I have cursing in my only serious conlang, Akuu'mai'ian. Most of it is degree of disgust/inflection (liuo can mean "jerk" or "asshole") but there are two only curse words: biku which is "damn" and considered so mild that small children saying it won't get in trouble, and sameri'i.
Sameri'i directly translates as "mud lizard"; the species is a highly poisonous lizard that, if it bites you, you are most likely going to die. The word alone translates as "bitch" or "bastard" as a curse; the phrase Jio/jia e'e sameri'i is "son/daughter of a 'bitch'" and the phrase waiahilinachi sameri'i (which literally translates to "bitten by a sameri'i" and is more said that way as quickness instead of grammatical properness) is a cultural equivalent of "You're fucked."
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Date: 2007-04-25 07:39 am (UTC)Sameri'i directly translates as "mud lizard"; the species is a highly poisonous lizard that, if it bites you, you are most likely going to die. The word alone translates as "bitch" or "bastard" as a curse; the phrase Jio/jia e'e sameri'i is "son/daughter of a 'bitch'" and the phrase waiahilinachi sameri'i (which literally translates to "bitten by a sameri'i" and is more said that way as quickness instead of grammatical properness) is a cultural equivalent of "You're fucked."