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Posted: **25 Jan 2020 03:02**

spanick wrote: ↑24 Jan 2020 23:23
Salmoneus wrote: ↑24 Jan 2020 22:19 Is it something like "scribe" or "clerk"? [i.e. a word drudge]
No.

Oh yeah, sorry, missed the whole 'not a noun phrase' thing...

"to become a slave/servant"?

Posted: **25 Jan 2020 03:28**

Salmoneus wrote: ↑25 Jan 2020 03:02
spanick wrote: ↑24 Jan 2020 23:23
Salmoneus wrote: ↑24 Jan 2020 22:19 Is it something like "scribe" or "clerk"? [i.e. a word drudge]
No.
Oh yeah, sorry, missed the whole 'not a noun phrase' thing...

"to become a slave/servant"?

No.

I should point out that like in German, infinitives are usually cited with the object before the verb.

Posted: **25 Jan 2020 06:15**

spanick wrote: ↑16 Jan 2020 06:44 Weddisch
wúrd drúge

wild guess probably wrong but the first thing i thought of when i saw it ...

to cheat fate, to escape, to get lucky

from proto-Germanic roots https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstr ... nic/wurdiz and https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstr ... ugan%C4%85 (the first one, not the second)

Posted: **25 Jan 2020 06:48**

Pabappa wrote: ↑25 Jan 2020 06:15
spanick wrote: ↑16 Jan 2020 06:44 Weddisch
wúrd drúge
wild guess probably wrong but the first thing i thought of when i saw it ...

to cheat fate, to escape, to get lucky

from proto-Germanic roots https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstr ... nic/wurdiz and https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstr ... ugan%C4%85 (the first one, not the second)

No, but you’re on the right track. And wúrd does descend from *wurdiz.

Posted: **25 Jan 2020 17:15**

spanick wrote: ↑24 Jan 2020 03:12 Is this too difficult or are people just not particularly interested at the moment?

Ah, sorry. Life and all that…

Does it mean something like "to suffer/endure a fate"?

Posted: **25 Jan 2020 21:12**

shimobaatar wrote: ↑25 Jan 2020 17:15 Does it mean something like "to suffer/endure a fate"?

More or less, yes.

Posted: **30 Jan 2020 03:18**

spanick wrote: ↑25 Jan 2020 21:12
shimobaatar wrote: ↑25 Jan 2020 17:15 Does it mean something like "to suffer/endure a fate"?
More or less, yes.

Is the intended meaning more specific or less specific, if that makes sense?

Posted: **30 Jan 2020 03:23**

shimobaatar wrote: ↑30 Jan 2020 03:18
spanick wrote: ↑25 Jan 2020 21:12
shimobaatar wrote: ↑25 Jan 2020 17:15 Does it mean something like "to suffer/endure a fate"?
More or less, yes.
Is the intended meaning more specific or less specific, if that makes sense?

Sorry, I should have been more clear that I think that is an acceptable answer. haha

I would actually gloss it as "accept (one's) fate."

Posted: **06 Feb 2020 04:42**

spanick wrote: ↑30 Jan 2020 03:23
shimobaatar wrote: ↑30 Jan 2020 03:18
spanick wrote: ↑25 Jan 2020 21:12
shimobaatar wrote: ↑25 Jan 2020 17:15 Does it mean something like "to suffer/endure a fate"?
More or less, yes.
Is the intended meaning more specific or less specific, if that makes sense?
Sorry, I should have been more clear that I think that is an acceptable answer. haha

I would actually gloss it as "accept (one's) fate."

Oh, haha, my mistake! I'll try to have something soon.

Another interesting word/phrase, by the way!

Posted: **11 Feb 2020 20:41**

Sorry for the wait!

Language: Lemovian
Word: fonbärgazga
IPA: [ˈfôːmbɛ́rˌgàzgá]

Posted: **12 Feb 2020 02:37**

shimobaatar wrote: ↑11 Feb 2020 20:41 Sorry for the wait!

Language: Lemovian
Word: fonbärgazga
IPA: [ˈfôːmbɛ́rˌgàzgá]

This looks interesting! Is it a noun?

Posted: **12 Feb 2020 03:37**

spanick wrote: ↑12 Feb 2020 02:37
shimobaatar wrote: ↑11 Feb 2020 20:41 Sorry for the wait!

Language: Lemovian
Word: fonbärgazga
IPA: [ˈfôːmbɛ́rˌgàzgá]
This looks interesting! Is it a noun?

Thank you!

It is a noun.

Posted: **13 Feb 2020 00:57**

Can it’s morphemes be broken up fon-bärg-azga?

Posted: **13 Feb 2020 17:14**

spanick wrote: ↑13 Feb 2020 00:57 Can it’s morphemes be broken up fon-bärg-azga?

Posted: **14 Feb 2020 19:53**

is the middle morpheme descended from *bergaz?

Posted: **14 Feb 2020 21:31**

spanick wrote: ↑14 Feb 2020 19:53 is the middle morpheme descended from *bergaz?

Posted: **15 Feb 2020 00:56**

shimobaatar wrote: ↑11 Feb 2020 20:41 Sorry for the wait!

Language: Lemovian
Word: fonbärgazga
IPA: [ˈfôːmbɛ́rˌgàzgá]

Volcanic ash?

Posted: **15 Feb 2020 01:39**

Void wrote: ↑15 Feb 2020 00:56
shimobaatar wrote: ↑11 Feb 2020 20:41 Sorry for the wait!

Language: Lemovian
Word: fonbärgazga
IPA: [ˈfôːmbɛ́rˌgàzgá]
Volcanic ash?

Damn, well done! That's exactly right.

Posted: **16 Feb 2020 00:25**

Nice. Both the Gothic fon and azga gave it away.

Next: smirrhâ [ˈsmɪr̥ːaː]

Posted: **16 Feb 2020 02:18**

Void wrote: ↑16 Feb 2020 00:25 Nice. Both the Gothic fon and azga gave it away.

Next: smirrhâ [ˈsmɪr̥ːaː]

Is it a verb?

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