Lexicon Building
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Re: Lexicon Building
Habla: taptap a trickle
Kala lakana: takuchi a trickle
Next: Native; to be native;
Kala lakana: takuchi a trickle
Next: Native; to be native;
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Re: Lexicon Building
Kala - 사리 - sali - [ʃa:li] - native; person from a particular placelegolasean wrote:Next: native; to be native
next: within a definite time or space
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Illyrian —sano wrote:Kala - 사리 - sali - [ʃa:li] - native; person from a particular placelegolasean wrote:Next: native; to be native
next: within a definite time or space
thier [ðiə̯] (adv.) — there, then, at that Time (CGmc. *thær)
theirdaath [ðiə̯dɑːt] (adv.) — then, at that Time (their "then, there" + thaat "Time, Instance")
Daath [dɑːt] (n.m.) — Time, Instance, Occurrence (CGmc. *tīdiz, perhaps a Variant *tīdaz, Old Illyrian shows the Doublet daitha and daithi, cf. Dethy)
Dethy ['deː.ðɪ] (n.n.) — Era, Age (CGmc. tīdiz)
Next Word: pejorative Term for a Relation one does not like, such as French marâtre
"Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure."
-Jane Austen, [i]Pride and Prejudice[/i]
-Jane Austen, [i]Pride and Prejudice[/i]
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Kala:Christopher Schröder wrote:Next Word: pejorative Term for a Relation one does not like, such as French marâtre
The general invective (or pejorative) suffix -po can be used in this way with any family member:
onaya - stepmother, mother-in-law > onayapo ~ marâtre
otaya - stepfather, father-in-law > otayapo ~ parâtre
etc.
next: to recover; to heal; better
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Illyrian —
ollen ['ɒl.ɪn] (v.t.) — to better, to improve (CGmc *wol-, cf Ger Wohl, the Shortening is unexplained, but perhaps on Analogy with *wel-; see also oll (adj.) — "improved, bettered", olly "better, with Improvement")
betten ['bɛt.ɪn] (v.t.) — to get better, to recover (CGmc bet-, cf. bet "good", bettly "well")
betten on ['bɛt.ɪn ɒn] (v.i.) — to get past something, to get through something
Next Word: Crime
ollen ['ɒl.ɪn] (v.t.) — to better, to improve (CGmc *wol-, cf Ger Wohl, the Shortening is unexplained, but perhaps on Analogy with *wel-; see also oll (adj.) — "improved, bettered", olly "better, with Improvement")
betten ['bɛt.ɪn] (v.t.) — to get better, to recover (CGmc bet-, cf. bet "good", bettly "well")
betten on ['bɛt.ɪn ɒn] (v.i.) — to get past something, to get through something
Next Word: Crime
"Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure."
-Jane Austen, [i]Pride and Prejudice[/i]
-Jane Austen, [i]Pride and Prejudice[/i]
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Saerienne:
la débandisme [la daipːantːisːm], le falot [lu psalaː] crime, felony
la crime [la klim] crime, offence, misdemeanor
débandiser, faloter [daipːantːisaː, psalaːta]
fer o'lle débandisme, fer o'l falot [psa alː daipːantːisːm, psa al psalaː]
fer o'lle crime [psa alː klim]
commit a crime, commit a felony
crimer [klima] become a criminal; dirty oneself; do bad business
fer o'lle crimre [psa alː klima] be innocent; be common, be one of the people
Next:
fall asleep / go to sleep
la débandisme [la daipːantːisːm], le falot [lu psalaː] crime, felony
la crime [la klim] crime, offence, misdemeanor
débandiser, faloter [daipːantːisaː, psalaːta]
fer o'lle débandisme, fer o'l falot [psa alː daipːantːisːm, psa al psalaː]
fer o'lle crime [psa alː klim]
commit a crime, commit a felony
crimer [klima] become a criminal; dirty oneself; do bad business
fer o'lle crimre [psa alː klima] be innocent; be common, be one of the people
Next:
fall asleep / go to sleep
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Kàmo:valiums wrote:Next:
fall asleep / go to sleep
kaípaiska - to begin sleeping; go to sleep
Next word: airship
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Illyrian —Theta wrote:Kàmo:valiums wrote:Next:
fall asleep / go to sleep
kaípaiska - to begin sleeping; go to sleep
Next word: airship
Luftbied [lʉf'biə̯d] (n.n.) — Airship (Luft "Air" + Bied "Ship")
Luft [lʉft] (n.m.) — Air, Sky (CGmc *luftuz)
Bied [biə̯d] (n.n.) — Ship, Craft (CGmc *baidan, cf Eng. Boat, Ger, Du Boot)
Next Word: kidnap, seize by Force, spirit away
"Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure."
-Jane Austen, [i]Pride and Prejudice[/i]
-Jane Austen, [i]Pride and Prejudice[/i]
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Zarian:
Kidnap: Talakra
Kidnap vitcim: utalkar
Kidnapper: in talakredal
next word: amplify; as in sound
Kidnap: Talakra
Kidnap vitcim: utalkar
Kidnapper: in talakredal
next word: amplify; as in sound
"Man is least himself when he speaks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will reveal his true face" --Oscar Wilde
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Saerienne:
croister o'lle sonne [klauista al: sa:n:] to amplify (sound), to turn up (volume); lit. to grow the sound
enrarer o'lle sonne [anɾaɾa al: sa:n:] to turn down, make quiet
Croistez o'lle sonne le stéréo. Turn up the stereo.
Ixus enrarez o'lle sonne la musique o tu. Please turn down your music.
le puton croisti o'lle sonne, le puton-sonne-croist - volume-up button
le puton enrare o'lle sonne, le puton-sonne-enrar - volume down button
l'instrumme commandi o'lle sonne, l'instrumme-sonne-command volume controls, sound controls
Next:
smug, (overly)confident
croister o'lle sonne [klauista al: sa:n:] to amplify (sound), to turn up (volume); lit. to grow the sound
enrarer o'lle sonne [anɾaɾa al: sa:n:] to turn down, make quiet
Croistez o'lle sonne le stéréo. Turn up the stereo.
Ixus enrarez o'lle sonne la musique o tu. Please turn down your music.
le puton croisti o'lle sonne, le puton-sonne-croist - volume-up button
le puton enrare o'lle sonne, le puton-sonne-enrar - volume down button
l'instrumme commandi o'lle sonne, l'instrumme-sonne-command volume controls, sound controls
Next:
smug, (overly)confident
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Kala: tsomye - [tʃo:mʲe] - smug, vain, shamelessvaliums wrote:Next: smug, (overly)confident
next: to sum up; to conclude; in a nutshell; the end (of a story)
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Tamaldra: to conclude a conversation, meeting, etc...sano wrote: next: to sum up; to conclude; in a nutshell; the end (of a story)
He concluded our conversation:
In ena Os Tamaldrep
next word: road
"Man is least himself when he speaks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will reveal his true face" --Oscar Wilde
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Re: Lexicon Building
Bɨɨše: tezà
Neviat: lanka'
Next word: string instrument
Neviat: lanka'
Next word: string instrument
I did have a bizarrely similar (to the original poster's) accident about four years ago, in which I slipped over a cookie and somehow twisted my ankle so far that it broke
Aeetlrcreejl > Kicgan Vekei > me /ne.ses.tso.sats/What kind of cookie?
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Kala: kanu - [ka:nu] - any stringed instrumentAeetlrcreejl wrote:Next word: string instrument
next: simple and honest; unsophisticated
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Zarian:
Talanstra: To lead a simple life (v)
One could potentially derive it into talanstar, which would make it a noun, but that would be very uncommon for this word.
next word:
hug (or if your conworld has a different way to show affection, what is it, and what is the word for it?)
Talanstra: To lead a simple life (v)
One could potentially derive it into talanstar, which would make it a noun, but that would be very uncommon for this word.
next word:
hug (or if your conworld has a different way to show affection, what is it, and what is the word for it?)
"Man is least himself when he speaks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will reveal his true face" --Oscar Wilde
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Kala: opye - [o:pʲe] - hug; embraceJerian_Nostigia wrote:next word: hug
next: (math.) elliptic curve
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Should we add some kind of time limit (I can't make up a word for this as it doesn't fit my setting, anyway, so maybe that's the reason nobody else is replying either)?
Online dictionary for my conlang Vanga: http://royalrailway.com/tungumaalMiin/Vanga/
#undef FEMALE
I'd love for you to try my game out! Here's the forum thread about it:
http://zbb.spinnwebe.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=36688
Of an Ernst'ian one.
#undef FEMALE
I'd love for you to try my game out! Here's the forum thread about it:
http://zbb.spinnwebe.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=36688
Of an Ernst'ian one.
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Lamaunan Putšgala:
akasaka, akska - circle
akskii - round, circular
kaatsa - line
akskii kaatsa, akskaatsa - curve
akskaatsaia - curve (mathematical)
birdrausta - torus
birdraustan akskaatsaia, tsiiriiamaia - elliptic curve

My setting would have these words, but I' m not so familiar with them.
Next:
a queue, a line; to queue, to line up, to wait for
akasaka, akska - circle
akskii - round, circular
kaatsa - line
akskii kaatsa, akskaatsa - curve
akskaatsaia - curve (mathematical)
birdrausta - torus
birdraustan akskaatsaia, tsiiriiamaia - elliptic curve
My setting would have these words, but I' m not so familiar with them.
Next:
a queue, a line; to queue, to line up, to wait for
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Vanga:snoʊfleik wrote:Next:
a queue, a line; to queue, to line up, to wait for
va‹›k-; to line up; to queue; to stack
vahs; stack
vaknas; line; row; queue (of things)
vaknah; line; row; queue (of people)
Next: panic
Online dictionary for my conlang Vanga: http://royalrailway.com/tungumaalMiin/Vanga/
#undef FEMALE
I'd love for you to try my game out! Here's the forum thread about it:
http://zbb.spinnwebe.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=36688
Of an Ernst'ian one.
#undef FEMALE
I'd love for you to try my game out! Here's the forum thread about it:
http://zbb.spinnwebe.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=36688
Of an Ernst'ian one.
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Illyrian:Skomakar'n wrote:Next: panic
Scheuy [ʃøi̯] (n.m.) — Panic, Fright (CGmc *skēwaz)
scheuyen [ʃøi̯jɨn] (v.t.) — to panic, to fright
Next Word: Camellia, or some similar Flower
"Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure."
-Jane Austen, [i]Pride and Prejudice[/i]
-Jane Austen, [i]Pride and Prejudice[/i]
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Petruchian:Christopher Schröder wrote:
Next Word: Camellia, or some similar Flower
Flosaboc -- 'flower of tea,' a flower native to my conworld Semea resembling a camellia
Next word: Leather
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Kala: asua - [a:ʃʷa] - hide; pelt; skin; fur; leatherSeamus wrote:Next word: Leather
next: grind; polish; rub; wear out; a millstone
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Kàmo:sano wrote:next: grind; polish; rub; wear out; a millstone
ahoko - to grind (into dust)
Next word: to line up; to put in a sequence
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Alahithian:to line up; to put in a sequence
deric - a line, queue, sequence
dericew - to line up, sequence
Next word: to spell a word
It was about time I changed this.
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Kala:treegod wrote:Next word: to spell a word

moya - [mo:ja] - to write; letter; glyph; to spell
next: to doubt; to distrust; unconvincing


