Lexicon Building

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Akiatu:

wutamwi, a central post in a building. (I'm currently imagining something a bit like Samoan fale, structurally speaking, though I have to make some decisions about technology and social structure before I'll be sure.)

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Hathirysy:

Issi whim, fancy (ith-si 'empty thought')

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Vedreki:
khem: canvas
inöqanun: to shelter

kheminöq canvas roof = tent

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Salvian:

Gordu "televisor, magical device for seeing anywhere in the physical world" (from gur- "see")
Ūgda "phoenix origami, holographic picture generator" (from gud- "show, reveal")

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Pedant wrote: Thu Oct 25, 2018 12:27 pm Next: edible mushroom
Old Nyango: /kupikənɔkwo/
Lit: eating-mushroom, mushroom for eating

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linguistcat wrote: Thu Oct 25, 2018 3:27 pm next: calico, tri-colored (animal, object, etc)
Kala:

sahiha'o - tri-colored | kaliko - borrowed

sahi - color
ha'o - three

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Hathirysy:

Fendoa to soak
Dimyoa to stain, corrupt, defile
Dimye stain, corruption, defilement

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Salvian:

Laisi "plot, conspiracy" (from lis- "whisper")
Liḍḍāli "conspiracy" (from Old Salvian; lis- + dal- "alliance")

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Hathirysy

eryore spine
Lit: bone-snake

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Salvian:

Iṣūka "hero; one who is remembered (for their deeds)" (from ṣuk- "remember")
Ṭaura "prophet, hero; one who inspires faith (in others)" (from ṭur- "believe")

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Pedant wrote: Mon Oct 29, 2018 10:13 amnext: opening mechanism on a door (knob, latch, handle, etc.)
Kala:

pomo - handle; grip; knob; latch

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Keševan: ámnase 'to respect', derived from the noun amna 'respect, courtesy', originally ámona 'dread, awe'

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Salvian:

Aṣka- "to remind, make remember" (from ṣuk "remember, be remembered")
Ṣauka "person who actively reminds X of Y"
Aṣauka "person who passively (by their presence) reminds X of Y"
Ṣauku "object that actively reminds X of Y"
Aṣauku "object that passively (by its presence) reminds X of Y"
Ṣeku "object that persuades X to remember Y; diary, journal"

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Hathirysy:

Lilli fool, jester, clown
From lillo to babble, speak nonsense, speak foolishly

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Bessunire wrote: Tue Oct 30, 2018 4:01 pm
Next: peasant, someone of low station
Poswa:
pupu poor, uneducated; common, commoner .... this word is etymologically "(insect) flying eyes" because when visiting a major city, the eyes of the poor, rural Poswobs move rapidly from one object to another, curious as to what the objects they see might be.

Pobe pupu pannafaba.
The kids are singing rustic (songs).

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pompoda chronically hungry, starving; poor .... I cant dissect the etymology I have for this one, but it looks like I was going for something along the lines of someone who eats unusual foods, the implication being that they have no choice but to take what they can find wherever they go. The literal morpheme breakdown looks like it means someone who grasps flowerbuds bunches at a time, but my etymologies often seem opaque even to me because I don't index what each word meant as it evolved, I only give the meanings in the proto-language.

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Pabappa wrote: Tue Oct 30, 2018 6:43 pm next: window blinds
Kala:

sumatepe - window-cover

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Hathirysy:

per oar
pennen paddle (diminuative of per)
pera to row

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Bessunire wrote: Fri Nov 02, 2018 6:34 pm next: to smash, shatter, break into pieces
Kala:

tasue - smash, shatter, break into pieces

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masako wrote: Sat Nov 03, 2018 7:05 am next: dripping wet; saturated
in Tormiott:
astôuto ˈɛstʏʊtʊ - soaked, soaking wet, drenched, dripping wet
(passive participle of astout (v) to soak up (liquid), to absorb, to take up --> transitive of stout (v) to swell up, to inflate, to increase in size)

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auno ie nasi porh notthiai îsond
i me aiargaui ô melis miurcir
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din wrote: Fri Nov 09, 2018 3:57 pm next: numb
Amal:

yushra v - be/feel numb (physical or emotional) | yushiya n - numbness

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