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Link to the older version here.

Hūam Pōu:
Ìutìas
Expertise (literally "ability to be an expert")

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Ilimbatakatun: resurrection. Literally 'standing up again.'

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Bessunire wrote: Fri Sep 21, 2018 6:32 pm next: to fend off
Kala: henyo - /ˈɦɛːɲo/ - resist; oppose; be opposite; fend off

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asawi: nearby, at a short distance. It can just be an adverb:

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hjaaci tawaani tawaaru asawwi
Hjaci  song    sing    nearby
Hjaci is singing nearby
More commonly, it modifies a preposition phrase:

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hjaaci tawaani tawaaru asawwi hu  awajakwai wati
Hjaci  song    sing    nearby ABL village   DIST(LOC)
Hjaci is singing near the village
(That doesn't cover inseparably close, for which you'd probably use ikau a X cira right at X's side, but that's not a single word and anyway I didn't just make it up.)

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akamchinjir wrote: Sun Sep 23, 2018 5:26 am next: (to be) in water
Kala: yotla - /joːt͡ɬa/ - immerse; submerge; soak; steep; gradual

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masako wrote: Sun Sep 23, 2018 6:19 am next: swelling; enlargement; hypertrophy
Old Greedian: ígíti "swelling; tumour"
(íti "bud" #CVg- intensive-augmentative)

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Vilike wrote: Sun Sep 23, 2018 6:34 am next: bident; two-pronged spear
Kala: ta'okyali - bident; two-pronged spear

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masako wrote: Sun Sep 23, 2018 7:11 am next: sound of waves
hahwasi, n. a crashing sound, as of ocean waves or a tree falling in the jungle
sawani, n. the sound of waves lapping against the shore
sawaru, v. of waves, to lap against the shore

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akamchinjir wrote: Sun Sep 23, 2018 7:48 am next: ceremonial hat
Kala: anapukosi - head-clothing-ceremonial

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masako wrote: Sun Sep 23, 2018 8:01 am next: to draw out by suction
kjakihaumati, v. to suck venom out of a snake bite

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akamchinjir wrote: Sun Sep 23, 2018 8:37 am next: subtle, easy not to notice
Kala: oue - /ˈoːwɛ/ - subtle; profound; sophisticated; subversive

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masako wrote: Sun Sep 23, 2018 8:54 amnext: to gnaw; to nibble; to bite
Old Greedian rárráa to gnaw; to chew
(ráa to bite #CVl- iterative)

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Vilike wrote: Sun Sep 23, 2018 9:00 am Next: to gasp
Leima: yadoa /jaˈdɔ͡ə/ - to gasp, gasping, a gasp

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Hathirysy:

nitthusuma-not to be seen, private
kevalle-pertaining to a private citizen, private, at private expense, unofficial

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Bessunire wrote: Sun Sep 23, 2018 8:16 pm Next: to arrest
Poswa: pummamu, "to pull someone to a stop with the hands; to arrest"

Wappata pipebap pummabebel, wa pypiap pubbebel.
The officer arrested the thief, and bound his hands.

The word for officer is literally "night sky person", because they are out at night and most other people arent. The word for night, wappaša, is derived from this word as well.

Pabappa:
pensa "to block crime"
As usual with me, Pabappa gets the 2nd best words, as I havent put as much thought into them. This word collides with a word for "lens, glass filter" and I'm not sure which, if either, I will decide to change. But if I keep this one it's
Pisapta pol penibap pensobi, wa pobopip tibalabi.
The officer arrested the thief, and bound his hands.

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Pabappa wrote: Sun Sep 23, 2018 9:29 pm next:
east, sunrise
First, two adjectives (of which Akiatu has about 15):

uñu: white, light-coloured, clear (of eyesight or weather)
sakija: red, bright

Directions:

uñuta: east (the direction of sunrise in this world too)
sakijata: west

Events / times:

tiwana uñu: sunrise
tiwana sakija: sunset

(tiwana is sun, adjectives follow the noun.)

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Hathirysy:

isyekalyun-current (literally 'water-running')
bao-way, path, course, method
sihir-way of doing something, method

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Bessunire wrote: Mon Sep 24, 2018 10:17 am next: caterpillar
Kala: a'isenu - "hairy worm"

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masako wrote: Tue Sep 25, 2018 6:42 am next: to be sentimentally attached to somebody or something
akimau a _____ kiha: to be loyal to, to believe in, to trust (lit, to stand below)

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Vedreki: nikaq fedax (to be tired, sleepy, unable to carry on) - literally to feel heavy (nikaq infinitive to feel; fedax heavy)

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