Lexicon Building

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Gymnastics.
Kuma: Hūła ösamkje pūlū - [hu:wa œsamkjə pu:lu:] [Physical activity+competitive+kinetic energy]?- /lit. Competitions that rely on kinetic energy from physical activity./
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Tormiott:

rhiandachod /'rjændaxon/
(n) chores {rhian, to do + dachod, morning; literally do-mornings}
(v) to do chores, to run errands
(active participle: rhiadandachod / passive participle: rhiândachodo)


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Illyrian: Jeugluwd, a slight corruption of jeung Luwd meaning "young man".

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Lots of words here, context-dependent

atlátsitiuh- [aˈtɬɑːtsitiw-] "pertaining to the solar deity"
aláluahiuh- [aˈlɑlwɑʔɪw-] "pertaining to the lunar deity"
nóhiuh- [ˈnoːʔɪw-] "pertaining to wandering, searching" (an extremely important concept in Eresian religion)
yétlahiuh- [ˈjeːtɬɑʔɪw-] "pertaining to a temple"

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Empotle7á: waŋáwonálam 'butterfly "the leaf flies"'

Next word: tempo
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Arzena wrote:Next word: tempo
Kala: koto - tempo / rhythm / beat / drum

next word: to tremble; to shake

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Fuoshi: nŏn-hŭ, nŏn'hŭ 'to shake, shiver, quiver, tremble'

Next word: equinox

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Lordshrew wrote:Next word: equinox
Kala: soyohua - equinox

next word: egg; oval shaped

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Poswa: sisos from sis "egg" and an infix of -aš- that means "shaped like X", plus regular sandhi rules. There's also kuvar and turše but those refer generally to looplike shapes that are asymmetrical but not necessarily ovals. That said most eggs aren't perfect ovals either, yet we got our word from there, and the Poswobs and the other cultures on this planet aren't likely to care about being precise.

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Tormiott:

tah /ta/ (n) cloud
rogtah /ro:'ta/ (n) thunderstorm {+rog-, prefix meaning horror, terror, fright; overpowering, destructive; revolutionary, transforming}

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din wrote:next word: Daydream
Kala: mpima te yoma - dream of day >> daydream

next word: candle

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sano wrote: next word: candle
Aidisese:
Skenfes - candle


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cybrxkhan wrote:Next: folk dance
Kala: masetlana - dance of the people

next word: to seem; to appear; to resemble; similar; -like; pseudo-

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next word: to seem; to appear; to resemble; similar; -like; pseudo-
Pokorai Karani:
-Matai [Something looks like something else]+ add to the word that "looks like" another person/place/thing. (Suffix)
Example: Unyag karrematai lerar [uɲakʰ garrɛmadaɪ lɛra] He looks like a teacher [To see+ he+matai suffix+teacher]
Pau-[Guess at an outcome] /prefix+ add to verb that you are guessing an outcome out of/
Example: Pauamagi xelgien [pʰaʊamagi xɛlgjen]- It looks like it will rain tomorrow [pau prefix+to rain+ tomorrow]


Karani:
-Midai
Example: Unik garemidai leraar [unik garɛmitʰaɪ lɛra:r] [To see+he+midai suffix: "resemble"+ teacher]- He looks like a teacher
balu [particle indicating that an outcome is being predicting but the result may not be as the speaker predicted]
Example: Amehi balu helkien [ameɦi balu ɦɛlkʰiɛn] - It seems like/I heard that it's going to rain tomorrow [To rain+balu particle+tomorrow]
Next: To prepare for (test/major event/in case of emergency/etc)
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Koko.Dk wrote:Next: To prepare
Kala: yaso - prepare; ready

next word: to double; to repeat; repetition; iteration

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sano wrote: next word: to double; to repeat; repetition; iteration
Aidisese:

furus - to repeat, to do again
furusái - repetition


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Sutma?pmukik

sinkuts 'to squirm, to move awkwardly', verb suts 'to wiggle' with intensive infix -ink-. Same root gives stastas 'worm--little wiggling'

Next word: yearn, longing
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Arzena wrote:Next word: yearn, longing
Kala: ueha - want; desire; long for [volitive]

next word: primary; first (ordinal)

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sano wrote:
Arzena wrote:Next word: yearn, longing
Kala: ueha - want; desire; long for [volitive]

next word: primary; first (ordinal)
Kuroras: nṁn (probably pronounced much like a nasalized /nun/, which is what it turns into in most descendants);
Poswob: nymum
Pabappa: numpam
Thaoa: nymyn

The y's in all of these are [M], not [y].


All are from the same root, though the Pabappa form adds a -pa- in between the root and the -m suffix which marks out ordinal numbers (which itself is just the locative case, so first is "at one", second "at two", etc) If you want to specify a concept like "main, principal, most important" you would use a different word unless you're talking about a list of things.

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Soap wrote:next word: morning
Kala: yompu - morning, dawn, sunrise [combination of yoma (day) & opu (beginning)]

next word: to revolve; to turn; to circle about

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sano wrote:
Soap wrote:next word: to revolve; to turn; to circle about
Aidisese:
Qelon - to turn, to revolve



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cybrxkhan wrote:Next: to be annoyed
Kala: tloso - to disturb; to bother; to trouble; to annoy; to harass

next word: bright; luminous

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Tormiott:

siti /'sitɕə/
(n) brightness, clarity
(v) to dazzle, to blind with light; to faint, to pass out (active participle: saditi /sæ'ðitɕə/ -- passive participle: sîtio /'si:tɕo/)

sim /sim/
(v) to shine, to illuminate (active participle: sadim /sæ'ðim/ -- passive participle: sîmo /'si:mo/)
sadim – the sun is shining; it is sunny {active part. + 3S}
(n) sunlight; light; illumination

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Next word: beard
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din wrote:Next word: beard
Aidisese:

Bizante - beard, mustache, facial hair; from Old Aidisese meaning "hairy"


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(the new) Määda:
häähiñotedbo - comedic, from Classical Pralma haahi humor njɔte performance -dbɔ (attributive marker)

next word: scarification

Ascima mresa óscsma sáca psta numar cemea.
Cemea tae neasc ctá ms co ísbas Ascima.
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