Zompist Bboard Again

din wrote: ↑Fri Dec 21, 2018 8:29 amnext: advertisement

Kala:

komu - advertise; a commercial; advertisement

next: to bury (the dead); to inter

jal wrote: ↑Fri Dec 21, 2018 7:22 am Only figuratively. We're procreating just fine without a host.

ualak
Not really...

kaya ke satako namyo
The earth is our host.

Imralu wrote: ↑Fri Dec 21, 2018 6:57 am Humans are parasites too.

na ke tlanam kue nyaua omonko
I think humans are like a virus.

chris_notts wrote: ↑Fri Dec 21, 2018 5:27 am It's a bit like writing a novel - everything interacts with everything else, and there's a continuous revision involved to try to create an organic whole.

Pabappa wrote: ↑Thu Dec 20, 2018 9:15 pmI hate parasites.

ke tlokua ka
Doesn't everyone?

Pabappa wrote: ↑Thu Dec 20, 2018 9:15 pm Well, this one was taller than me .... by a lot.

eta uesaye ka
Were you intimidated?

Creating vocabulary items, simply because any language (apart from oligosynthetic ones) needs thousands of them, and they must be reasonably distinct yet feel like they belong in the same language. Agreed. 100% Trying to come up with features which (1) are interesting, (2) are unusual, and (3) have...

Znex wrote: ↑Wed Dec 19, 2018 4:51 am Well see, I would too, but I know that if they're left alone, they choke the other plants to death. They're not good.

ano tlana ke ayatsaku nya kata niponko
Again a human imposes his ideas of beauty on nature.

Imralu wrote: ↑Sun Dec 16, 2018 11:40 pm I'm using Iliaqu/Ngolu again.

itla ena noyamya
This makes me happy.

Zaarin wrote: ↑Sun Dec 16, 2018 1:43 pm Gray is just obscenely ugly.

May, day, bay, lay, play, say, ray, way...etc

Those must be hideous, huh.

Ser wrote: ↑Sun Dec 16, 2018 1:25 pm American spellings are the odd ones out. British spellings are also used in Australia and New Zealand (and South Africa and Singapore...).

Note to self: Don't assume that Ser will pick up on obstinate humor.

Of course it was a bad idea! It's caused the whole of the US to spell lots of words correctly , which is very irritating to read... Fixed it for you. Besides, the only reason British spellings remain relevant in the largely homogenized English speaking world is their prevalence in major population ...

Znex wrote: ↑Fri Dec 14, 2018 8:46 pm I think they're making a Holocaust reference. (Because of Hanukkah just gone?)

ke ta tanua ka
What are you talking about?

Bessunire wrote: ↑Wed Dec 12, 2018 12:47 pmnext: to raid, harry

Kala:

kyosu - raid; carry out a raid; invade

next: totally inconsistent; completely at odds

jal wrote: ↑Sun Dec 09, 2018 3:10 pmWelcome back Masako!

nyasa
Thank you.

jal wrote: ↑Sun Dec 09, 2018 3:10 pmI like the sound of your language.

nyasampa...ma na
Thank you very much, so do I.

jal wrote: ↑Sun Dec 09, 2018 3:10 pmWhat where you doing in Sicily?

na kemankoye...ma inampa
I was working...and eating a lot. ;)

na nya'e kema nahe kaliponya ma sitsili naye sema ta'o uayepua
I've been away for work in California and Sicily for two weeks.

na nya tlokua tamaue
I hope everyone is well.

Bob wrote: ↑Fri Dec 07, 2018 4:30 amnext: meteorite

Kala:

samatipua /samaˈtɪːpʷa/ - meteorite; falling star (lit: star-fall)

next: to poke through; puncture

Pedant wrote: ↑Tue Nov 20, 2018 10:05 am next: (musical) chord

Amal: kurhuda - (musical) chord

Kala: nauamaka - (musical) chord

next: placenta; womb

mute yemamak!
be.happy-2s eat-AUG-COM
Enjoy the feast!

pale! kawequkla.
Calm down! We aren't fighting.

Bessunire wrote: ↑Thu Nov 15, 2018 2:16 pm next: to cheer someone up

Amal:

mutedek - to cheer (sb) up [be.happy-CAUS-INF]

next: bay; gulf