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soumoin jair "reference"

soumoin jair /suˈmɔin ʒer/ [sʊˈmɔin ʝeː]

reference, cite, to quote the words of another with attribution;

credit, shout out, acknowledge, to publicly mention someone especially in order to thank them

Etymology: idiom meaning "to throw reference" attested from the seventeenth century. The noun soumoin is a deverbal of soumonir "prompt, remind", which descends from Latin summoneō "I privately advise, give a hint". The verb jair comes from Latin iaciō "I throw, fling".

Nos veleu soumoin jair a nossy conemour. /nɔz vɛlaw suˈmɔin ʒer a nɔˈsi ˌko.neˈmur/ [nɔz vɪˈlaw sʊˈmɔin ʝeː‿ʀa nʊˈsi ˌko.nɪˈmʊː] 1p will.sj-1p reference throw-inf to 1p.gn regular We'd like to shout out our patrons.

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trave "parquetry"

trave /traˈve/ [tʀɐˈve]

parquetry, the technique of using wooden tiles to create geometric patterns especially as used in flooring;

jigsaw, tangram, a puzzle in which the aim is to reconstruct a picture or shape that has been cut into small pieces

Etymology: from a specialised use of Middle French travé "crossed with wooden beams", via noun traf, tref "beam, mast" from Latin trabs "timber, beam, rafter". The puzzle sense is attested from the late nineteenth century.

Il son y trave costroint toð y jorn. /ɪl sɔn i traˈve koˈstrɔint tɔθ i ʒɔrn/ [ɪˈsɔn i tʀɐˈve kʊˈstʀɔint tɔðɪˈʝɔːn] 3p be.3p df jigsaw build-p.prs all df day They've been doing the jigsaw all day.

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xivol "waltz"

xivol /ksiˈvɔl/ [ksɪˈvɔl]

waltz, xivola, a style of dance originating in Vascony during the Long Peace (1770–1815) characterised by triple time and a rapid tempo;

metaphorically, the state of many people simultaneously carrying out independent tasks and moving around each other without getting in each other's way

Etymology: via French xivole from Vascon xìvola /ˈʃi.vo.la/ "waltz". This itself is a borrowing from the earlier and slightly different Italian dance scivola "waltz, word stressed on the third-from-last syllable", from verb scivolare "glide, slip". This is plausibly a descendant of Latin exsībilō "I hiss forth".

Although the original xivola dance had a rather restrained tempo, the average performance speed of xivola music has greatly increased over time. Xivola is usually conceived of as a crowd dance, in which an entire roomful of people participates.

Sy xivol aye tug aglon de skisteç. /si ksiˈvɔl ɛˈje taj ɛjˈlɔn de skɪˈstɛts/ [si ksɪˈvɔl iˈʝe taj ɪjˈlɔn de skɪˈstɛs] 3s.gn waltz have-ipf passion instead of elegance He waltzed with more passion than grace.

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A Transit of Venus

excerpt in translation from scitation questions lifted from Safford Technic Schole's Spring 89 course Along Natural Theory V: Astronomy from Lorenzo to the Alluning.

Respos dar an soutas calscon dell'ec entrou sevent a mesur de tre hour. Answer any number of the following questions in the next three hours.

2. Soumoin jaint vars Bensaíd ne L'Appragl de Communeyaçon, argument fair sur y gimmolt mondial d'an 1677 por y trasson de Maucr parcevir com bustr primal de collaboraçon theoretic tars tarm. 2. With reference to Bensaíd's The Communication Toolset, discuss the 1677 global effort to observe the transit of Mercury as an early example of international scientific collaboration.

Racont fair ou dy veyaç dell'astronom Dannesc Gudmund e Rebecca Scradder ag cort Seldivan, ben dy vandy politic all'Observatoir a Trapoles sou Malik Lisan Al-Mostansir. Chronicle either the voyage of Danes Gudmund and Rebecca Scradder to the Seldivan [Sri Lankan] court, or the political difficulties at the Observatory at Trapoles [Tripoli] under Malik Lisan Al-Mostansir.

Illustrar cos mathematic ig gent poðen con y method a tre pognt y lontað ag sol augrimar par meyan de lorry regest de trasson combinað. Illustrate mathematically how the threepoint method [triangulation] allowed people to calculate the solar distance using their combined transit records.

Scey nis alcot ag defait de gournanç d'hour tranq aðief por ig no sceus un gimmolt parallel durant y trasson Viendran ny dezein 1630? Was it a lack of sufficiently-accurate timekeeping that prevented such an effort during the Venusian transits of the 1630s?

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Delicious Etymology

excerpts in translation from the Rotcham Veriloquy, the premier etymological dictionary of Merch. It has been published in several editions since the late nineteenth century via the press of the university of Rotcham [Rochdale].

mikecorn n. /ˈməik.kɔːn/ [maize] a cereal grass of Lower Mendevan [Central American] origin. 1530 compound of mike alt. mayk, makee and corn < Morrove [Moroccan Arabic] ميك · maik (1502) < a language of the Arcabil [Caribbean], poss. Veonic [Wayuu] maiki "mikecorn".

shadome n. /ˈʃa.duːm/ [tomato] a plant of the nightshade kind having edible fruits; the fruit of this plant. 1570 < Vascon xadoma (1534) < Morrove شطم · shed'oma (1510) < Normal Nawat [Classical Nahuatl] shitomatl, denoting a kind of fruit used in stews and sauces. This is thought to be a derivative from the verb tomāwi "to swell".

shockle n. /ˈʃɔ.kəl/ [chocolate] a drink or later a foodstuff prepared from the quattle [cacao] bean. 1623 backwards from shockled adj. /ˈʃɔ.kləd/ "containing shockle" < Vascon xocolat (1596) < unknown root, poss. Nawat chicol "wooden stick" or Mayattan chocol "hot".

tartover n. /taːˈtuː.ə/ [potato] a plant of the nightshade kind with starchy underground tubers. 1583 alt. tartove < Vascon tartova (moresca) "(Moorish) truffle" (1555) < Tuscan tartuvo alt. tartuva "truffle" < Latin terrae tūber "truffle, lit. tuber of the earth". See also familiar and hypocoristic forms like tover /tuː.ə/, tattow /təˈtuː/ and tatter /ˈta.tə/.

tashban n. /ˈtaʃ.ban/ [vanilla] a plant of the orchid kind bearing podlike fruit whose seeds yield a extract used for flavouring and perfuming. 1608 < Vascon taxbàn (1567) or French tacheban < Morrove تشبان · tashbān (1518) < poss. Nawat tashpān, or directly < Thebevan [Totonac] tałpán, denoting a specific variety of the tashban orchid.

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souvolar "sweep"

souvolar /ˌsu.voˈlar/ [ˌsu.vʊˈlɐː]

sweep, be swept, to be caused to rise up into the air from the ground (as of the clothing of a person spinning, or of dust);

glide, to move through the air gracefully and unpropelled;

go along with something, play along, to cooperate in continuing something by passively allowing it;

(in a performative context) yes-and, commit to the bit, take things in stride, go with the flow, stay in character

Etymology: borrowing from Latin subvolō "I fly upwards from below", adapted to existing sou- "under" and volar "fly". In metaphorical use the word is attested from the eighteenth century; in a theatrical context it is seen from 1888, originally in use by a specific school of acting in Axbane.

Y rimband ag fruyour souvolaurn apar. /i rɪmˈband ɛj fraˈjur ˌsu.voˈlorn̩ aˈpar/ [i ʀɪmˈband ɛj fʀɐʝʊː ˌsu.vʊˈloːn ɐˈpɐː] df ribbon at.df dancer sweep-pst-3p through The dancer's ribbons swept through the air.

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parcorrir "scan"

parcorrir /ˌpar.kɔˈrɪr/ [ˌpɐː.kʊˈʀɪː]

scan, examine, go over, skim, to look at sequentially or from one end to the other;

traverse, cross, to go through;

rehearse, to practise by acting out

Etymology: Middle Borlish borrowing from Latin percurrō "I run through; I look over", modelling on inherited par- "through" and corrir "to run". In the last sense it is attested from the eighteenth century.

Nos erau y fabr parcorrent set hour. /nɔz eˈro i ˈfa.br̩ ˌpar.kɔˈrɛnt sɛt ur/ [ˌno.zɪˈʀo i ˈfa.bɐ ˌpɐː.kʊˈʀɛnt sɛt ʊː] 1p imp-1p df play rehearse-p.prs seven hour We'd been rehearsing for seven hours.

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raspar "scrape"

raspar /raˈspar/ [ʀɐˈspɐː]

scrape, scratch, graze, grate, rasp, to draw a sharp or rough object along a surface while exerting pressure;

play, bow, to create sound on a string instrument by means of drawing a bow across a string

Etymology: twelfth-century borrowing from Old French rasper "scratch, grate", itself from synonymous hraspōn in Frankish. The extension to string playing, as well as the noun raspour "string player", is seen from the late sixteenth century.

J'yemoy scið aïr kes raspað demay sad. /ʒjeˈmɔj xɪθ eˈjɪr kɛz raˈspaθ deˈme sad/ [ʝɪˈmɔj çɪ‿ðɪˈʝɪː kɛz ʀɐˈspɐh dɪˈme sad] 1s=get-pst known have-inf cheese scrape-p.pst too.much gravely I realised I'd grated far too much cheese.

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Introduction to a Recipe

excerpt in translation from acclaimed 1880 mealbook Pasti Mezziterreni (Middlesea Meals), written by world-traveller Giosforo Sant'Angelo.

Farrago a Pot Cypriot Cypriot Pan-Farrago

Preðauc vos seyað feliç aðief a un orin ny rimot Masrecq broucar Unless you have the good fortune to hail from the Masreck coast

(degnant par boc y staddenzan d'Arcabil ain un kes cosvour, la fait quippe des laið a vacq), (although I hear the Arcabil staddenzen have a similar cheese, there made of course with cow's milk),

vos stoura se contentar an kes Cypriot quidam conservað sou salmoir oc, ja pos ragostant cos immachiabr nell'oc mistur pouvler, you will need to content yourself to brine-stored Cypriot cheese which, while perfectly appetising in this traditional mélange,

noc incaint vars y repasc deliçous attegndr meyon pris a cost y mar posc un jorn passað ny ruin a Knossos. is unlikely to match the exquisite meal I took by the sea after a day spent among the ruins of Knossos.

Se pos reclamar ig jo no fos cos forçað for souvolant ne souc de grantað, emmenað lonc y mesur par y gra d'asc reðr mey; One might object that I must simply have been swept up in grandeur, carried along by the weight of aeons behind me;

de my sgart jo vil aglon y cociner reconnoscr. for my part I am inclined to credit the chef.

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American History Quiz

from the 1930 book Prove your Knowledge!, a part of the series Games for Sorties and Excourses. This was a collection of casual party games compiled and published by Merch couple Anna and Ralph Highwater through the Royal Tommarth Castinghouse.

History XI: The Novomund (answers on sheet 236)

Which emperor of Tavancy [~the Inca], whose 61-year reign from 1599 until 1660 is the longest of any monarch in Cappatian history, is suspected to have been assasinated by Morrack [Morrocan] agents in order to be able to increase the volume and decrease the price of silver exports?

For whom were the Sturgovan [Appalachian] Mountains named?

With which Mendevan people did the nascent polity of New Provence principally trade during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries?

In what year was the Steeplepost Tapestry in the Ambrosian city of Aiga d'Angoixa [~Quebec City] erected, the first device capable of displaying an image communicated via the steeplemesh?

What astronomical event inspired the naming of the major Mashick city of Moshtar [~San Francisco] in 1780?

What property of matter was discovered by the Cappatian city of Varonøw [~Vitória, ES]'s Nÿstad Atellier in 1902?

Which was the first of the staddomains [colonial tradeposts] along the eastern Cappatian coast to be established, with an official chronicle dating to 1561?

A predecessor to the Lineball Global Tourney, what was the name of the international lineball competition first held in Awasúconda [~Paraná] in 1909 between twenty teams?

Which was the only Novomundine polity to have a delegation present at the signing of the Laic Declarations in Belgrade?

What was the name of the first Chinese ship to alight in the Novomund?

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abrangir "include"

abrangir /ˌa.branˈʒɪr/ [ˌa.bʀɐnˈʝɪː]

include, comprise, comprehend, to consider a part of some set of things;

span, cover, contain, to extend sufficiently so as to include

Etymology: via Scholastic Latin abrangeō "I include" from Portingale abranger "include", itself of obscure origin. Possibly related to Old French rengier "to line up, form rows", from Frankish (either hring "ring" or ranc "upright"); otherwise perhaps an unconventional descendant of Latin vergō "I bend, am situated".

Y pascman abrange zaquesc e desc assovent y dou. /i ˌpaxˈman ˌa.branˈʒe zaˈkwɛx e dɛx ˌa.soˈvɛnt i du/ [i ˌpaxˈman ˌa.bʀɐnˈʝe zɐˈkwɛç e dɛç ˌa.sʊˈvɛnt i du] df eatery include-ipf snack and meal sate-p.prs df two The eatery had both snacks and full meals.

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sou teneur covart "in secret"

sou teneur covart /su teˈnawr koˈvart/ [su tɪˈna.wɐ kʊˈvɐːt]

in the dark, under the cover of darkness, without any light;

in secret, secretly, out of view, sub rosa, concealed from any eavesdroppers or spies

Etymology: idiom attested from the eighteenth century, literally "under covered darkness"; probably formed by analogy to preexisting sou ciel ovart "in plain view", literally "under open sky". The noun teneur is an uncomplicated descendant from Latin tenebrae "darkness"; the adjective covart is the past participle of covrir "to cover", from Latin cooperiō "I cover, overwhelm, clothe".

Il son se rajognent sou teneur covart pieç semman. /ɪl sɔn se raˈʒɔj.nɛnt su teˈnawr koˈvart pjɛts sɛˈman/ [ɪˈsɔn se ʀɐˈʝɔj.nɐnt su tɪˈna.wɐ kʊˈvɐːt pjɛs sɪˈman] 3p be.3p rfl meet-p.prs under darkness cover.p.pst some week They have been meeting in secret for a few weeks.

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imminent "prospective"

imminent /ˌɪ.miˈnɛnt/ [ˌɪ.mɪˈnɛnt]

projecting, overhanging, suspended above;

prospective, anticipated, likely or expected to happen;

newly elected, (of a candidate) voted in but having not yet taken office;

apparent, (of an heir) having a claim to a title that cannot be superseded by the birth of anyone else

Etymology: Middle Boral borrowing from Latin imminēns, present participle of immineō "I overhang; I am intent upon, I am near at hand". The verb imminir was briefly current but had obsolesced by the end of the seventeenth century. Its original use in Borlish was in the phrase heriter imminent "heir apparent", as opposed to heriter provisoir "heir presumptive".

My paðr es collocquant con y gournour imminent. /mi ˈpa.ðr̩ ɛz ˌkɔ.lɔˈkwant kɔn i gurˈnur ˌɪ.miˈnɛnt/ [mi ˈpa‿ʀɪz ˌkɔ.lʊˈkwant kɔn i gʊːˈnʊː‿ˌʀɪ.mɪˈnɛnt] 1s.gn father be.3s converse-p.prs with df governor prospective My father is interviewing the governor-elect.

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In the Ballroom

excerpt in translation from Ezio Carvallo's 1860 work Tejan de Masquira ou Jalico (In a Mask or a Suit).

Ny salon caye zoum dy murmuranç nievrous d'un murðon a collocq, parfis atras con bau sporadic d'hom ricottant. The salon hummed with the indistinct murmur of myriad conversations, punctuated by occasional barks of laughter.

Matthias eye sarpentin entr haçot de jolleyour, y hal parcorrent a gaz doutr plumaç remeyaçant e caliç ne crystal. Matthias weaved between knots of revellers, his eyes scanning the room over bobbing plumes and crystal flutes.

Bojay minç vacillan ne candellabr adornað, y tapeçment eð y paið trave bagnant con splendiscment quemant. Tapers flickered in ornate candelabras, casting a warm glow over the wall-hangings and the parquet floors.

Sur un los ny cogn jagerrem, un party a raspour luyen ne coutrant un xivol nervous cant per trasen y hal ne voltiscent, lorry cottegl e mantel faint souvolar capaç. On a dais at the far end, a coterie of string players sawed through a sprightly xivola as couples whirled around the room, their skirts and capes sweeping widely.

Matthias cave parcevet de visaç seyon connuð; y nas aquilin all'ambasctour Cantesc, y sourey polið a Domn Gassola, un bevey diamantin relugnt seyon vis nuverrem sur y col ag Duches a Astorga. Matthias caught glimpses of familiar faces; the Kentish ambassador's aquiline nose, Lady Gassola's polished smile, a sparkling diamond parure he'd last seen adorning the Duchess of Astorga.

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Battle of Rexam (1483)

The Battle of Rexam (Merch Feight at Rexam /fɛʃt ət ˈɾɛksəm/, Cambric Brwydr Car Vanteł /ˈbɾuː.də kaː vənˈtɛɬ/) was a major combat between Markland [~Mercia] and the Kingdom of Britain [~Wales+] which took place in 1483 during the Wars of Fealty.

Rexam (formerly in the Merch language spelt Wrexham) had been a contested town on the border of Wales and Markland almost from the moment the latter was founded. In 1301, in an act which reignited the Mallor Wars, King Andrew II sacked the town.

The relatively-new Kingdom of Britain (formed of Wales and its outlying tallaths [provinces], along with Kernow [Brittany] and Sodrick [Man and the Hebrides]) began in the Wars of Fealty from a position of strength, and managed early on to extract many concessions from Markland. This culminated in a decisive victory at Rexam, where the last Duke of Chester was killed.

After this battle, Britain was able to take lasting control of the area around Rexam (though the attack on the city of Chester shortly thereafter was rebuffed). The polity then managed to recuse itself from the continued conflicts of the Wars of Fealty; the rest of the polities of Albion would remain embroiled for another thirty years.

The battle and its aftermath were portrayed in 1931 work "Children of the Battle of Rexam" (released originally in Cambric as Pa Ðywdon y Plant Car Vanteł "What the Children of Car Vantel Said"), a fictionalised account of the Duke of Chester's three orphaned children written by schoolteacher Jon Paldreth.

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niniralin #is your word for dinosaur dragon?#that's awesome

It is! Thanks, I figured if IRL could do it with the echidna then no-one could stop me doing it here with dinosaurs🦖🦕 (i heard that the word for "tapir" in japanese was extended from a mythological being too for even more precedent!)

a gest "de facto"

a gest /a ʒɛst/ [ɐˈʝɛst]

de facto, in practice, in fact, regardless of official or legal status;

actually, in fact, used to introduce a contradictory remark

Etymology: a Middle Borlish borrowing from legal Latin ad gestum "de facto", literally "to the deed", along with parallel formation a verb < ad verbum "de jure", literally "to the word". In general contexts it is seen from the sixteenth century.

A gest, aucel son progenies jug dez dragon. /a ʒɛst | oˈdzɛl sɔn ˌpro.ʒeˈnjɛz ʒaj dɛz draˈgɔn/ [ɐˈʝɛst | ʊˈdzɛl sɔn ˌpʀo.ʝɪˈnjɛz ʝaj dɛz dʀɐˈgɔn] at deed | bird be.3p descendant still out.of dinosaurs In fact, birds are descended from dinosaurs.

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a gest "de facto"

a gest /a ʒɛst/ [ɐˈʝɛst]

de facto, in practice, in fact, regardless of official or legal status;

actually, in fact, used to introduce a contradictory remark

Etymology: a Middle Borlish borrowing from legal Latin ad gestum "de facto", literally "to the deed", along with parallel formation a verb < ad verbum "de jure", literally "to the word". In general contexts it is seen from the sixteenth century.

A gest, aucel son progenies jug dez dragon. /a ʒɛst | oˈdzɛl sɔn ˌpro.ʒeˈnjɛz ʒaj dɛz draˈgɔn/ [ɐˈʝɛst | ʊˈdzɛl sɔn ˌpʀo.ʝɪˈnjɛz ʝaj dɛz dʀɐˈgɔn] at deed | bird be.3p descendant still out.of dinosaurs In fact, birds are descended from dinosaurs.

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