L E P/The physical world

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burrow (n. or v.) (C)

The animal burrowed into the ground.
We hid from the thanator in a burrow.
Might be derived from simple "dig". [1]

soil (n.) (B)

Plants will not grow in this soil.
[2]

spring, source (B)

The water from the spring was very cold.
[3]

waterfall, cascade ()

might these be verbs?

ice ()

water ()

pay? might fresh water, salt water, and hot water be diff. roots?

sink, drainage ()

opposite of a spring, as in karst terrain

mist, vapor, fog, steam ()

steam from cooking diff. from mist over forest?

dew ()

volcano ()

lava ()

earthquake ()

fumes ()

of volcano

smoke ()

of cooking fire

ash ()

of volcano != of a fire?

glass ()

breeze ()

hufwe?

plains, prairie ()

is tei from the game correct? (sg. txei?)

desert ()

lake ()

sea ()

seismic fault ()

sand, sand dune ()

hill, mountain, peak ()

gravel ()

river/lake/sea bed ()

bank (steep/grassy), shore, beach (sandy/gravel) ()

wave, surf ()

a/to splash ()

effect of rain or rock dropped in water

sand bar, reef ()

mud flat ()

valley ()

wax, waterproofing ()

sealing wax, candle wax, ear wax, ect. (any biology likely to have it, but not all the same concept?)

oil, tar ()

meander ()

of a river, floating mountains

arch ()

incl. rock arches near mag. pole

to float ()

diff words cloud in sky, floating mountain, leaf on water? rock in air = fish in water?

swim ()

on surface vs. under water : or is this just "fly in water"? (does the verb change per the medium? is swim on water same verb as run on land?)

dive ()

same as 'to duck'? cf. swoop when in the air like toruk vs. dive like sea otter when swimming on surface vs. plunge from air into the water like skua

steep ()

slope, mild grade, rolling terrain ()

deep ()

shallow ()

marsh, swamp (B)

meteorology & astronomy

month, week ()

season ()

which are the seasons? winter/spring/summer/fall? dry/dust/rain/monsoon? Kent-illuminated night/dark nights?

zenith, nadir ()

horizon ()

moon ()

other moons of Polythemus

Kent (Alpha Centauri B) ()

more than a moon, not quite a sun. maybe hi`tsawk ?

planet ()

other planets in the sky, assuming they're distinct from stars

Polyphemus ()

perhaps < Cameron

cloud ()

storm ()

thunder, lightning ()

might these be verbs?

phases of Polyphemus & moons ()

meteor, bolide, shooting star ()

aurora ()

weather, climate ()

sunny, cloudy, stormy, inclement, etc.

eye of Polyphemus ()