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Reverse CBB Lexicon Building

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Edit: (Original description) Another fun thread for increasing the size of your conlang's lexicon. While the "CBB Lexicon Building" thread would have one person post a meaning and the next person make up that word in their conlang, this thread will instead have people post a word in their conlang and have the next person decide what it means. You can of course add some specifications you want the next person to follow. Perhaps you want it to be a verb? Or a noun?

hr·dèid /r̥ˌdeid/- To make a collection of trinkets.

Next, please...
Vaneget /βɑˈn̪ɛgɛt̪/ An adverb of degree

Edit: Split from the first Reverse CBB Lexicon Building thread. -Aevas, 2020-05-07
“Like billowing clouds, Like the incessant gurgle of the brook,
The longing of the spirit can never be stilled.” ― St. Hildegard von Bingen
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Linguifex wrote: 02 Jul 2013 01:09
Lao Kou wrote:Next: odith [ˈodɪθ] a verb
to prepare a tincture of X

Next: paḥoc [paˈħok] (a verb)
But why prepare a tincture of X? [:S]
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johnwhick348 wrote: 29 Mar 2019 12:23
Linguifex wrote: 02 Jul 2013 01:09
Lao Kou wrote:Next: odith [ˈodɪθ] a verb
to prepare a tincture of X

Next: paḥoc [paˈħok] (a verb)
But why prepare a tincture of X? [:S]
"X" here means "something", i.e. the object of the verb.
GoshDiggityDangit wrote: 19 Mar 2019 02:05Next, please...
Vaneget /βɑˈn̪ɛgɛt̪/ An adverb of degree
lesser (pejorative)

Next: mtan (a noun)
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Linguifex wrote: 03 Apr 2019 20:52Next: mtan (a noun)
Paint, pigment

bɛɬˤö (noun)
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bɛɬˤö : arrow

qan: (real world ethnic group)
“Like billowing clouds, Like the incessant gurgle of the brook,
The longing of the spirit can never be stilled.” ― St. Hildegard von Bingen
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GoshDiggityDangit wrote: 21 May 2019 23:43 qan: (real world ethnic group)
Kannada (group)

Next: gardatik (verb)
/tsʲi¹⁴vʲiː⁵³ʎiks³³ iksʔiksʔiks/
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CivilixXXX wrote: 22 May 2019 07:20 Next: gardatik (verb)
Divide into equal parts

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heuna (noun related to weather)
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Tuyono wrote: 22 May 2019 16:28 Next:

heuna (noun related to weather)
Squall, gust

Next: taida (noun related to physical geography).
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Nloki wrote: 25 May 2019 19:41 Next: taida (noun related to physical geography).
Nyango:
A rice field situated near the bank of a lake. A good place to hunt and fish, by extension: Good territory.

Next: koiko (onomatopoeia)
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LinguistCat wrote: 26 May 2019 04:52Next: koiko (onomatopoeia)
The sound of clearing your throat

Next:

For Ch’eweyõw̌e

násaz - A Class I noun, denoting an animate rational, but not a profession or role (i.e. most likely a human being of some sort)
(Something basic would be fine; just started this language)
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DesEsseintes wrote: 01 Jun 2019 03:24
Next:

For Ch’eweyõw̌e

násaz - A Class I noun, denoting an animate rational, but not a profession or role (i.e. most likely a human being of some sort)
(Something basic would be fine; just started this language)
An old man (equivalent to Latin senex)

Next:

Ńaadu

Any sort of noun
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Benjaminmb wrote: 01 Jun 2019 13:33 Next:

Ńaadu

Any sort of noun
a tower

Next: k’ìsa ['c’isːa]
a noun
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DesEsseintes wrote: 06 Jun 2019 18:00 Next: k’ìsa ['c’isːa]
a noun
war

Next: *d'erhō
an adjective
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Corphishy wrote: 28 Aug 2019 05:14
DesEsseintes wrote: 06 Jun 2019 18:00 Next: k’ìsa ['c’isːa]
a noun
war

Next: *d'erhō
an adjective
right, correct, orthodox, canonical, regular(for polygons, polyhedrons, etc.)

Next(for the Tampa language, my Finnish-sounding conlang project):

riemi, an inanimate noun.
I prefer to not be referred to with masculine pronouns and nouns such as “he/him/his”.
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k1234567890y wrote: 03 Sep 2019 07:51 Next(for the Tampa language, my Finnish-sounding conlang project):

riemi, an inanimate noun.
belt, strap

Next, please...

Bacuiŋ, a transitive verb
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The longing of the spirit can never be stilled.” ― St. Hildegard von Bingen
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GoshDiggityDangit wrote: 03 Sep 2019 12:21Next, please...

Bacuiŋ, a transitive verb
engrave, carve

Next:

tɒ̰ːmə a noun, preferably one that goes well with a light verb.
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Frislander wrote: 04 Sep 2019 18:27 Next:

tɒ̰ːmə a noun, preferably one that goes well with a light verb.
brightness, luster

Next: *ēɢ postposition
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Corphishy wrote: 07 Oct 2019 18:09
Frislander wrote: 04 Sep 2019 18:27 Next:

tɒ̰ːmə a noun, preferably one that goes well with a light verb.
brightness, luster

Next: *ēɢ postposition
without, lacking

Next: *wi·hrààw [wɨˑ'r̥ɤːw] n. or adj. for a language spoken in 500 BC, in South East Asia
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qwed117 wrote: 23 Oct 2019 23:22Next: *wi·hrààw [wɨˑ'r̥ɤːw] n. or adj. for a language spoken in 500 BC, in South East Asia
(clay) pot

NEXT: pʰjesi a word from the swadesh list
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