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sano wrote:next: to doubt; to distrust; unconvincing
Vanga:

vá‹›kk-;
to trust [in]; to believe [someone/-thing]

This is simply negated to mean distrust and doubt.

Next: light (noun) [suggestion: make it a plural, for some reason]
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Skomakar'n wrote:Next: light (noun) [suggestion: make it a plural, for some reason]
Tíahí: stip /s̪t̪ip˨/ [s̪ʧiw˨] - light
Tíahí doesn't have plural.

Next word: flame

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2-4 wrote:
Skomakar'n wrote:Next: light (noun) [suggestion: make it a plural, for some reason]
Tíahí: stip /s̪t̪ip˨/ [s̪ʧiw˨] - light
Tíahí doesn't have plural.

Next word: flame
Illyrian:
Fuir ['fɛʏ.ə] (n.n.) — Fire, Blaze (CGmc *fuir
Brunne [bɾʏn.a] (n.f.) — Fire, Heat, Flame (from brennen, "to burn", ultimately from CGmc. *brennanan)

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Christopher Schröder wrote:
Next Word: Iced Drink
Pito kon lacha -- 'Drink with ice'
Pito lachavo -- 'Icy drink'

Next word: lagoon

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Seamus wrote:

Next word: lagoon
Zarian:
lagoon: kedjal

The kingdom Zaris does not have any lagoons, however some exist on a continent to the south. Kedjal dervies from the word kuyijal, with the same meaning.

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shadow
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Jerian_Nostigia wrote:next word:
shadow
Kàmo: haonisikà

Next word: automobile; wheeled vehicle

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Theta wrote:Next word: automobile; wheeled vehicle
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nkale - [ᵑka:le] - car; vehicle; automobile

next: to transform; to change; to convert

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sano wrote:next: to transform; to change; to convert
from the root `ūl "change, difference" is derived `ūlub "change sthg", `ūlān "change, become different" and chah`ūl "different"

next: rid X of Y, drive all the Y out of X, etc
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Kereb wrote:

next: rid X of Y, drive all the Y out of X, etc

Zarian:

mavtra: to rid A of B (v)

-can be derived into mavtar, which is a noun (the cleansing of something)

It fits differently into the Zarian word order

While most sentences are SOV, plus an auxiliary verb,
ie
E ena Oh mespa
E = I
ena = aux verb; in this case 'to be'
Oh = you
mespa = talking
thus "I am talking to you"


This verb would require two objects.

S (aux) O1 V O2

E ena kehrn mavtrep hyudeson'id

Which would translate to: I have ridden this land of the Hyudesonian invaders.

or:
E ena E mavtrep velit
I have ridden my body of disease.

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to take over, or take control of
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Jerian_Nostigia wrote:next: to take over, or take control of
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neme - [ne:me] - to take over; to assume control

next: autocracy; dictatorship

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sano wrote:
next: autocracy; dictatorship
Petruchian:

tuvlestot -- "state of total power"

next: scepter

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Insular Kett: réytik, from Continental Kett róiščak, from Proto-Kett rzái seczęk "king's rod". Colloquial Insular cákcek "royal cock", or féyr, from vőr, Continental slang for the head of the previous compound.

Next: intoxicated to the point of no longer being able to walk
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Nortaneous wrote:Next: intoxicated to the point of no longer being able to walk
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sahonha - [ʃa'ho:ⁿha] - abundant drunkenness

next: to get lost; to lose one's way

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Nortaneous wrote:Next: intoxicated to the point of no longer being able to walk
Cevic: /ɝgəgoʊ/ (v.) — "Drink-captured"

Next: an unassailable position

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sano wrote:next: to get lost; to lose one's way
Alahithian: elejew

Next word: turn on/off an appliance
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treegod wrote:Next word: turn on/off an appliance
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apa - [a:pa] - to close; to shut; to turn off

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kyani - [kʲa:ni] - to open; to start; to turn on

next: stable; steady; firm

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Tormiott:

starmiunt /'staɹmynt/
(v) to be stable, to be steady, to be steadfast, to stand firmly (verb can be used attributively)
(n) stability, steadiness; foundation

{from star- prefix indicating a relation to land; being solid; the land of...; the country of... and miunt (n) land, soil, earth; area; bottom; base, foundation (fig.); homeland (commonly miumiunt)

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Next word: tuning (music)
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din wrote:Next word: tuning (music)
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hyepo - [ɦʲe:po] - set; tune; calibrate; fix; adjust; modulate

next: specialty; specialized field; main field of study (at university); major

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sano wrote: next: specialty; specialized field; main field of study (at university); major

malintra: to receive a university degree (v)

it fits into the Zarian SOV order, however in a sentence it requires the field too.

E enit elisikil malintra
which translates to:
I will be receiving my degree in medicine

Zarisian universities do not have undergrad/masters/phd. They only have a single degree level you can receive. Any additional information is given to you by the company you are employed with.

note: malintra is a verb, and does not have a noun counterpart.


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technology (the term for any scientific advancement)
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Jerian_Nostigia wrote:
next:
technology (the term for any scientific advancement)
Petruchian:

nökanova--'new science'

Next word: stripe

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Seamus wrote:
Next word: stripe
Zarian:
talinrah = to be striped/to contain stripes, etc... (v)
one could possibly derive that into talinahr, which would make it a noun, though in this case that would very uncommon.


next word:

to quench one's thirst
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Tormiott:

tarkenas /'taɹkənæs/ (v) to quench, to quench one's thirst
{tarke, drought, thirst; + nas, cover, sheet, blanket; hut, shack}

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Next: Office
— o noth sidiritt Tormiott

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din wrote:Next: Office
Illyrian:
Siety /siə̯.tɪ/ (n.n.) — Office of an important Person, Public Office; CGmc *sæti, Eng. "Seat"
Ossy /'ɔ.sɪ/ (n.n.) — Office (religious); dialectal Variant of earlier Officy
Officy /'ɔf.ɨ.sɪ/ (n.n.) obs. — Office (religious); Lat. officium
Bureau [bʏ'ɾəu̯] (n.m.) — Office, Workplace; Fren bureau

Next: Wallpaper, or similar Wall-Ornament
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Christopher Schröder wrote:Next: Wallpaper, or similar Wall-Ornament
Kala: kamikuta - wallpaper

next: temporary; provisional; for the time being

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sano wrote:temporary; provisional; for the time being
Iaskyon:

upbű /upbyː/ [uˈbːyː] - for the time being, temporarily (adv.)
{upu, time + (t), stay}

> upbűyos /upbyːjɔs/ [uˈbːyːjɔs] - temporary, provisional (adj.)

Next: blanket, mat
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