Kiitra/Lexicon

Kiitra is one of the six major indigenous languages of the planet Alplaa, and 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.

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 abaten (noun or adverb) today, the current day
 * id'aba - the present time

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

adajaita (noun) brother, male sibling

adakejra (noun) adolescent male

adakidra (noun) uncle, parent's male sibling

adalaita (noun) male cousin

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

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

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

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

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]

avra (pronoun) her, she

avraluu (possessive pronoun) her, hers

.─: AA
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

belmaatla (noun) pass card, permit card

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

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

blaan (adjective) aged, old

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

bok (noun) relaxation, relaxation 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

bokh (noun) tail [appendage of animal]

bolsa (adjective or adverb) after, late bolsaten (noun or adverb) tomorrow
 * aira feiniis bolsa jalrizaam - 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
 * aira feiniit bolta jalrizaam - 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

bora (noun) foot [lower appendage of animal]

boratiir (noun) toe

borshruu (noun) ankle

boshra (noun) path, road, trail

brei (noun) ability

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

╠ D
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"

dalen (verb) to swim

dalna (adjective) swimming

dalnai (noun) swimmer

dara (noun) central facility, complex

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

dela (noun) mass, weight

delagelenra (noun) gravity

derja (noun) spleen

deshal (adjective) prepared, ready

deshta (adjective) entitled, bestowed a right or rights

deshtera (noun) entitlement, right

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

diirsa (noun) drug, medicine

diirsavaag (noun) pharmacology

diirsavaagai (noun) pharmacist

diirsavaagdara (noun) pharmacy

dof (numeral) two

dol (numeral) three

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

dontishnar (noun) ovum

dovegaad (noun) afternoon

drakha (noun) morning

drof (preposition) to or toward

dulokh (noun) chest, thorax

duuja (adjective or adverb) slow, slowly

╘ E
ebon (adverb) again

edra (adjective) spiritual

edramai (noun) spirit, supernatural entity

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 ... "

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

ekaashaijaat (noun) government ministry

ekaashaijaras (noun) government minister

ekaavajna (noun) paragraph

ekabon (verb) to discover

ekabonra (noun) discovery

ekbiivar (noun) mountain

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

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

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

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

fesh (adjective or noun) adult

fiija (noun) bird

fesh (adjective or noun) adult

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

ganipojega (noun) novel, book-length fiction

garfoja (adjective) hungry gaziij (verb) to attempt, to try
 * g'boz garfoja - to hunger [lit.: to have hunger]

g'boz (verb) to have, to possess gein (noun) effort, labor, work geinera(noun) job, task gejra (noun) adolescent
 * g'boz bok - to relax/rest [lit.: to have relaxation/rest]
 * 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 beatiful [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 votrei - to be brave/courageous [lit.: to have courage]
 * kher gein - to labor/work, to put effort into something [lit.: to do effort/labor/work]

geled (verb) to pull

geleg (verb) to push

gen (adjective) joint, mutual, shared

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

gerjaad (noun) corridor, hallway

genzomaj (verb) to communicate

genzomjara (noun) communication

giidan (verb) to stand

giidna (adjective) standing

giila (noun) arthropod, insect

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

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

goldra (noun) character, spirit

golpa (noun) ugliness gombreg (verb) to magnetize
 * g'boz golpa - to be ugly [lit.: to have ugliness]

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

gushnera (noun) difficulty

guujog (verb) to eat

.°: H
haalmot (numeral) million

hara (adjective) round

haragokh (noun) wheel

hedra (adjective or noun) family, familial

heija (noun) hand

heijatiir (noun) finger

heishruu (noun) wrist

hela (adjective) green color

helg (noun) window

hetla (noun) card

hezefaa (interjection) attention

hezfajen (verb) to listen

hiirh (adjective or adverb) all, every

hina (adjective) new

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

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 (noun) exploration, journey, trip; (adjective) traveling

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

hoshagai (noun) traveler

huknajinot (verb) to freeze

huknakinot (verb) 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'hiirha (noun) the Universe, totality of existence

ijladopar (noun) fog, ground-level mist

ijal (noun) earth, ground, soil

ijaraaf (noun) ground/main floor of a building

il (conjunction) or

inra (pronoun) us, we

inraluu (possessive pronoun) our, ours

└: II
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

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 seat of emotions]

iishruu (noun) joint

iivar (noun) hill

iizaad (noun) bone

iizada (adjective) bony, like bone

iizadra (noun) skeleton

iizog (noun) horn [appendage of some animals]

╞ J
jaad (noun) meat

jaanda (noun or adjective) peace, peaceful

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

javrek (verb) to endorse, to support

jefta (adjective) white color

jeif (verb) to taste

jeifa (noun) flavor, taste

jeifar (noun) tongue

jeifrei (noun) ability to taste

jein (verb) to hear

jenadar (noun) legislative assembly, parliament

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

jenkuud (noun) ear

jermot (numeral) billion

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

jintjorvumja (noun) kitchen refrigerator

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

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

juushbora (noun) landing gear for aircraft or spacecraft

╒ K
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

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

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 above]

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 [not the same as the adjectival and adverbial forms in English]

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

kramgojabadra (noun) employee cafeteria, staff canteen

k'shaan (mathematics) plus

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

k'shaaniil (mathematics) multiplied by

kulpa (adjective or adverb) almost, nearly

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

╒° KH
khaal (noun) home

kher (verb) to do khoravor (noun) large hoofed marsupial, domesticated by the Alplai much like the Terran horse
 * kher gein - to do work, to work
 * nonsha kher - glad/happy/pleasure to do (it) [response to expression of thanks]

.┴ L
lador (noun) night

ladrhaag (noun) star

ladrhaagbadra (noun) constellation

ladrhaagdara (noun) galaxy

lagna (noun) belief

lagnai (noun) believer

lagon (verb) to believe

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

ledra (preposition) in

legra (preposition) out

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

╔ M
maaltonda (noun) spine

maiter (noun) abdomen, belly

mekled (verb) to read

mekleg (verb) to write

meltabruu (noun) toilet

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 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

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naa (particle) no

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

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

nised (preposition) without

nitakra (adjective) unmarried

nitakrai (noun) bachelor, bachelorette, unmarried person

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

nivrek (verb) to oppose

nof (number) nine

nonsha (noun) happiness, joy, pleasure nrada (noun) hatred
 * g'boz nonsha - to be happy [lit.: to have happiness]
 * nonsha kher - glad/happy/pleasure to do it [response to thank you, equivalent to "you're welcome"]

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

orapla (noun) village

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

orbeng (adverb, preposition) down

orenraka (noun) moon, satellite

orka (determiner) few, some

orpa (adjective) little, small

orpiikh (adjective) least

orpiil (adjective) less

orpiikhzaam (interjection) just a moment

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 section7.1]
 * g'boz otja - to be sad, to have sadness

ozat (number) eight

ozgar (verb) to remember

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

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 (noun) change

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

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

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

rasaij (verb) to govern, to rule

rasaijaat (noun) government

rasjavaag (noun) political science, government studies

rasuvaal (noun) head of government, prime minister

rekaa (noun) health

rekaashribai (noun) medical assistant, nurse, paramedic

rekavaag (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

riija (noun) mammal

riikhaa (interjection) greeting, hello

rim (noun) fur, hair

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

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sela (noun) head [body part]

seliizdra (noun) skull

selmuu (noun) neck [body part]

sipot (number) seven

siir (noun) country, independent state, nation

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

tolf (adjective or noun) liquid

tolfmelt (noun) urine

tolgmelteg (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

tolgesh (verb) to study

tolgesha (adjective or noun) studying

tolug (verb) to know, to comprehend

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

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

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

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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udla (preposition) beyond

ujdii (adjective) appropriate, proper

ukra (noun) pain

ulu (conjunction) if

umja (noun) table [furniture]

ungii (adverb) still, yet

unzad (verb) to destroy

updra (noun) floor in room

updrafolja (noun) carpet, rug

utja (noun) sadness, sorrow

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uubaal(noun) town uuj (adjective) east, eastern

uulsha (adjective) electrical

uulshar (verb) to electrify

uulshra (noun) electricity

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

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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

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

vajna (noun) sentence [grammar]

val (preposition) from, of

vekaar (noun) evening

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

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

vesh (adjective) young

vidra (noun) parent

vofar (noun) lung

vojna (noun) dinner

votrei (noun) courage vroja (adjective) fast, rapid, quick
 * g'boz votrei (verb) to be brave/courageous, to have courage

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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

zajar (verb) to be stable, to stabilize

zajra (adjective) stable

zajrada (noun) stable

zalpa (noun) broth

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

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]

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

zojav (verb) to civilize

zojva (adjective) civilized, cultured

zovjada (noun) civilization, culture

zokh (noun) person, self

zokhahetla (noun) identity card

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

zorshrhaag (noun) sunlight, sunshine

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

zu (preposition) for

zuzaam (preposition) during

Words in other Alplai languages
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