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It's even easier than that with most people I know
They just describe multiples of individual animals, objects, places or things collectively as just ..... stuff
Flock of geese? .... stuff
A stack of books? ... stuff
group of cars? .... stuff
A planet? .... stuff
A solar system? ... stuff
A galaxy? ... stuff
A galactic neighbourhood? ... stuff
The universe? .... stuff
Sounds like German
plane - flying stuff
Lighter - fire stuff
Vehicle - driving stuff
lol ... I'm Indigenous Canadian and I speak my language Ojibway/Cree
This made me realize that the modern things we named with our old language sounds like what you describe
Aircraft -> kah-mee-nah-mee-kook .... 'the thing that flies'
Helicopter -> kah-kee-noo-kah-wah-nas-kee-pee-nik ... 'the thing that turns fast'