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Re: Guess the Word in Germanic Conlangs

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Is "úrmb" from *wurmiz?
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Re: Guess the Word in Germanic Conlangs

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shimobaatar wrote:Is "úrmb" from *wurmiz?
Yep!

Looks like you guys have all the individual pieces now
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Re: Guess the Word in Germanic Conlangs

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A "little steppe worm-bear"? Something makes me want to ask if it's a member of the family Mustelidae?
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Re: Guess the Word in Germanic Conlangs

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shimobaatar wrote:A "little steppe worm-bear"? Something makes me want to ask if it's a member of the family Mustelidae?
It is
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Re: Guess the Word in Germanic Conlangs

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Does it mean "mink"?
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Re: Guess the Word in Germanic Conlangs

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shimobaatar wrote:Does it mean "mink"?
Nope
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Re: Guess the Word in Germanic Conlangs

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Marten?
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Re: Guess the Word in Germanic Conlangs

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shimobaatar wrote:Marten?
No
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Re: Guess the Word in Germanic Conlangs

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Weasel?
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Re: Guess the Word in Germanic Conlangs

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Might the critter be a polecat or a stoat?
I like my languages how I like my women: grammatically complex with various moods and tenses, a thin line between nouns and verbs, and dozens upon dozens of possible conjugations for every single verb.
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Re: Guess the Word in Germanic Conlangs

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Inkcube-Revolver wrote:Might the critter be a polecat or a stoat?
Going to have to be more specific than that but on the right track
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Re: Guess the Word in Germanic Conlangs

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Either striped hyena (of the sahel) or wolverine (of the Canadjan steppes & tundra) or honey-badger/ratel (Velt-dweller)

the *wurmiz element is because like maggots (i.e. worms), they prefer eating carrion.

And I am unanimous in this (but prolly wrong).

Honorable mentions:
Giant Anteater?
Aardvark?
Pangolin?
Mongoose?
Andrewsarchus?
Borhyaena?
Hyaenodon?
Meerkat?
Some heretofore undiscovered savanna/alvar/prairie-dwelling Kinkajou ????
(man)Bearpig?
Repanamamus???
Beara Constrictor (damn u, internet! Where is your photoshop silliness when I need you. Fie, Internet, fie!) ??
Mongolian Devil Worm ?????
Therizinosaurus????????? (I think they lived in open forest, though)
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Oh, I know, the marsupial mole!
has to be!
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{Otherwise, this is quickly turning into a dinner-menu for the Tasmanian Devil}
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Re: Guess the Word in Germanic Conlangs

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I just wanted you to know that the word would be *stappewjirmbearlyng in West Frisian.

And it's completely your fault.

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Re: Guess the Word in Germanic Conlangs

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I change my guess.

It's the Subarctic Wooly Bear caterpillar

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Absolutely has to be {the wrong choice}.

With big pointy teeth!
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Re: Guess the Word in Germanic Conlangs

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Inkcube-Revolver is still the closest and oh so close

You came mighty close with Beara Constrictor and that caterpillar though Lambuzhao [xP]
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Re: Guess the Word in Germanic Conlangs

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I'm surprised no one photoshopped an angry bear face onto a wooly bear caterpillar.

Life would be complete on 3 of the 11 heavily-traveled spatio-temporal dimensions.
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Steppe polecat?
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Re: Guess the Word in Germanic Conlangs

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qwed117 wrote:Steppe polecat?
Yep! A little more specific than that though [;)]
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Re: Guess the Word in Germanic Conlangs

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A male baby steppe polecat?
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Re: Guess the Word in Germanic Conlangs

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Alpha-male baby steppe polecat?
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