. mixed bits)

Next word: tooth ache, (an) aching tooth
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treegod wrote:Next word: tooth ache, (an) aching tooth
Icastrian: harmusiarg [ˈharmʊˌʃarg]
etymology: harmu "tooth" + siarg "pain"

Next: to move (from one house/city/etc. to another)
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Colonel Cathcart wrote: Next: to move (from one house/city/etc. to another)
HM English: lurkjerɜr - [ləˤcɛʁɜˤ]

From "luggage" - "ing".

Next: to commit genocide, to exterminate (a people)
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Zarian:

andrilehnar: to purposefully massacre a population, possibly to the point of extinction

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constellation
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Jerian_Nostigia wrote:constellation
Illyrian:
Sternesclutte (n.f.) ['stɛə̯.nɨz'klʉ.ta] — Constellation (literally "Star Cloud", Sterne "Star" + Clutte "Cloud")
Sterne (n.f.) ['stɛə̯.na] — Star (CGmc *sternōn)
Clutte (n.f.) [klʉ.ta] — Cloud, Veil, Shroud (CGmc *cluddōn)

Next Word: order, put into Order, organise
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Christopher Schröder wrote:Next Word: order, put into Order, organise
Himmaswa:

ydoulbngoy [jə̯̆dʊɭbŋo̰i̯] (ydoul: 'to rectify; to revise; to tidy up', bngoy: 'group; collection')

Next: avalanche

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clawgrip wrote:Next: avalanche
Kala: tipuanyahi - [tipʷaɲa:ɦi] - lit: the dropping of snow (not the same as snow falling from sky)

next: to split; to crack; to break open

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Rīƞ:
jho - to split, to tear
thyām - to crack, to break open

Next word: rain

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2-4 wrote:Next word: rain
Illyrian:
Rein (n.n.) — Rain
rennen (v.) — to rain

Next Word: inappropriate, offensive
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2-4 wrote:Next word: rain
Mzta:

-uŋk [ɯŋk] (v) rain, shower -- dialectally also -unt [ɯnt]
-- gyuŋk [ʝɯŋk ~ jɯŋk] "it's raining"
ŋka [ŋka] (nf) "rain" -- also hmuŋk [χmɯŋk] (nf) "rainwater"

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2-4 wrote:Next word: rain
Illyrian:
Rein (n.n.) — Rain
rennen (v.) — to rain

Next Word: inappropriate, offensive
-nyxypdep [ɲçpzep ~ ɲçprep] (v) offend, cause offense
< pdep "reason, cause" (e.g. "give so. cause (to be angry)")
monyxypdep [mɤɲçpzep ~ mɤɲçprep] (adj) offending, offensive, inappropriate


Next word: reason, cause
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Zarian:
reason/ cause: selar


derives from the verb selra, meaning to cause something to happen. Zarian is a verb dominant language. Most other words derive from verbs.

Verbs often end CV, the vowel at the end makes room for the conjugation. Nouns are often the opposite, VC, making room for pluralizing, and possessives.

next: handshake (or if your society has a different way of greeting people, then what is it, and what's the term for it?)
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Jerian_Nostigia wrote:next: handshake (or if your society has a different way of greeting people, then what is it, and what's the term for it?)
Nayraki

keika, to bow; a bow
vetyrinka, crossarms: arms crossed in front of the chest, fists in front of opposite arm's shoulders

next: corrosive

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Leliel wrote:next: corrosive
Kala: tlotsua - [tɬo:tʃʷa]

next: effect; efficacy

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Kala lagana: tasa effect...

Next!!!!!!!: sarcasm
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legolasean wrote:
Next!!!!!!!: sarcasm

Zarian:

salikrah: to use sarcasm

Zarian does not have a noun for sarcasm, only the verb 'to use sarcasm'.

next: exponential
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Jerian_Nostigia wrote:next: exponential
Kala: uetlin - [we:tɬin] - related to "power; exponent (math.)"

next: crazy about; fan; enthusiast

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next: crazy about; fan; enthusiast
Pazmat: Taciga

(named after the famous king Taciga Westari, who was known for having some EXTREMELY zealous enthusiats, enough so that his name become the go-to word for 'fan')

Next: equation
Nūdhrēmnāva naraśva, dṛk śraṣrāsit nūdhrēmanīṣṣ iźdatīyyīm woḥīm madhēyyaṣṣi.
satisfaction-DEF.SG-LOC live.PERFECTIVE-1P.INCL but work-DEF.SG-PRIV satisfaction-DEF.PL.NOM weakeness-DEF.PL-DAT only lead-FUT-3P

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Chagen wrote:Next: equation
Illyrian:
Eckelement (nm) ['ɛk.ɪ.lɪ.mɪnt] — Equation (eckel "equal" + -(i)ment, used often to derive Nouns from Verbs, from Old French)
eckel (adj) ['ɛk.ɪl] — equal (Lat. aequalis)

Next Word: derivative (when referring to creative Works, generally derisively)
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Christopher Schröder wrote:Next Word: derivative
Kala: 하서 - hase - [ha:ʃe] - to derive; derivative; derivation

next: to strain or filter; a trickle
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