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xinda · Post by **xinda** » 06 Jul 2011 23:23

潛艇三頭子 giümdeng shandoji [ɟym.deŋ ʃan.do.tʃi] - submarine sandwich < 潛 to sink + 艇 ship + 三頭子 sandwich (transliteration)

Next:
rot, spoil, ferment

Post by **roninbodhisattva** » 06 Jul 2011 23:51

sɔk- 'ferment (of liquid)'
sɔk biia 'make beer' (the second word is an English loan word from 'beer')
diak- 'ferment, pickle (of fish, vegetables)'
diak praa 'ferment fish'
buuŋ/b]- 'spoil, go bad' (of food)

Next word: to network, make connections

xinda · Post by **xinda** » 07 Jul 2011 00:31

創井 ssang gang [slaŋ gaŋ] - to use the network

Next:
obverse, reverse

Post by **roninbodhisattva** » 07 Jul 2011 00:37

ŋluaʔ 'to change directions, reverse'

Next word: credit card

Post by **Xing** » 07 Jul 2011 02:16

And what's the word for "obverse"?

ian9113 · Post by **ian9113** » 07 Jul 2011 03:50

credit card: leinerkore [lainɐ'kɔʁə] (from "leiner" (loan) and "kore" (card))

Next word: infinitesimal

Post by **roninbodhisattva** » 07 Jul 2011 05:37

xingoxa wrote:And what's the word for "obverse"?

meh, I just didn't do it.

Thakowsaizmu · Post by **Thakowsaizmu** » 07 Jul 2011 17:08

Infinitesimal - gàm njũt dît lù /gɑ˦˨m ɲu˦˧ˀ˦t̚ ti˨˦˨t̚ ɾu˦˨/

Next word: Schadenfreude

Post by **Xing** » 07 Jul 2011 18:26

Thakowsaizmu wrote:Infinitesimal - gàm njũt dît lù /gɑ˦˨m ɲu˦˧ˀ˦t̚ ti˨˦˨t̚ ɾu˦˨/

Next word: Schadenfreude

Wattētexu:
Ne īta tewa lōxi n̪ɛ 'ɦiːt̪a 't̪ɛwa 'l̪ɔːʔi

Next word:
Chimpanzee

xinda · Post by **xinda** » 07 Jul 2011 18:58

黑猩 hohsheng [xok.ʃeŋ] - chimpanzee < 黑 black + 猩 ape (generic)

Next:
crass, rude

Post by **Xing** » 07 Jul 2011 23:03

Wattētexu:

kkōpe - 'rude'
'kːɔːpɛ

Next: lava field

Z500 · Post by **Z500** » 08 Jul 2011 01:17

Thsäv: thabat wät [tʰɶ͜ɐʔ waːʔ]
literally, "rock flow."

next word: to parrot, as in to mindlessly repeat something heard elsewhere

Post by **Xing** » 08 Jul 2011 01:31

Z500 wrote:Thsäv: thabat wät [tʰɶ͜ɐʔ waːʔ]
literally, "rock flow."

next word: to parrot, as in to mindlessly repeat something heard elsewhere

Watteetexu: tānetīna, tīnamoti

Next:

Caricature

MarcKB · Post by **MarcKB** » 14 Jul 2011 02:01

Ravcic

Caricature= Encamānatuŕa

Next word: Opinion

Post by **Xing** » 14 Jul 2011 06:43

Wattētexu Ne kite - 'opinion, perspective, point of view'

Next word:

Self-esteem

cybrxkhan · Post by **cybrxkhan** » 16 Jul 2011 19:15

xingoxa wrote: Next word:

Self-esteem

Djakhetian:
matuhy - confidence, self-esteem

Next:
calculator (if your conculture doesn't have the tech to make calculators, then pretend they came across one and had to make up a word for it)

Post by **Xing** » 16 Jul 2011 20:21

Wattētexu: ne koropina - "calculator"

Next:

Archaeology

bartekw_96 · Post by **bartekw_96** » 16 Jul 2011 20:41

Komum

turduttes
[tɵɾdɵttɛs]

Next:
sponge

Z500 · Post by **Z500** » 22 Jul 2011 19:18

Thsäv: yrät [ɵˈɾaːʔ], from Resmus mrātu < Memeyk mrǝɣtu < mǝrɣ "to soak" + tu (suffix)

next word: to waft

Zumir · Post by **Zumir** » 22 Jul 2011 20:15

E-slidjen. Lit. "to air-slither".
Next: to bark.

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