All this handwashing is drying out my hands.

[Imralu]

Iliaqu:

Kalikua ixi bane guni xuue va le labi bane.
[kàlìkwá i̯ʃí bàné ŋùní ʃùwé vá lé làbí bànê]
All this handwashing is drying out my hands.

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kalik<u>a ixi             bane g-uni          xu-ue                va  le        labi bane
dry<CAUS> ACC.3P.DEF.INAN hand COP-GEN.1S.ICS NOM.3S.DEF.INAN-PROX all situation wash hand

[Khemehekis]

Kankonian:

Hamargas howo id pumas koriuvas pumas na is.
this-much wash done_to hand-PL dry_up-PRS hand-PL of 1s

[Reyzadren]

griuskant (without the conscript)

sterzhiskanor daei yav xaua.
/'stərʒiskanɔr 'dei 'jav 'ɣaua/
hand.wash-V-PASS-EB-IMP T3-POSS-A just dry-V

[Iyionaku]

Æ'vántifæsce ocpersadet reo vanitem.
[əˈʋantɨˌɸœskə ɔ̈pəɾˈsaːdət ˈɾeː.ɔ̈ ˈvaːnɨtəm]
DEF.CONC=wash_hands-ACTZ-whole CONT-dry_out-3SG 1SG.POSS hand-DU
All this handwashing is drying out my hands.

New words for this challenge:

vántifa [ˈvantɨɸɐ] - to wash hands
Etymology: vanit "hand" + ifa "to clean"

persada [pəɾˈsaːdɐ] - to dry out, to extract fluid
Etymology: Ingressive prefix per- + sada "to desert"

[lsd]

kxeioeoejfoezykjweieizijfoeo
many-wash-hands-and-dry-these-hands

[kiwikami]

Alál:

Ùlulmıkullussír zaxaùḷa mrazàḷhuraıàx.
[ˈvo.ɮʊɬ.mɪ.gʊ.ɬʊˌsiɾ ʃǝˈxʕo.d͡ɮǝ mɾǝˈʃɑt͡ɬ.çʊ.ɾǝˌjɑx]
ù-lu~lmu<ıkv>l-ls-sí-r za<xa-ù>ḷ-a mru<a-zàḷ>h-raı-à-x
CAUS.NVL-HAB~dry<3.1PL>-PRS-INCH-CAUS.NVL hand<1POSS-PAT>-PAT clean<1-hand>-NMLZ.AGT-CONC-VOL.ACT
My current frequent handwashing is causing my hands to become dry.

ZAḶ3 - hand (related to ZAḶ2 - five)
Zaíḷaı - he holds it in his hand
Zıáḷí - there are five of them
Mraızàḷhàx - he washes his hands
murìzàḷhuraàx - handwashing

[Mándinrùh]

Atili: Kenlerisilol es nitumunyu azihu tu.
IPAː kʰɛn.lɛ.ɣɪˈʃi.lol eʃ nɪ.tʰuˈmu.ɲu aˈʒi.xu tʰu

k-en-leris<sil>o-l-Ø es ni-tu-mun-yu azih-u tu
1-with_the_hand-wash<repeatedly>-REFL-INF1 INV wet-from-AUG-1/INAN.IPFV hand-PL from.
By my repeated handwashing I am being dried out from the hands.

INF1 is the 1st, or realis, infinitive, which generally refers to real actions, while the 2nd, or irrealis, infinitive refers to hypothetical actions. For a more complete explanation, see my blog post at https://aray.conlang.org/blog/2019/06/2 ... tives.html.

[Void]

Θrūvaṛvāma (Thurvic)

Makʼṛakśūṇṛsi aćʼikʼ ćmahpuhcuvūs ćāćmahisyum.
[mɑkʼˈr̥ɑkʃuːŋr̥si ˈɑtʃʼikʼ t͡ʃmɑxˈpuxtsuʋuːs tʃɑːtʃmɑˈxisjum]

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mɑkʼ-r̥ɑkʃ-uːŋ-r̥si       ɑtʃʼikʼ       tʃmɑx:pux-tsuʋ-uːs  tʃɑː-tʃmɑx-i-si-um    
INTENS-dry-CAUS-3DU.OBJ PROX.DEM.INAN hand:wash-FREQ-ABST DU-hand-DU-1SG.POSS-ACC

"This (frequent) handwashing dries out my (two) hands."