to die

[Avo]

I was thinking about what euphemisms my conpeople could use for death and dying, so why not make a TC out of it?

German has quite a lot of them:
ins Gras beissen "to bite into the grass"
die Radieschen von unten sehen "to see the radishes from below"
den Löffel abgeben "to hand over the spoon"
über den Jordan gehen "to pass the river Jordan"
in die ewigen Jagdgründe eingehen "to enter the eternal hunting grounds"
mausetot sein "to be mouse-dead"

Then there are many verbs with different shades of meaning, which all mean "to die"
versterben, entschlafen, verenden, zu Tode kommen, draufgehen, ableben, vergehen, verrecken, hopsgehen, krepieren, abkratzen...

In English, I've heard to be pushing up the daisies, but I'm sure there are more.

[Ear of the Sphinx]

– Could you tell him that the grandpa died? Do it somehow delicately.
– I'll try.

[Valoski]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ex ... d_to_death

[Ànradh]

In English, I've heard to be pushing up the daisies, but I'm sure there are more.

I've heard;
"He's passed on."
"He's passed away."
"He's moved on."
"He's gone to a better place."
"He's no longer with us."

[Thakowsaizmu]

In English, I've heard to be pushing up the daisies, but I'm sure there are more.

I've heard;
"He's passed on."
"He's passed away."
"He's moved on."
"He's gone to a better place."
"He's no longer with us."

Kicked the bucket
Joined the choir invisible
Gone into the light
Croaked

[Visinoid]

"Casser sa pipe" To break their smoking pipe (I can't see why this one exists)
"Aller six pieds sous terre" To go 6 feets underground
"Nous quitter" To leave us
"Trouver la lumière au bout du tunnel" To find the light at the tunnel's end
"Mordre la poussière" To bite the dust
"Manger les pissenlits par la racine" To eat the dandelions by the roots

(What's interesting is that "dandelion" is actually a near phonetic transcription of the second French form "dent-de-lion" tiger tooth)

[Prinsessa]

In Kōzeā, the word flēgā, meaning 'to fade' has come into general, non-euphemistic usage, from the actually euphemistic flēgā naêri, meaning 'for the soul* to fade'.

* 'soul' is the best one-word translation in English, but it's not exactly the same thing. It refers to inner strength and similar concepts in general.

[Omzinesý]

This looks like a natlang (or very advanced conlang) challenge.


kuolla 'to die'
menehtyä 'to perish'
delata
potkaista tyhjää 'to kick empty(ness)'
heittää veivi 'to throw a crank'
siirtyä autuaammille metsästysmaille 'to move to more blessed hunting grounds'
siirtyä ajasta ijäisyyteen 'to move from time to eternity'
nukkua pois 'to sleep away'
oikaista koipensa 'to straighten one's legs'
kohdata loppunsa 'to meet one's end'
mennä maan majoille 'to go to the huts of earth'

[Khemehekis]

English:

He closed his eyes for the last time.
She met her maker.
He shoved off this mortal coil.
She took the big bus uptown.

[lsd]

nyikayemutauroyake

PV
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