Zompist Bboard Again

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.)

Next: whim, fancy

Hathirysy:

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

Next: tent, shelter

Vedreki:
khem: canvas
inöqanun: to shelter

kheminöq canvas roof = tent

Next: Television

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")

Next: edible mushroom

Pedant wrote: ↑Thu Oct 25, 2018 12:27 pm Next: edible mushroom

Old Nyango: /kupikənɔk^wo/
Lit: eating-mushroom, mushroom for eating

Next: Calico, tri-colored (animal, object, etc)

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

next: to soak; to be stained; stain

Hathirysy:

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

Next: plot, conspiracy

Salvian:

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

Next: spine

Hathirysy

eryore spine
Lit: bone-snake

Next: hero

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")

Next: opening mechanism on a door (knob, latch, handle, etc.)

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

Kala:

pomo - handle; grip; knob; latch

next: respect; to revere

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

next word: remind

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"

Next: clown, jester, fool, comedian (any or some or all of them)

Hathirysy:

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

Next: peasant, someone of low station

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).

Pabappa:
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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next: window blinds

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

Kala:

sumatepe - window-cover

next: oar; paddle (noun and/or verb)

Hathirysy:

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

Next: to smash, shatter, break into pieces

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

Kala:

tasue - smash, shatter, break into pieces

next: dripping wet; saturated

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)

next:
numb

din wrote: ↑Fri Nov 09, 2018 3:57 pm next: numb

Amal:

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

next: callus, blister