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Re: Lexicon sculpting

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Raaqsi [ˈraːbzɪ]: spice
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Previous: tuša /'tu.ʃɑ/ ‘nostril’, Proto-Šile, meaning has changed to tyšæ /'ty.ʃæ/ ‘hole’ in Eyþï, dúža /'du.ʒɑ/ ‘pair’ in Žilèði, and tusa /'tu.sɑ/ ‘breath’ in Kixaḷi.

Prompt: ḳevsi /'kʼeʋ.si/ a word that can be used to describe water.
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druneragarsh wrote:Prompt: ḳevsi /'kʼeʋ.si/ a word that can be used to describe water.
keuçíb [ˌke.uˈçib] adj. limpid and placid

Next: ngurebadübs [ˌŋuɾɛbaˈdybs] n. rabies
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Lao Kou wrote:ngurebadübs [ˌŋuɾɛbaˈdybs] n. rabies
ŋur̄b-diʙ̀̀s [ŋurb.diʙ̀s] "rabies" (lit. tooth-sickness, tooth-disease)

Next: kĺärdŀå [k͡ʟ̝̊ɐrd͡ɮɒ], a type of cake
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druneragarsh wrote:Next: kĺärdŀå [k͡ʟ̝̊ɐrd͡ɮɒ], a type of cake
Kgáweqʼ kgáƛaʼ [ˈk͜xat͜ɬaʔ] "cake"

Next: saeərąłnáqęq [saeə̯ɾa̰ɬˈnaqḛq] "button"
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Linguifex wrote:Next: saeərąłnáqęq [saeə̯ɾa̰ɬˈnaqḛq] "button"
çairakhnaks [ˌɕajɾaxˈnaks] n. cufflink

Next: gaukhshers [gɔxˈʃɛɾs] n. kidney
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Lao Kou wrote:
Linguifex wrote:Next: saeərąłnáqęq [saeə̯ɾa̰ɬˈnaqḛq] "button"
çairakhnaks [ˌɕajɾaxˈnaks] n. cufflink

Next: gaukhshers [gɔxˈʃɛɾs] n. kidney
goccsjers [ˈkɔxʃɛːˤs] v. to have a kidney stone

ḳetzjönn [ʡ͡ʜeːtʰt͡ʃœn] v. to talk about something more than it needs to be talked about ("talk something down")
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HoskhMatriarch wrote:ḳetzjönn [ʡ͡ʜeːtʰt͡ʃœn] v. to talk about something more than it needs to be talked about ("talk something down")
Eyþï [qe't͡ʃõ] "to talk in excess, to gossip, to blather" from Proto-Šile [qɛ'toŋe] qe + tôŋê, where qe is an augmentative and tôŋê is ‘to talk’. From a dialect, regular derivation would be [qo't͡ʃõ].

[ʋlɑ:tkɑ], a type of snow.
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Géarthnuns:
HoskhMatriarch wrote:ḳetzjönn [ʡ͡ʜeːtʰt͡ʃœn] v. to talk about something more than it needs to be talked about ("talk something down")
rhéchtön [Xeˈtʃtøn] vt. belabor
druneragarsh wrote:[ʋlɑ:tkɑ], a type of snow.
vlaktans [vlaˈktãs] n. (a slang word for) cocaine, "blow"

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Next: ngrhaugwats [ŋˈXɔgwats] n. buzzard
Proto-Kuruk [ŋ̊Xɔɡʷɐʔ] adj. naughty

Next: thanqa [θ̠an̰a̰] n. moth
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opipik wrote:Next: thanqa [θ̠an̰a̰] n. moth
Proto-Šile þana [θana] "insect". (Eyþï þãa ‘insect’, Žilèði ðaná ‘mosquito’, Kixaḷi tɑnɑ ‘insect’, loaned into Mira as tɑnɑ ‘mosquito’)

Next: ['t͡ʃo̞ɬɑ] n. an article of clothing similar to a trench coat.
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Next: ['t͡ʃo̞ɬɑ] n. an article of clothing similar to a trench coat.
Kqaxa tsqora [tsʼɔrɑ] n. clothing, cloth
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Géarthnuns:
opipik wrote:Next: thanqa [θ̠an̰a̰] n. moth
thans [θãs] n. pupa, chrysalis
druneragarsh wrote:Next: ['t͡ʃo̞ɬɑ] n. an article of clothing similar to a trench coat.
chols [tʃols] n. padded jacket, a 半天-棉袄 lovechild

Next: sörels [søˈɾɛls ] n. floor (as opposed to "ceiling")
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Lao Kou wrote: Next: sörels [søˈɾɛls ] n. floor (as opposed to "ceiling")
Pekseili: suira [ˈsʉɪ̯rä] v. to position, deploy, arrange, set up, space out

Next: me [mɛ] interj. expression of tiredness or boredom
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Sier wrote:Next: me [mɛ] interj. expression of tiredness or boredom
Drún mēr, n. boring, used as an interjection

[ʟ̝̊o̞ħto̞k'], v. something related to capturing food (hunting, fishing, picking mushrooms etc)
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druneragarsh wrote:[ʟ̝̊o̞ħto̞k'], v. something related to capturing food (hunting, fishing, picking mushrooms etc)
Kgáweq’ lo‛tók’ [loʕˈtokʼ] fishing net, fishing rod

Next: t’ánteq’ [ˈt’anteq’] to walk
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Linguifex wrote:Next: t’ánteq’ [ˈt’anteq’] to walk
Mira tante /tɑn.te̞/ ‘to walk’

Next: [vreʒdʏl] a type of weather
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druneragarsh wrote:
Linguifex wrote:Next: t’ánteq’ [ˈt’anteq’] to walk
Mira tante /tɑn.te̞/ ‘to walk’

Next: [vreʒdʏl] a type of weather
Late Central Zempachi:

bəri-diw /bə'ridiw/ rain

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ikap [ikáp] / kap [kap] "device, apparatus"
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k1234567890y wrote:Next(Lonmai Luna):

ikap [ikáp] / kap [kap] "device, apparatus"
Mira kapi ‘thing’, Proto-Šile piqa ‘tool’

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['sɑ.xɑ] ‘word’
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druneragarsh wrote:[ʋlɑ:tkɑ], a type of snow.
laka [lakə] n. snow
Lao Kou wrote:Next: ngrhaugwats [ŋˈXɔgwats] n. buzzard
muas [mwas] adj. lowly, shameful
opipik wrote:Next: thanqa [θ̠an̰a̰] n. moth
tana [tanə] n. flying bug
druneragarsh wrote:Next: ['t͡ʃo̞ɬɑ] n. an article of clothing similar to a trench coat.
o [o] n. clothes
Lao Kou wrote:Next: sörels [søˈɾɛls ] n. floor (as opposed to "ceiling")
syras [ʃyɾas] n. soil
Sier wrote:Next: me [mɛ] interj. expression of tiredness or boredom
me [ma] n. disaproval
druneragarsh wrote:[ʟ̝̊o̞ħto̞k'], v. something related to capturing food (hunting, fishing, picking mushrooms etc)
lot [lot] v. hunt, collect
Linguifex wrote:Next: t’ánteq’ [ˈt’anteq’] to walk
tant [tand] n. leg
druneragarsh wrote:Next: [vreʒdʏl] a type of weather
ryl [ɾyl] n. storm
k1234567890y wrote:ikap [ikáp] / kap [kap] "device, apparatus"
kop [kop] n. task
druneragarsh wrote:['sɑ.xɑ] ‘word’
sa [sa] n. language

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