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Re: Help finding/creating words!

Posted: 21 Nov 2014 06:36
by aren vaal
Ok, so, for "atom," I came up with oyu'baat'yc arpat (Universal seed). Kinda klunky, but it works. Maybe oyu'b'arpat?

Oh, and by the way, how the shab does mando'a NOT have a word for explode/explosion? Mando'ade are warriors, for crying out loud! LOL

Re: Help finding/creating words!

Posted: 01 Jan 2015 03:44
by Taung Kar'ta
Working through a story, and I tried finding a word for 'injection' as in medical injection. I was unable to find anything close, any suggestions?

Re: Help finding/creating words!

Posted: 01 Jan 2015 06:45
by Adi'karta
Related words:

medic - baar'ur
needle, spike - bev
health - jahaal
tal - blood
suck, absorb, draw up (liquid) - sooranir
give - dinuir

A "syringe" could be put together from "baar'ur" and "bev" -- as such a device is a tool of a medic or doctor, so we could simply do "be'baar'ur bev" (medic's needle) or "baar'ur'bev" (medical needle -- distinct from a "normal" needle or spike). Since "baar'ur" seems to come from "baar" (body) and "ulur" (care), we might be able to shorten that further to "ur'bev" (care needle, which mentally extrapolates to "syringe").

"Drawing blood" (in a medical sense) could be built from "bev", "tal", and "sooranir"; something like "bev'soorani tal" (drawing blood by a needle) or, to use the short-form above, "ur'bev'soorani tal".

Finally, to "give an injection" could be built from "dinuir", "jahaal", and "bev"; something like "dinui bev'jahaal" (delivery of medicine by needle) -- though it feels a bit awkward to say, basically, "give health-needle". We could use the short-form for syringe, specifically, like so: "dinui ur'bev'jahaal".

I'm sure those could be more elegantly assembled, so feel free to run with those ideas and let us know what you come up with. :)

Re: Help finding/creating words!

Posted: 01 Jan 2015 17:26
by Vlet Hansen
I feel like drawing blood could shorten to just "sooran tal" since even in English we take it as read that a needle is involved, and we don't specifically mention it. Fells more colloquial. Good job with these, by the way.

Re: Help finding/creating words!

Posted: 31 Mar 2015 22:10
by Tal’jair Rusk
Soor'talir - draw blood
Jah'bev - syringe
Jah'bevir - give injection

Ori'hett - explosion
Ori'hettir - explode
Got'ori'hettir - blow up
Gota'hettir - burn something

Re: Help finding/creating words!

Posted: 11 Jun 2015 14:12
by MsLanna
I'm pretty sure we had a word for 'life'?
Something with the oya-stem?
I have difficulties pledging my life without a word for it. Shab.

Re: Help finding/creating words!

Posted: 11 Jun 2015 21:33
by Vlet Hansen
I always just used "oy"

Re: Help finding/creating words!

Posted: 16 Jun 2015 08:01
by Tal’jair Rusk
I came up with "oyar".
Oyar cuyi oyar - life is life.

Re: Help finding/creating words!

Posted: 16 Jun 2015 20:20
by MsLanna
I feel uncomfortable about nouns ending on 'r' becasue that's how infintives of verbs end.

Re: Help finding/creating words!

Posted: 17 Jun 2015 12:33
by Tal’jair Rusk
In Karen's original dictionary there is plenty of nouns ending with 'r'

Re: Help finding/creating words!

Posted: 17 Jun 2015 21:41
by Vlet Hansen
Every language feels like it needs orthographic reform, just roll with it vod!

Re: Help finding/creating words!

Posted: 12 Nov 2015 14:45
by WerewolfCarrie
Vode!
What is the common word for "to awaken / awake"? There has been some discussion, variations are "hoyir / hoy" (derived from "hunoy") and "oya'barir / oya'baar" respectively. Please help finding the correct translation.

Re: Help finding/creating words!

Posted: 12 Nov 2015 16:44
by Tal’jair Rusk
Id say "hoyir / hoyc" for "wake up / awake (adj.)"

Re: Help finding/creating words!

Posted: 03 Jan 2022 00:08
by Outis Hawkwind
Ibic cuy aru'ela nare.
Barycir cabure, naastar aruetiise!