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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)
- excuse me? bitte? pardon? quoi? comment? (lit. "how?") could you repeat that?
- 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)
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 (A)
argue, dispute (A)
- They were arguing with their daughter about her boyfriend.
describe, illustrate (B)
demand, require, order (B)
admit guilt (C)
reason (v.) (C)
- ronsem si?
mutter, mumble (C)
whisper (A)
sentence (C)
- 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)
frown, scowl (B)
- Eytukan only has to frown to make someone stop what they're doing.
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?
interrupt (v.) (B)
- Elinor Burkett pulled a Kayne West and interrupted Roger Ross Williams.
- Possibly same or different word: He dropped a rock in the river, interrupting the flow.
- Possibly intrans w/ causative to indicate interrupting someone?