Cross-Language Word-Association Game

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Re: Cross-Language Word-Association Game

Postby księżycowy » 2018-02-16, 23:43

(pl) księżycowy
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Re: Cross-Language Word-Association Game

Postby dEhiN » 2018-02-16, 23:54

So this is a loose sound association, but I couldn't think of anything else. :D

Tamil (ta) கஷ்டம்
difficulty, trouble
Native: (en-ca)
Active: (fr)(es)(pt-br)(ta-lk)(mi)(sq)(tl)
Inactive: (de)(ja)(yue)(oj)(id)(hu)(pl)(tr)(hi)(zh)(sv)(ko)(no)(it)(haw)(fy)(nl)(nah)(gl)(ro)(cy)(oc)(an)(sr)(en_old)(got)(sux)(grc)(la)(sgn-us)

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Re: Cross-Language Word-Association Game

Postby księżycowy » 2018-02-16, 23:59

(see) da’ásgwawënöyë:de:’
you don't understand my language

I'm too lazy to try and conjugate that the way I mean it. :P

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Re: Cross-Language Word-Association Game

Postby Linguaphile » 2018-02-17, 7:06

(vro) arvosaamaldaq
incomprehensible, unintelligible

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Re: Cross-Language Word-Association Game

Postby dEhiN » 2018-02-17, 15:48

Portuguese (pt) uma árvore
tree
Native: (en-ca)
Active: (fr)(es)(pt-br)(ta-lk)(mi)(sq)(tl)
Inactive: (de)(ja)(yue)(oj)(id)(hu)(pl)(tr)(hi)(zh)(sv)(ko)(no)(it)(haw)(fy)(nl)(nah)(gl)(ro)(cy)(oc)(an)(sr)(en_old)(got)(sux)(grc)(la)(sgn-us)

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Re: Cross-Language Word-Association Game

Postby księżycowy » 2018-02-17, 15:52

(ga) urlár
floor

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Re: Cross-Language Word-Association Game

Postby dEhiN » 2018-02-17, 16:43

French (fr) une parole
floor (i.e., the right to speak in a legislative assembly)
Native: (en-ca)
Active: (fr)(es)(pt-br)(ta-lk)(mi)(sq)(tl)
Inactive: (de)(ja)(yue)(oj)(id)(hu)(pl)(tr)(hi)(zh)(sv)(ko)(no)(it)(haw)(fy)(nl)(nah)(gl)(ro)(cy)(oc)(an)(sr)(en_old)(got)(sux)(grc)(la)(sgn-us)

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Re: Cross-Language Word-Association Game

Postby Antea » 2018-02-17, 17:13

(ru) пароль
Password

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Re: Cross-Language Word-Association Game

Postby Dark_Horse » 2018-02-18, 11:52

(el) πέρλα
pearl
Native: (el)
C2: (en-us)
Basic: (fr)
Studying: (grc) (la)
Interested in: (et)

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Re: Cross-Language Word-Association Game

Postby aaakknu » 2018-02-18, 12:56

(id) perlu
to need
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Re: Cross-Language Word-Association Game

Postby atalarikt » 2018-02-19, 15:19

(mi) ngira
needle
وَمِنْ آيَاتِهِ خَلْقُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَاخْتِلَافُ أَلْسِنَتِكُمْ وَأَلْوَانِكُمْ ۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَاتٍ لِلْعَالِمِينَ۝
"And of His signs is the creation of the heavens and the earth and the diversity of your languages and your colors. Indeed in that are signs for those of knowledge." (Ar-Rum: 22)

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Re: Cross-Language Word-Association Game

Postby księżycowy » 2018-02-19, 18:47

(see) otgwëhsa’
blood

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Re: Cross-Language Word-Association Game

Postby dEhiN » 2018-02-19, 19:44

Tamil (ta) இதயம்
heart
Native: (en-ca)
Active: (fr)(es)(pt-br)(ta-lk)(mi)(sq)(tl)
Inactive: (de)(ja)(yue)(oj)(id)(hu)(pl)(tr)(hi)(zh)(sv)(ko)(no)(it)(haw)(fy)(nl)(nah)(gl)(ro)(cy)(oc)(an)(sr)(en_old)(got)(sux)(grc)(la)(sgn-us)

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Re: Cross-Language Word-Association Game

Postby księżycowy » 2018-02-19, 20:21

Would it be too much trouble, since some of us try to associate through sound, to add some form of romanization of non-Latin scripts? It would be presumptuous of us to assume in a thread like this that everyone knows how to pronounce 桜 (sakura) or בית (bayit) for example.

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Re: Cross-Language Word-Association Game

Postby dEhiN » 2018-02-19, 20:32

księżycowy wrote:Would it be too much trouble, since some of us try to associate through sound, to add some form of romanization of non-Latin scripts? It would be presumptuous of us to assume in a thread like this that everyone knows how to pronounce 桜 (sakura) or בית (bayit) for example.

That makes sense, though I guess if I don't know the phonology of a language, even if it uses Latin script, I won't necessarily know the proper sound. But using a romanization will at least give an approximation.

dEhiN wrote:Tamil (ta) இதயம்
heart

I'll start: இதயம் idhayam 'heart'
Native: (en-ca)
Active: (fr)(es)(pt-br)(ta-lk)(mi)(sq)(tl)
Inactive: (de)(ja)(yue)(oj)(id)(hu)(pl)(tr)(hi)(zh)(sv)(ko)(no)(it)(haw)(fy)(nl)(nah)(gl)(ro)(cy)(oc)(an)(sr)(en_old)(got)(sux)(grc)(la)(sgn-us)

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Re: Cross-Language Word-Association Game

Postby księżycowy » 2018-02-19, 20:51

dEhiN wrote:I guess if I don't know the phonology of a language, even if it uses Latin script, I won't necessarily know the proper sound.

Actually, that's more than fair. Most people wouldn't know how to pronounce gadhar /gəir/ any better then my two examples above.

I should note that this is strictly a suggestion, and anybody free to not do it, but it's much appreciated if you do! :)

(aer) urtakwerte aterlpateme /uʈakʷəʈatəɭpatəmə/
heart really thumping

Not sure if my IPA for Arrernte is correct, but it's at least in the ballpark. :P

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Re: Cross-Language Word-Association Game

Postby dEhiN » 2018-02-19, 21:17

księżycowy wrote:(aer) urtakwerte aterlpateme /uʈakʷəʈatəɭpatəmə/
heart really thumping

I thought it's a word-association game! Wouldn't the space indicate two words? :D

Tamil (ta) குட்டு kuttu /kuʈːu/
knock on the head (usually using the knuckles)
Native: (en-ca)
Active: (fr)(es)(pt-br)(ta-lk)(mi)(sq)(tl)
Inactive: (de)(ja)(yue)(oj)(id)(hu)(pl)(tr)(hi)(zh)(sv)(ko)(no)(it)(haw)(fy)(nl)(nah)(gl)(ro)(cy)(oc)(an)(sr)(en_old)(got)(sux)(grc)(la)(sgn-us)

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Re: Cross-Language Word-Association Game

Postby księżycowy » 2018-02-19, 21:35

I suppose we'd have to define what we mean by "word" then. :hmm:

(see) de:yadadegöes /deːyadadegões/
boxing (lit. they hit each other with fists)

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Re: Cross-Language Word-Association Game

Postby dEhiN » 2018-02-19, 22:06

księżycowy wrote:I suppose we'd have to define what we mean by "word" then. :hmm:

In reality, it's ultimately up to each person. I presume most of us won't write a long phrase or sentence and call it a word. But because of agglutinative languages, I was using the rough definition of a space. As far I'm aware, languages that don't really use spaces between " words" (such as Japanese or Chinese) aren't agglutinative. But I know agglutinative languages could have one "word" that conveys what would take a whole sentence in English (or another non-agglutinative language).

Swedish (sv) det /deː/
it, that, the
Native: (en-ca)
Active: (fr)(es)(pt-br)(ta-lk)(mi)(sq)(tl)
Inactive: (de)(ja)(yue)(oj)(id)(hu)(pl)(tr)(hi)(zh)(sv)(ko)(no)(it)(haw)(fy)(nl)(nah)(gl)(ro)(cy)(oc)(an)(sr)(en_old)(got)(sux)(grc)(la)(sgn-us)

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Re: Cross-Language Word-Association Game

Postby księżycowy » 2018-02-19, 22:23

I take word to mean a single "idea" or "thing", and as can be seen in my Arrernte above, sometimes (in fact, quite frequently) in Australian Aboriginal languages two words can be used to make a term for an idea or thing.

(aer) ntenye-ntenye /ⁿdəɲə-ⁿdəɲə/
spotted


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