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ܤܡܝ ܦܠܕܢܝܘܤ Sep 16, 2015 (20:49)

Quasi-Adûnaic tentatives for Westron Wednesday (lol) :

(C = some consonant, V = some vowel)

*a(a)dash / *idash (n) frost, cold weather (< Q nixë : Qe luxu- = Ad. urush ; a < i from equating SIK-IL & Ad. zagar)

*ana-khôd-/?-khâd-a/i (adj) secret, clandestine (if North-Mannish nahald were the descendant form)

*asna, *asannu (a/u, n/r) (n) lie, falsehood (< PHUR- : cf. sak-al/PHAL-AS, ban-/PER, nakh-/TUL)

*bun-/bur- (b vs. th) (v) to do, make (< KAR : cf. bel-/KAL, balak/KIR vs. thâni/Q. cén (?), W. tharan/KANAT)

*k(h)anad (adv) more/yet (< Gn gantha; cf. Gn garth = W. kast-u, Gn naltha = Ad. dalad, and GAS = Ad. akhâs)

*k(h)arag- (stem) magic, enchant(ment), spell (< LUK, after W. narag- = NUK)

*k(h)uduz/k(h)adVz (z vs. b?) (n) lead, the metal (< Qe lanu)

*migal ~ *mêgal (n) channel (< Q celma : proceeding from associating KULUB with Qe laukë/*LAWAK)

*nakhad- vs. *ankhadâ- (v) bring/fetch (with causative (?) /d/ < ugrudâ- : cf. Q. tul-ta- & Hebrew, Aramaic equivalents for "bring" < "come")

*nul(–ud–/–us– etc.) (L vs. G?) (v) fasten, attach (< TAK)

*arag- vs. *pharag- (stem) drink/to drink (< SUK : cf. satta/Q. atta etc.)

*zarag- (z/th) (stem/v) to use, employ (< YUK : cp. ao. thôr/YON?)

*zul-um, -uk ~ *zû/ôl-ik (z/th) (n) cup (< Q. yulma : -Vk < târ-ik = Q. tar-ma)