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Lexical Expansion Project

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funny/humerous (adj.) (C)

The joke was funny.
It hurt when I stubbed my toe, but it was funny when you fell off your ikran and broke your neck.
[1]

joke (n. or v.) (B)

various fill sounds (C)

um... eh... hrrm... oh... mmmm! aahhh!

huh? (C)

Klingon nuqjatlh lit. "say what?"

well done, bravo, congratulations (B)

boo, you suck (B)

hang in there, hold out, don't give up (C)

alas (C)

A word to express mild dismay.

behold, here it is (B)

Here they are! Your new arrows.
And behold! Our hunter!

too bad, what a pity, Schade (C)

お疲れさま (honorable tiredness), ご苦労さま (honorable suffering/hardship/pain/anxiety) (C)

[2]

you're welcome (A)

Don't mention it, Any time, My pleasure
De nada (es), De rien (fr)
Swedish: Varsågod ("be so good"), Ingen orsak ("no cause")
response to irayo, if any

succeed despite idiocy, serendipity (C)

"pull a Homer" (Simpsons)

sarcastic, ironic (B)

Klingon wejpuH "charming, that's just great" (ironic)
to what extent does Na'vi do such things?

yell, talk loudly or angrily (A)

various colloquial greetings (C)

beyond kaltxì and kìyevame

swear, curse (B)

to what extent do the Na'vi swear? more than pxasìk?

various insults (B)

beyond skxawng

persuade, convince (B)

describe, illustrate (B)

demand, require, order (B)

admit guilt (C)

reason (v.) (C)

ronsem si?

mutter, mumble (C)

whisper (A)

sentence (A)

bounded sequence of words

scold, berate (B)

announce (B)

contradict (B)

belittle, make fun of (B)

They teased him because his small eyes made him look like a skyperson.
He belittled the boy in front of his peers and the boy's lack of experience was painfully illustrated.
idiom?

praise (n. or v.) (B)

narrate (A)

relate a story or tale to an audience in an entertaining fashion
important for oral tradition

story, account (A)

distinction between fictional and factual

hiss, bare teeth (B)

threatening noise/gesture
related to "threaten(ing)"?

gesture (C)

"I see you" hand gesture
thumbs up/thumbs down
"come here" wave, "stay there" palm

whistle (B)

call to ikran

unexpected (B)

out of context of the conversation
Japanese (and probably Chinese) have 意外: igai (Thought)(Outside) Outside of (what I) thought

propose, suggest (v.tr.) (B)

I propose we hunt now.
Oel (propose) futa set ayoeng taron.

suggest, insinuate, hint at (v.tr.) (B)

Are you suggesting that he may be an alien?
Ngal (suggest) futa po ketuwong livu srak?