Kiitra/Lexicon

Kiitra is one of the six major indigenous languages of the planet Alplaa, and is used throughout its solar system as a universal auxiliary language. For more detailed information on historical background, grammar, pronunciation, et cetera, please refer to the main Kiitra page.

General format
The following is a listing of words and phrases in Kiitra and the other languages of Alplaa. For ease of use, they are printed in Latin alphabet transliteration. To search on the list, use your browser's "find" function (such as Ctrl+F for Internet Explorer); if you can't find a translation for a specific word, repeat using synonyms.

The format is as follows:

Kiitra word or phrase (word class) meaning in English [additional notes] This list is a work in progress. If you think of a concept which is not covered by any word or phrase in this lexicon, please suggest an addition in the "Talk" page.
 * example of idiomatic usage - meaning in English

.─ A
aba (adjective or adverb) now, presently abashokda (noun) Alplai contemporary/popular music [marked by use of electronic and amplified instrumentation, but no singing]
 * id'aba - the present time

abaten (noun or adverb) today, the current day

abiikh (adjective or adverb) immediate, immediately, right now

ada (adjective or adverb) male, of the male sex or gender

adabaakh (noun) boy, juvenile male

adafesh (noun) man, adult male

adagejra (noun) adolescent male

adajaita (noun) brother, male sibling

adakidra (noun) uncle, parent's male sibling

adalaita (noun) male cousin

adantishnar (noun) sperm

adantolf (noun) semen

adapidra (noun) son, male offspring

adarja (noun) sir

adavidra (noun) father, male parent

adazidra (noun) nephew, sibling's male offspring

adazokh (noun) male person

adjra (pronoun, formal) he, him [third-person singular male pronoun used for deities or esteemed decedents]

adjraluu (possessive pronoun) his [third-person singular male pronoun used for deities or esteemed decedents]

adma (noun) origin, source

adra (pronoun) he, him

adraluu (possessive pronoun) his

adukendakuud (noun) testicles

adukendeira (noun) pouch in front of abdomen of Alplai males where penis is kept

adukendla (noun) penis

aira (pronoun) them, they [for persons or other living things, gender-neutral]

airaluu (possessive pronoun) their, theirs [for persons or other living things, gender-neutral]

ajala (adjective) equal

ajaldar (verb) to equalize, to make equal

ajaladra (adjective) egalitarian

ajaladraat (noun) Egalitarian Party; Alplai political party devoted to promoting, protecting and extending equal rights for all citizens

ajaladradiirdeznai (noun) "egalitarian Traditionalist"; a frequent description of a moderate member of the Traditionalist Party; also a member of the former Egalitarian Traditionalist Party which would later merge with the Pragmatic Conversionist Party and independent moderates to form the current Pragmatist Party.

ajaladrai (noun) egalitarian person, member of Egalitarian Party

ajan (verb) to say, to speak, to utter

ajna (noun) speech, utterance

ajnakuud (noun) syrinx, voicebox

ajnara (noun) ability to speak, voice

ajra (pronoun, formal) he/she, him/her [third-person singular neuter pronoun used for deities or esteemed decedents]

ajraluu (possessive pronoun) his/her/hers [third-person singular neuter pronoun used for deities or esteemed decedents]

akorajet (noun) Alplai equivalent of doctoral degree, doctorate

akorjetai (noun or title) doctor, person who has obtained a doctorate

Alplaa (proper noun) name of homeworld for the Alplai peoples

Alplai (adjective or noun) people of Alplaa, a sapient race evolved from avian ancestors; originating from or related to Alplaa

ara (pronoun) he/she, him/her [gender-neutral third-person singular pronoun]

araluu (possessive pronoun) his/her/hers [gender-neutral third-person singular pronoun]

ater (noun) Alplaian month of 33 days

ava (adjective or adverb) female, of the female sex or gender

avabaakh (noun) girl, juvenile female

avafesh (noun) woman, adult woman

avagejra (noun) adolescent female

avajaita (noun) sister, female sibling

avakejdra (noun) adolescent female

avakidra (noun) aunt, parent's female sibling

avalaita (noun) female cousin

avapidra (noun) daughter, female offspring

avarja (noun) madam

avavidra (noun) mother, female parent

avazidra (noun) niece, sibling's female offspring

avazokh (noun) female person

avgeshvorh (noun) intense estrus-like episode which occurs in some Alplai adolescent females

avjra (pronoun, formal) her, she [third-person singular female pronoun used for deities or esteemed decedents]

avjraluu (possessive pronoun) her, hers [third-person singular female pronoun used for deities or esteemed decedents]

avkenjotra (noun) dildo, vaginal dialator [clinical/technical term]

avra (pronoun) her, she

avraluu (possessive pronoun) her, hers

avukendakuud (noun) ovaries

avukendra (noun) vagina

aza (adjective or adverb) androgynous, intersex

azarja (noun) gender-neutral equivalent of sir/madam used to address androgynous individuals

azazokh (noun) androgynous/intersex person

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aabirvosh (verb) to impress

aabirvosha (adjective) impressive

aaj (adjective) south, southern

aan (verb) to sleep

aana (adjective) sleepy, sleeping, sleep-related

aanai (noun) sleeper, sleeping person

aanashiinla (noun) bedroom

aanda (noun) sleep

aanomja (noun) bed

aaprev (verb) to navigate, to plan or plot course of travel

aapreva (noun) navigation

aaprevai (noun) navigator, person at helm

aapreviila (noun) helm; cockpit

╟ B
baaj (adjective) over, up

baajgraatra (noun) staircase, stairs

baajibdra (noun) arm, upper limb

baajishruu (noun) shoulder

baajtefra (noun) ceiling of room

baakh (noun) child, juvenile

baalzrii (adjective or adverb) exact, exactly, precise, precisely

bada (noun) leaf

badara (noun) branch of tree or other large plant

badra (noun) place; division of larger complex

bej (verb) to see

beja (noun or adjective) sight, pertaining to sight or vision

bejafaaz (noun) telescreen; device combining television, videophone and computer

bejkuud (noun) eye

bejsa (adjective or adverb) visible, visibly

bela (adjective) brown color

belaam (verb) to allow, to permit

beluuga (adjective) practical, pragmatic

beluugaat (noun) Pragmatist Party; Alplai political party advocating a nonideological approach to problem-solving and a balance of power between executive and legislative branches

beluugai (noun) pragmatist, member of Pragmatist Party

beluugajanaat (noun) Pragmatic Conversionist Party; a group of political moderates who broke from the Conversionist Party, later uniting with the Egalitarian Traditionalist Party and independent moderates to form the current Pragmatist Party

beluugajanai (noun) member of the Pragmatic Conversionist Party

benag (noun) feather

benakha (noun) plumage

benash (verb) to preen, to treat and clean plumage

benshazai (noun) Alplai professional who provides intensive treatment of plumage

ber (verb) to be able

bera (adjective or adverb) able, ably

beshna (noun) scratch

beshnar (noun) claw, nail, talon

beshon (verb) to claw, to scratch

biira (adjective) yellow color

Biizagater (proper noun) second "month" in the Alplai calendar

bitjra (noun) rock, stone

bitla (adjective) hard, solid

bitlaprovaar (noun) hail

blaan (adjective) aged, old

Bojater (proper noun) ninth "month" in the Alplai calendar

bojrii (adjective or adverb) preceding, previous, prior

bok (noun) relaxation, rest boka (adjective) relaxed, relaxing, restful, resting
 * g'boz bok - to relax/rest [lit.: to have relaxation/rest]

bokahosha (noun) recreational trip, vacation trip

bokaten (noun) rest day, vacation day

bokazaam (noun) rest time, vacation time

bokh (noun) tail [appendage of animal]

bolsa (adjective or adverb) after, late bolsaten (noun or adverb) tomorrow
 * bolsa aira feiniis - they will come late

bolsiikh (adjective or adverb) latest, future bolsiil (adjective or adverb) later
 * id'bolsiikh - all future time, the future

bolta (adjective or adverb) before, early boltaten (noun or adverb) yesterday
 * bolta aira feiniit - they came early

boltiikh (adjective or adverb) earliest, past boltiil (adjective or adverb) earlier
 * id'boltiikh - all past time, history, the past

bon (verb) to find, to locate

bona (adjective) found

bonra (noun) find, minor discovery, something found

bonujokh (noun) compass

bora (noun) foot [lower appendage of animal]

borapraaj (noun) heel of foot

boratiir (noun) toe [Alplai have four toes in front and a fifth vestigial toe at the end of the heel; see borpraajtiir below]

borpraajtiir (noun) vestigial fifth toe at the end of an Alplai's heel

borshruu (noun) ankle

boshra (noun) path, road, trail

brei (noun) ability

briijan (verb) to disturb, to trouble, to vex, to worry

briijna (adjective) disturbing, troubling, worrying

briijnara (noun) disturbance, trouble

bruu (noun) bowl

buldoshai (noun) delegate, legislator, representative

buldosharasaija (noun) representative democracy

buldoshren (verb) to represent, to have received a mandate

buldoshton (verb) to delegate, to give a mandate

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daarshiinla (noun) living room or den, main room of house

daafaa (noun) informal form of "father" often spoken by children; equivalent to "daddy" or "papa"

daij (adjective) mildly spicy or piquant in flavor

daijra (noun) spice

dalen (verb) to swim

dalna (adjective) swimming

dalnai (noun) swimmer

dara (noun) central facility, complex

davna (noun) storm

degjaa (interjection) thank you, thanks deira (noun) bag, sack
 * degjaa zura - thanks for that
 * degjaajiit - many thanks, thanks a lot
 * adra toniit aira degjaa - he gave them thanks, he thanked them

dejon (noun) physical sensation

dela (noun) mass, weight

delagelenra (noun) gravity

derja (noun) spleen [Note: the Alplai have two small spleens on either side; if one is damaged and/or removed, the remaining one increases in size to compensate]

deshal (adjective) prepared, ready

deshta (adjective) entitled, bestowed a right or rights

deshtera (noun) entitlement, right

d'horvone (noun) gunpowder [Baija origin, literally means "thunder dust"; the Baija invented gunpowder and often used it in their struggle for independence]

diilaj (adjective) very spicy or pungent in flavor

diirdezna (adjective) traditional, conservative

diirdeznaat (noun) Traditionalist Party; Alplai political party advocating a strong executive branch of government

diirdeznai (noun) traditionalist person; member of Traditionalist Party

diirdeznara (noun) tradition

diirsa (noun) drug, medicine

diirsavaag (noun) pharmacology

diirsavaagai (noun) pharmacist

diirsavaagdara (noun) pharmacy

dof (numeral) two

dofgrava (adjective or noun) double-front [overlapping and reversible front incorporated in many articles of Alplai clothing]

dofukendemlara (adjective or noun) bisexual, bisexuality

dofukendemlarai (noun) bisexual person

dol (numeral) three

dolig (noun) pants, slacks

dona (noun) egg; consisting of shell, albumin, yolk and fertilized ovum or embryo

dondeira (noun) oviduct, uterus

dontishnar (noun) ovum

dovegaad (noun) afternoon

drakha (noun) morning

drishara (noun) ritual

drof (preposition) to or toward

d'shodiirsa (noun) stimulant [drug/medication]

d'shota (noun) excitement, stimulation
 * g'boz d'shota - to be excited/stimulated [lit.: to have excitement/stimulation]
 * giron d'shota - to excite/stimulate [lit.: to cause excitement/stimulation]

dulokh (noun) chest, thorax

duuja (adjective or adverb) slow, slowly

╘ E
ebon (adverb) again

edra (adjective) spiritual

edrajaita (noun) fellow believer, brother/sister in religious/spiritual sense

edramai (noun) spirit, supernatural entity

edrazaam (noun) time devoted to religious/spiritual devotion/reflection/worship

edrazafaat (noun) religious/spiritual community/congregation [Note: different spiritual traditions will use specific names for their local groups]

edriikhai (noun) deity, god

efa (noun and adverb) there ega (noun and adverb) here egiirh (adjective or adverb) only
 * efa zon ... - "There is/are ... "; used the same as English: "That is ..."/"Those are ... "
 * ega zon ... - "Here is/are ... "; used the same as English: "This is ... "/"These are ... "

eif (adjective or adverb) same

eifukendemlara (adjective or noun) homosexual, homosexuality

eifukendemlarai (noun) homosexual person

eirk (adjective or adverb) different, differently

eirkukendemlara (adjective or noun) heterosexual, heterosexuality

eirkukendemlarai (noun) heterosexual person

eja'- (adjectival determiner prefix) that, these, this, those
 * eja'era (object-only pronoun) that thing, this thing
 * eja'era ega - this thing
 * eja'era efa - that thing


 * eja'iira (object-only pronoun) these things, those things
 * eja'iira ega - these things
 * eja'iira efa - those things

ekaa (adjective) grand, great, important, prestigious

ekaagenfreikaat (noun) electoral/political coalition of parties

ekaarasai (noun) emperor, supreme ruler

ekaashaijaat (noun) government ministry

ekaashaijaras (noun) government minister

ekaashokda (noun) Alplai classical music [originating from upper-class Saakh and Kiitra music, characterized by strict separation of vocal and instrumental performance]

ekaavajna (noun) paragraph

ekaavezrajikolai (noun) senior police officer

ekabon (verb) to discover

ekabonra (noun) discovery

ekbiivar (noun) mountain

ekedralgai (noun) prophet, founding religious leader/teacher

ekeijatiir (noun) thumb

ekiikh (adjective) greatest, highest degree of importance or prestige

ekiil (adjective) greater, higher degree of importance or prestige

eksa (noun or adjective) sky

eksabadra (noun) air terminal at airport

eksadara (noun) airport

eksadopar (noun) cloud

eksajuush (noun) aircraft

eksakiij (noun) atmosphere

eksashaar (noun) rain

eksjadavna (noun) rainstorm

elbra (noun) supper, light late night meal

elma (noun) emotion of love

elmaat (noun) love relationship, romance

elmai (noun) beloved, lover

elmatakar (verb) to marry, to wed

elmatakra (adjective) married

elmatakraat (noun) marriage

elmatakrai (noun) spouse

elmon (verb) to love

ema (noun) emotion of liking

emaat (noun) friendship

emai (noun) friend

emara (noun) something liked

emgana (noun) stomach [digestive organ]

emilara (noun) something preferred, preference

emilon (verb) to prefer

emon (verb) to like

emriiza (noun) colon [digestive organ]

emuuta (noun) intestine

emzainrakuud (noun) Alplai endocrine gland corresponding to Islets of Langerhans in humans

en (conjunction) and

enra (adjective) other

enrakra (noun) planet [see also: pakhtaraag]

enshii (adverb) also epashna (noun) gizzard, proventriculus
 * faan, degjaa. enshii shra? - I'm fine, thanks. You as well?

era (pronoun or noun) it, thing [inanimate object]

eraluu (possessive pronoun or noun) its [inanimate object]

etgom (verb) to pretend, to simulate

etgoma (adjective) simulated

etgomera (noun) simulation

etgomolaanra (noun) flight simulator

ezam (verb) to assault, to injure, to commit violence against

ezelja (adjective or noun) advice, advising, recommendation, recommending, suggesting, suggestion

ezeljai (noun) advisor

ezlej (verb) to advise, to recommend, to suggest

ezma (adjective, noun) assault, injurious, injury, violence, violent

ezrhada (adjective) radical

ezrhadaat (noun) Radical Party; Alplai political party favoring grassroots democracy and radical decentralization of power

ezrhadai (noun) radical person, member of Radical Party

├ F
faan (adjective) good, well

faandrakha (greeting) good morning [only spoken among members of the same household]

faaniil (adjective) better

faaniikh (adjective) best faaz (noun) system
 * faaniikh p'jema! Best of luck!

faazglok (noun or job title) system operations officer/administrator

fanituu (interjection) goodbye

fanuujaa? (inquiry) How are you? [lit: "Things are good, yes?"]

farg (noun) tree

fargtofga (noun) bark of tree

fein (verb) to come

felja (noun) year

ferga (adjective or adverb) diagonal, diagonally

fesh (adjective or noun) adult

fiija (noun) bird

fojal (verb) to dress, to put on clothes

fojla (noun) clothes, clothing, garment, garments

fragosh (noun) wood

freik (verb) to cast a ballot or vote

freikai (noun) voter

freikara (noun) ballot, vote

freikarenai (noun) candidate for election

frem (noun) door, portal frepshur (noun) velcro fastener
 * inra lobeliit frem gopshii inra - we repaired door between us; idiomatic metaphor for reconciliation

f'taa (interrogative interjection) word said in front of sentence to indicate it is a question [see Kiitra main page section 3.5] f'tajna (noun) question
 * f'taa? Eh? Huh? Wha?

f'tama (interrogative) when

f'tara (interrogative pronoun) who

f'tash (verb) to ask

f'tazra (interrogative) why

f'teda (interrogative) how

f'tega (interrogative) where

f'teimek (noun) question mark

f'tejiit (interrogative) how many/much

f'tera (interrogative) what

f'tiira (interrogative) which

┌ G
gaanei (noun) story

gaavii (adjective, adverb or determiner) enough, sufficient, sufficiently

gaavipaa (adjective or adverb) adequate, adequately

gad (verb) to bite

gada (adjective) bitten

gadra (noun) bite, wound produced by biting

gajana (adjective) conversion, shift

gajanaat (noun) Conversionist Party; Alplai political party advocating a strong legislature

gajanai (noun) member of Conversionist Party

gamfizod (noun) coveralls, jumpsuit

ganipojega (noun) novel, book-length fiction

garfa (adjective, adverb) harsh, harshly

garfoja (adjective) hungry garif (adjective) bitter in flavor
 * g'boz garfoja - to hunger [lit.: to have hunger]

gaziij (verb) to attempt, to try

g'boz (verb) to have, to possess
 * g'boz bok - to relax/rest [lit.: to have relaxation/rest]
 * g'boz d'shota - to be excited/stimulated [lit.: to have excitement/stimulation]
 * g'boz garfoja - to hunger [lit.: to have hunger]
 * g'boz genpifon - to empathize/sympathize [lit.: to have empathy/sympathy]
 * g'boz golpa - to be ugly [lit.: to have ugliness]
 * g'boz juntra - to be beautiful [lit.: to have beauty]
 * g'boz nonsha - to be happy [lit.: to have happiness or pleasure]
 * g'boz otja - to be sad [lit.: to have sadness]
 * g'boz tilnei - to fear [lit.: to have fear]
 * g'boz ubrosh - to control [lit.: to have control]
 * g'boz votrei - to be brave/courageous [lit.: to have courage]

gein (noun) effort, labor, work geinera (noun) job, task
 * kher gein - to labor/work, to put effort into something [lit.: to do effort/labor/work]

geinkram (noun) work crew, work party

geisha (adjective) dear

gejra (noun) adolescent

geled (verb) to pull

geleg (verb) to push

gen (adjective) joint, mutual, shared

genfein (verb) to meet

genfeinzaam (noun) meeting

genfreik (verb) to elect

genfreika (adjective) electoral

genfreikaat (noun) political party

genfreikar (noun) politics

genfreikara (adjective) political

genfreiktash (noun) referendum

genfreikzaam (noun) election

genkijem (verb) to reconcile

genpifon (noun) empathy, sympathy gentakra (noun) concord, covenant, mutual agreement genton (verb) to share
 * g'boz genpifon - to empathize/sympathize [lit.: to have empathy/sympathy]
 * Gentakraat Alplaa - Concordance of Alplaa; global federal government established by mutual agreement among Alplaa's sovereign states
 * genton nonsha - to make love [euphemism for sexual enjoyment; lit.: "to share joy/pleasure"]

gerjaad (noun) corridor, hallway

genzomaj (verb) to communicate

genzomjara (noun) communication

giidan (verb) to stand

giidna (adjective) standing

giila (noun) arthropod, insect

giiza (noun) blazer, coat, jacket

gina (noun) breath

ginakiij (noun) oxygen

gi'on (verb) to breathe

girna (adjective) caused, effected by

giron (verb) to bring about, to cause, to make something happen
 * giron daij - to spice [lit: to make piquant or mildly spicy in flavor]
 * giron diilaj - to spice heavily [lit: to make pungent or very spicy in flavor]
 * giron d'shota - to excite/stimulate [lit.: to cause excitement/stimulation]
 * giron garif - to make bitter in flavor
 * giron jaid - to make sour [in the sense of acidic taste, not spoilage]
 * giron jev - to clean [lit.: to make clean or bring about cleanliness]
 * giron nagim - to salt [lit: to make salty]
 * giron nizaan - to make savory in flavor
 * giron nonsha - to delight, to make happy [lit.: to cause happiness/pleasure]
 * giron zain - to sweeten [lit: to make sweet]

gleb (noun) fat, grease

glenja (adjective and noun) black

glenshuul (noun) iron

glok (noun) operator, one who operates a system or performs a function

goja (noun) food, meal

gojashiinla (noun) dining room

gola (noun) space, realm beyond a planet's atmosphere

golabadra (noun) spaceport landing pad

goladara (noun) spaceport

golajuush (noun) spacecraft, space shuttle

golavaag (noun) astronomy, space science

golbit (noun) asteroid [clipped form of golabitjra "space rock"; slang term used among many shuttle pilots]

golbitvrokjai (noun) asteroid/rock-runner [slang term for a space shuttle pilot who frequently does flight runs to and from asteroid stations]

goldra (noun) character, spirit

golhoshaijaat (noun) Space Exploration Commission

golhoshaijaras (title) Commissioner of Space Exploration

goliija (adjective or noun) alien being/life, living thing from another planet

golpa (noun) ugliness goltiibit (noun) meteor, meteorite, meteoroid, space dust [originally a slang term for any "small space rock", now common vernacular; the Alplai do not distinguish whether such objects are in space, entering a planet's atmosphere, or have survived atmospheric entry and surface impact]
 * g'boz golpa - to be ugly [lit.: to have ugliness]

goltiibitdavna (noun) meteor shower, meteoroid storm [any fast-moving cluster of space dust or rocks]

gombreg (verb) to magnetize

gombrega (adjective) magnetic, magnetized

gombregra (noun) magnetic force, magnetism

gombritjra (noun) lodestone, magnet

gopshii (preposition) between

gorei (noun) darkness, absence of light

gorh (adjective) dark shade of color

gorkaaja (noun) shadow

goshnii (adjective or adverb) fleeting, temporary

got (numeral) four

graaj (adjective) forward, front

graat (verb) to walk

graata (noun) walk

graatai (noun) walker, one who walks

gref (adjective or adverb) away, away from

gushna (adjective or adverb) difficult, problematic

gushnera (noun) difficulty, problem

guujdra (noun) eatery, restaurant [see also tiiguujdra]

guujog (verb) to eat

.°: H
haalmot (numeral) million

hara (interjection) command given by rider to a khoravor [equivalent to English "giddyup"]

hedra (adjective or noun) family, familial

heija (noun) hand

heijatiir (noun) finger

heishruu (noun) wrist

hela (adjective) green color

helg (noun) window

heshod (verb) to coordinate, to organize

heshoda (noun or adjective) coordinated, coordination, organized, organization

heshodai (noun) coordinator

hetla (noun) card

hezefaa (interjection) attention

hezfajen (verb) to listen

hiirh (adjective or adverb) all, every

hina (adjective) new

hinakonarai (noun or adjective) "New Konarai"; people not native Konarai who have embraced Konarai culture and values [these "converts" to Konarai living are Alplaa's equivalent of "hippies" or "rainbow people"]

hirai (pronoun) everybody, everyone

hirajna (noun) language

hirega (adverb) everywhere

hirera (pronoun) everything

hirmekei (noun) alphabet, writing system

hirtejnara (noun) dictionary, lexicon

hirzaam (adjective or adverb) always

hirzokharasaija (noun) direct democracy

hisheftra (adjective or noun) albinism, albinistic, albino, congenitally lacking in pigment, leucism, leucistic

hisheftrai (noun) person with albinism or leucism [Alplai "albinos" are more likely leucistic, with pale-to-white plumage, skin, beak and nails, but normal eye pigmentation; truly albinistic Alplai are extremely rare and usually blind as well]

hobor (noun) fruit

hobrosun (noun) fruit juice or nectar

hobrozalpa (noun) heated fruit juice often consumed during breakfast, "fruit broth"

hosh (verb) to explore, to journey, to travel

hosha (adjective or noun) exploration, exploring, journey, traveling, trip

hoshadeira (noun) piece of luggage, suitcase, travel bag

hoshagai (noun) traveler

hoshonjbretla (noun) travel pass

hukna (adjective or adverb) extreme, extremely, severe, severely

huknajinot (verb) to freeze

huknakinot (verb) to boil
 * adra gironiit orka shaar huknakinot - he boiled some water [lit.: he caused some water to boil]

└ I
ibar (verb) to be called/named

ibra (noun) name

id'- (article) the [used sparingly, as though indicating the only thing being described or existing]

ida (adjective or adverb) unique, uniquely

id'ekaagajanazaam (historical period) the Great Shift or Great Conversion [refers specifically to period when governments shifted towards representative democracy; other notable events were independence for the Baija and Krishkarha, and the renouncing of war by all states under the Concordance of Alplaa]

id'hiirha (noun) the Universe, totality of existence

igaz (verb) to curve, to bend

igza (adjective) curved

igzedosh (noun) spiral

igzedavna (noun) cyclone, hurricane

igzogokh (noun) wheel

igzora (adjective) round [more general description than "circular" or "spherical"]

igzorosh (noun) sphere

igzorosha (adjective) spherical

igzosh (noun) circle

igzosha (adjective) circular

ijladopar (noun) fog, ground-level mist

ijal (noun) earth, ground, soil

ijaraaf (noun) ground/main floor of a building

ikhaajrii (adjective or adverb) following, next

il (conjunction) or

inra (pronoun) us, we

inraluu (possessive pronoun) our, ours

inza (adjective, adverb) easily, easy, simple, simply

itgla (adjective) basic

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iibdokuud (noun) liver

iigma (noun) mouth

iija (noun) animal, beast

iijarekaavaag (noun) veterinary medicine

iijarekaavaagai (noun) veterinarian

iijavaag (noun) zoology

iijavaagai (noun) zoologist

iilda (noun) sand

iinshajan (verb) to laugh

iinshajna (adjective or noun) laugh, laughing, laughter

iinshgara (noun) joke

iinshga (adjective) comical, funny, joking

iinshgai (noun) comedian, joker

iinshug (verb) to joke

iira (pronoun) them, they [inanimate objects]

iiraluu (possessive pronoun) their, theirs [inanimate objects]

iirka (noun) energy, power

iirkuundra (noun) engine

iirtar (noun) heart [circulatory organ; Alplai do not see the heart as the source of love, but the Krishkarha do see it as the seat of courage]

iishruu (noun) joint

iivar (noun) hill

iizaad (noun) bone

iizada (adjective) bony, like bone

iizadra (noun) skeleton

iizog (noun) horn [appendage of some animals]

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jaad (noun) meat

jaanda (noun or adjective) peace, peaceful

jaid (adjective) sour or tangy in flavor

jaita (noun) sibling

jalera (noun) need, requirement

jaliir (verb) to need/require

jalrii (adjective or adverb) imperative, necessary, required jalrikar (noun) duty, required action
 * jalrii mra kher eja'geinera - I must do this task

jalrizaam (noun) appointment

jalronga (noun) procedure, protocol

jamza (noun) blouse, shirt

javrek (verb) to endorse, to support

jefta (adjective) white color

jeftakuud (noun) pancreas [Note: the Alplai pancreas only provides digestive enzymes; for the equivalent of the Islets of Langerhans]

jeif (verb) to detect flavor, to taste

jeifa (noun) flavor, taste
 * eja'goja g'boz zainjeifa - that/this food/meal has sweet flavor/taste; this food is sweet

jeifar (noun) tongue

jeifrei (noun) ability to taste

jein (verb) to hear

jela (noun) rod, stick

jenadar (noun) legislative assembly, parliament

jenbrei (noun) ability to hear, auditory sense, hearing

jenkuud (noun) ear

jermot (numeral) billion

jev (noun or adjective) clean, cleanliness jidla (adjective, adverb) constant, constantly, unchanging
 * giron jev - to clean [lit.: to make clean or bring about cleanliness]

jidlakjamek (mathematics) constant, non-varying numerical value jiida (adjective) mass
 * jidlakjamek Biirtakluu - Biirtak's Constant, called Pi by Terrans [Biirtak was the Kiitra mathematician who first determined that the ratio of any circle's circumference to its diameter was the same, that this ratio was transcendental, and the earliest formula for determining it; coincidentally, the United Nations Interstellar Ark was programmed to respond to possible radio communication by exchanging tonal representations of this number's first thirty decimal digits]

jiidezma (noun) mass violence, mob violence

jiikh (adjective or adverb) most

jiil (adjective or adverb) more

jiit (adjective or adverb) many, much [also plural suffix for nouns]

jinot (verb) to chill or cool

jinta (adjective) cold

jintiikh (adjective) freezing, extremely cold

jintipaa (adjective) cool, not too cold

jintipshaar (noun) sleet, slush

jintjorvumja (noun) kitchen refrigerator

jintshaar (noun) ice

j'kon (noun) law, ordinance

j'kona (adjective or adverb) legal, legally

j'konavrekai (noun) attorney, lawyer, legal advocate

j'la (pronoun, formal) you [second-person singular pronoun for deities or highly esteemed decedents]

j'laluu (possessive pronoun) your, yours [second-person singluar pronoun for deities or highly esteemed decedents]

jofel (adjective) savory flavor

jog (verb) to chase, to hunt, to pursue

joga (adjective, adverb or noun) chase, chasing, hunt, hunting, pursuit

jogai (noun) hunter, one who chases or pursues another

jograi (noun) fugitive, one being chased/hunted/pursued, prey

jon (numeral) zero

jorva (noun) shelf

jorviira (noun) wall-mounted cabinet

jorvumja (noun) bureau, chest of drawers

joz (adjective) solid [as opposed to liquid or gaseous]

jozmelt (noun) feces

jozmelteg (verb) to defecate

juntra (noun) beauty juntrai (noun) beautiful person
 * g'boz juntra - to be beautiful [lit.: to have beauty]

jusnok (transitive verb) to treat someone a particular way
 * faan avra jusnok mra - she treats me well

juush (noun) craft, vehicle

juushbora (noun) landing gear for aircraft or spacecraft

juushkram (noun) crew on board a craft

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kaaj (verb) to go, to move

kadar (verb) to add

kadara (noun) addition

kadra (adjective or adverb) additional, extra

kadraten (noun) leap day [added every fifth year, and second leap day added every 100th year]

kadrefar (noun) vestigial air sac in Alplai anatomy

kaja (adjective) moving, in motion

k'ajlaan (mathematics) equals

kalfot (noun) period of 11 days

karj (adjective) smooth in texture

kejra (adjective or adverb) left direction, leftward

kelna (adjective) light in color, pale in color

kera (noun) world

kidra (noun) parent's sibling; aunt or uncle

kiij (noun) air, gas, vapor

kiijmelt (noun) fart, flatulence

kiijmelteg (verb) to fart, to pass gas through the anus

kiilda (noun) gullet, throat

kiirh (adjective or adverb) any, some [used with a singular noun to mean "a certain, an unspecified or unknown"; not to be confused with orka]

kijem (verb) to excuse, to forgive kinot (verb) to heat, to warm
 * kijem mra! - Excuse me! [said immediately after minor transgression]
 * kijemiit - (You're) forgiven [said in response to above]
 * mra persh shra kijem mra - I beg you to forgive me; I'm sorry [see 3.2.1 at Kiitra main page]

kinta (adjective) hot

kintiikh (adjective) boiling, extremely hot

kintipaa (adjective) warm, not too hot

kintjorvumja (noun) kitchen oven/stove

kirai (pronoun) anybody, anyone, somebody, someone

kirega (adverb) anywhere, somewhere

kirera (pronoun) anything, something

k'jamek (noun) numeral

k'jamekvaag (noun) mathematics

k'jamekvaagai (noun) mathematician

k'niin (mathematics) minus

k'niiniikh (mathematics) exponential root k'niiniil (mathematics) divided by k'niijlaan (mathematics) not equal to
 * nof k'niiniikh dol k'ajlaan dol - third root of nine equals three
 * dof'taz k'niiniil ozat k'ajlaan ponk - forty divided by eight equals five

kokh (verb) to hatch

kokha (adjective) hatched

kokhaten (noun) hatching day [Alplai equivalent of birthday]

kola (noun or adjective) square geometric shape

komuu (noun) elbow, middle joint of upper limb

kona (noun or adjective) cube, cubic

konat (verb) to detect scent or odor, to smell something

konta (noun) aroma, odor, scent, smell kontar (noun) nose, olfactory organ
 * era g'boz muurkonta - it smells bad; it has a bad odor

kontrei (noun) ability to smell, sense of smell

k'orpiil (mathematics) less than

k'orpiilajlaan (mathematics) less than or equal to

k'periil (mathematics) greater than

k'periilajlaan (mathematics) greater than or equal to

kram (noun) employee, staffer, staffperson

kramguujdra (noun) employee cafeteria, staff canteen

kramshiinla (noun) office, individual work room or space

k'shaan (mathematics) plus

k'shaaniikh (mathematics) exponent, to the power of

k'shaaniil (mathematics) multiplied by

kulpa (adjective or adverb) almost, nearly

kulpaba (adjective or adverb) soon, within a short time

kulpavezrajikolai (noun) probationary/trainee police officer

kulpondagai (noun) apprentice

kuud (noun) organ, part of anatomy

kuundera (noun) apparatus, device, machine

kuuraj (verb) to farm

kuuraja (noun or adjective) farming, agricultural, agriculture

kuurajabadra (noun) farm

kuurajai (noun) farmer

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khaal (noun) home [place where one lives]

kharovdra (noun) house [residential building]

khein (verb) to touch

kheina (noun) feel, tactile sensation, texture
 * eja g'boz karjkheina - that/this has smooth texture; this feels smooth

kher (verb) to do khiimla (adjective or noun) middle, between beginning and end
 * kher gein - to do work, to work
 * kher ukned - to engage in sex
 * nonsha kher - glad/happy/pleasure to do (it) [response to expression of thanks]

khiishta (adjective or adverb) horizontal, horizontally

khiimlebon (verb) to resume

khiimol (verb) to continue, proceed

kh'len (verb) to rob or steal

kh'lenai (noun) robber, thief

kh'lenar (noun) robbery, theft

kh'lenra (adjective) robbed, stolen

khonjra (noun) animal abode, nest

khoravor (noun) large hoofed marsupial, domesticated by the Alplai much like the Terran horse

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lador (noun) night

ladrhaag (noun) star
 * id'ladrhaagjiit - the stars, interstellar space

ladrhaagbadra (noun) constellation

ladrhaagdara (noun) galaxy

lagna (noun) belief

lagnai (noun) believer

lagnara (noun) belief-system, worldview [can apply to both religious and naturalistic systems of belief]

lagon (verb) to believe

laita (noun) cousin, parent's sibling's child

ledra (preposition) in

legra (preposition) out

leishned (verb) to interact, to relate

leishneda (adjective, adverb) interactive, relational, relationally

leishnedar (noun) interaction, political/social relationship

lejra (adjective) right, rightward

liija (noun) reptile

lobel (verb) to fix, to repair lokh (verb) to halt, to stop
 * jalrii inra lobel frem gopshii inra - we must repair door between us; idiomatic metaphor for reconciliation

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maaltonda (noun) spine

maiter (noun) abdomen, belly

mekled (verb) to read

mekleg (verb) to write

meldra (noun) cape, coastal headland

meltabruu (noun) toilet

meltashiinla (noun) bathroom, lavatory, restroom

melteg (verb) to relieve oneself, to use a toilet [see also jozmelteg and tolfmelteg]

mentala (noun) Alplai plucked zither with triangular soundboard and strings running from one corner to its opposite side

metla (adjective) soft [substance texture]

miija (noun) fish

miirvan (interjection) please [always said at the beginning of a sentence] mlen (verb) to die
 * miirvan belaam mra kher eja'era - please allow me to do this, may I do this

mlena (adjective) dead

mlenai (noun) corpse, dead person

mlenar (noun) death

mlenotakra (adjective) widowed

mlenotakrai (adjective) widow, widower

mlenotja (noun) grief, grieving, mourning

modrema (noun) kidney

mojavrai (noun) passenger

mormot (number) trillion

mot (number) thousand

mra (pronoun) I, me

mraluu (possessive pronoun) mine, my

murabadra (noun) dock

muradara (noun) harbor, seaport

Murai (proper name) Alplai goddes of seas and oceans worshipped as mother of all life

murajuush (noun) aquatic vessel, boat, ship

murgiila (noun) crustacean

muur (adjective) bad, opposite of good

muuriikh (adjective) worst

muuriil (adjective) worse

muurkhera (noun) transgression, wrongdoing

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naa (particle) no

nagim (adjective) salty in flavor

nagma (noun) salt

nata (noun) bread

nejda (noun) breakfast

nela (adjective) blue color

nen (conjunction) but, however, yet

nerka (adjective) orange color

netvon (verb) to silence

netvona (adjective or adverb) silent, silently

netvonar (noun) silence

nibal (adjective) empty

nibeja (adjective) blind, sightless

nibejsa (adjective) invisible, unseen

nibrei (noun) inability

nidjon (noun) numbness

nigeinra (adjective) lazy

niirh (adverb) never

nijala (adjective or adverb) unequal, unequally

nijenbrai (noun) deaf person

nijenbrei (noun) deafness

nijkon (noun) crime, violation of law

nijkona (adjective or adverb) criminal, illegal, outlaw

nijkonai (noun) criminal, lawbreaker, outlaw

nijkonajogai (noun) detective

nijkonavaag (noun) criminology, forensic science

nijkonavaagai (noun) criminologist, forensic investigator/scientist

nijra (adjective) dry

nikaja (adjective) still, unmoving

nil (conjunction) nor

nilgna (noun) doubt

nilgnai (noun) doubter, skeptic

nilgon (verb) to disbelieve, to doubt

nipaa (adjective or adverb) unlikely

nipraam (verb) to forbid, to prohibit

nirai (pronoun) nobody, no one

nirega (adverb) nowhere

nireka (noun) disease, illness

nirekera (noun) germ, pathogen

nirekreg (verb) to cure a disease [lit.: to expel a disease or its cause]

nirera (pronoun) nothing

nirukendemlara (adjective or noun) asexual, asexuality

nirukendemlarai (noun) asexual person

nised (preposition) without

nislagnarai (adjective or noun) cynic, cynical, nihilist

nitakra (adjective) unmarried

nitakrai (noun) bachelor, bachelorette, unmarried person

nituuna (adjective) free, gratis, without charge or cost

nivrek (verb) to oppose

nizaan (adjective) savory in flavor, umami

nof (number) nine

nonsha (noun) happiness, joy, pleasure nonshajela (noun) dildo [slang term, lit.: "joy-stick"]
 * genton nonsha - to make love [euphemism for sexual enjoyment; lit.: "to share joy/pleasure"]
 * g'boz nonsha - to be happy, to enjoy [lit.: to have happiness/pleasure]
 * giron nonsha - to delight, to make happy [lit.: to cause happiness/pleasure]
 * nonsha kher - glad/happy/pleasure to do it [response to thank you, equivalent to "you're welcome"]

nrada (noun) hatred

nradai (noun) enemy, someone hated

nradon (verb) to hate

nuj (adjective) north, northern

nuujar (verb) to forget

nuujra (adjective or adverb) forgotten

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ofash (verb) to practice, to rehearse

ofsha (noun) practice, rehearsal

okh (number) one

okriina (noun) monorail

okriinabadra (noun) monorail boarding platform

okriinadara (noun) monorail station

okvaljdai (noun) member of a group or organization

olaan (verb) to fly

olaana (noun) flight, flying

olaanai (noun) person qualified to fly an aircraft and/or spacecraft, pilot

olaanglok (noun) flight officer, pilot flying an aircraft or spacecraft

olga (adjective) light in weight

olnaa (adjective) flying, in flight

olnaabdra (noun) wing

onshebar (verb) to authorize, to give official permission, to license

onshebra (noun) grant, license, permit, warrant orapla (noun) village
 * onshebra ekaarasailuu - carte blanche [lit.: "Imperial grant"; refers to a special license giving the bearer virtually unlimited authority]

orbefaaz (noun) portable telescreen [Alplai equivalent of an advanced smartphone]

orbeng (adverb, preposition) down

orenraka (noun) moon, satellite

orka (determiner) few, some [used to denote indefinite quanitity; not to be confused with kiirh]

orpa (adjective) little, small

orpiikh (adjective) least

orpiikhzaam (interjection) just a moment

orpiil (adjective) less

orplashokda (noun) Alplai ethnic/folk music [usually songs accompanied by simple percussion]

orpna (adjective) short in height or length

orptilnei (noun) apprehension ortolgai (noun) acquaintance, person with whom one is acquainted
 * g'boz orptilnei - to be apprehensive

otja (noun) sadness ovetna (noun) Alplai greeting gesture [see Kiitra main page section 7.1]
 * g'boz otja - to be sad, to have sadness

ozat (number) eight

ozgar (verb) to remember
 * avra shribiit adra ozgar eja'genfeinzaam - she reminded him about that meeting [lit.: she helped him remember that meeting]

ozgara (noun) memory, recall of specific event

ozgra (adjective) remembered

ozgrabrei (noun) memory, ability to recall

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paal (adjective) filled, full, packed, stuffed

paara (adjective) heavy in weight

pada (adverb) too [as in English "too much", "too close", etc.]

pakhat (verb) to be lost, to stray, to wander

pakhta (adjective) lost, wandering

pakhtai (noun) wanderer

pakhtapeigar (verb) to daydream

pakhtapeigra (noun) absent-mindedness, daydream, wandering thoughts

pakhtapeigrai (noun) absent-minded person, daydreamer

pakhtarhaag (noun) planet [archaic, poetic]

pega (adjective) purple color

peigar (verb) to think

peigra (noun) thinking, thought

peigradma (noun) mind

peigrai (noun) thinker

pejud (adjective) bland, plain in flavor

pekhtakar (verb) to divorce

pekhtakra (adjective) divorced

pekhtakraat (noun) act or process of divorce

pekhtakrai (noun) divorced person

pera (adjective) big, great, large

perdal (verb) to grow

perdla (noun) growing, growth

perna (adjective) long in length, tall in height

persh (verb) to beg, to plead petal (verb) to change
 * mra persh shra kijem mra - I apologize, I beg you to forgive me

petla (adjective or noun) change, changing

petlajan (verb) to interpret, to translate

petlajna (adjective or noun) interpretation, interpreting, translating, translation

petlajnai (noun) interpreter, translator

petlajnafaaz (noun) language translation device

petlugrona (adjective) transgender

petlugronai (noun) transgender person

pidra (noun) child, offspring

pifon (noun) emotion

piidan (verb) to sit

piidna (adjective) seated, sitting

piidnara (noun) chair, seat, stool

piil (noun) fire

piilteg (noun) ash, burnt material

piladopar (noun) smoke

pilan (verb) to burn pilna (adjective) burned, burnt
 * adra gironiit eja'fragosh pilan - he burned that wood, he caused that wood to burn

p'jena (noun) luck pojega (noun) book
 * faaniikh p'jena! - best of luck

ponad (verb) to create, to make something

pondabrei (noun) creativity, artistic skill

pondagai (noun) artist, craftperson

pondera (noun) artwork, creation, crafted item

ponk (number) five

praaj (adjective) back, behind

prameldra (noun) peninsula

provaar (noun) snow

provadavna (noun) snowstorm

provigzrosh (noun) snowball

p'tara (relative pronoun) who

p'tazra (adverb or conjugation) why

p'teda (adjective, adverb, conjugation) how

p'tega (adverb or conjugation) where

p'tejiit (adverb) how many, how much

p'tema (adverb or conjugation) when

p'tera (adverb or relative pronoun) what

p'tiira (determiner or relative pronoun) which

puul (noun) city, municipality

puula (adjective) municipal, urban

puulajendar (noun) municipal/city council

puulajendrasai (noun) municipal/city council leader

puuz (verb) to bore, to cause someone to be bored

puuza (adjective) boring, dull, uninteresting

puuzei (noun) boredom, state of being bored

puuzta (adjective) bored, uninterested

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raaf (noun) floor of building, level

raala (adjective) red color

rajeira (noun) a strategy game similar to Reversi or Othello played on a hexagonal board 11 cells on each side for a total of 331 cells; playing pieces are tokens with different colors on each side; the game begins with six tokens of alternating colors surrounding the empty center cell; play alternates with each player placing a token on the board next to its opposing color and flipping all opposing-colored tokens in any straight line between the new token and any of its "allies"; play ends when all cells are filled or no other moves can be made; the player with the most tokens showing his/her color is the winner.

rasai (noun) chief, leader, person in charge, ruler

rasaij (verb) to govern, to rule

rasjaat (noun) government

rasjavaag (noun) political science, government studies

rasdrada (noun) prince

rasdrava (noun) princess

rasuvaal (noun) head of government, prime minister

rekaa (noun) health

rekaashribai (noun) medical assistant, nurse, paramedic

rekaavaag (noun) medical science, practice of medicine

rekaavaagai (noun) medical doctor, physician

rekaavaagbadra (noun) clinic, medical center in a larger facility

rekaavaagdara (noun) hospital, large medical facility

ren (verb) to take, to receive something given

renai (noun) receiver, recipient

renza (noun) lunch, midday meal

riidan (verb) to lie down, to recline

riidna (adjective) lying down, reclining

riidnara (noun) couch, divan

riija (noun) mammal

riikhaa (interjection) greeting, hello

rim (noun) fur, hair

romgiiza (noun) cassock, long coat or jacket

rovdra (noun) building

rumorda (noun) vulgar term for a coughed-up hairball; later used as a slur for Terrans/humans

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rhaag (noun) light, luminescence

rhaagzeish (noun) lamp

rhekan (verb) to check, to examine, to inspect, to look at

rhekna (adjective or noun) checking, examination, examining, inspecting, inspection

rheknai (noun) examiner, inspector [not a police detective or investigator]

rhiipna (adjective or adverb) vertical, vertically

rhonga (adjective or noun) order, ordered, ordering, sequence, sequenced, sequencing, serial, series

rhonug (verb) to order, to put in sequence

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sed (preposition) with

sela (noun) head [body part]

seliizdra (noun) skull

selmuu (noun) neck [body part]

setor (verb) to be like, to resemble

setra (adjective, noun) resemblance, resembling, similar, similarity

siija (noun) creature [implies a living being other than one's species]

siir (noun) country, independent state, nation

simnosh (verb) to comprehend, to understand

sipot (number) seven

sivaaj (verb) to be wise, to discern, to show sound judgement/reasoning

sivja (adjective or adverb) diserning, sensible, sensibly, wise, wisely

smesha (adjective) social, societal

smeshaat (noun) society

smeshavaag (noun) social sciences, sociology

smeshavaagai (noun) social scientist, sociologist

smeshronga (noun) social order

sona (noun) beverage, drink

suunog (verb) to drink

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shaa (particle) yes

shaanponad (verb) to assemble, to manufacture

shaanpondadra (noun) factory, manufacturing plant

shaar (noun) water

shaarbruu (noun) sink, water basin

shafanjeifa (noun) deliciousness, good/pleasing flavor
 * eja'goja g'boz shafanjeifa - that/this food/meal has deliciousness; this food is delicious

shaij (verb) to serve

shaija (noun) service

shaijaat (noun) commission, civil service department

shaijaras (noun) commissioner, head of civil service department

shala (adjective) easy

sharipa (adjective) damp, moist

sharpar (adjective) soaked, wet

shasha (adjective, adverb, interjection) certainly, definitely, sure, surely, very
 * shasha faan - excellent, very good [often said very fast, as though it were a single word]

shebrontiizrot (noun) slipstream field [Alplai means of faster-than-light interplanetary travel]

sheigar (verb) to agree, to concur

sheigra (adjective) agreement, concurrence, shared opinion

shen (verb) to exist, to live

shena (adjective) alive, existing, living

shenai (noun) living thing

shenar (noun) life

shibaan (verb) to dream

shibaana (adjective) dreaming, dreamy

shibaanai (noun) dreamer

shibaanda (noun) dream

shifkhada (interjection) welcome

shiija (noun) amphibian

shiinla (noun) room in a house

shimkra (adjective) barbaric, savage, uncivilized

shimkrada (noun) barbarism, savagery

shimkrai (noun) barbarian, savage, uncivilized person

shipaa (adverb) likely, possible shipaanipaa (adjective or adverb) so-so, uncertain, unsure
 * shipaa inra hosh drof Kerapuul - we might travel to Kerapuul

shirega (noun) central square of city or town

sh'mokh (noun) war, warfare

sh'mokha (adjective) warlike, warring

shokaad (verb) to make music

shokda (noun) music

shokdajan (verb) to sing

shokdajna (noun) song

shol (noun) blood

shomuu (noun) knee

shot (number) hundred

shra (pronoun) you [singular]

shrib (verb) to assist, to help shribai (noun) assistant, helper
 * adra shribiit avra ozgar eja'jalrizaam - he reminded her about that appointment [lit.: he helped her remember that appointment]

sh'taaka (adjective) ethnocentric, parochial, regionalist, sectionalist [typically describing social/political movements or parties representing particular ethnic and/or geographic interests]

sh'tiida (adjective or noun) ethnic, ethnic identity, ethnicity

shuul (noun) metal

shuula (adjective) metallic

shuuna (noun) sneeze

shuunadiirsa (noun) allergy medication, antihistamine

shuu'on (verb) to sneeze

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taaj (adjective) down, under

taajbadara (noun) root of tree

taajmurajuush (noun) bathyscaphe, submarine

taarei (noun) drum

taarkaad (verb) to drum, to provide percussive musical rhythm

takar (verb) to pledge, to promise

takra (noun) pledge, promise

takradai (noun) husband ["promised man"]

takravai (noun) wife ["promised woman"]

takrazaam (noun) marriage ceremony, wedding

tarbdra (noun) leg, lower limb

tarishruu (noun) hip

taz (number) ten

tazeimek (noun) decimal point

tefra (noun) wall

teish (adjective) sweet in taste

tejna (noun) word

ten (noun) day

teraa (noun) Terra, planet Earth

terai (adjective, noun) Terran, human

tiigraat (verb) to step

tiigraata (noun) step

tiiguujdra (noun) casual cafe, small restaurant, snack bar

tiikra (noun) asteroid, planetoid

tiina (noun) seed

tiishaijaaat (noun) division or office of a commission or civil service department

tiishaijaras (noun) director or head of division [see above]

tiivejan (noun) phrase

tilnei (noun) fear tilnejta (adjective) cowardly
 * g'boz tilnei - to be afraid, to have fear
 * ton tilnei - to frighten, to give fear

tilnejtai (noun) coward

tilnetjar (noun) cowardice

tilneshibaana (noun) nightmare

timokh (noun) brain [organ]

tishnar (noun) living cell

tivon (verb) to emit noise or sound

tivona (adjective) noisy, sonic tivonar (noun) noise, sound
 * tivona dof - Mach two, twice the speed of sound

t'kon (verb) to close

tofga (noun) skin

tojla (adjective) grey color

tokhan (verb) to observe

tokhna (adjective or noun) observing, observation

tokhnai (noun) observer

tolf (adjective or noun) liquid

tolfmelt (noun) urine

tolfmelteg (verb) to urinate

tolga (noun) data, information, knowledge

tolgadara (noun) library

tolgafaaz (noun) computer, information system

tolgafrem (noun) computer terminal or workstation, data portal

tolgajan (verb) to explain, to inform, to notify, to tell

tolgajna (noun) explanation, notice

tolged (verb) to learn

tolgeda (adjective or noun) learning

tolgedai (noun) pupil, student

tolgeg (verb) to teach

tolgega (adjective or noun) teaching

tolgegai (noun) teacher

tolgejrada (noun) school for children and/or adolescents

tolgesh (verb) to study

tolgesha (adjective or noun) studying

tolgeshdara (noun) academy, college, university

tolug (verb) to be informed, to know

tomlen (verb) to kill, to murder

tomlena (adjective) killed, murdered

tomlenai (noun) killer, murderer

tomlenra (noun) killing, murder

ton (verb) to give tona (noun) contribution, donation, gift, offering
 * aira toniit avapidra airaluu ibra val Jenivram - they named their daughter Jenivram
 * adra toniis emai adraluu rekaa - he will cure/heal/nurse his friend
 * ton tilnei - to frighten, to give fear
 * ton ubrosh - to submit [lit.: to give control]

tonai (noun) contributor, donor, giver

tonosh (verb) to bring

tork (verb) to deceive, to lie

torka (adjective) false

torkapal (noun) deception, dishonesty

torkra (adjective) deceptive, dishonest

torkrai (noun) deceiver, liar

torpa (noun) dishonor

torpabra (adjective) dishonorable

toruk (noun) deception, falsehood, lie

totrana'ai (adjective or noun) inhabitant of the planet Totrana; of Totrana

totranai (adjective or noun) naturalistic ethical philosophy; person who believes in and lives by such a philosophy [Totran, Alplaa's greatest scientist, also developed this philosophy, which is affirmed by many Alplai; it is very similar to "secular humanism" and other related views on Earth]

t'pola (adjective or noun) neighborhood

trada (noun) pain

t'siirbadra (noun) district

t'siirdra (noun) region or sector of independent state

tuula (noun) merchandise

tuulara (noun) money

tuulardra (noun) bank

tuulbadra (noun) shop, store

tuulda (noun) purchase

tuuldai (noun) customer, shopper

tuuldara (noun) marketplace, shopping mall

tuuled (verb) to buy

tuuleg (verb) to sell

tuulen (verb) to trade

tuulga (noun) sale

tuulgai (noun) merchant, salesperson

tuuljuush (noun) merchant cart or stall

tuulna (noun) trade, transaction

tuulnavaag (noun) economics

tuulnavaagai (noun) economist

tuuna (noun) cost, price

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ubrosh (adjective or noun) control, controlling ubroshigzorsh (noun) trackball [for Alplai computer workstation. lit.: "control sphere"]
 * g'boz ubrosh - to control [lit.: to have control]

udla (preposition) beyond

ugan (verb) to desire, to want
 * ugan ukned - to desire sexual activity

ugna (noun) desire, want

ugrona (noun) gender

ujdii (adjective) appropriate, proper

ukenda (adjective or noun) biological sex, sexuality

ukendakuud (noun) gonads, sex glands

ukendemlara (adjective or noun) sexual preference/orientation

ukendugna (noun) sexual desire

ukned (noun) sexual activity, sexual intercourse
 * kher ukned - to engage in sexual activity
 * ugan ukned - to desire sexual activity

ukra (noun) pain

ukrukendemlara (adjective or noun) algolagnia, deriving sexual pleasure from pain, sadomasochism, sadomasochistic

ukrukendemlarai (noun) sadomasochist

ulu (conjunction) if

umja (noun) table [furniture]

ungii (adverb) still, yet

unzad (verb) to destroy

unzda (adjective or noun) destruction, destructive

unzdai (noun) destroyer

updra (noun) floor in room

utja (noun) sadness, sorrow

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uubaal (noun) town

uuj (adjective) east, eastern

uujaaj (adjective) southeast, southeastern

uujaajiil (adjective) south-southeast

uujiilaaj (adjective) east-southeast

uujiilnuj (adjective) east-northeast

uujnuj (adjective) northeast, northeastern

uujnujiil (adjective) north-northeast

uulsha (adjective) electrical

uulshar (verb) to electrify

uulshra (noun) electricity

uumda (adjective or noun) conclusion, end, ending, finish, finishing

uumod (verb) to conclude, to end, to finish

uurja (adjective) close in proximity

uurjiikh (adjective) closest in proximity

uurjiil (adjective) closer in proximity

uuro (noun) fermented grain beverage, Alplai ale or beer

uushta (adjective) free, independent

uushtera (noun) freedom, independence

uuzdla (noun) line

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vaafaa (noun) informal form of "mother" often spoken by children; equivalent to "mama" or "mommy"

vaag (noun) science

vaagai (noun) scientist

vaaj (adjective) west, western

vaajaaj (adjective) southwest, southwestern

vaajaajiil (adjective) south-southwest

vaajiilaaj (adjective) west-southwest

vaajiilnuj (adjective) west-northwest

vaajnuj (adjective) northwest, northwestern

vaajnujiil (adjective) north-northwest

vaalzreshodai (title) Special Coordinator [position in Alplai civil service to handle particular issues within a Ministry or Commission, often corresponding to an ombuds]

vaalzrii (adjective, adverb) especially, particular, particularly, special, specific, specifically

vajna (noun) sentence [grammar]

val (preposition) from, of

vekaar (noun) evening

velbaaj (verb) to ascend, to go up, to rise

velbrein (verb) to fall, to tumble

veldafrem (noun) entrance, entryway

veled (verb) to board, to enter, to go into

veleg (verb) to disembark, to exit, to go out of

velgafrem (noun) exit

veltaaj (verb) to descend, to go down

venshon (noun) sleeveless shift or undershirt

verokh (verb) to begin, to start

verokha (adjective or noun) beginning, start

vesh (adjective) young

vezrajikolaat (noun) police department [organized along "national" lines] vezrajikolai (noun, title) police officer
 * Vezrajikolaat Aajberaakisiir - police for South Oceanic region
 * Vezrajikolaat Baalti - Baaltisiir police
 * Vezrajikolaat Bashra - Bashrasiir police
 * Vezrajikolaat Ekaamurasiir - police for Great Sea region
 * Vezrajikolaat golhoshaijaat - police for Space Exploration Commission
 * Vezrajikolaat Kiitra - police for Ferap Kiitra
 * Vezrajikolaat Konarai - police for Konarai Commonwealth
 * Vezrajikolaat Krishkarha - Krishkarhasiir police
 * Vezrajikolaat Nujberaakisiir - police for North Oceanic region
 * Vezrajikolaat Rekar - police for Rekar settlements
 * Vezrajikolaat Saakh - Saakhsiir police
 * Vezrajokolaat Totrana - Totrana police
 * Vezrajikolaat Uujberaakisiir - police for East Oceanic region
 * Vezrajikolaat Vaajberaakisiir - police for West Oceanic region

vezrajikolavaalzriidraat (noun) Special Division of police responsible for major criminal investigations

vidra (noun) parent

viigan (noun) kilt or skirt [among Alplai can be worn by either sex]

vojna (noun) dinner

vorash (verb) to bloom, to blossom, to flower

vorsha (noun) blossom, flower

votrei (noun) courage vrekai (noun) advocate, spokesperson
 * g'boz votrei (verb) to be brave/courageous, to have courage

vroja (adjective) fast, rapid, quick

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zaakh (verb) to wake

zaakha (adjective) alert, awake

zaakhda (noun) alertness, wakefulness

zaam (noun) time

zaf (verb) to gather

zafaat (noun) gathering, group

zain (adjective) sweet in flavor

zainra (noun) glucose, sugar

zainradnireka (noun) diabetes

zaintigosh (noun) candy, sweets

zajar (verb) to stabilize

zajra (adjective) stable

zajrada (noun) stability

zalpa (noun) broth

zamei (noun) unit of Alplai time equal to 1 hour 9 minutes 0.625 seconds

zarena (noun) applause [the Alplai applaud by slapping an open palm to a thigh] zegma (noun) beak
 * ton zarena - to applaud, to give applause

zeish (noun) bottle

zejed (noun) boot [specifically the Alplai "stocking-boot"]
 * zejed terai - refers to heavy laced boots issued to Terran colonists which many continued to wear

zerfaad (adjective) optimal

zidra (noun) nephew or niece, sibling's child

ziibog (verb) to soak food in beverage or broth and consume [common way for Alplai to take in liquids]

ziirb (adjective) rough in texture

zofii (noun) vegetable, edible plant matter other than fruit

zojav (verb) to civilize

zojva (adjective) civilized, cultured

zojvada (noun) civilization, culture

zokh (noun) individual, person

zokha (adjective) individual, personal, self

zokhahetla (noun) identity card

zokha'ukned (noun) masturbation

zomja (noun) message

zomjatraat (noun) courier or postal service

zomjatrada (noun) courier or postal office

zomjatrai (noun) courier, messenger, postal delivery person

zomjed (verb) to receive message

zomjeg (verb) to send or transmit message

zon (verb) to be

zorash (noun) sun

zorhka (adjective) true

zorhuk (noun) truth

zorhbaaj (noun) dawn, sunrise

zorshrhaag (noun) sunlight, sunshine

zorshtaaj (noun) dusk, sunset

zorshuuzdla (noun) horizon

zot (number) six

zra (pronoun) you [plural]

zrhaka (adjective) honest

zrhakai (noun) honest person

zrhakapal (noun) honesty

zrhopa (noun) honor zrhopabra (adjective) honorable
 * zrhopa en nonsha - an honor and a pleasure [courteous response on being introduced to someone]

zrhopai (noun) honorable person, person of honor

zrojla (adjective) gold color

zrojuul (noun) gold metal

zu (preposition) for
 * zu shra, emai - dear friend [salutation for a letter; lit: for you friend; the last word may also be replaced by adarja/avarja/azrarja (sir/madam) or the addressee's name]

zuzaam (preposition) during

Baija
filotgrafje! (exclamation) By the four gods of creation!

Konarai
tba

Krishkarha
jokhrha (noun) joyous defiance in the face of adversity [considered the opposite of anger or rage]

mer karha! (exclamation) my courage! my heart! [in Krishkarha culture, the heart is the center of courage]

shorta (noun) human spirits [Krishkarha mythology holds that each person is inhabited by many shorta; Terrans would find this parallels the Jungian concept of personae]

Saakh
aakhlirhas - emperor

lamikorda - unexpected but welcome visitor [word was used as the name for the United Nations Interstellar Ark when it was first assumed to be an asteroid; later used as a synonym for terai or "human"]