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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]
- derived or related usage - meaning in English
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.
.─ A
aba (adjective or adverb) now, presently
- id'aba - the present time
abashokda (noun) Alplai contemporary/popular music [marked by use of electronic and amplified instrumentation, but no singing]
abasmekrasha (noun) bulletin, press release
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
adagejrai (noun) adolescent male
adajaita (noun) brother, male sibling
adajaitakrai (noun) brother-in-law, male sibling of one's spouse
adakidra (noun) uncle, parent's male sibling
adalaita (noun) male cousin
adantishnar (noun) sperm
adantolf (noun) semen
adapidra (noun) son, male offspring
adapidrakrai (noun) son-in-law, male spouse of one's offspring
adaprotnai (noun) man, adult male
adarja (noun) sir
adavidra (noun) father, male parent
adavidrakrai (noun) father-in-law, male parent of one's spouse
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
adova (adjective) male-to-female transgender
adovazokh (noun) male-to-female transgender individual/person
adoza (adjective) male-to-nonbinary transgender
adozazokh (noun) male-to-nonbinary transgender individual/person
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
aduulshadra (noun) plug for electricity or electronic connection
-ai (suffix) attached to an adjective or noun to create an agent noun [example: rekaavaag (health/medical science) + -ai = rekaavaagai (physician)]
aindifan (adjective or adverb) ethically/morally good/right
aindibruuga (adjective or noun) morally expedient, moral expediency
aindii (adjective or adverb) ethical, ethically, moral, morally
aindiira (noun) ethics, morality, morals
- g'boz aindiira - to be ethical/moral [lit.: to have ethics/morals]
aindiirai (noun) ethical/moral person
aindiirekaavaag (noun) moral philosophy, philosophy of ethics
aindiirekaavaagai (noun) ethicist, moral philosopher, philosopher specializing in theories of ethics/morals
aindimuur (adjective or adverb) ethically/morally bad/wrong
aindinemla (adjective, adverb or noun) ethically/morally neutral, ethical/moral neutrality
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 or adverb) equal, equally
ajaldar (verb) to equalize, to make equal
ajaldra (adjective or noun) egalitarian, equality
ajaldraat (noun) Egalitarian Party; Alplai political party devoted to promoting, protecting and extending equal rights for all citizens
ajaldradiirdeznai (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.
ajaldrai (noun) egalitarian person, member of Egalitarian Party
ajan (verb) to say, to speak, to talk, to utter
ajlagnai (noun) partner [denotes equality of status]
ajlipaa (adjective or adverb) approximate, approximately, close to, somewhat
ajna (adjective or noun) speech, spoken, utterance
ajnakuud (noun) syrinx, voicebox
ajnara (noun) ability to speak, voice
ajnedar (verb) to pray
ajnedra (noun) prayer
ajnokhrenra (adjective, adverb or noun) hypocrisy, hypocritical, hypocritically
ajnokhrenrai (noun) hypocrite
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
amazana (noun) staple grain cultivated and harvested throughout Alpaa's continent
amzagbosha (noun) larva of Alplai grain beetle, mealworm
amzagja (noun) Alplai grain beetle
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) Alplai month of 33 days
ava (adjective or adverb) female, of the female sex or gender
avabaakh (noun) girl, juvenile female
avagiinzraat (noun) feminist/women's movement [note: Alplai's equivalent of a feminist movement overlaps with the Egalitarian Party (ajaldraat); this stems from the formation of the party around extending suffrage to all adults; Alplai feminist thus combines electoral work via the larger Egalitarian Party, plus educational and other nonelectoral work around women's concerns]
avagiinzrai (noun) feminist activist/supporter
avagejrai (noun) adolescent female
avajaita (noun) sister, female sibling
avajaitakrai (noun) sister-in-law, female sibling of one's spouse
avakidra (noun) aunt, parent's female sibling
avalaita (noun) female cousin
avapidra (noun) daughter, female offspring
avapidrakrai (noun) daughter-in-law, female spouse of one's offspring
avaprotnai (noun) woman, adult female
avarja (noun) ma'am/madam
avavidra (noun) mother, female parent
avavidrakrai (noun) mother-in-law, female parent of one's spouse
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]
avoda (adjective) female-to-male transgender
avodazokh (noun) female-to-male transgender individual/person
avoza (adjective) female-to-nonbinary transgender
avozazokh (noun) female-to-nonbinary transgender individual/person
avra (pronoun) her, she
avraluu (possessive pronoun) her, hers
avukendakuud (noun) ovaries
avukendra (noun) vagina
avuulshadra (noun) socket for electricity or electronic connection
aza (adjective or adverb) androgynous, intersex
azarja (noun) gender-neutral equivalent of sir/madam used to address androgynous/intersex individuals or when the person's gender is unknown
azashojnaat (noun) Alplai movement affirming the existence and equal rights of intersex and gender-nonconforming individuals [note: Konarai society already affirmed the reality of transgender and intersex identities, other cultures had difficulty dealing with it; the azashojnaat movement's first success was in normalizing the use of ara, originally to be used only when gender was not known, for people who did not identify as either male or female; this was followed with other changes in language, then the incorporation of their broader civil rights platform by the Egalitarian Party and other political groups]
azashojnai (adjective or noun) intersex/transgender rights activist, relating to advocacy for intersex/transgender rights/activism
azazokh (noun) androgynous/intersex person
azoda (adjective) indeterminate-to-male transgender [usually used to describe intersex individuals with ambiguous sexual physiology who identify and/or transition to male gender]
azodazokh (noun) indeterminate-to-male transgender individual/person
azova (adjective) indeterminate-to-female transgender [usually used to describe intersex individuals with ambiguous sexual physiology who identify and/or transition to female gender]
azovazokh (noun) indeterminate-to-female transgender individual/person
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aabirvosh (verb) to impress
aabirvosha (adjective) impressive
aabriiga (adjective or adverb) nuanced, subtle, subtly
aabriikeija (noun) conjuring, legerdemain, prestidigitation, sleight of hand, stage illusion, stage magic
aabriikeijai (noun) conjuror, illusionist, prestidigitator, stage magician
aafshai (noun) courtesan, gigolo, kept man/woman [to be distinguished from a "common" prostitute (tulkrai) in terms of having one wealthy and/or powerful benefactor; no gender distinction is made]
aagza (adjective) crude, raw, uncooked, unrefined
aagzateshladelta (noun) crude oil, unrefined petroleum
- aagtesh - more colloquial version
aaj (adjective) south, southern
aakhpredal (verb) to transform, to undergo metamorphosis or other significant change [contrast with gaja'on and petal]
aakhpredla (adjective or noun) metamorphosis, transformation, transformative [contrast with gajana and petla]
- gaaviipetlajiit gaja'oniis drof aakhpredla - enough little changes will bring about transformation [this proverb not only expresses the idea of cumulative change, but does so by incorporating all three conceptions of change denoted in Kiitra: petal/petla for simple or minor changes, gaja'on/gajana for gradual or moderate changes, and aakhpredal/aakhpredla for major or transformative changes]
aakorna (adjective or noun) exposed, exposure, revealed, revealing, uncovered, uncovering
aakron (verb) to expose, to reveal, to uncover
aalsha (adjective or adverb) original, originally
aalshakera (noun) homeworld, planet of one's origin
aalshejlara (noun) homeland, country/land of one's origin
aalshora (noun) origin
aamgii (adjective) fancy, lavish, sumptuous
aan (verb) to sleep
aana (adjective) sleepy, sleeping, sleep-related
aanai (noun) sleeper, sleeping person
aanadiirsa (noun) general anaesthesia
aanashiinla (noun) bedroom
aanda (noun) sleep
aaniijda (adjective, adverb or noun) equitable, equitably, equity, fair, fairly, fairness, just, justly, justice
- g'boz aaniijda - to be equitable/fair/just [lit.: to have equity/fairness/justice]
aankaaj (verb) to sleepwalk
aankja (adjective or noun) sleepwalking, somnambulism, somnambulistic
aankjai (noun) sleepwalker, somnambulist
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
aarn (verb) to seize, to take
aarpeija (noun) small feathered and beaked egg-laying omnivorous quadruped [note: there are several species of aarpeija, most but not all tree-dwelling, closely resembling Earth's long-extinct paravians, and filling the same niches in Alplaa's ecosystems as Terran prosimians and rodents of the squirrel family; genetic markers indicate a common ancestor with the intelligent humanoid Alplai]
aasherg (verb) to slither
aashnoka (adjective or adverb) concise, laconic, pithy, terse, taciturn [derived from Aashenok, a Shalranai monk who was legendary for his vow of speaking as little as possible and necessary, yet with incredible wisdom]
aashriija (noun) snakes [in a powerful example of converget evolution, hundreds of species of snakes evolved on Alplaa to prey on insects and small animals; in most Alplai cultures, snakes are respected for their role in controlling pests; a major difference is that no Alplai snakes evolved to be venomous.]
aavlai (noun) buddy, pal [slang often used among orbshrai]
aavshna (noun) amulet, pendant, talisman, trinket [note, since Alplai are more sensitive to nickel and other metals, pendants and their necklaces are usually made of non-metallic materials]
aatla (noun) skin rash
aatlashuul (noun) nickel [lit.: "rash metal"; Alplai are much more susceptible to contact dermatitis from nickel]
aazbii (adjective or adverb) obvious, obviously
╟ B
baaj (adjective, adverb, preposition) 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
- egiirh okh bada beil eja'farg - small/insignificant part of something [lit.: only one leaf on that tree; equivalent of "a drop in the bucket']
badara (noun) branch of tree or other large plant
badra (noun) place; division of larger complex
badraat (noun) committee
Baija (adjective or noun) ethnic group in the southern regions of Alplaa's continent; the language of the Baija; of the Baija or their regions [note: the Baija are typically distinguished physically for their predominantly red plumage and ruddy complexion, and a hooked upper beak]
bajrashuul (noun) copper
bedel (noun) cooking pot
beil (preposition) on, upon
beiraa (noun) darling, dear, sweetheart [term of endearment]
beish (noun) muscle
bej (verb) to see
beja (adjective or noun) sight, pertaining to sight or vision
bejafaaz (noun) telescreen; device combining television, videophone and computer
bejed (verb) to look at, to observe, to watch [not as intensely or purposively as rhekan]
bejeg (verb) to display, to exhibit, to show
bejgera (noun) display, exhibit, exhibition
bejkuud (noun) eye
bejra (noun) image
bejrakha (noun) photograph
bejraponad (verb) to photograph
bejrapondra (noun) camera
bejsa (adjective or adverb) visible, visibly
bekna (adjective) molten
bekon (verb) to melt
bela (adjective) brown color
belaam (verb) to allow, to permit
- miirvan belaam mra - please excuse me [lit.: please allow/permit me; said when wishing to pass by, reach over, et cetera; distinguished from kijem mra]
- belaamiit shra veled - you are allowed/permitted to enter, you may enter
belgaberga (adjective or noun) experiment, experimental, experimentation
belgabergai (noun) experimenter, person conducting an experiment
belgaberog (verb) to experiment
belmekra (adjective or noun) entitled, entitlement, right, option, privilege, privileged
beluuga (adjective or noun) practical, practicality, pragmatic, pragmatism
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
benot (verb) to confine or imprison
benshazai (noun) Alplai professional who provides intensive treatment of plumage
bentadra (noun) jail, prison
bentadrasai (noun) jailer, prison warden
bentai (noun) prisoner
ber (verb) to be able
bera (adjective or adverb) able, ably
beraakii (adjective or noun) ocean, oceanic [generally described aquatic areas of Alplaa other than the Great Sea]
- Aajberaakii - Southern Alplai Ocean [southern half of hemisphere opposite Alplaa's continent]
- Nujberaakii - Northern Alplai Ocean [northern half of hemisphere opposite Alplaa's continent]
- Uujberaakii - Eastern Alplai Ocean [oceans immediately east of Alplaa's continent and Great Sea]
- Vaajberaakii - Western Alplai Ocean [oceans immediately west of Alplaa's continent]
berga (adjective or noun) assessment, test
berog (verb) to assess, to test
berojladra (noun) monotreme cetaceans resembling Terran whales and living in Alplaa's oceans [note: Alplaa has several species of berojladra inhabiting its oceans; the Great Sea, meanwhile is inhabited by dolphin-like sileduur, consisting of a cline of subspecies and variations]
beshna (noun) scratch
beshnar (noun) claw, nail, talon
beshon (verb) to claw, to scratch
bevaal (noun) waxy plant oil used to make candles for mourning rituals
- giron bevaal en jenzuur pilan - colloquial expression for attempting to deal with grief and remorse at once [lit.: to burn bevaal and jenzuur]
bidglenja (noun) steel
biilon (verb) to bring up, to care for, to nurture, to raise
- faan biilon pidra, faaniil zon kera - "raise a child well, and the world is better" [Kiitra proverb]
biira (adjective) yellow color
Biizagater (proper noun) second month in the Alplai calendar
bishnokhbadra (noun) amino acid
bishnokhdra (noun) protein
bitertra (adjective or noun) fossil, fossilized
bitertravaag (noun) paleontology
bitertravaagai (noun) paleontologist
bitjra (noun) rock, stone
- bitjrashedaa or shedaa Emarekluu - mixed bag, mixture of good and bad [origin: Emarek was a scientist who made a cogent argument against eugenics, comparing a person's genetic makeup with a pile of stones which could not be given more than a cursory examination until after being obtained, hence it could not be know if any stones of "greater value or utility" were in the pile until later]
bitla (adjective) hard, solid
bitlaprovaar (noun) hail
- ega g'boz bitlaprovaar - It is hailing here [lit.: here has hail]
bitnokh (noun) mineral
bitnokhvaag (noun) mineralogy
bitnokhvaagai (noun) mineralogist
bizona (adjective or noun) chance, happenstance, random, random occurrence
bleflosna (noun) autumn/fall season
bloger (verb) to plan or prepare something
blogra (adjective or noun) plan, planned, planning, preparation, prepared, preparing
blograi (noun) planner, preparer
- hiirh blograi g'boz kiirh blojrai - every planner has some critic
blojer (verb) to critique, to review
blojra (adjective or noun) critique, review, reviewed, reviewing
blojrai (noun) critic, reviewer
- hiirh blograi g'boz kiirh blojrai - every planner has some critic
boda (noun) plant
bodaguujda (adjective or noun) herbivore, herbivorous
bodateshladelta (noun) plant-based/vegetable oil
bodavaag (noun) botany
bodavaagai (noun) botanist
Bojater (proper noun) ninth month in the Alplai calendar
bojijra (noun) dome
bojilpegarhog (noun) ultraviolet light
bojrii (adjective or adverb) preceding/previous/prior in physical location
bok (noun) relaxation, rest
- g'boz bok - to relax/rest [lit.: to have relaxation/rest]
boka (adjective) relaxed, relaxing, restful, resting
bokadiirsa (noun) sedative, tranquilizer
bokahosha (noun) recreational trip, vacation trip
bokaten (noun) rest day, vacation day
bokazaam (noun) rest time, vacation time
bokh (noun) tail [appendage of animal]
boldor (verb) to copy, to duplicate, to replicate
boldra (adjective or noun) copy, duplicate, replication
bolsa (adjective or adverb) after, next in temporal sequence
bolsabej (verb) to foresee, to predict
bolsabeja (adjective or noun) forecast, prediction
bolsabolseijna (adjective or adverb) late, after expected time
bolsaten (noun or adverb) tomorrow
- bolsaten sipotluu - seven days from now
bolseijna (adjective, adverb or noun) anticipation, expectation, with anticipation/expectation
bolseijon (verb) to anticipate, to expect
bolsiikh (adjective or adverb) latest, future
- id'bolsiikh - all future time, the future
bolsiil (adjective or adverb) later
bolta (adjective or adverb) before, previous in temporal sequence
boltabolseijna (adjective or adverb) early, before expected time
boltaten (noun or adverb) yesterday
- boltaten ponkluu - five days ago/before
boltiikh (adjective or adverb) earliest, past
- id'boltiikh - all past time, history, the past
- jiit felja boltiikh - many years past [stock phrase for beginning a tale in storytelling, much like "once upon a time" in English]
boltiil (adjective or adverb) earlier
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
boshriina (noun) rut/groove/depression worn into a path/trail/road
bota (noun) kick
bozranbel (verb) to vandalize
bozranbla (adjective or noun) vandalism, vandalized
bozranblai (noun) person who commits vandalism, vandal
brehojdra (noun) game of skill
brei (noun) ability
bren (adjective) elderly, old
brenidra (noun) ancestor
brenojnireka (noun) senile dementia, senility
brenpuulavaag (noun) archaeology
brenpuulavaagai (noun) archaeologist
briijan (verb) to disturb, to trouble, to vex, to worry
briijna (adjective) disturbing, troubling, worrying
briijnaanagina (noun) sleep apnea
briijnaanaginai (noun) person with sleep apnea
briijnaanai (noun) insomniac, person with sleep disorder/disturbance
briijnaanda (noun) insomnia, sleep disorder/disturbance
briijnara (noun) disturbance, trouble
briijnarota (adjective or noun) mental disturbance below the level of insanity/psychosis, neurosis, neurotic
- g'boz briijnarota - to be neurotic [lit.: to have neurosis]
briijnarotai - neurotic person
brufshna (noun) stew
- fregboshabrufshna - see apashklajagasha under Konarai lexicon below
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
bushdiina (adjective, adverb or noun) regret, regretful, regretfully, remorse, remorseful, remorsefully
- g'boz bushdiina - to be regretful/remorseful, to have remorse/regret, to regret
buud (verb) to kick
buultet (noun) chemical, substance
buultetvaag (noun) chemistry
buultetvaagai (noun) chemist
buultolniirkuundra (noun) rocket engine
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daaj (adjective) direct, straight
- kadaaj - to go/move straight [preferably used as imperative form of kaaj daaj; also idiomatic command to be direct or "cut to the chase" regarding a discussion]
daamret (noun) mid-sized monotreme domesticated for its sweet and succulent pork-like meat
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"
daijra (noun) spice
dalen (verb) to swim
dalna (adjective) swimming
dalnai (noun) swimmer
dara (noun) central facility, complex
davna (noun) storm
- davna baaj, murkhtosh taaj - between a rock and a hard place, dilemma [lit.: "storm above, malestrom below"]
dazra (adjective or noun) motivated, motivation, motive, rationale, reason for doing something
debana (noun) temperature
debnarmda (noun) degrees of temperature [the Alplai system for measuring temperature is set at zero for freezing water and 200 for boiling water, hence the conversion is to multiply the Celcius measurement by two]
degjaa (interjection) thank you, thanks
- degjaa zura - thanks for that
- degjaajiit - many thanks, thanks a lot
- adra toniit aira degjaa - he gave them thanks, he thanked them
deira (noun) bag, sack
dejon (noun) physical sensation
dekoshpifon (noun) appreciation, gratitude
- g'boz dekoshpifon - to appreciate, to be grateful [lit.: to have appreciation/gratitude]
dela (noun) mass, weight
delagelenra (noun) gravity
delagelenrazrot (noun) gravitational field
delakuundra (noun) balance or scale for measuring weight [Note: the delakuundra is also the symbol for the Conversionist party]
delt (verb) to lubricate, to oil
delta (adjective or noun) oily or viscous substance, quality of being oily or viscous
deltobjra (noun) painting
demshlaa (adjective or noun) waiting, wait
demshol (verb) to await, to wait, to wait for
deprole (noun) hard cider [Baija loanword]
derb (noun) dish, plate
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 or noun) prepared, preparedness, readiness, ready
- g'boz deshal - to be prepared/ready [lit.: to have preparedness/readiness]
dezraklijle (noun) magnesium
d'faa (conjunction or determiner) both
d'fiirh (adjective or adverb) double, doubly
d'fra (noun) couple, duet, pair
d'horvone (noun) gunpowder [Baija origin, literally means "thunder dust"; the Baija invented gunpowder and often used it in their struggle for independence]
diifra (noun) sword
diilaj (adjective) very spicy or pungent in flavor
diimshlenuu (noun) a small citrus-like fruit with an inedible red rind and pale-yellow to white segmented flesh
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
d'liirh (adjective or adverb) triple, triply
dobdokh (noun) damp cloth provided during meals for cleaning hands and surfaces as needed
dof (numeral) two
dofgrava (adjective or noun) double-front [overlapping and reversible front incorporated in many articles of Alplai clothing]
dofibzona (adjective, adverb or noun) coincidence, coincidental, coincidentally
doftiishenranokhdra (noun) deoxyribonucleic acid, DNA
dofukendemlara (adjective or noun) bisexual, bisexuality
dofukendemlarai (noun) bisexual person
dogiinra (noun) accident
dognigrinai (noun) person who causes an accident
dognii (adjective or adverb) accidental, accidentally
dol (numeral) three
dolagra (adjective or noun) triangle, triangular
dolagra'k'jamekvaag (noun) trigonometry
dolig (noun) pants, slacks
doltriikhaginakiij (noun) ozone, triatomic oxygen
dona (noun) egg; consisting of shell, albumin, yolk and fertilized ovum or embryo
donakintpora (noun) incubator for eggs
dondeira (noun) oviduct, uterus
donibra (noun) egg name [name given by parents to offspring while still growing and incubating in egg; this name is altered once the child is hatched and the biological sex is known]
dontishnar (noun) ovum
doshvaakh (noun) leather, tanned animal hide
doshvaakhpondgai (noun) leathercrafter, leatherworker
dovegaad (noun) afternoon
doveled (verb) to come back, to return
dovleda (adjective or noun) return, returning
- shifkhada dovleda - welcome back
draaj (adjective or noun) one side of object
draajigzorosh (noun) hemisphere
draajigzorosha (adjective or adverb) hemispheric, hemispherical, hemispherically
draajlokja (adjective or noun) hemiplegia, hemiplegic, paralysis on one side of the body
draajlokjai (noun) hemiplegic person, person paralyzed on one side of their body
drakha (noun) morning
drishara (noun) ritual
drof (preposition) to or toward
drokshnei (noun) book of collected written teachings of Shalaran [Saakh loanword]
d'shodiirsa (noun) stimulant [drug/medication]
d'shota (adjective, adverb or noun) excited, excitedly, excitement, stimulated, stimulating, 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]
dulkemlizdra (noun) breast bone, sternum
dulkizdra (noun) rib
dulokh (noun) chest, thorax
duuja (adjective or adverb) slow, slowly
╘ E
Ebarum (noun) class of large passenger craft capable of both supersonic atmospheric flight and interplanetary slipstream jumps between Alplaa and Totrana
ebii (noun) dark green leafy vegetable resembling collard greens or spinach
ebon (adverb) again
edolamek (noun) thousands separator [in fact used to separate every group of three digits in a large number, including decimalized fractional numbers]
edra (adjective) spiritual
edrajaita (noun) fellow believer, brother/sister in religious/spiritual sense
edramai (noun) spirit, supernatural entity
edrazaam (noun) time devoted to spiritual practice/reflection [distinguished from vegdrazaam]
edrazafaat (noun) religious/spiritual community/congregation [Note: different spiritual traditions will use specific names for their local groups]
edriikhai (noun) deity, god
edsholbadra (noun) artery; blood vessel taking blood from the heart
efa (noun and adverb) there
- efa g'boziis eksashaar - It will rain there [lit.: over there will have rain]
- efa zon ... - "There is/are ... " [used the same as English: "That is ..."/"Those are ... "]
efjra (noun) chance, opportunity
ega (noun and adverb) here
- ega g'boz eksashaar - It is raining here [lit.: here has rain]
- ega zon ... - "Here is/are ... " [used the same as English: "This is ... "/"These are ... "]
egboz (verb) to keep
egiirh (adjective or adverb) only
- egiirh okh bada beil eja'farg - small/insignificant part of something [lit.: only one leaf on that tree; equivalent of "a drop in the bucket']
egirbodaguujdai (noun) person who only eats plants, vegan person [contrast with nijaadguujdai]
egmatofga (noun) lips on a being's mouth
egovnii (adjective) excellent, outstanding, superb [loanword from Baija egovine]
egsholbadra (noun) vein, blood vessel taking blood into the heart
eif (adjective or adverb) same
eifera (reflexive singular inanimate prounoun) itself
eifiira (reflextive plural inanimate pronoun) themselves
eifra (noun) sameness, similarity
eifukendemlara (adjective or noun) homosexual, homosexuality
eifukendemlarai (noun) homosexual person
eifzokh (reflexive singular animate pronoun) herself, himself, myself, oneself, yourself
eifzokhjiit (reflexive plural animate pronoun) ourselves, themselves, yourselves
eigor (verb) to sculpt
eigra (noun) sculpture
eigrai (noun) scupltor
eijna (noun) aspiration, hope, wish
eijnapra (adjective) aspiring, hopeful, wishful
eijnolga (adjective) dejected, without hope
eijon (verb) to aspire, to hope, to wish
eikdra (interjection or noun) puke; sickening or useless material [equivalent of saying "crap" or "shit"]
eimza (adjective or adverb) bizarre, bizarrely, strange, strangely, weird, weirdly
eimzai (noun) bizarre/strange/weird person
eingra (adjective) evil, intending to harm or deprive another, wicked
eingrai (noun) evil/wicked person
eingrakar (noun) evil/wicked action, intentional action to harm or deprive another
eirk (adjective or adverb) different, differently
eirkra (noun) difference
- g'boz eirkra - to be different [lit.: to have difference]
eirkukendemlara (adjective or noun) heterosexual, heterosexuality
eirkukendemlarai (noun) heterosexual person
eishboz (verb) to hold
eizna (adjective or noun) adorned, adornment, decoration, decorative, decorated
eizon (verb) to adorn, to decorate
eja'- (demonstrative 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
Ejadater (proper noun) fourth month in the Alplai calendar
ejed (preposition) in, inside, within
ejeg (preposition) out, outside
ejera (noun) physical direction
e'jiil e'jiil e'jiil (phrase) and so forth, and so on, blah blah blah, yada yada yada [lit,: "and more and more and more"; said very rapidly]
ejiirh (determiner) each
- ejiirh aira - each of them [persons or living things]
- ejiirh iira - each of them [inanimate objects]
- ejiirh inra - each of us, one another
- ejiirh zra - each of you
ejradma (measurement) degrees on a compass [the Alplai system is based on a right angle being 100 degrees, thus 360 Terran degrees equals 400 Alplai degrees]
ekaa (adjective) grand, great, important, prestigious
ekaagenfeinzaam (noun) convention, large assembly/meeting of delegates and/or organizational leaders
ekaagenfreikaat (noun) electoral/political coalition of parties
ekaagojagai (noun) executive/head chef in a restaurant
ekaajkonrasaat (noun) High Tribunal, supreme court
- ekiikh'j'konrasaat val Alplaa - Tribunal of Alplaa, global appeals court established under Concordance for hearing disputes between member states and/or allegations of rights violations
ekaa'k'jamekvaag (noun) algebra
Ekaamura (noun) Great Sea [located inside crescent of Alplaa's continent; bordered on north by Konarai Commonwealth and Ferjaat Kiitra, on west by Saakhsiir, on south by Bashrasiir and Baaltisiir, and on east by Eastern Alplai Ocean]
ekaapondagai (noun) master artist/craftsperson
ekaarasai (noun) emperor, supreme ruler
ekaarasra (adjective) imperial [most often used to refer to the culture and/or politics of the Saakh Empire]
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]
ekaavaag (noun) philosophy [discipline of study]
ekaavaagai (noun) philosopher
ekaavajna (noun) paragraph
ekaavezrajikolai (noun) senior police officer
ekaavledra (noun) entrance hall, foyer, lobby
ekabon (verb) to discover
ekabonra (noun) discovery
ekbiivar (noun) mountain
ekdelglenrontiizrot (noun) slipstream field [Alplai means of faster-than-light interplanetary travel]
ekedralgai (noun) prophet, founding religious leader/teacher
ekeijatiir (noun) thumb
ekiikh (adjective) greatest, highest degree of importance or prestige
ekiikh'k'jamekvaag (noun) calculus
ekiil (adjective) greater, higher degree of importance or prestige
ekiishkon (noun) constitution, document outlining fundamentals of governance for a state or other jurisdiction
ekoldra (noun) ruler's ceremonial mace or sceptre [Note: the ekoldra is also the symbol for the Traditionalist party]
ekrai (noun) buddy, pal [slang used among orbshrai]
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
- ega g'boz eksashaar - It is raining here [lit.: here has rain]
eksjadavna (noun) rainstorm
eksjafra (noun) umbrella
eksjavuuta (noun) raindrop
eksparda (noun) arrow or crossbow bolt
- eksparda Ajamaraluu - nickname for a Konarai hypnotic drug derived from root of the aparalama plant; so named because, when attempts were made to conquer Konarai villages by force, the villagers would slip this drug into the food of the invaders, then have them moved to another location without their weapons
elaan (verb) to climb
elbra (noun) supper, light late night meal
eldara (noun) area, place, room, space
Elganar (noun) class of space shuttle used primarily for cargo transport [named after large winged insect known for carrying several times its weight]
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
elona (adjective or noun) climb, climbing
elonai (noun) climber
ema (noun) emotion of liking
emaat (noun) friendship
emai (noun) friend [Note: unlike English and other Terran languages, where one's friend is commonly addressed as "my friend," the custom in Kiitra allows for the single word without the possessive; thus "thank you, my friend" more correctly translates as degjaa, emai]
- kre adra ibreg shra emai, seil mra ibreg shra emai - any friend of his is a friend of mine [lit.: if he calls you friend, then I call you friend]
emara (noun) something liked
emgana (noun) stomach [digestive organ; refers to the glandular part of the stomach where food is mixed with digestive enzymes; equivalent to the proventriculus in Terran birds]
emila (adjective) preferential, preferred
emilafreikra (noun) preferential ballot [Alplai parliaments are typically elected using a combination of proportional representation and instant-runoff preferential voting]
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
engor (verb) to attend another's needs, to wait on, to work for in a subservient manner [this verb and its related words imply a relationship of strong class division with few or no rights for the subordinate person]
engrai (noun) servant, subordinate [Note: while engrai were often treated in a manner similar to slaves, it would not be accurate to consider them as such. While both serfs (ijlengrai) and indentured servants (takrengrai) existed among the Saakh and Kiitra respectively, chattel slavery where people were treated as actual property did not exist, and a servant could leave his or her master by way of military service and/or agreeing to work for another master. Various factors led to the decline and eventual disappearance of these forms of servitude over time.]
enjeiver (verb) to reciprocate, to respond in kind
enjeivra (adjective or noun) reciprocal, reciprocation
enjeivrai (noun) person who reciprocates
enjiilvra (phrase) and so forth, and so on, et cetera [contraction of en jiil val era/iira "and more of it/them"]
enra (determiner or adjective) another, other
enrakra (noun) planet [see also pakhtaraag]
enrelma (adjective) gay/lesbian, non-heterosexual [blending the words "other" and "love" to create the Kiitra equivalent of "otherlove"; self-descriptive and more colloquial than eifukendemlara]
enrelmai (noun) gay/lesbian/non-heterosexual person
enrelmashojnaat (noun) movement for gay/lesbian/non-heterosexual equality/rights [while Konarai culture was fully accepting of diverse sexual orientations, other cultures had difficulty in varying degrees; the movement focused primarily on education, but then expanded into a caucus of the Egalitarian Party, and later into other areas.]
enrelmashojnai (adjective or noun) activism/support or activist/supporter for gay/lesbian/non-heterosexual people's equality/rights
enshezom (adverb) in the meantime, meanwhile
enshii (adverb) also
- faan, degjaa. enshii shra? - I'm fine, thanks. You as well?
enzamei (noun) unit of time measurement equal to 1.65625 seconds; 50 enzamei equals one megzamei
epashna (noun) gizzard, ventriculus
epgonka (noun) iodine
epshnabitra (noun) gizzard stone
- juprar epshnabitra araluu - to rattle one's gizzard stones [Alplai equivalent of saying "to turn one's stomach"]
era (pronoun or noun) it, thing [inanimate object]
eraluu (possessive pronoun or noun) its [inanimate object]
erkuud (noun) adrenal gland
ervii (adverb) even [example: ervii sed orpiishlabda inra g'boz zaalna = "even with bacteria we have connection"]
eshdelga (noun) glove
- nijaliir eshdelgajiit - sour grapes [lit.: doesn't need gloves; derives from a story of a poor but ambitious man who was repeatedly denied loans for his plans, only to reply that at least he did not need gloves like those who handle money; ancient Alplai moneyhandlers took to wearing gloves to prevent contact dermatitis, because the Alplai are highly sensitive to nickel found in coinage]
eshlaptonka (noun) lithium
eshnaat (noun) monastic order, sangha [specifically refers to the totality of Shalranai monastic devotees]
eshnai (noun) ascetic devotee, hermit, monastic person, monk, nun [specifically refers to Shalranai monastic devotees; while other Alplai religions do not have regular monastic orders, some individuals engage in solitary ascetic spiritual practice]
eshnakla (noun) ashram, hermitage, monastery, nunnery, place for spiritual retreat [specifically refer to residences of Shalranai monastic devotees; while other Alplai religions do not have regular monastic orders, some provide residential centers for spiritual retreat and reflection]
eshnatevnera (noun) tuning fork [lit.: monastic bell/chime; so called because Shalranai monks invented this instrument as a chime for meditation and to signal events in the day's routine]
eshra (noun) lake
eshrajeniil (noun) bank or shore of lake
etgom (verb) to pretend, to simulate
etgoma (adjective) simulated
etgomera (noun) simulation
etgomolaanra (noun) flight simulator
etsesha (noun) platinum
evej (verb) to poison
evja (adjective) poisonous, toxic, venomous
evjavaag (noun) toxicology
evjavaagai (noun) toxicologist
evjotfa (noun) poison, toxin, venom
evjotnai (noun) poisoner
ezam (verb) to assault, to injure, to commit violence against
ezebraa (noun) a type of Alplai fruit from central Saakhsiir with a pleasant tart taste [name of Saakh language origin]
ezelja (adjective or noun) advice, advising, recommendation, recommending, suggesting, suggestion
ezeljai (noun) advisor, consultant
Ezeljajnadar (proper noun) Consultative Assembly, the elected global assembly established under the Concordance of Alplaa [note: while the Ezeljajnadar cannot supercede the sovereignity of any member state, its resolutions establish standards for those states to follow, as well as executive bodies of the Concordance]
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
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faan (adjective or adverb) good, well
faandrakha (greeting) good morning [only spoken among members of the same household]
faaniil (adjective) better
faaniikh (adjective) best
- faaniikh p'jena! - Best of luck!
- faaniikh zu eja'ten! - Happy birthday! [lit.: best for this day; see kokhaten]
faaz (noun) system
faazglok (noun or job title) system operations officer/administrator
fandazra (adjective or noun) good motive/reason for doing something, justification, justified
fandazrageirda (adjective, adverb or noun) indignant, indignantly, indignation, justified anger
fanituu (interjection) goodbye
fanjera (interjection) congratulations
fanopfon (noun) amiability, amity, benevolence, good will
- g'boz fanopfon - to be amicable/benevolent, to have good will
fanuujaa? (inquiry) How are you? [lit: "Things are good, yes?"]
farg (noun) tree
- egiirh okh bada beil eja'farg - small/insignificant part of something [lit.: only one leaf on that tree; equivalent to "a drop in the bucket"]
fargtofga (noun) bark of tree
fashaal (verb) to reconcile, to resolve
fashla (adjective or noun) reconciliation, reconciling, resolution
fedmapna (adjective, adverb or noun) ironic, ironically, irony
fein (verb) to come
felja (noun) year
felna (adjective or noun) transgression, transgressive, trespassing, violation
felon (verb) to transgress, to trespass, to violate
fendar (verb) to bless
fendra (adjective, noun) blessed, blessing
ferga (adjective or adverb) diagonal, diagonally
ferja (adjective) allied, unified, united
ferjaat (noun) alliance, union
- Ferjaat Kiitra - Kiitra Union [originally a confederatory alliance of city-states, now a unified state within the Concordance of Alplaa]
- Ferjaat Rekar - Rekar Union [confederation of colonies on moons orbiting the gas-giant planet Rekar, forming an independent state within the Concordance of Alplaa]
ferjai (noun) ally, person joined in common cause
ferjara (noun) unification, bringing together
ferjrokendishna (noun) conception, fertilization of ovum by sperm
ferosh (verb) to ally, to bring together, to unify, to unite
fershdai (noun) new member of a group or organization, recruit
fershgai (noun) recruiter
fershod (verb) to join
fershog (verb) to incite to join, to recruit
feshan (verb) to describe
feshna (adjective, adverb or noun) description, descriptive, descriptively
feshniijna (noun) descriptor word [In Alplai linguistics and grammar, designates a broad class of words other than verbs, usually adjectives, adverbs and nouns.]
- hiilzrifeshniijna - general descriptors [words which can serve as either an adjective, adverb or noun depending upon context and placement in a sentence
- vaalzrifeshniijna - specific descriptor [words with a specific function such as noun or adjective]
figda (adjective, adverb or noun) privacy, private, privately
fiija (noun) bird
fiirna (noun) rape [see also ukendezma]
fiiron (verb) to rape [see also ukendezam]
fleish (noun) athletic competition/endeavor, sport
fleisha (adjective or adverb) athletic, athletically
fleishai (noun) athlete, sportsperson
flosna (adjective, adverb or noun) season, seasonal, seasonally
fojal (verb) to dress, to put on clothes
fojla (noun) attire, clothes, clothing, garment, garments
fozra (adjective or noun) technical, technological, technology
fozrajna (noun) jargon, technical terminology
fragosh (noun) wood
fregbosha (noun) wood grub
- fregboshabrufshna - see apashklajagasha under Konarai lexicon below
fregjokra (noun) axe, hatchet [used strictly for chopping wood, unlike gaarei which is intended as a weapon]
freik (verb) to cast a ballot or vote
freikai (noun) voter
freikara (noun) ballot, vote
freikarenai (noun) candidate for election
frem (noun) door, portal
- inra lobeliit frem gopshii inra - we repaired door between us [idiomatic metaphor for reconciliation]
frepshur (noun) velcro fastener
frok (verb) to throw, to toss
f'taa (interrogative particle or interjection) word said in front of sentence to indicate it is a question [see Kiitra main page section 3.5]
- f'taa? - Eh? Huh? Wha?
f'tajna (noun) question
f'tama (interrogative) when
- f'tama zon aba? - what time is it? [lit.: when is now?]
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'tezlej (verb) to consult, to request/seek advice
f'tiira (interrogative) which
fuutila (adjective, adverb or noun) audacious, audaciously, audacity, bold, boldly, boldness, daring, daringly
- g'boz fuutila - to be audacious/bold/daring [lit.: to have audacity/boldness/daring]
fuutilai (noun) audacious/bold/daring person
┌ G
gaanei (noun) story
gaaneipondagai (noun) author
gaarei (noun) battle-axe
gaavii (adjective, adverb or determiner) enough, sufficient, sufficiently
gaavipaa (adjective or adverb) adequate, adequately
gaaznalgna (adjective or adverb) incredible, incredibly, unbelievable, unbelievably
gad (verb) to bite
gada (adjective) bitten
gadra (noun) bite, wound produced by biting
gailon (verb) to fasten/secure
gajana (adjective or noun) conversion, converting, modification, modifying, shift, shifting [contrast with aakhpredla and petla]
gajanaat (noun) Conversionist Party; Alplai political party advocating a strong legislature
gajanai (noun) member of Conversionist Party
gaja'on (verb) to change by rearrangement, to convert, to modify, to shift [contrast with aakhpredal and petal]
- gaaviipetlajiit gaja'oniis drof aakhpredla - enough little changes will bring about transformation [this proverb not only expresses the idea of cumulative change, but does so by incorporating all three conceptions of change denoted in Kiitra: petal/petla for simple or minor changes, gaja'on/gajana for gradual or moderate changes, and aakhpredal/aakhpredla for major or transformative changes]
gajnajkon (noun) amendment/revision to a law
gajnejra (adjective or noun) change in direction, turn
- giron gajnejra - to change direction, to turn [lit.: to cause/make change in direction]
gajnekiishkon (noun) constitutional amendment
gajnugrona (adjective) transgender
gajnugronai (noun) transgender person
gamfizod (noun) coveralls, jumpsuit
ganipojega (noun) novel, book-length fiction
garfa (adjective, adverb) harsh, harshly
garfoja (noun) hunger
- g'boz garfoja - to hunger [lit.: to have hunger]
garif (adjective) bitter in flavor
gaziij (verb) to attempt, to try
gazija (adjective or adverb) attempted
gazijra (noun) attempt
g'bezed (verb) to contain, to include
g'boz (verb) to have, to possess
- g'boz aaniijda - to be equitable/fair/just [lit.: to have equity/fairness/justice]
- g'boz aindiira - to be ethical/moral [lit.: to have ethics/morals]
- g'boz bok - to relax/rest [lit.: to have relaxation/rest]
- g'boz briijnarota - to be neurotic [lit.: to have neurosis]
- g'boz bushdiina - to be regretful/remorseful, to have regret/remorse, to regret
- g'boz dekoshpifon - to appreciate, to be grateful [lit.: to have appreciation/gratitude]
- g'boz deshal - to be prepared/ready [lit.: to have preparedness/readiness]
- g'boz d'shota - to be excited/stimulated [lit.: to have excitement/stimulation]
- g'boz eirkra - to be different [lit. to have difference]
- g'boz fanopfon - to be amicable/benevolent, to have good will
- g'boz fuutila - to be audacious/bold/daring [lit.: to have audacity/boldness/daring]
- g'boz garfoja - to hunger [lit.: to have hunger]
- g'boz geirda -to be angry [lit.: to have anger]
- g'boz genpifon - to empathize/sympathize [lit.: to have empathy/sympathy]
- g'boz giinzera - to be concerned/interested [lit.: to have concern/interest/issue]
- g'boz golpa - to be ugly [lit.: to have ugliness]
- g'boz hirzmakreja - to be compulsive [lit.: to have compulsion/compulsiveness]
- g'boz hirzmapeigreja - to be obsessed/obsessive [lit.: to have obsession/obsessiveness]
- g'boz jenog to conflict/confront/dispute [lit.: to have conflict/confrontation/dispute]
- g'boz juntra - to be beautiful [lit.: to have beauty]
- g'boz kailgenreka - to be bulemic [lit.: to have bulemia]
- g'boz kozna - to be active [lit.: to have activity]
- g'boz lokja - to be paralyzed [lit.: to have paralysis]
- g'boz morgsha - to be in error, to be mistaken [lit.: to have error/mistake]
- g'boz naindiira - to be immoral/unethical [lit.: to have immorality]
- g'boz nireka - to be ill [lit.: to have illness]
- g'boz nirengjanreka - to be anorexic [lit.: to have anorexia]
- g'boz nirota - to be crazy/insane/lunatic/psychotic [lit.: to have insanity/lunacy/psychosis]
- g'boz nisdainiira - to be amoral, to lack ethics/morality
- g'boz nonsha - to be happy [lit.: to have happiness or pleasure]
- g'boz nopfon - to be emotionally cold/distant or unemotional [lit.: to have emotionlessness]
- g'boz orpirota - to be eccentric [lit.: to have eccentricity]
- g'boz orptilna - to be apprehensive [lit.: to have apprehension]
- g'boz otja - to be sad [lit.: to have sadness]
- g'boz padopfon - to be overly emotional or sentimental [lit.: to have excessive emotion or sentimentality]
- g'boz pifon - to feel, to have emotion
- g'boz puuza - to be bored [lit.: to have boredom]
- g'boz rota - to be mentally stable or sane [lit.: to have mentaly stability or sanity]
- g'boz seshdajnar - to be eloquent [lit.: to have eloquence]
- g'boz sovdona - to be cautious/warned [lit.: to have caution/warning]
- g'boz tilna - to fear [lit.: to have fear]
- g'boz tilnoshuuta - to be superstitious [lit.: to have superstition]
- g'boz ubrosh - to control [lit.: to have control]
- g'boz uzka - to be disgusted/revulsed [lit.: to have disgust/revulsion]
- g'boz votrei - to be brave/courageous, to have bravery/courage
- g'boz zogdopfon - to be intensely emotional or passionate [lit.: to have intense emotion or passion]
geb (noun) box, container
gedan (verb) to cut, to incise, to slice
gedna (adjective or noun) cut, incision
gein (noun) effort, labor, work
- kher gein - to labor/work, to put effort into something [lit.: to do effort/labor/work]
geinera (noun) job, task
geinkram (noun) member of work crew/detail/party
geinkramaat (noun) work crew/detail/party
geirda (adjective or noun) anger, angry
- g'boz geirda - to be angry [lit.: to have anger]
- giron geirda - to anger, to make angry [lit.: to cause anger]
geisha (adjective or noun) cherished, dear, precious [term of endearment]
gejra (adjective or noun) adolescent, pubescent
gejrai (noun) adolescent person
gekja (adjective or noun) paper, made of paper
geled (verb) to pull
geleg (verb) to push
gelva (noun) straight knife with double-pronged tip used as eating utensil by some Alplai
gen (adjective) joint, mutual, shared
gendrofashaal (verb) to arbitrate, to work towards resolution
gendrofashla (adjective or noun) arbitral, arbitration, pertaining to efforts towards resolution
gendrofashlai (noun) arbitrator, one who works to achieve resolution of a dispute
genfein (verb) to meet
genfeinzaam (noun) meeting
genfreik (verb) to elect
genfreika (adjective) electoral
genfreikaat (noun) political party
- graajgenfreikaat - major/established/institutionalized party [lit.: "front political party"; from the practice of the largest party sitting in the front of an elected assembly; colloquially shortened to graajaat]
- praajgenfreikaat - minor/fringe/insurgent party [lit.: "back political party"; from the practice of the smallest party sitting in the back of an elected assembly; colloquially shortened to praajaat]
genfreikar (noun) politics
genfreikara (adjective) political
genfreikarai (noun) politician
genfreikrabruuga (adjective or noun) politically expedient, political expediency
genfreiktash (noun) referendum
genfreikzaam (noun) election
gengiinzrajan (verb) to petition
gengiinzrajna (noun) petition
genkhebloger (verb) to conspire, to plan together in secret
genkheblogra (adjective or noun) conspiracy, conspiratorial, conspiring
genkheblograi (noun) conspirator
genkhegeiner (verb) to collaborate, to cooperate, to work together
genkhegeinra (adjective or noun) collaboration, collaborative, cooperation, cooperative, working together
genkegeinrai (noun) person with whom one collaborates/cooperates
genkijem (verb) to reconcile
genpifon (noun) empathy, sympathy
- g'boz genpifon - to empathize/sympathize [lit.: to have empathy/sympathy]
- genpifon mraluu - my sympathy [expressed as condolences to a grieving person; also genpifon inraluu = "our sympathy']
genreka (adjective or noun) epidemic
genshajai (noun) colleague, co-worker, person in shared profession
gentakra (noun) concord, covenant, mutual agreement
- Gentakraat val Alplaa - Concordance of Alplaa; global federal government established by mutual agreement among Alplaa's sovereign states
genton (verb) to share
- 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
Gerdegater (proper noun) seventh month in the Alplai calendar
gibosha (noun) insect larva
giidan (verb) to stand
giidna (adjective) standing
giija (noun) arthropod, insect
giijaguujda (adjective or noun) insectivore, insectivorous
giinzera (adjective or noun) concern, concerned, concerning, interest, issue
- g'boz giinzera - to be concerned/interested [lit.: to have concern/interest/issue]
- giron giinzera - to concern/interest [lit.: to cause concern/interest]
giirshfra (noun) verb
giiza (noun) blazer, coat, jacket
gilna (noun) nail
gina (noun) breath
ginakiij (noun) oxygen
gindrakuud (noun) thyroid gland
gined (verb) to inhale
gineda (noun) inhalation
gineg (verb) to exhale
ginega (noun) exhalation
ginegakiij (noun) carbon dioxide [colloquial term; see also piiltgarsedofginakiij]
ginera (noun) lung
giproflon (verb) to reinforce, to strengthen
giproflonra (noun) reinforcement
gi'on (verb) to breathe
giponor (verb) to squeeze
giponra (adjective or noun) squeeze, of or pertaining to squeezing
giponrageb (noun) squeeze tube
giponrazeish (noun) squeeze bottle for holding beverages
girna (adjective) caused, effected by
giron (verb) to bring about, to cause, to make something happen
- adra gironiit era paal - he filled it
- giron bevaal en jenzuur pilan - colloquial expression for attempting to deal with grief and remorse at once [lit.: to burn bevaal and jenzuur]
- 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 gajnejra - to change direction, to turn [lit.: to cause/make a change in direction]
- giron garif - to make bitter in flavor
- giron geirda - to anger, to make angry [lit.: to cause anger]
- giron giinzera - to concern/interest [lit.: to cause concern/interest]
- giron gobshekna - to compromise, to find middle ground [lit.: to make or bring about compromise]
- 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 kozna - to activate, to power/start up, to turn on [lit.: to cause to be active]
- giron morgsha - to err, to make a mistake [lit.: to cause error/mistake]
- giron nagim - to salt [lit: to make salty]
- giron nistii - to contaminate, to taint [lit: to make impure]
- giron nizaan - to make savory in flavor
- giron nonsha - to delight, to make happy, to please [lit.: to cause happiness/pleasure]
- giron sotii - to purify/refine [lit.: to make pure]
- giron uzka - to disgust, to bring about or cause disgust or revulsion
- giron zain - to sweeten [lit: to make sweet]
girshiijna (noun) verb
g'jena (noun) bet, gamble, wager
g'jenai (noun) gambler
g'jon (verb) to bet, to gamble, to wager
glaan (verb) to open
glana (adjective, adverb or noun) open, openness
glanapojega (adjective or noun) balance [lit.: open book, regarded by Alplai to represent a balance of views or actions; also the symbol for the Pragmatist party]
gleb (noun) fat, grease
glenja (adjective and noun) black
glenshriina (noun) railroad [see also okriina for monorail, which have replaced two-track railroads in the Alplaa solar system]
glenshriinabadra (noun) railway boarding platform
glenshriinadara (noun) railway station
glenshriinajuush (noun) railway car
glenshriinakuundra (noun) locomotive, railway engine
glenshriinarhongra (noun) railroad train [in vernacular, just glenshriina is frequently used]
glenshuul (noun) iron
glok (noun) operator, one who operates a system or performs a function
glona (adjective) open
g'nor (verb) to crush
go'- (conjunction) that
gobjedra (noun) contents
gobiiveldra (noun) valley
gobshekna (noun) compromise, middle ground
- giron gobshekna - to compromise, to find middle ground [lit.: to make or bring about compromise]
godiin (verb) to jump
godna (adjective or noun) jump, jumping
goja (noun) food, meal
gojadai (noun) diner, one who eats
gojagai (noun) cook, one who prepares food
gojashiinla (noun) dining room
gojtonai (noun) restaurant server or waitperson
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
- g'boz golpa - to be ugly [lit.: to have 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]
goltiibitdavna (noun) meteor shower, meteoroid storm [any fast-moving cluster of space dust or rocks]
gombreg (verb) to magnetize
gombrega (adjective) magnetic, magnetized
gombregazrot (noun) magnetic field
gombregjitveshal (noun) radio telescope
gombregra (noun) magnetic force, magnetism
gombreguulsha (adjective) electromagnetic
gombreguulshazrot (noun) electromagnetic field
gombreguulshra (noun) electromagnetism
gombregzomjra (noun) radio, wireless communication
gombritjra (noun) lodestone, magnet
gonfa (adjective or noun) catalyst, catalyzing
gonfabult (noun) enzyme, hormone
gonfakuud (noun) gland
gonuuf (verb) to catalyze
gopshii (preposition) between
gorei (noun) darkness, absence of light
gorh (adjective) dark shade of color
gorkaaja (noun) shadow
gorkjelma (adjective or noun) kink, kinky [lit.: shadow/shadowy love; self-descriptive term for Alplai sadomasochists and fetishists]
gorkjelmai (noun) kinkster, kinky person
gorkjelmashojnaat (noun) movement for greater awareness and acceptance of kinky sexuality [note: many Alplai consider this a continuation or offshoot of the enrelmashojnaat movement, both because openness to non-heterosexual orientation led to greater understanding of alternative sexual expression, and also because kink was seen by many as another facet of "other love" (see etymological note for enrelma); the gorkjelmashojnaat movement focused more on education, which eventually led to government officials regarding kink as a form of sexual identity/orientation, to be granted the same protections as non-heterosexual attraction.]
gorkjelmashojnai (noun) activist for kink awareness/acceptance
goshnaren (verb) to borrow
goshnarna (adjective) borrowed
goshnarnai (noun) borrower, person who borrowes something
goshnarnera (noun) item borrowed
goshnatled (verb) to lease or rent from
goshnatleda (adjective) leased or rented from
goshnatledai (noun) lessee, renter/rentee [someone renting from someone else], tenant
goshnatleg (verb) to lease or rent to
goshnatlega (adjective) leased or rented to
goshnatlegai (noun) lessor, owner of property being leased or rented to someone else, renter
goshnatlera (noun) item/property being leased or rented
goshnaton (verb) to lend, to loan
goshnatna (adjective) lent, loaned
goshnatnai (noun) lender, loaner
goshnatnera (noun) item lent or loaned
goshnii (adjective or adverb) fleeting, temporary
got (numeral) four
gozla (adjective or noun) alkali, alkaline
graaj (adjective) forward, front
graajaat (noun) major/established/institutional political party [lit.: "front group"; from the practice of the largest political party sitting in front of an elected assembly; see also graajgenfreikaat]
graat (verb) to walk
graata (noun) walk
graatai (noun) walker, one who walks
grakaaj (verb) to physically lead at least one other person
grakja (adjective or noun) physically leading others, head of a group/line/queue of people
grakjai (noun) person who physically leads at least one other person
grakjanprakjaat (noun) group/line/queue of people moving in a particular direction
gref (adjective or adverb) away, away from
grei (noun) cooking pan/skillet
greikrora (noun) cooking spatula/turner
grender (verb) to morally/spiritually guide
grendra (adjective or noun) moral/spiritual guidance
grendrai (noun) moral/spiritual guide
groshla (noun) face [part of body]
g'tiirh (adjective or adverb) quadruple, quadruply
g'tok (verb) to grate, to shred
gujolja (noun) cooking/kitchen knife
gujorparda (noun) skewer or spit for cooking food
gujpraklab (noun) cooking tongs
gujtokra (noun) kitchen grater/shredder
gunra (adjective) crushed, crushing
gushna (adjective or adverb) difficult, problematic
gushnera (noun) difficulty, problem
guujdra (noun) eatery, restaurant [see also tiiguujdra]
guujdrashodai (noun) head-waiter/host/hostess in a restaurant, maitre d'hotel
guujdrashribai (noun) busser or kitchen-hand in a restaurant
guujnor (verb) to chew, to masticate
guujod (verb) to eat
guujog (verb) to cook, to prepare food
guum (preposition) about, concerning, regarding, with regard to
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haalmot (numeral) million
haaraa (interjection) command given by rider to a khoravor [equivalent to English "giddyup"]
hagra (noun) geometric figure/form/shape
hagravaag (noun) geometry
haizlaa (noun) a fruit very similar to the Terran date
harkjeldra (noun) desert
hedra (adjective or noun) family, familial
heija (noun) hand
heijajna (noun) sign language
heijatiir (noun) finger
heishruu (noun) wrist
hela (adjective) green color
helg (noun) window
hemdadkiij (noun) argon
heroksha (adjective) barren, bleak, desolate
heshod (verb) to coordinate, to organize
heshoda (noun or adjective) coordinated, coordination, organized, organization
heshodai (noun) coordinator
hesmedragja (noun) ceremonial meal symbolizing friendship of diverse peoples [tradition states this began when Saakh and Kiitra diplomats would bring gifts of bread and fish respectively to be shared during discussions; when representatives from other groups participated, they added foods from their respective lands: Konarai vegetables, Krishkarha meats, and Baija fruits; when Terran settlers first arrived on Totrana and were shown the hesmedragja, they offered a sample of sea salt from their world's oceans]
hetla (noun) card
hezefaa (interjection) attention
hezfajen (verb) to listen
hiijaa (adjective, adverb or noun) squeak, sqeaky, in a squeaky manner/sound
hiilzrii (adjective or adverb) general, generally, overall
hiilzrifeshniijna (noun) general descriptors [words which can serve as either an adjective, adverb or noun depending upon context and placement in a sentence
hiirh (adjective or adverb) all, every
- hiirh nonsha zu shra - all happiness to you [common well-wishing]
hina (adjective) new
hinajnra (adjective or noun) procreation, reproduction, reproductive
hinaklozna (adjective) colonial, colonizing, settlement, settling
hinakloznai (noun) colonist, settler
hinakloznajendar (noun) Settlement Council [elected legislative assembly for Rekar colonies; term was originally coined as "floating city" settlements were being established in Alplaa's Great Sea; these eventually adopted the terminology puulajendar and the original term was revived for use on Rekar]
hinaklozneldra (noun) colony, settlement
hinaklozon (verb) to colonize, to settle
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"]
hinladrhaag (noun) cataclysmic variable star, nova or supernova [note: Alplai scientists distinguish various types of these objects by a grading system, rather than separate terms such as "supernova"]
hirai (pronoun) everybody, everyone
hirajna (noun) language
hirajnajiirkra (noun) accented pronunciation of a language, dialect, language variant, sociolect ["language variant" is the most literal interpretation]
hirega (adverb) everywhere
hireja (adjective or adverb) absolute, absolutely
hirekaavaag (noun) cosmology, metaphysics, philosophy on ultimate nature of reality
hirekaavaagai (noun) cosmologist, metaphysician, philosopher specializing in cosmological/metaphysical theories
hirera (pronoun) everything
hirgenreka (adjective or noun) pandemic
hirguujda (adjective or noun) omnivore, omnivorous
hirlokja (adjective or noun) complete paralysis, paralysis of all four limbs, quadriplegia, quadriplegic
hirlokjai (noun) person who is completely paralyzed, quadriplegic person
hirmekei (noun) alphabet, writing system
hirpriita (adjective or noun) spectral, spectrum
hirshenrazaalna (adjective or adverb) ecological, ecologically, environmental, environmentally
hirshenrazaalnagiinzra (noun) ecological/environmental concern/interest, environmentalism
hirshenrazaalnavaag (noun) ecology, environmental science/studies
hirshenrazaalnavaagai (noun) ecologist, environmental scientist
hirshenrazaalnazrot (noun) ecosphere, ecosystem, environment
hirtejnara (noun) dictionary, lexicon
hirzama (adjective or adverb) always
hirzokharasaija (noun) direct democracy
hirzmakreja (adjective or noun) compulsion, compulsive
- g'boz hirzmakreja - to be compulsive [lit.: to have compulsion/compulsiveness]
hirzmakrejai (noun) compulsive person
hirzmapeigreja (adjective or noun) obsession, obsessed, obsessive
- g'boz hirzmapeigreja - to be obsessed/obsessive [lit.: to have obsession/obsessiveness]
hirzmapeigrejai (noun) obsessed/obsessive person
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]
hishteldra (noun) flat or level area of land, plain
hobor (noun) fruit
hobrosun (noun) fruit juice or nectar
hobrozalpa (noun) heated fruit juice often consumed during breakfast, "fruit broth"
hojdaar (verb) to compete, to play a game
hojdra (noun) competing, competition, game, gaming
hojdrai (noun) competitor, player in a game or sport
holtna (adjective) adopted. adoptive, foster [note in Alplai cultures, the difference between adoption and foster care is quite fluid, including degree of permanence and contact with an adopted/foster child's biological family]
holtnadajaita (noun) adoptive/foster brother
holtnadapidra (noun) adopted/foster son
holtnadavidra (noun) adoptive/foster father
holtnajaita (noun) adoptive/foster sibling
holtnapidra (noun) adopted/foster child
holtnashaijaat (noun) adoption/foster-care service agency [also supervises egg/hatchling nurseries and orphanages]
holtnavajaita (noun) adoptive/foster sister
holtnavapidra (noun) adopted/foster daughter
holtnavidra (noun) adoptive/foster parent
holtnavavidra (noun) adoptive/foster mother
holton (verb) to adopt/foster a child, to take in a child
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
hoshda (adjective or noun) arrival
hoshed (verb) to arrive
hosheg (verb) to depart
hoshga (adjective or noun) departure
hoshonjbretla (noun) travel pass
hozda (adjective) visit, visitation, visiting
hozdai (noun) guest, visitor
hozdarovdra (noun) hotel, inn
hozdashiinla (noun) guest room
hozdazolshna (noun) guest suite
hozed (verb) to visit
hozobja (noun) bridge
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]
huknamedanreka (noun) morbid obesity
huknavezrajikolai (noun) police cadet/trainee, probationary police officer
huukosh (verb) to be worthy, to deserve
huukshaa (adjective or adverb) deserving, worthy
huukshora (noun) desert, prize, reward, something deserved/earned
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ibra (noun) name
ibred (verb) to be called/named
ibreg (verb) to call/name another
- kre adra ibreg shra emai, seil mra ibreg shra emai - any friend of his is a friend of mine [lit.: if he calls you friend, then I call you friend]
id'- (article) the [used sparingly, as though indicating the only thing being described or existing]
ida (adjective or adverb) unique, uniquely
id'beluugavelbajazaam (historical period) the Pragmatist Ascendancy or Rise of Pragmatism [refers specifically to period when the Pragmatist Party formed and gained prominence in Alplai politics; other notable events were ratification of the Concordance Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and development of strong mixed economy]
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'ekaaverkzonra (noun) the Great Becoming [alternate reference to the Strhaan, emphasizing its nature as a constantly changing and emerging entity in relation to its connection with all living things]
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 or adverb) spherical, spherically
igzosh (noun) circle
igzosha (adjective) circular
ijal (noun) earth, ground, land, soil
ijaraaf (noun) ground/main floor of a building
ijladopar (noun) fog, ground-level mist
- ega g'boz ijladopar - It is foggy here [lit.: here has fog]
ijlajuush (noun) ground transport, ground vehicle
ijlengrai (noun) serf
ikhaajrii (adjective or adverb) approachingfollowing/next in physical location
il (conjunction) or
inja (adjective) having a neutral charge
injatiitriikh (noun) neutron
inra (pronoun) us, we
inraluu (possessive pronoun) our, ours
inza (adjective, adverb) easily, easy, simple, simply
inzabruuga (adjective or noun) convenient, convenience
inzabruugoja (noun) convenience food/meal [broad category which can include ready-to-eat, heat-and-eat, and easy-to-prepare meals/snacks]
inzatlen (verb) to barter, to engage in a simple exchange of goods and/or services, to swap
inzatulna (noun) barter, simple exchange of goods and/or services, swap
isha (adjective) having a positive charge
ishajiitriikh (noun) polyatomic cation, positively-charged molecular ion
ishatiitriikh (noun) proton
ishatriikh (noun) monatomic cation, positively-charged ion consisting of one atom
itaren (verb) to inherit, to receive from one's parents/ancestors
itarna (adjective or adverb) inherited, hereditary
itarnai (noun) heir
itarnera (noun) inheritance
itarnireka (noun) hereditary disease/disorder/illness
itranrasai (noun) hereditary ruler, monarch
itranrastakrai (noun) consort of hereditary ruler or monarch
izrokra (noun) hammer
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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
-iikh (inflectional suffix used to create superlative adjectival form [example faan (good) + -iikh = faaniikh (best)]
-iil (inflectional suffix) used to create comparative adjectival form [example: faan (good) + -iil = faaniil (better)]
iilda (noun) sand
iinsha (adjective) funny, humorous
iinshajan (verb) to joke
iinshajna (adjective or noun) joke
iinshajnai (noun) comedian, joker
iinshativna (noun) laughter
iinshatvon (verb) to laugh
iinshetnganra (noun) comedy, comedic play
iipaa (preposition) by way of, via
iira (pronoun) them, they [inanimate objects]
iiraluu (possessive pronoun) their, theirs [inanimate objects]
iirka (noun) energy, power
iirkuundra (noun) engine. generator, reactor
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]
- val tofga drof iirtar - thoroughly [lit.: from skin to heart; equivalent of "from head to toe" or "to the bone"]
-iis (inflectional suffix) used to create future tense of verb [example: g'boz (to have, infinitive/present) + -iis = g'boziis (to have, future tense)]
iishorbeish (noun) ligament, sinew, tendon
iishruu (noun) joint [body part]
-iit (inflectional suffix) used to create past tense of verb [example: g'boz (to have, infinitive/present) + -iit = g'boziit (to have, past tense)]
iivar (noun) hill
iizaad (noun) bone
iizada (adjective) bony, like bone
iizadra (noun) skeleton
iizdanka (noun) calcium
iizog (noun) horn [appendage of some animals]
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jaad (noun) meat
jaadguujda (adjective or noun) carnivore, carnivorous
jaarfjala (noun) blanket
jaarii (adjective) plain, simple, unadorned, unembellished
jaid (adjective) sour/tangy/tart in flavor
jaita (noun) sibling
jaitakrai (noun) sibling-in-law, sibling of one's spouse
jalera (noun) need, requirement
jaliir (verb) to need/require
jalrajan (verb) to command, to demand, to insist, to order
jalrajna (adjective or noun) command, commanding, demand, demanding, insistent, order
jalrii (adjective or adverb) imperative, necessary, required
- jalrii mra kher eja'geinera - I must do this task
jalrikar (noun) duty, required action
jalrizaam (noun) appointment
jalronga (noun) procedure, protocol
jamza (noun) blouse, shirt
javrek (verb) to endorse, to support
javreka (adjective or noun) endorsement, support, supportive
javrekai (noun) endorser, supporter
j'dajna (adjective or noun) colloqiual, colloquialism, idiom, idiomatic, slang
Jedrater (proper noun) first month in the Alplai calendar
jedvorkeldra (noun) forest, woods
jefta (adjective) white color
jeftakuud (noun) pancreas [Note: the Alplai pancreas only provides digestive enzymes; for the equivalent of the Islets of Langerhans, see emzainrakuud]
jeftashaar (noun) hydrogen peroxide [lit.: white water; so named for the substance's bleaching capabilties]
jeftashuul (noun) bismuth
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
jekpra (adjective or adverb) enormous, enormously, huge, hugely
jekpriikh (adjective) most enormous/huge [superlative form of jekpra]
jekpriil (adjective) more enormous/huge [comparative form of jekpra]
jela (noun) rod, stick
jenadar (noun) legislative assembly, parliament
jenbrei (noun) ability to hear, auditory sense, hearing
jendrabok (noun) break or recess in legislative session or judicial proceeding
jenga (adjective) antagonistic, confrontational, disputational
jeniil (noun) bank, beach, edge of body of water, shore
jenjal (noun) sand
jenjla (adjective) granular, sandy
jenjlisnokh (noun) silicon
jenkuud (noun) ear
jenog (noun) conflict, confrontation, dispute
- g'boz jenog to conflict/confront/dispute [lit.: to have conflict/confrontation/dispute]
jentflosna (noun) winter season
- jentflosnakindashla - flu-like seasonal viral illness [lit.: winter fever]
jenzuur (noun) fragrant wood from a small bush often burned as part of meditative ritual for dealing with remorse
- giron bevaal en jenzuur pilan - colloquial expression for attempting to deal with grief and remorse at once [lit.: to burn bevaal and jenzuur]
jerha (adjective) lean, skinny, slender, thin
jermot (numeral) billion
jeruve (noun) fruit from Baija regions producing a juice which Alplai find mildly stimulating [note: the active stimulant in the jeruve fruit and juice is an alkaline similar to atropine, which can be toxic or even lethal for humans]
jev (noun or adjective) clean, cleanliness
- giron jev - to clean [lit.: to make clean or bring about cleanliness]
jevjikolaat (noun) sanitation department/patrol [Alplai sanitation workers are also empowered to issue littering citations]
jibeisha (adjective) muscular, brawny
jevjikolai (noun) sanitation officer/worker
jidla (adjective, adverb) constant, constantly, unchanging
jidlakjamek (mathematics) constant, non-varying numerical value
- 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]
jiida (adjective or noun) crowd, crowded, large number of individuals in one place, mass, swarm
jiidezma (noun) mass violence, mob violence
jiidonksha (noun) clutch of eggs
jiikh (adjective or adverb) most
jiil (adjective or adverb) more
- e'jiil e'jiil e'jiil - and so forth, and so on, blah blah blah, yada yada yada [lit.: "and more and more and more"; said very rapidly]
jiilsoteshladelta (noun) gasoline, petrol
- jiilsot - more colloquial version
jiirk (adjective or adverb) assorted, diverse, diversely, varied, variedly
jiirkirera (noun) assortment, diversity, variety
jiirkra (noun) variant, variation
jiit (adjective or adverb) many, much, several [also plural suffix for nouns]
jiitriikh (noun) molecule
jiklavjra (noun) armor
jikol (verb) to guard, to protect, to watch over
jikolai (noun) guard, protector, sentinel, sentry
jinot (verb) to chill or cool
jinta (adjective) cold
jintiikh (adjective) freezing, extremely cold
jintipaa (adjective) cool, not too cold
jintipshaar (noun) sleet, slush
- ega g'boz jintipshaar - It is sleeting here [lit.: here has sleet]
jintjorvumja (noun) kitchen refrigerator
jintshaar (noun) ice
jiteja (adjective or adverb) relative, relatively
jitlagra (adjective) knowledgeable, smart
jitlagrai (noun) knowledgeable/smart person
jitolra (adjective) rich, wealthy
jitolrai (noun) rich/wealthy person
jitolriira (noun) fortune, treasure, wealth
jitveshal (noun) telescope
j'kon (noun) law, ordinance
j'kona (adjective or adverb) legal, legally
j'konavrekai (noun) attorney, lawyer, legal advocate
j'konrasai (noun) judge, magistrate
j'konrasaat (noun) appellate court panel, tribunal
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]
jodla (adjective or noun) acid, acidic
jofera (adjective) haughty, pretentious, snobbish, snooty
jofrai (noun) haughty or pretentious person, snob
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
jolfejra (noun) scabbard/sheath for knife or sword
jolja (noun) knife [other than eating utensil; see gelva]
jolvodja (adjective or noun) torture, torturous
jolvodjai (noun) torturer
jomnii (adjective or adverb) ordinary, ordinarily, typical, typically, usual, usually
jon (numeral) zero
jorva (noun) shelf
jorviira (noun) wall-mounted cabinet
jorvumja (noun) bureau, chest of drawers
jovbeilonka (noun) potassium
joverda (adjective or adverb) successful, successfully
joverdora (noun) accomplisment, successful venture
joverod (verb) to accomplish successfully, to succeed
joz (adjective) solid [as opposed to liquid or gaseous]
jozmelt (noun) feces
jozmelteg (verb) to defecate
juntra (adjective, adverb or noun) beautiful, beautifully, beauty
- g'boz juntra - to be beautiful [lit.: to have beauty]
juntrai (noun) beautiful person
juprar (verb) to rattle, to make a rattling noise
- juprar epshnabitra araluu - to rattle one's gizzard stones [Alplai equivalent of saying "to turn one's stomach"]
juprarjiish (noun) rattle [percussion instrument]
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 member on board a craft
juushkramaat (noun) crew on board a craft
╒ K
kaaj (verb) to go, to move
kabaaj (verb) to go/move/turn upwards [preferably used as imperative form of kaaj baaj]
kadaaj (verb) to go/move straight [preferably used as imperative form of kaaj daaj; also idiomatic command to be direct or "cut to the chase" regarding a discussion]
kadar (verb) to add
kadara (noun) addition
kadra (adjective or adverb) additional, extra
kadraginra (noun) vestigial air sac in Alplai anatomy
kadraten (noun) leap day [added every fifth year, and second leap day added every 100th year]
kadrofaaj (verb) to go/move towards [preferably used as imperative form of kaaj drof]
kagraaj (verb) to go/move forward or straight ahead [preferably used as imperative form of kaaj graaj]
kagrefaaj (verb) to go/move away [preferably used as imperative form of kaaj gref, which by itself can translate as "Begone"]
kailda (adjective or noun) act of swallowing, swallowed
kailed (verb) to swallow
kaileg (verb) to retch, to vomit
kailga (adjective) act of vomiting, emesis, vomited
kailgadiirsa (noun) emetic medication
kailgenreka (adjective or noun) bulemia, bulemic
- g'boz kailgenreka - to be bulemic [lit.: to have bulemia]
kailgenrekai (noun) bulemic person
kailteg (noun) material vomited, vomitus
kaja (adjective) moving, in motion
kajkuunjuush (noun) automobile, car, motor vehicle
k'ajlaan (mathematics) equals
kajra (noun) motion, movement
kajrakuundra (noun) motor
kakejraaj (verb) to go/move/turn left [preferably used as imperative form of kaaj kejra]
kalab (noun) small tongs used as eating utensil by most Alplai
kalejraaj (verb) to go/move/turn right [preferably used as imperative form of kaaj lejra]
kalfot (noun) period of 11 days
kapraaj (verb) to go/move/turn back [preferably used as imperative form of kaaj praaj]
karj (adjective) smooth in texture
kashrabjra (noun) orbital path, orbit
kashraaj (verb) to go/move in a circular/elliptical path, to orbit something
kataaj (verb) to go/move/turn downwards [preferably used as imperative form of kaaj taaj]
katolra (noun) credit, positive monetary balance
kein (verb) to choose, to decide
- mra kein eja'era - this/that is my decision/choice [lit.: I chooce/decide this/that]
- so'shra kein - as you choose/decide
keiza (noun) bow for launching arrows
kejra (adjective or adverb) left direction, leftward
kelna (adjective) light in color, pale in color
kelnel (noun) colloquial/slang for police officer, cop, fuzz [etymology: kelna (pale) + nela (blue); refers to pale blue police uniforms]
kelrei (noun) variety of nut resembling an elongated Terran walnut and valued as a highly nutritious food by both Alplai and Terrans
kelsha (adjective or noun) thunder, thunderous
kera (noun) world
- faan biilon pidra, faaniil zon kera - "raise a child well, and the world is better" [Kiitra proverb]
kervonei (noun) tree producing a soft wood often used for sound boards of string instruments
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
kiinbraa (noun) power of volition, will
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]
kiishta (noun) bubble
kiishtasona (noun) carbonated beverage
Kiitra (adjective or noun) ethnic group principally residing peninsulas and islands off of the northern Great Sea coast; the language of the Kiitra; of the Kiitra or their region [note: the Kiitra were originally composed of several interrelated ethnolinguistic groups which unified politically and eventually adopted a single koinized language; the Kiitra are often distinguished physically by predominantly yellow-to-orange plumage and little to no hook on the tip of their upper beaks]
kijem (verb) to excuse, to forgive
- 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]
kimpredal (verb) to develop, to evolve
kimpredla (adjective or adverb) developing, evolving
kimpredlara (noun) development, evolution
kindashla (adjective or noun) febrile, fever, feverish
- ginrakindashla Totrana'ai - Totrana pneumonic fever [serious respiratory viral disease originating from Totrana; early theories speculating Terran origin reignited negative attitudes towards human settlers in the Alplai solar system]
- jentflosnakindashla - flu-like seasonal viral illness [lit.: winter fever]
kinot (verb) to heat, to warm
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
kirzama (adjective or adverb) sometimes
k'jamek (noun) numeral
k'jamekvaag (noun) mathematics
k'jamekvaagai (noun) mathematician
klofka (adjective, adverb or noun) bodily, body, corporeal
klofkokh (verb) to be born
klofkokha (adjective) born
klofkokhaten (noun) birthday [see also kokhaten]
klofkokher (verb) to give birth
klofkokhera (noun) birth, labor, process of giving birth
klozna (adjective) residential, residing
kloznai (noun) resident
klozon (verb) to live/reside at/in a location
k'niin (mathematics) minus
k'niiniikh (mathematics) exponential root
- nof k'niiniikh dof k'ajlaan dol - square/second root of nine equals three
k'niiniil (mathematics) divided by
- got'taz k'niiniil ozat k'ajlaan ponk - forty divided by eight equals five
k'niijlaan (mathematics) not equal to
kobosh (verb) to lift, to raise
kobzaponad (verb) to record on motion-picture film or videotape, to make a cinematographic or videographic image
kobzapondra (noun) motion-picture camera, video camera
kobzekha (noun) motion-picture film, videotape [originally used for cinematographic film, the term was then applied to digital videographic recording material as well; refers to the physical medium, distinguished from an artistic compostion; contrast with kobzentganra]
kobzentganai (noun) movie actor, movie star
kobzentganeshodai (noun) movie director
kobzentgankuundra (noun) movie/video projector device
kobzentganpojega (noun) movie script, screenplay
kobzentganpondagai (noun) screenwriter
kobzentganra (noun) motion picture, movie, video play [refers to the artistic compostion, versus the physical medium on which it is recorded; contrast with kobzekha]
kobzentganrovdra (noun) cinena, movie theater
kobzentganijraaf (noun) movie screen, video projection screen
kobzentganbadra (noun) projection booth in a movie theater
kodosh (verb) to lower
kojed (verb) to place, to put
kojeg (verb) to remove
- kojeg nistra - to decontaminate [lit.: to remove contaminant/impurity/taint]
kokh (verb) to hatch
kokha (adjective) hatched
kokhaten (noun) hatching day [Alplai equivalent of birthday; see also faniikh zu eja'ten]
kola (noun or adjective) square geometric shape
komuu (noun) elbow, middle joint of upper limb
kona (noun or adjective) cube, cubic
Konarai (adjective or noun) ethnic group residing predominantly in the northeast to north-central Alplaa continent; the Konarai language; of the Konarai or their region [note: the Konarai are typically distinguished physically by plumage color ranging from purple to blue to green, and the lack of a pronounced hook on the upper beak]
konat (verb) to detect scent or odor, to smell something
koniira (adjective or noun) crystal, crystalline
konta (adjective or noun) aroma, aromatic, fragrance, fragrant, odor, scent, scented, smell, smelly
- era g'boz muurkonta - it smells bad; it has a bad odor
kontar (noun) nose, olfactory organ
kontgaa (adjective or noun) sulfur, sulfuric
kontregma (noun) snout on an animal
kontrei (noun) ability to smell, sense of smell
k'orpiil (mathematics) less than
k'orpiilajlaan (mathematics) less than or equal to
korpra (noun) species of flower resembling a daisy with violet petals [Note: the korpra is the symbol for the Egalitarian party]
kozna (adjective, adverb or noun) active, actively, state of activity
- g'boz kozna - to be active [lit.: to have activity]
- giron kozna - to activate, to power/start up, to turn on [lit.: to cause to be active]
- lokh kozna - to deactivate, to power down, to turn off [lit.: to stop activity]
koznara (noun) specific action or activity
k'periil (mathematics) greater than
k'periilajlaan (mathematics) greater than or equal to
kraa! (interjection) ouch! ow!
kram (noun) employee, staffer, staffperson
kramaat (noun) body of employees within an organization, personnel, staff
kramguujdra (noun) employee cafeteria, staff canteen
kramshiinla (noun) office, individual work room or space
kre (conjunction) if
kriijageldra (noun) field for grazing, paddock, pasture
Krishkarha (adjective or noun) ethnic group from the northwestern area of Alplaa' continent; the Krishkarha language; of the Krishkarha people or region [note: the Krishkarha are typically distinguished by predominantly black plumage, darker complexion, and robust upper beak with pronounced hook and serration]
kroda (adjective, adverb or noun) danger, dangerous, dangerously, hazard, hazardous, hazardously
krora (noun) device, implement, instrument, tool
k'shaan (mathematics) plus
k'shaaniikh (mathematics) exponent, to the power of
k'shaaniil (mathematics) multiplied by
kulpa (adjective or adverb) almost, nearly
kulpabsa (adjective or adverb) soon, within a short time in the future
kulpabta (adjective or adverb) recent, recently, within a short time in the past
kulpagojagai (noun) apprentice cook in a restaurant, commis
kulpavezrajikolai (noun) probationary/trainee police officer
kulpiikh (adjective or adverb) practically, virtual, virtually [intensified form of kulpa = "almost"]
kulpondagai (noun) apprentice
kuud (noun) organ, part of anatomy
kuundra (noun) apparatus, device, machine
kuuraj (verb) to farm
kuurja (noun or adjective) farming, agricultural, agriculture
kuurjabadra (noun) farm
kuurjai (noun) farmer
kuurjeldra (noun) cropland, cultivated field, farmland
╒° Kh
khaal (noun) home [place where one lives]
kharovdra (noun) house [residential building]
kheb (verb) to conceal, to hide
kheba (adjective, adverb or noun) concealed, concealing, hidden, hiding, secret, secretive
khein (verb) to touch
kheina (noun) feel, tactile sensation, texture
- eja'fragosh g'boz karjkheina - that/this wood has smooth texture; this wood feels smooth
kher (verb) to do
- kher gein - to do work, to work
- kher radmiipodlejra to triangulate [lit.: to do triangulation]
- kher ukned - to engage in sex
- nonsha kher - glad/happy/pleasure to do (it) [response to expression of thanks]
khevojla (noun) mask
khiimla (adjective or noun) middle, between beginning and end
khiishta (adjective or adverb) horizontal, horizontally
khiishtejradma (measurement) degrees of latitude [the Alplai system sets the geographic north pole at zero, the equator at 200, and the geographic south pole at 400]
khiimlebon (verb) to resume
khiimlinta (adjective) lukewarm, neither hot nor cold but in between
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
.┴ L
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
leishned (verb) to interact, to relate
leishneda (adjective, adverb) interactive, relational, relationally
leishnedar (noun) interaction, political/social relationship
lejra (adjective) right direction, rightward
lekef (noun) species of large flightless carnivorous bird indigenous to Krishkarhasiir [resembles extinct Terran bird Gastornis giganteus]
liidra (noun) club, mace
liija (noun) reptile
lii'ok (verb) to separate
liisnokdra (noun) chemical compound
liisnokh (noun) chemical element [note: Alplai scientific convention identifies several recently-discovered elements simply as liisnokh followed by its respective atomic number in ordinal form; the first is liisnokh got'taz'n'doluu (known by Terrans as technetium) followed by liisnokh sipot'taz'n'dofluu (hafnium), liisnokh sipot'taz'n'ponkluu (rhenium), and all elements with atomic number 84 or above with the exception of thorium (piilshuul) and uranium (poraklojle).]
limonshtrei (noun) guest of honor at a dinner [loanword from Saakh; tradition determines that the person selected in this role is the first to taste the food when served, to determine its suitability; this tradition is thought to originate from the practice of Saakh nobles inviting their rivals to negotiate over a meal, and having them take the first bite of food to dissuade the use of poisons, with the custom spreading and then persisting as a tradition across cultures]
lobel (verb) to fix, to repair, to restore
- jalrii inra lobel frem gopshii inra - we must repair door between us [idiomatic metaphor for reconciliation]
lobla (adjective) fixed, repaired, restored
lokbeldra (noun) landing place for aircraft and/or spacecraft [can be developed like helipads and/or runways, or simple designation of where aircraft and/or spacecraft lands]
lokh (verb) to halt, to stop
- eja'eksajuush lokhiit beil ijal - that aircraft landed; that aircraft touched down [lit.: that aircraft stopped upon ground]
- eja'murajuush lokhiit ledra murabadra - that boat/ship has docked [lit.: that seacraft stopped in dock]
- lokh kozna - to deactivate, to power down, to turn off [lit.: to stop activity]
lokhferjrokendishnra (adjective or noun) contraception, contraceptive
lokja (adjective or noun) immobile, paralysis, paralyzed, unable to move
- g'boz lokja - to be paralyzed [lit. to have paralysis]
lokjai (noun) paralyzed person, person unable to move
lokoj (verb) to paralyze, to render immobile
loregra (noun) non-lethal weapon used by Alplai police [the device emits electromagnetic pulses in select frequencies which can render individuals disoriented and even unconscious, with minimal negative side effects]
loshkra (noun) broom, brush
lushtra (noun) chain
luuja (noun) iron
╔ M
maakh (verb) to alarm, to alert
maakha (adjective) alarmed/alerted
maakhdavna (noun) sound of alarm or alert
maakhdavnera (noun) bell or other device for sounding alarm/alert
Maakhlater (proper noun) tenth month in the Alplai calendar
maaltonda (noun) spine
maiter (noun) abdomen, belly
marva (adjective) basic, essential, fundamental, root
marva'k'jamekvaag (noun) arithmetic, basic mathematics
marvibra (noun) root name [main portion of a person's name; Alplai custom has parents give unhatched children an "egg-name" (donibra) which is then altered once hatched and biological sex is known; transgender individuals can also alter their name while retaining its "root"]
meda (adjective) chubby, fat, obese, overweight
Megriishater (proper noun) eighth month in the Alplai calendar
megzamei (noun) unit of time measurement equal to 1 minute 12.8125 seconds; 50 megzamei equals one zamei
meilna (adjective or noun) blend, blended, blending, combination, combined, mix mixed, mixture
meilnajla (noun) alloy
meilon (verb) to blend/combine/mix
meishmaa (noun) weather
meishmabolsabeja (noun) meteorological/weather forecast
meishmavaag (noun) meteorology, science of weather
meishmavaagai (noun) meteorologist, weatherperson
mekled (verb) to read
mekleg (verb) to write
meklega (adjective or adverb) writing, written
meklegai (noun) writer
mekrora (noun) pen, pencil, stylus, writing instrument
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]
meltgruukh (noun) anus
mentala (noun) Alplai plucked zither with triangular soundboard and strings running from one corner to its opposite side
metla (adjective) soft [substance texture]
metlasliizdrai (adjective or noun) dumb, idiot, idiotic, moron, moronic stupid [lit.: soft-skulled person]
metreina (noun) berry
miid (noun) clay
miil (adjective or noun) dirtiness, dirty, filth, filthy, soiled, unclean, uncleanliness
- giron miil - to soil, to make dirty or unclean
miija (noun) fish
miirvan (interjection) please [always said at the beginning of a sentence]
- miirvan belaam mra - please excuse me [lit.: please allow/permit me; said when wishing to pass by, reach over, et cetera; distinguished from kijem mra]
- miirvan belaam mra kher eja'era - please allow me to do this, may I do this
mlen (verb) to die
mlena (adjective) dead
mlenai (noun) carcass, corpse, dead being/person
mlenar (noun) death
mlenomai (noun) person whose friend has died, surviving friend
mlenopidrai (noun) person whose child has died, surviving parent
mlenotakra (adjective) widowed
mlenotakrai (adjective) widow, widower, surviving spouse
mlenotja (adjective or noun) grief, grieving, mourning
mlenovidrai (noun) orphan, person whose parents have died, surviving child
modaalzei (noun) lead [metal]
modrema (noun) kidney
mojavaar (verb) to ride, to travel on a craft as a passenger
mojavrai (noun) passenger
mokaal (noun) small marsupial domesticated for its light sweet meat
morgsha (adjective, adverb or noun) error, erroneous, erroneously, mistake, mistaken, mistakenly
- g'boz morgsha - to be in error, to be mistaken [lit.: to have error/mistake]
- giron morgsha - to err, to make a mistake [lit.: to cause error/mistake]
morjak (verb) to convey erroneous information as sincerely-believed fact, to unintentionally deceive or mislead
morjka (adjective or adverb) unintentionally misleading due to sincere but erroneous belief that something is true
morjkai (noun) person who unintentionally misleads due to sincere but erroneous belief that something is true
morjkapal (noun) the state of unintentionally misleading another due to a sincerely-held belief that an error is fact
mormot (number) trillion
morshgar (verb) to misremember, to recall/remember incorrectly
morshgara (noun) inaccurate memory of an event
morshgra (adjective) inaccurately recalled/remembered, misremembered
morshgrabrei (noun) faulty ability to recall, remember
mot (number) thousand
motriil (noun) any of a species of aquatic invertebrates resembling Terran sea urchins [note: motriil are cultivated for their meat and roe]
mra (pronoun) I, me
mraluu (possessive pronoun) mine, my
mura (adjective) aquatic, large saltwater body, sea
murabadra (noun) dock
- eja'murajuush lokhiit ledra murabadra - that ship/boat has docked [lit.: that seacraft stopped in dock]
- eja'murajuush zon ledra murabadra - that ship/boat is docked [lit.: that seacraft is in dock]
muradara (noun) harbor, seaport
Murai (proper name) Alplai goddes of seas and oceans worshipped as mother of all life
murajeniil (noun) sea shore
murajuush (noun) aquatic vessel, boat, ship
murakuurja (noun) aquaculture
muranagma (noun) sea salt
murgiija (noun) crustacean
murjaad (noun) seafood
murkhtosh (noun) malestrom, powerful whirlpool
- davna baaj, murkhtosh taaj - between a rock and a hard place, dilemma [lit.: "storm above, malestrom below"]
murnagmanokh (noun) sodium
murvirja (noun) sharklike predatory fish [note: as on Earth, there are several species of murvirja with a diversity of sizes and other identifying characteristics]
muur (adjective) bad, opposite of good
muurdar (verb) to curse, to hex
muurdra (adjective, noun) curse, cursed, hex, hexed
muuriikh (adjective) worst
muuriil (adjective) worse
muurkhera (noun) transgression, wrongdoing
muuropfon (noun) acrimony, animosity, enmity, ill will
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naa (particle) no
nagim (adjective) salty in flavor
nagma (noun) salt
naindii (adjective or adverb) immoral, immorally, unethical, unethically
naindiira (noun) immorality
- g'boz naindiira - to be unethical/immoral [lit.: to have immorality]
naindiirai (noun) immoral/unethical person
naluudei (adjective or noun) legal insanity, legally insane [legal term borrowed from Saakh language; in Alplai jurisprudence, legal insanity is a separate category from guilt or innocence, and leads to a distinct evaluation by mental health professionals as to the defendant's state of mind and recommended course of action]
nata (noun) bread
negrasaij (verb) to rebel
negrasja (adjective or noun) rebellion, rebellious
negrasjai (noun) rebel
neija (adjective, adverb, interjection, particle) definitely no, definitely not, definitive negative [opposite of shasha]
neigan (verb) to dance
neigana (adjective or noun) dancing, dance as art/discipline
neiganai (noun) dancer
neiganeshodai (noun) person directing a dance performance, repetiteur
neiganpondagai (noun) choreographer, person who composes dance routines
neiganra (noun) dance routine
neirsaaj (verb) to betray, to commit treason
neirsja (adjective or noun) betrayal, betraying, disloyal, disloyalty, treason, treasonous
neirsjai (noun) betrayer, disloyal person, traitor
neishgar (verb) to disagree, to dissent
neishgra (noun) difference of opinion, disagreeing, disagreement, dissent, dissenting
neishgrai (noun) dissenter, dissident, one who disagrees
nejda (noun) breakfast
nela (adjective) blue color
nelashuul (noun) cobalt [metal]
nelkijla (noun) bronze
nemla (adjective or noun) impartial, impartiality, lack of bias, unbiased
nen (conjunction) but, however, yet
nerka (adjective) orange color
nerkiij (noun) neon gas
nerpva (adjective or adverb) physically weak
nerpvara (noun) physical weakness
neshdemra (adjective or noun) lack/loss of usefulness, no longer useful, obsolescence, obsolete, unusable
netolra (noun) debit, debt, negative monetary balance
netvon (verb) to silence
netvona (adjective or adverb) silent, silently
netvonar (noun) silence
nezja (adverb or adjective) foolish, foolishly, unwise, unwisely
nezjai (noun) fool
- Ekaanezjok - the Great Fool [a mythical trickster figure, similar to the Harlequin or Lord of Misrule in Terran cultures; often present at celebratory events, even officiating in traditional Kiitra weddings]
nezjara (noun) folly, foolishness, lack of wisdom
n'fiirh (adjective or adverb) nonuple, nonulpy
nibal (adjective) empty
nibalra (noun) hole, void
nibeisha (adjective) not muscular, gaunt, scrawny
nibeja (adjective) blind, sightless
nibejsa (adjective) invisible, unseen
nibeldra (noun) hole in ground, pit
nibrei (noun) inability
nibrosh (adjective or noun) chaos, chaotic, uncontrolled
nibroshkajra (noun) seizure
nidjon (noun) numbness
nigboz (verb) to lack, to not have [opposite of g'boz]
nigeinra (adjective) lazy
niirh (adjective or adverb) none
nijaadguujdai (noun) person who does not eat meat, vegetarian person [Note: Alplai "vegetarians", while not eating meat, will eat insects; contrast with egirbodaguujdai who eat neither meat nor insects and are thus more vegan]
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
nijomnii (adjective or adverb) atypical, atypically, out of the ordinary, unusual, unusually
nijra (adjective) dry
nijtolra (adjective) impoverished, poor
nijtolrai (noun) impoverished person, pauper
nikaja (adjective) still, unmoving
nikrot (verb) to limp
nikrota (ajective or noun) limp, limping
nil (conjunction) nor
nilgna (noun) doubt
nilgnai (noun) doubter, skeptic
nilgon (verb) to disbelieve, to doubt
nipaa (adjective, adverb, particle) dubitative negative, possibly no, unlikely
niparka (adjective or adverb) flawed, imperfect, imperfectly
niparkera (noun) flaw, imperfection, state of being imperfect
nipon (verb) to lose, to misplace
nipona (adjective or adverb) lost, misplaced
nipozna (adjective or adverb) unfortunate, unfortunately, unluckily, unlucky
nipraam (verb) to forbid, to prohibit
- nipraamiit adra guujod eja'iira - he is forbidden/prohibited to eat those, he may not eat those
nirai (pronoun) nobody, no one
nirega (adverb) nowhere
nireka (adjective or noun) disease, diseased, ill, illness, sick, sickness
- g'boz nireka - to be ill [lit.: to have illness]
nirekera (noun) germ, pathogen
nirekred (verb) to infect
nirekreg (verb) to cure a disease [lit.: to expel a disease or its cause]
nirengja (adjective or noun) starvation, starving
nirengjai (noun) person who is starving
nirengjanreka (adjective or noun) anorexia, anorexic
- g'boz nirengjanreka - to be anorexic [lit.: to have anorexia]
nirengjanrekai (noun) anorexic person
nirengoj (verb) to starve
nirera (pronoun) nothing
nirkradiirsa (noun) antibiotic medication
nirota (adjective or noun) crazy, insane, insanity, lunatic, lunacy, psychotic, psychosis
- g'boz nirota - to be crazy/insane/lunatic/psychotic [lit.: to have insanity/lunacy/psychosis]
nirotai (noun) crazy person, insane person, lunatic psychotic person
nirukendemlara (adjective or noun) asexual, asexuality
nirukendemlarai (noun) asexual person
nirzama (adjective or adverb) never
nised (preposition) without
nisdaindii (adjective or adverb) amoral, amorally, lacking/without ethics/morality
nisdaindiira (noun) amorality, lack of ethics/morality
- g'boz nisdaindiira - to be amoral, to lack ethics/morality
nisdaindiirai (noun) amoral person, person without ethics/morality
nisha (adjective) having a negative charge
nishajiitriikh (noun) negatively charged molecular ion, polyatomic anion
nishatiitriikh (noun) electron
nishatiitriikhorpjitveshal (noun) electron microscope
nishatriikh (noun) monoatomic anion, negatively-charged ion consisting of one atom
nisimnojolaanra (noun) unidentified flying object, UFO
nislagnarai (adjective or noun) cynic, cynical, nihilist
nistii (adjective or adverb) contaminated, impure, impurely, tainted
- giron nistii - to contaminate, to taint [lit. to make impure]
nistra (noun) contaminant, impurity, taint
- kojeg nistra - to decontaminate [lit.: to remove contaminant/impurity,taint]
nistrakojga (adjective or noun) decontaminated, decontamination
nistrakojgajalronga (noun) decontamination procedure/protocol
nistrakojgashiinla (noun) decontamination chamber
nitakra (adjective) unmarried
nitakrai (noun) bachelor, bachelorette, unmarried person
nituuna (adjective) free, gratis, without charge or cost
nivrek (verb) to object, oppose
nivreka (adjective or noun) objecting, objection, opposed, opposing, opposition
nivrekai (noun) opponent, person objecting to or opposing a given proposition
nizaalnavaalzresrijlara (noun) autonomous non-contiguous region, exclave [lit.: non-connected special territory]
nizaan (adjective) savory in flavor, umami
nobleishna (adjective, adverb or noun) surprise, surprising, surprisingly, unexpected, unexpectedly
nobleishnobna (adjective, adverb or noun) serendipitous, serendipitously, serendipity
nobleishon (verb) to surprise
nof (number) nine
nojdii (adjective or adverb) inappropriate, inappropriately, improper, improperly
nonjeldra (noun) meadow
nonjvrotjenra (noun) pleasure from misfortune of others, schadenfreude
nonsha (adjective, adverb or noun) delight, delighted, delightedly, happily, happiness, happy, joy, pleasure
- 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, to please [lit.: to cause happiness/pleasure]
- hiirh nonsha zu shra - all happiness to you [common well-wishing]
- nonsha kher - glad/happy/pleasure to do it [response to thank you, equivalent to "you're welcome"]
- zrhopa en nonsha - honor and pleasure [common response on being introduced to someone]
nonshajela (noun) dildo [slang term, lit.: "joy-stick"]
nopfon (adjective or noun) emotional coldness/distance, emotionally cold/distant, lacking emotion, unemotional
- g'boz nopfon - to be emotionally cold/distant or unemotional [lit.: to have emotionlessness]
nozdra (adjective or adverb) ineffective, ineffectively, ineffectual, ineffectually, impotent, powerless, weak [distinguished from nerpva = physically weak]
nozdrara (noun) impotence, ineffectiveness, powerlessness, weakness [distinguished from nerpvara = physical weakness]
nrada (noun) hatred
nradai (noun) enemy, someone hated
nradikha (noun) abhorrence, detestation, despisement, loathing
nradikhai (noun) outcast, pariah
nradikhon (verb) to abhor, to detest, to despise, to loathe
nradon (verb) to hate
nubel (verb) to break, to damage
nubla (adjective) broken, damaged
nublizaad (noun) broken bone, bone fracture
nublushtra (noun) broken chain [Note: used as the symbol of the Radical party]
nuj (adjective) north, northern
nushverda (adjective or adverb) failed, unsuccessful, unsuccessfully
nushverdora (noun) failure, unsuccessful venture
nushverod (verb) to fail
nutma (adverb, conjunction or determiner) neither
nuujar (verb) to forget
nuujra (adjective or adverb) forgotten
nuujrabra (adjective) forgetful
nuujrinreka (noun) amnesia, memory loss due to disease or injury
nuujrinrekai (noun) amnesiac
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ofash (verb) to practice, to rehearse
ofsha (noun) practice, rehearsal
ojmotii (adjective or adverb) clear, clearly, unambiguous, unambiguously
okh (number) one
okiirh (adjective or adverb) single, singly
okriina (noun) monorail
okriinabadra (noun) monorail boarding platform
okriinadara (noun) monorail station
okriinajuush (noun) monorail car
okriinakuundra (noun) monorail electric engine
okriinarhongra (noun) monorail train [in vernacular, just okriina is more frequently used]
oktiishenranokhdra (noun) ribonucleic acid, RNA
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
omjalpa (noun) gravy, sauce, thick liquid condiment
onshebar (verb) to authorize, to give official permission, to license
onshebra (noun) grant, license, permit, warrant
- onshebra ekaarasailuu - carte blanche [lit.: "Imperial grant"; refers to a special license giving the bearer virtually unlimited authority]
- vaalzenshebra zu belmekra en uushtera drof hiirh zokh - Charter of Rights and Freedoms [an amendment to the Concordance of Alplaa, assuring various civil rights and liberties to all individuals]
ontfon (verb) to yawn
ontfona (adjective or noun) yawn, yawning
ontii (noun) river
ontiijeniil (noun) riverbank
optoshrem (noun) small-to-midsized grey-hair omnivorous marsupial resembling an opossum or racoon [the species originated in the Kiitra forests; most are now kept as domestic pets, and more intelligent individuals are trained as assistance animals]
orbefaaz (noun) portable telescreen [Alplai equivalent of an advanced smartphone]
orbitkuud (noun) pituitary gland
orboshra (noun) alley
orbshraat (noun) street gang
orbshrai (noun) hoodlum, hooligan, ruffian, street thug
orenraka (noun) moon, satellite
orka (determiner) few, some [used to denote indefinite quanitity; not to be confused with kiirh]
orpa (adjective) little, small
orpdera (noun) purse
orpelmekra (adjective or noun) discrimination, discriminatory
- ren orpelmekra - to be discriminated against [lit.: to receive discrimination]
- ton orpelmekra - to discriminate against [lit.: to give discrimination]
orpeshna (noun) pond
orpeshnajeniil (noun) bank or shore of pond
orpiikh (adjective) least
orpiikhzaam (interjection) just a moment
orpiil (adjective) less
orpiishlabda (noun) bacteria
orpirota (adjective or noun) eccentric, eccentricity, odd, oddball
- g'boz orpirota - to be eccentric [lit.: to have eccentricity]
orpirotai (noun) eccentric person, oddball
orpjitveshal (noun) microscope
orpkaildra (noun) morsel, snack [lit.: small swallowed item]
orplabaal (noun) village
orplashokda (noun) Alplai ethnic/folk music [usually songs accompanied by simple percussion]
orplitiismesha (adjective, adverb or noun) social minority
orpontii (noun) creek, stream
orpna (adjective) short in height or length
orpsholbadra (noun) capillary
orptilna (adjective, adverb or noun) apprehension, apprehensive, apprehensively
- g'boz orptilna - to be apprehensive [lit.: to have apprehension]
orptolgafrem (noun) portable computer pad/tablet
orpzaamkuundra (noun) personal timepiece, watch
ortlagra (adjective) dumb, ignorant
ortlagrai (noun) idiot, ignoramus
ortolgai (noun) acquaintance, person with whom one is acquainted
ortvon (verb) to hush, to lower sound volume, to quiet
ortvona (adjective or adjverb) hushed, quiet
osflog (verb) to defeat
osflud (verb) to be defeated, to lose competitively
osfuul (adjective or noun) defeat, losing
oshtuu (adjective or noun) magic, magical, preternatural, sorcery, supernatural [denotes general magical ability or power]
oshtuugna (noun) magic spell [denotes specific act of magic or sorcery]
oshtuugnai (noun) magician, sorcerer, wizard
oshuut (verb) to perform magic/sorcery/wizardry, to use supernatural powers
osmaarn (verb) to win competitively [contrast with p'jeren]
osmrona (adjective or noun) victorious, victory, winning
otfa (noun) matter, substance
otja (adjective, adverb or noun) sad, sadly, sadness
- g'boz otja - to be sad, to have sadness
ovetna (noun) Alplai greeting gesture [see Kiitra main page section 7.1]
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
oz'tiirh (adjective or adverb) octuple, octuply
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paal (adjective) filled, full, packed, stuffed
- adra gironiit era paal - he filled it
paara (adjective) heavy in weight
paash (noun) cover/lid for container
pada (adverb) too [as in English "too much", "too close", etc.]
padopfon (adjective or noun) emotionalism, excessive emotion, sentimental, sentimentalism, sentimentality
- g'boz padopfon - to be overly emotional or sentimental [lit.: to have excessive emotion or sentimentality]
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]
parasha (noun) flowering plant from Konarai areas known to have medicinal properties [note: parasha blossoms play a key role in the mythological narrative of Ajamara]
parda (noun) spear
parka (adjective or adverb) flawless, flawlessly, perfect, perfectly
parkera (noun) flawless or perfect thing, perfection, perfect thing, state of being perfect or without flaw
pedna (adjective) occurrent, occurring
pednazma (noun) episode, event, incidence, incident, instance, occurrence
pedon (verb) to happen, to occur, to take place
pega (adjective) purple color
peigar (verb) to think
peigra (noun) idea, thinking, thought
peigrabra (noun) intelligence [refers to innate capacity to think, not quality of thinking; see jitlagra and ortlagra, also nezja and sivja]
peigradra (noun) mind
peigradravaag (noun) psychology
peigradravaagai (noun) psychologist
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
peradma (noun) unit of linear measurement equal to approximately 1.1 kilometers
perdal (verb) to grow
perdla (noun) growing, growth
Pergonater (proper noun) eleventh and last month in the Alplai calendar
perkhitiismesha (adjective, adverb or noun) social minority
perna (adjective) long in length, tall in height
pernparda (noun) pike [long version of spear]
persh (verb) to beg, to plead
- mra persh shra kijem mra - I apologize, I beg you to forgive me
petal (verb) to alternate/switch from one thing to another, to make a simple change [contrast with aakhpredal and gaja'on]
petla (adjective or noun) denoting a relatively simple change, switch, switching [contrast with aakhpredla and gajana]
- gaaviipetlajiit gaja'oniis drof aakhpredla - enough little changes will bring about transformation [this proverb not only expresses the idea of cumulative change, but does so by incorporating all three conceptions of change denoted in Kiitra: petal/petla for simple or minor changes, gaja'on/gajana for gradual or moderate changes, and aakhpredal/aakhpredla for major or transformative changes]
petlajan (verb) to interpret, to translate
petlajna (adjective or noun) interpretation, interpreting, translating, translation
petlajnai (noun) interpreter, translator
petlajnafaaz (noun) language translation device
pidnabejaat (noun) audience
pidnabejabdra (noun) audience seating area, auditorium
pidnabejai (noun) audience member
pidra (noun) child, offspring
- faan biilon pidra, faaniil zon kera - "raise a child well, and the world is better" [Kiitra proverb]
pidrakrai (noun) daughter/son-in-law, spouse of one's offspring
pifon (noun) emotion
- g'boz pifon - to feel, to have emotion
piidna (adjective) seated, sitting
piidnara (noun) chair, seat, stool
piidon (verb) to sit
piil (noun) fire
piilkiij (noun) hydrogen
piilshuul (noun) thorium
piilteg (noun) ash, burnt material
piiltgar (noun) carbon
piiltgarsedofginakiij (noun) carbon dioxide [scientific/technical term; see also ginegakiij]
piirh (adjective or adverb) complete, completely, total, totally
Piirshmai (proper name) innermost planet of Alplaa's solar system
piladopar (noun) smoke
pilan (verb) to burn
- adra gironiit eja'fragosh pilan - he burned that wood, he caused that wood to burn
- giron bevaal en jenzuur pilan - colloquial expression for attempting to deal with grief and remorse at once [lit.: to burn bevaal and jenzuur]
pilna (adjective) burned, burnt
pilnabra (adjective) flammable
pilnajorvra (noun) fireplace, hearth
pilnibeldra (noun) firepit
pirgenzomjra (noun) total communication [embodies an organizational philosophy, pervasive in Alplai government and other large agencies, of sharing all information and ideas or at least making them readily accessible; opposite of the so-called "need-to-know" approach]
pirukendobrosh (adjective or noun) celibacy, celibate
p'jena (noun) luck
- faaniikh p'jena! - best of luck
p'jenojdra (noun) game of chance
p'jeren (verb) to gain or win by chance or luck [contrast with osmaarn]
pojega (noun) book
pokhijle (noun) aluminium, aluminum
ponad (verb) to create, to make something
pondabrei (noun) creativity, artistic skill
pondagai (noun) artist, craftsperson [note: while Alplai tradition recognize distinct "apprentice" and "master" levels in arts and crafts, there is no equivalent to the "journeyman" stage]
- ekaapondagai - master artist/craftsperson
- kulpondagai - apprentice artist/craftsperson
pondera (noun) artwork, creation, crafted item
ponk (number) five
ponkiirh (adjective or adverb) quintuple, quintuply
poraklojle (noun) uranium [used to refer to both metallic element and pitchblende/uraninite ore]
porot (verb) to impale, to pierce, to skewer
porta (adjective) impaled, pierced, skewered
pozna (adjective or adverb) fortunate, fortunately, luckily, lucky
p'prash! (interjection) exclamation of suprise and/or frustration [equivalent to "By God!" or "Damn it!"]
praaj (adjective) back, backward, behind, rear
praajaat (noun) minor/fringe/insurgent political party [lit.: "back group"; from the practice of seating the smallest party in the back of an elected assembly; see also praajgenfreikaat]
prakaaj (verb) to physically follow another person
prakja (adjective or noun) physically following another person, back of a group/line/queue of people [see grakjanprakjaat]
prakjai (noun) person who physically follows another person
prameldra (noun) peninsula
prender (verb) to follow the moral/spiritual guidance of another
prendra (adjective or noun) following the moral/spiritual guidance of another
prendrai (noun) one who follows the moral/spiritual guidance of another
pretflosna (noun) summer season
prii (ajective or noun) color, hue, shade
priidelta (noun) paint
priidloshkra (noun) paintbrush
priitfa (noun) dye, pigment, substance used to color material
priizgokh (noun) rainbow
profna (adjective or adverb) physically strong
profnara (noun) physical strength
projukned (noun) anal intercourse, anal sex
proton (verb) to age, to grow older, to mature
protna (adjective or adverb) adult, mature, maturely
protnai (noun) adult, mature person
provaar (noun) snow
- ega g'boz provaar - It is snowing here [lit.: here has snow]
provadavna (noun) snowstorm
provatiira (noun) snowflake
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'tema vojna uumodiit - when all is said and done [lit.: when dinner is finished; equivalent to "at the end of the day"]
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
puundakiij (noun) nitrogen
puundnagma (noun) saltpeter
puuza (adjectiveor noun) boredom, boring, dull, uninteresting, state of being bored
- g'boz puuza - to be bored [lit.: to have boredom]
- ton puuza - to bore [lit.: to give boredom]
puuzai (noun) bore, boring person, dullard
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raaf (noun) floor of building, level
raala (adjective) red color
radam (verb) to measure
radma (noun) unit of linear measurement equal to approximately 1.1 meters
radmiipodlejra (noun) triangulation
- kher radmiipodlejra - to triangulate [lit.: to do triangulation]
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.
rasa (adjective) in charge, pertaining to leadership, ruling
rasai (noun) chief, leader, person in charge, ruler
rasaij (verb) to govern, to rule
rasaija (adjective or noun) governance, governing
rasarovdra (noun) castle, palace
rashtuulra (noun) tax
rashtuulrai (noun) tax collector
rashtuulrana (noun) taxation
rashtuulred (verb) to collect/receive tax
rashtuulreg (verb) to pay tax
rasjaat (noun) government
rasjavaag (noun) political science, government studies
rasdrada (noun) prince
rasdrava (noun) princess
raspedra (noun) throne
rasuvaal (noun) head of government, prime minister
reibda (adjective or adverb) accusative, accuusatively, accusatory, accusatorily
reibdai (noun) accused, defendant in trial, person accused of crime
reibdajan (verb) to accuse
reibdajna (noun) accusation
reibdajnai (noun) accuser
reibdajog (verb) to prosecute
reibdajoga (adjective) prosecutorial
reibdajogai (noun) prosecutor
reibdanvrek (verb) to defend an accused person, to refute an accusation
reibdanvreka (adjective) pertaining to judicial defense or refutation of an accusation
reibdanvrekai (noun) advocate for accused person, defending counsel
rekaa (noun) health
rekaagednavaag (noun) surgery
rekaagednavaaga (adjective) surgical
rekaagednavaagai (noun) surgeon
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
rekaavaagjuush (noun) ambulance
Rekar (proper name) outermost gas-giant planet of Alplaa's solar system
Rekrai (adjective or noun) inhabitant of one of Rekar's settlements; of Rekar
ren (verb) to get, to receive something given
- ren orpelmekra - to be discriminated against [lit.: to receive discrimination]
renai (noun) receiver, recipient
renza (noun) lunch, midday meal
reshnii (adverb) apparently, seemingly
- reshnii avra g'boz nireka - she appears/seems ill [lit.: apparently/seemingly she has illness]
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
rimrhogra (noun) comet
romgiiza (noun) cassock, long coat or jacket
rota (adjective or noun) mentally stable, mental stability, sane, sanity
- g'boz rota - to be mentally stable or sane [lit.: to have mental stability or sanity]
rotai (noun) person who is mentally stable or sane
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 with care [more intensly and purposively than bejed]
rhekna (adjective or noun) checking, examination, examining, inspecting, inspection
rheknai (noun) examiner, inspector [not a police detective or investigator]
rheknosh (verb) to survey
rheknosha (adjective noun) survey, surveying
rhiipna (adjective or adverb) vertical, vertically
rhiipnejradma (measurement) degrees of longitude [the Alplai system sets zero degrees longitude at the center of Marif (capital of the Ferjaat Kiitra) and moving westward, with the prime meridian also taking the place of 400 degrees longitude]
rhiipniivar (noun) cliff
rholja (noun) corrosion, rust
rhonga (adjective or noun) order, ordered, ordering, sequence, sequenced, sequencing, serial, series
rhonug (verb) to order, to put in sequence
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saadjii (adjective or adverb) lasting, permanent
Saakh (adjective or noun) ethnic group residing predominantly in the central portion of Alplaa's continent; the Saakh language; of the Saakh region or people [note: originally the Saakh originated in the northeast coast of present-day Saakhsiir, then absorbed and assimilated other closely related groups as they expanded their empire; the Saakh language is the most varied of the Alplai languages, with numerous dialects and sociolects; Saakh people are typically distinguished physically by predominantly brown plumage and hooked upper beak]
saald (noun) garden, park
Sadroshai (adjective or noun) Baija religion founded by Sadarosh and centered on his cosmological and ethical teachings, person or people who follow this religion
sed (preposition) with
seif (verb) to brush/sweep
seij (verb) to mirror, to reflect
seija (adjective or noun) mirror image, opposite, reflection, reflective
- seija zu "ozgar" zon "nuujar" - opposite of "remember" is "forget" [lit.: mirror image for "remember" is "forget"]
seija'injatiitriikh (noun) antineutron
seija'ishatiitriikh (noun) antiproton
seija'otfa (noun) antimatter
seijanishatiitriikh (noun) anti-electron, positron
seijatiitriikhiirkuundra (noun) antimatter reactor
seil (conjunctive adverb) hence, then, therefore, thus
seima (adjective, adverb or noun) infinite, infinitely, infinity
seimazaam (noun) eternity, forever
seimorpa (adjective, adverb or noun) infinitesimal, infinitesimally
seimzama (adjective or adverb) eternal, eternally
sejdraneshra (adjective, adverb or noun) satire, satirical, satirically
sejdraneshrai (noun) satirist
sejra (noun) looking-glass, mirror
sela (noun) head [body part]
selavjra (noun) hat, head covering
seliizdra (noun) skull
seljiklara (noun) helmet
selmuu (noun) neck [body part]
semot (verb) to solve
semta (noun) solution
sentgan (verb) to act/perform theatrically
sentgana (adjective or noun) dramatic/theatrical arts
sentganai (noun) actor, theatrical performer
sentganbadra (noun) backstage, offstage
sentganeshodai (noun) director of a theatrical performance
sentganijraaf (noun) theatrical stage
sentgankra (noun) theatrical performance
sentganpojega (noun) script for theatrical work
sentganpondagai (noun) playwright
sentganra (noun) play, theatrical work
sentganrovdra (noun) playhouse, theater
sentganshribai (noun) stagehand
sepriif (verb) to paint a picture [contrast with vipriijor]
sepriifai (noun) person who paints pictures [contrast with vipriijrai]
seshda (adjective or adverb) agile, graceful, gracefully, not clumsy
seshdajna (adjective) eloquent [used to describe a given statement; to describe a person as eloquent, see g'boz seshdajnar below]
seshdajnar (noun) eloquence [ability to speak eloquently]
- g'boz seshdajnar - to be eloquent [lit.: to have eloquence]
seshuul (noun) silver
setor (verb) to be like, to resemble
setra (adjective, noun) resemblance, resembling, similar, similarity
sezal (noun) glass
sezla (adjective) glassy, made of glass, transparent
siija (noun) creature [implies a living being other than one's species]
siir (noun) country, independent state, nation [note: when describing a specific state, the ethnic/geographic designation is prefixed]
- Aajberaakiisiir - South Oceanic region
- Baaltisiir - Baalti (east Baija) region
- Bashrasiir - Bashra (west Baija) region
- Ekaamurasiir - Great Sea region
- Krishkarhasiir - Krishkarha region
- Nujberaakiisiir - North Oceanic region
- Saakhsiir - Saakh region
- Uujberaakiisiir - East Oceanic region
- Vaajberaakiisiir - West Oceanic region
siishov (verb) to detoxify, to counteract/expel poison/toxin/venom
siishvotfa (noun) antidote to poison, antitoxin, antivenin
sileduur (noun) monotremic cetaceans resembling Terran dolphins and living in Alplaa's Great Sea [the sileduur are regarded as sacred by members of the Murai faith]
- siledraavshna - pendant worn by Murai devotees consisting of a representation of a sileduur suspended from a braided cord
siltujei (noun) doohickey, thingamabob, thingamajig, unknown item/part [loan word from southern Saakh dialect]
simnoja (adjective) comprehensible, understandable
simnojabra (noun) ability to comprehend/understand
simnosh (verb) to comprehend, to understand
sipot (number) seven
sip'tiirh (adjective or adverb) septuple, septuply
sivaaj (verb) to be wise, to discern, to show sound judgement/reasoning
sivja (adjective or adverb) diserning, sensible, sensibly, wise, wisely
sivjai (noun) discerning/sensible/wise person
sivjara (noun) wisdom
sivjenai (noun) juror, lay member of judical hearing panel
sivjendar (noun) judicial hearing or trial
sivjendraat (noun) judical hearing panel, jury
sivjrai (noun) wise person
slejda (adjective, adverb or noun) safe, safely, safety
slejdosha (interjection) bon voyage, safe travel
smekra (noun) news, reporting of events
smekragaanei (noun) news story
smekrabeshra (noun) video news program
smekradra (noun) journalistic piece, news story
smekramkleg (verb) to engage in journalism, to report news
smekramklega (adjective, adverb or noun) journalism, journalistic, journalistically
smekramklegai (noun) journalist, news reporter
smekrashra (noun) journalistic publication, newsletter, newspaper, news periodical
smesha (adjective) social, societal
smeshaat (noun) society
smeshavaag (noun) social sciences, sociology
smeshavaagai (noun) social scientist, sociologist
smeshronga (noun) social order
so'- (conjunction) as, in the same way that
- so'shra kein - as you choose/decide
sona (noun) beverage, drink
sorazna (interjection) amen, conclusion of prayer
soteshladelta (noun) diesel fuel
- sotesh - more colloquial version
sotii (adjective or adverb) pure, purely
- giron sotii - to purify/refine [lit.: to make pure]
sotira (noun) purity, state of being pure
sovdon (verb) to caution, to warn
sovdona (adjective or noun) caution, cautious, warning
- g'boz sovdona - to be cautious/warned [lit.: to have caution/warning]
srijlara (noun) area of land under control of a particular person or group; domain, territory
strhaan (noun) panentheistic impersonal entity central to Shalranai belief [often said with definite article; see also id'ekaaverkzonra]
suunod (verb) to drink
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shaa (particle) yes
shaanponad (verb) to assemble, to construct, to fabricate, to manufacture
shaanponda (adjective) assembled, constructed, fabricated, manufactured
shaanpondadra (noun) factory, manufacturing plant
shaanpondapeigrabra (noun) artificial intelligence
shaar (noun) water
shaarbruu (noun) sink, water basin
shaarzuulshariikuundra (noun) hydroelectric turbine-generator unit
shaarzuulshariirkuundradara (noun) hydroelectric plant
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
Shalranai (adjective or noun) philosophy or religion centering on the teachings of Shalaran; person or people who follow this philosophy/religion
shajefojla (noun) livery, uniform
sharipa (adjective) damp, moist
sharpar (adjective) soaked, wet
shasha (adjective, adverb, definitive affirmative particle, interjection) certainly, definitely, sure, surely, very
- shasha faan - excellent, very good [often said very fast, as though it were a single word]
sh'don (verb) to crawl
shedaa (noun) pile
- bitjrashedaa or shedaa Emarekluu - mixed bag, mixture of good and bad [origin: Emarek was a scientist who made a cogent argument against eugenics, comparing a person's genetic makeup with a pile of stones which could not be given more than a cursory examination until after being obtained, hence it could not be know if any stones of "greater value or utility" were in the pile until later]
shefop (verb) to answer, to respond
shefpa (adjective or noun) answer, response, responsive
shegrasaij (verb) to comply, to follow along, to obey
shegrasja (adjective or noun) compliance, obedience
shegrasjai (noun) compliant person, follower, obedient person
shegtei (noun) essential self
sheigar (verb) to agree, to concur, to consent
sheigra (adjective or noun) agreeing, agreement, concurrence, consensus, consent, consenting, shared opinion
sheigrai (noun) person who agrees with and/or consents to something
sheina (particle) yes in disagreement to a negative statement [called a "marked affirmative" in Terran linguistics]
shen (verb) to exist, to live
shena (adjective) alive, existing, living
shenai (noun) living being/person
shenar (noun) life
shenravaag (noun) biology, life sciences
shenravaagai (noun) biologist
sheron (verb) to coerce, to compel, to force
sherna (adjective or noun) coercion, coercive
shibaan (verb) to dream
shibaana (adjective) dreaming, dreamy
shibaanai (noun) dreamer
shibaanda (noun) dream
shifkhada (interjection) welcome
- shifkhada dovleda - welcome back
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 (adjective, adverb, particle) dubitative affirmative, likely, possible, possibly yes
- shipaa inra hoshiis drof Kerapuul - we may/might be traveling to Kerapuul
shipaanipaa (adjective, adverb or contextual particle) so-so, uncertain, unsure
shiposemta (adjective or noun) hypothesis, hypothetical, theoretical, theory
shirega (noun) central square of city or town
sh'kema (adjective or adverb) risky, in a risky manner
sh'kemra (noun) risk
sh'kom (verb) to risk
sh'mokh (noun) war, warfare
sh'mokha (adjective) warlike, warring
sh'mokhaat (noun) army, military
sh'mokhai (noun) soldier, warrior
sh'mokharasai (noun) army/military leader, general, warlord
shojan (verb) to affirm
shojna (adjective, adverb or noun) affirmation, affirmative, affirmatively, affirming, affirmed
shojnahiirshtiida (adjective) multicultural, multiethnic [lit.: affirm all ethnicities]
shokaad (verb) to make music [usually instrumental]
shokda (noun) music [usually instrumental]
shokdai (noun) musician, person who plays musical instrument
shokdajan (verb) to sing
shokdajna (noun) choral/vocal music
shokdajnai (noun) singer, person who performs vocal music
shokdajnapondagai (noun) composer of choral/vocal music
shokdajnara (noun) choral/vocal composition, song
shokdajneshodai (noun) conductor of choral/vocal music
shokdapondagai (noun) composer of instrumental music
shokdeshodai (noun) conductor of instrumental music
shokdra (noun) composition for instrumental music
shol (noun) blood
sholbadara (noun) blood vessel
- edsholbadra - artery
- egsholbadra - vein
- orpsholbadra - capillary
shomuu (noun) knee
shondaarja (noun) gem, jewel
shorna (noun) link in a chain
shot (number) hundred
sh'panjkonai (noun) criminal suspect
shra (pronoun) you [singular]
shrepajnadar (noun) deadlocked legislature, hung parliament [lit.: swampy assembly]
shrepeldra (noun) bog, marsh, swamp
shrib (verb) to assist, to help
- adra shribiit avra ozgar eja'jalrizaam - he reminded her about that appointment [lit.: he helped her remember that appointment]
shriba (adjective or noun) assistance, assisting, help, helping
shribai (noun) assistant, helper
shribajda (adjective) helpful
shribiija (noun) assistance animal
shroniijna (noun) conjunction
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
shuulavaag (noun) metallurgy
shuulavaagai (noun) metallurgist
shuulpta (noun) ore
shuuna (noun) sneeze
shuunadiirsa (noun) allergy medication, antihistamine
shuu'on (verb) to sneeze
Shuutater (proper noun) third month in the Alplai calendar
shuvipte (noun) diamond
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ta'aa! (interjection) doy! duh! no shit! [disdainful expression that something is obvious and/or that a person is lacking in intelligence]
taaj (adjective, adverb, preposition) below, down, under
taajbadara (noun) root of tree
taajijlakinta (adjective) geothermal
taajijlakintiirka (noun) geothermal energy/power
taajijlakintiirkuundra (noun) geothermal power generator
taajijlakintiirkuundradara (noun) geothermal power plant
taajijlakintuulshariirkuundra (noun) geothermal electrical generator
taajijlakintuulshariirkuundradara (noun) geothermal electrical power plant
taajmurajuush (noun) bathyscaphe, submarine
taarei (noun) drum
taarjenok'n'jeridon (colloquialism) good-cop/bad-cop, Mutt-and-Jeff [named for the pair of Alplai police who developed the interrogation technique on their planet]
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
takrengrai (noun) indentured servant
takrengrazaam (noun) period of indentured servitude
talaza (noun) tree common in Alplaa's northern continent with a hard wood resembling Terran maple harvested for many uses
talna (adjective or adverb) recurrent, recurring, repetitive, repetitively
talnara (noun) recurrence, repetition
talniirh (adjective or adverb) frequent, frequently, often
talon (verb) to recur, to repeat
tarbdra (noun) leg, lower limb
tarishruu (noun) hip
tarlokja (adjective or noun) paraplegia, paraplegic, paralysis of the lower limbs
tarlokjai (noun) paraplegic person, person with lower limbs paralyzed
taz (number) ten
tazeimek (noun) decimal point
tefra (noun) wall
tefromka (noun) graffiti
teish (adjective) sweet in taste
tejta (adjective, adverb or noun) amount, quantity, quantifiable, quantifiably
tejtiijna (noun) quantitative descriptor [belonging to a class of words which describe amounts or quantities]
telja (adjective) distant or far in proximity
teljikashrabjeldra (noun) apoapsis, apogee, apohelion
teljiikh (adjective) farthest, most distant
teljiil (adjective) farther, more distant
ten (noun) day
Teraa (noun) Terra, planet Earth
Terai (adjective, noun) Terran, human
teshladelta (noun) petroleum
tetet (noun or verb) series of soft clicking sounds made by Alplai while thinking; to make such a sound [the tetet serves a similar function like pensive humming for Terrans]
tevnera (noun) bell, chime
- eshnatevnera - tuning fork [lit.: monastic bell/chime; so called because Shalranai monks invented this instrument as a chime for meditation and to signal certain events in the day's routine]
tigdaar (noun) tooth
tiigenfreikaat (noun) caucus or faction within political party
tiigraat (verb) to step
tiigraata (noun) step
tiiguujdra (noun) casual cafe, small restaurant, snack bar [etymological note: tiiguujdra literally translates as "smaller section of eating establishment"; this is because originally Alplai cafes and snack bars were small separate areas of larger restaurants providing inexpensive casual food service; when they became separate establishments, they retained the original designation; the compound orpaguujdra would therefore more accurately refer to a relatively small full-service restaurant]
t'iija (adjective or noun) viral, virus
t'iijadiirsa (noun) antiviral medication
t'iijavaag (noun) virology
t'iijavaagai (noun) virologist
tiijna (noun) word
tiikra (noun) asteroid, planetoid
tiina (noun) seed
tiiradma (noun) unit of linear measurement equal to approximately 1.1 centimeters
tiishaijaaat (noun) division or office of a commission or civil service department
tiishaijaras (noun) director or head of division [see above]
tiishenra (adjective or noun) genetic, genetic material
tiishenrabadra (noun) gene
tiishenradra (noun) chromosome
tiishenrakdra (noun) genome
tiishenranokhbadra (noun) nucleotide
tiishenravaag (noun) genetics
tiishenravaagai (noun) geneticist
tii'shotluu (adjective or noun) hundredths, percent, percentage
- dof'taz'n'ponk'tii'shotluu - twenty-five hundredths, twenty-five percent
- sipot'tazei'dol'tii'shotluu - 7.3 percent
tiismesha (adjective, adverb or noun) social subgroup, of or pertaining to any subgroup of society
- orplitiismesha - social minority
- perkhitiismesha - social majority
tiitofga (noun) scale [segment of skin]
tiitriikh (noun) subatomic particle
- injatiitriikh - neutron
- ishatiitriikh - proton
- nishatiitriikh - electron
tiizafaat (noun) subgroup
tilna (adjective or noun) fear, frightening, scary
- g'boz tilna - to be afraid, to have fear
- ton tilna - to frighten, to give fear
tilnai (noun) frightening/scary person
tilnejta (adjective or adverb) cowardly
tilnejtaar (noun) cowardice
tilnejtai (noun) coward
tilneshibaana (noun) nightmare
tilnoshuuta (adjective or noun) superstition, superstitious
- g'boz tilnoshuuta - to be superstitious [lit.: to have superstition]
tilnoshuutai (noun) superstitious person
timokh (noun) brain [organ]
timokhvaag (noun) neuroscience
timokhvaagai (noun) neuroscientist
tirpa (adjective) miniscule, tiny
tirpiikh (adjective) most miniscule/tiny [superlative of tirpa]
tirpiil (adjective) more miniscule/tiny [comparative of tirpa]
tishnar (noun) living cell
tivon (verb) to emit noise or sound
tivona (adjective) noisy, sonic
- tivona dof - Mach two, twice the speed of sound
tivonar (noun) noise, sound
t'kon (verb) to close, to shut
t'liishnokh (noun) isotope
tofga (noun) skin
- val tofga drof iirtar - thoroughly [lit.: from skin to heart; equivalent to "from head to toe" or "to the bone"]
tojilrolarhog (noun) infrared light
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
tolfsesha (noun) mercury, quicksilver
tolga (noun) data, information, knowledge
tolgadara (noun) archive, library
tolgadraheshdai (noun) chief archivist/librarian
tolgadrakram (noun) archival/library staffer, archivist, librarian
tolgafaaz (noun) computer, information system
tolgafzaalnazrot (noun) Internet, World Wide Web [lit.: information system network or connection-field]
- tolgzaalzrot - abbreviated colloquial form
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) person who learns at the direction of another, pupil, student
tolgeg (verb) to teach
tolgega (adjective or noun) teaching
tolgegai (noun) teacher
tolgejrada (noun) school for children and/or adolescents
tolgekaavaag (noun) epistemology, philosophy of knowledge
tolgekaavaagai (noun) epistemologist, philosopher specializing in epistemological theory
tolgesh (verb) to study
tolgesha (adjective or noun) studying
tolgeshai (noun) one who learns by studying but not necessarily at another's direction, scholar
tolgeshdara (noun) academy, college, university
tolgojan (verb) to announce
tolgojna (noun) announcement
tolgojnai (noun) announcer, person who makes announcement
tolug (verb) to be informed, to know
tolra (noun) rope
tomlen (verb) to kill, to murder
tomlena (adjective) killed, murdered
tomlenai (noun) killer, murderer
tomlenra (noun) killing, murder
ton (verb) to give [note: (a) verb is always followed by object given, which may be followed by recipient with preposition linking object and recipient; (b) usual linking preposition is drof, but when implying transfer of ownership, use zu]
- adra toniis rekaa zu emai adraluu - he will cure/heal/nurse his friend
- ton orpelmekra - to discriminate [lit.: to give discrimination]
- ton puuza - to bore [lit.: to give boredom]
- ton tilna - to frighten, to give fear
- ton ubrosh - to submit [lit.: to give control]
tona (noun) contribution, donation, gift, offering
tonai (noun) contributor, donor, giver
tonjred (noun) species of large herbivorous lizard domesticated for its meat
tonosh (verb) to bring
tonreka (adjective) contagious, infectious
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 (proper name) planet in Alplaa's solar system [named after Alplai's great scientist Totran, who first hypothesized its existence due to observations and calculations of the orbits of other bodies; Totrana and Alplaa have overlapping symmetrical orbits that are nearly circular, thus maintaining positions on opposite sides of their sun; the Alplai terraformed and colonized this planet, and later provided a sector of land for Terran human settlers.]
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]
tovliikra (noun) colander, strainer
t'pola (adjective or noun) neighborhood
trada (noun) pain
tradadiirsa (noun) analgesic, pain reliever
treimriiza (noun) rectum
trepdera (noun) pocket
triikh (noun) atom
triikhiirka (noun) atomic/nuclear energy/power
triikhiirkuundra (noun) atomic/nuclear reactor
troshtakiij (noun) krypton gas
trovla (adjective) rare, scarce, uncommon
trovlanlakiij (noun) xenon gas
trovlashuul (noun) rare earth element [note: Alplai scientific convention identifies each rare earth element (scandium, yttrium, and the elements of the lanthanide series) as trovlashuul followed by its respective atomic number in ordinal form: hence ytterbium is known by the Alplai as trovlashuul sipot'tazluu]
t'siirbadra (noun) district
t'siirdra (noun) region or sector of independent state
tulkaar (verb) to engage in prostitution
tulkra (adjective or noun) prostitution
tulkradra (noun) bordello, brothel
tulkrai (noun) prostitute [see also aafshai]
tuujan (verb) to converse, to discuss, to exchange words
tuujna (adjective or noun) conversation, conversational, conversationally, discussion, exchange of words
tuula (noun) merchandise
tuulara (noun) money
tuularai (noun) cashier, moneyhandler, teller
tuulardra (noun) bank
tuulardrai (noun) banker
tuulbadra (noun) shop, store
tuulboz (verb) to own
tuulbozai (noun) owner
tuulbozra (noun) property
tuulda (noun) purchase
tuuldai (noun) customer, shopper
tuuldara (noun) marketplace, shopping mall
tuuled (verb) to buy, to purchase
tuuleg (verb) to sell
tuulen (verb) to exchange, to trade
tuulga (noun) sale
tuulgai (noun) merchant, salesperson
tuulgejan (verb) to advertise
tuulgejna (adjective or noun) advertisement, advertising
tuulgejnai (noun) advertiser
tuuljuush (noun) merchant cart or stall
tuulna (noun) trade, transaction
tuulnatakra (noun) business/trade agreement/contract
tuulnavaag (noun) economics
tuulnavaagai (noun) economist
tuulraata (noun) nickel-induced contact dermatitis and/or pompholyx [lit.: money-rash; since nickel was often used in old coins, and the Alplai are highly sensitive to this metal, individuals who frequently handled coins developed a characteristic rash; many moneyhandlers wore gloves to protect themselves; see also nijaliir eshdelgajiit]
tuu'on (verb) to pay
tuuna (noun) cost, price
tuur (noun) dust, fine particles
t'ziirh (adjective or adverb) decuple, decuply
╚ U
ubrosh (adjective or noun) control, controlling
- g'boz ubrosh - to control [lit.: to have control]
ubroshigzorsh (noun) trackball [for Alplai computer workstation. lit.: "control sphere"]
udla (preposition) beyond
ugan (verb) to desire, to want
- ugan ukned - to desire sexual activity
ugna (noun) desire, want
ugneshnai (noun) aspirant to monastic life
ugrona (noun) gender
ujdii (adjective or adverb) appropriate, appropriately, proper, properly
ukenda (adjective or noun) biological sex, sexual, sexuality
ukendakuud (noun) gonads, sex glands
ukendemlara (adjective or noun) sexual preference/orientation
ukendezam (verb) to sexually assault, to commit sexual violence [see also fiiron]
ukendezma (noun) sexual assault, sexual violence [see also fiirna]
ukendishnar (noun) gamete
ukendobrosh (adjective or noun) chaste, chastity, sexual restraint [not necessarily celibacy, which is more accurately pirukendobrosh]
ukendugna (noun) sexual desire
ukned (noun) sexual activity, sexual intercourse
- kher ukned - to engage in sexual activity
- ugan ukned - to desire sexual activity
uknedelta (noun) sexual lubricant
ukra (noun) pain
ukrukendemlara (adjective or noun) algolagnia, deriving sexual pleasure from pain, sadomasochism, sadomasochistic
ukrukendemlarai (noun) sadomasochist
umja (noun) table [furniture]
ungii (adverb) still, yet
unzad (verb) to destroy
unzda (adjective or noun) destruction, destructive
unzdai (noun) destroyer, destructive person
updra (noun) floor in room
updravjra (noun) carpet, rug
utma (adverb, conjunction or determiner) either
utmeilgujnra (noun) dilemma [for idiom, see davna baaj, murkhtosh taaj]
utmishajiitriikh (noun) molecular/polyatomic ion [see also ishajiitriikh and nishajiitriikh]
utmishatriikh (noun) monoatomic ion [see also ishatriikh and nishatriikh]
uzka (adjective, adverb or noun) abhorrence, abhorrent, abhorrently, disgust, disgusted, disgusting, disgustingly, repugnance, repugnant, repugnantly, revulsed, revulsion, revulsive, revulsively
- g'boz uzka - to be disgusted/revulsed [lit.: to have disgust/revulsion]
- giron uzka - to disgust, to bring about or cause disgust or revulsion
uzkai (noun) abhorrent/disgusting/repugnant person
╚: Uu
uubaal (noun) town
uuboshra (noun) street in a town or city
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
uukh! (interjection) blech, exclamation of disgust or revulsion, yuck
uuljotfa (noun) plasma, state of highly charged matter
uuljotfiirkuundra (noun) plasma engine
uuljrhoga (noun) lightning
uulsha (adjective) electrical
uulshakjrakuundra (noun) electric motor
uulshabdra (noun) cable or wire for electricity or electronics
uulshar (verb) to electrify
uulshariirkuundra (noun) electrical generator
uulshariikuundradara (noun) electrical power plant
uulshazrot (noun) electrical field
uulshra (noun) electricity
uumda (adjective or noun) conclusion, end, ending, finish, finishing
uumod (verb) to conclude, to end, to finish
- p'tema vojna uumodiit - ultimately, when all is said and done [lit.: when dinner is finished; equivalent to "at the end of the day"]
uunbosh (verb) to carry
uuntre (noun) low-growing bush native to many areas of Alplaa's continent
- uuntremetreina - dark blue berries of this bush often used in Alplai cooking and imparting a flavor much like Terran juniper berries
uurja (adjective) close or near in proximity
uurjikashrabjeldra (noun) periapsis, perigee, perihelion
uurjiikh (adjective) closest, nearest
uurjiil (adjective) closer, nearer
uuro (noun) fermented grain beverage, Alplai ale or beer
uushta (adjective) free, independent
uushtagenfreikarai (noun) independent/unaffiliated politician
uushtai (noun) free person, freeholder [somewhat archaic, referring to someone with no obligation of serfdom or indenture]
uushtera (noun) freedom, independence
uuzdla (noun) line
├: V
vaafaa (noun) informal form of "mother" often spoken by children; equivalent to "mama" or "mommy"
vaag (noun) expertise, field of knowledge, science
vaagai (noun) expert, 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]
vaalzresrijlara (noun) autonomous region, enclave [lit.: special territory]
vaalzrii (adjective, adverb) especially, particular, particularly, special, specific, specifically
vaalzrifeshniijna (noun) specific descriptor [words with a specific function such as noun or adjective]
vajna (noun) sentence [grammar]
val (preposition) from, of
vegdar (verb) to show religious devotion, to venerate, to worship
vegdra (noun) religious devotion, veneration, worship
vegdraat (noun) organized religious movement
- vegdraat zu Murai - Murai religious movement
vegdrai (noun) devotee, worshipper
- vegdrai zu Murai - Murai devotee
vegdrajan (verb) to pray
vegdrajna (adjective or noun) prayer, prayerful
vegdrazaam (noun) time devoted to worship of one or more deities [distinguished from edrazaam]
vegja (adjective or noun) focus, focused, focusing
vegoj (verb) to focus
vejazal (noun) lens
vekaar (noun) evening
velbaaj (verb) to ascend, to go up, to rise
velbrein (verb) to fall, to tumble
veldabadra (noun) entry point in larger facility [e.g., check-in counter or station]
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
veren (verb) to lacerate, to rend, to rip, to tear
verkbejon (verb) to appear, to become visible, to come into view
verkzon (verb) to become
verna (adjective or noun) laceration, rent, rip, ripped, tear, torn
verokh (verb) to begin, to start
verokha (adjective or noun) beginning, start
vesh (adjective) young
Vetrater (proper noun) sixth month in the Alplai calendar
vezira (adjective or noun) peace, peaceful
vezrajikolaat (noun) police department [organized along "national" lines]
- Vezrajikolaat Aajberaakii - police for South Oceanic region
- Vezrajikolaat Baalti - Baaltisiir police
- Vezrajikolaat Bashra - Bashrasiir police
- Vezrajikolaat Ekaamura - police for Great Sea region
- Vezrajikolaat zu golhoshaijaat - police for Space Exploration Commission
- Vezrajikolaat Kiitra - police for Ferjaat Kiitra
- Vezrajikolaat Konarai - police for Konarai Commonwealth
- Vezrajikolaat Krishkarha - Krishkarhasiir police
- Vezrajikolaat Nujberaakii - police for North Oceanic region
- Vezrajikolaat Rekar - police for Rekar settlements
- Vezrajikolaat Saakh - Saakhsiir police
- Vezrajokolaat Totrana - Totrana police
- Vezrajikolaat Uujberaakii - police for East Oceanic region
- Vezrajikolaat Vaajberaakii - police for West Oceanic region
vezrajikolai (noun, title) police officer
vezrajikolavaalzriidraat (noun) Special Division of police responsible for major criminal investigations [internally called vaalzriidraat]
vidmerkja (noun) letter, personal written message
vidmerkjarhonga (noun) ongoing correspondence or exchange of letters
vidmerkjemaat (noun) friendship by correspondence, pen-pal relationship
vidmerkjemai (noun) pen-pal
vidra (noun) parent
vidrakrai (noun) parent-in-law, parent of one's spouse
viigan (noun) kilt or skirt [among Alplai can be worn by either sex]
viirja (noun) marsupial wolf-like creature native to Alplaa's continent [note: several species and subspecies exist, often named for the various regions they inhabit]
vijor (verb) to cover
vijra (adjective or noun) cover, covered, covering
vipriijor (verb) to apply paint to a surface [contrast with sepriif]
vipriijra (noun) coat of paint on a surface
vipriijrai (noun) person who paints structural/furniture surfaces [contrast with sepriifai]
vitomba (adjective, adverb or noun) sarcasm, sarcastic, sarcastically
vitombai (noun) sarcastic person
v'kershorhog (noun) X-rays [named after V'keraash, the scientish who discovered them]
vojna (noun) dinner
- p'tema vojna uumodiit - when all is said and done [lit.: when dinner is finished; equivalent to "at the end of the day"]
vorash (verb) to bloom, to blossom, to flower
vorsha (noun) blossom, flower
voshflosna (noun) spring season
voterai (noun) brave/courageous person
votrei (adjective, adverb or noun) brave, bravely, brave, courage, courageous, courageously
- g'boz votrei (verb) to be brave/courageous, to have bravery/courage
vrekai (noun) advocate, spokesperson
vrenga (noun) furniture
vrengapondgai (noun) furniture maker
vroja (adjective or adverb) fast, rapid, rapidly, quick, quickly
vrojosh (verb) to accelerate
vrokaj (verb) to run
vrokja (adjective or noun) run, running
vrokjai (noun) runner
vruzga (adjective or adverb) sudden, suddenly
vuuta (noun) drop of liquid
╞: Z
zaajkeiza (noun) crossbow
zaakh (verb) to wake
zaakha (adjective) alert, awake
zaakhda (noun) alertness, wakefulness
zaalna (adjective or noun) connected, connecting, connection, link, linkage
zaalnazrot (noun) network
zaalon (verb) to link, to connect
zaam (adjective or noun) time
zaamkuundra (noun) chronometer, clock, large timepiece
zaf (verb) to gather
zafaat (noun) gathering, group
zaibiir (noun) an Alplai fruit indigenous to the Kiitra and southern Konarai regions [note: there are a wide variety of this fruit, resembling Terran apples and/or pears]
Zaikhuum (noun) class of space shuttle capable of carrying up to twelve passengers [named after mythological bird]
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 time measurement equal to 1 hour 9 minutes 0.625 seconds; a zamei is divided into fifty megzamei, and a megzamei is divided into fifty enzamei.
zarena (noun) applause [the Alplai applaud by slapping an open palm to a thigh]
- ton zarena - to applaud, to give applause
z'dem (verb) to use, to make use of, to put to use
zedmeg (verb) to be used, to be put to use
zedmra (adjective or noun) use, useful, usefulness
Zefanater (proper noun) fifth month in the Alplai calendar
zegarbesh (noun) species of large ocean fish bred and harvested for its flesh
zegma (noun) beak
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
zodjle (noun) tin [metal element]
zofii (noun) vegetable, edible plant matter other than fruit
zogda (adjective or adverb) effective, effectively, effectual, effectually, potent, potently, powerful, powerfully, strong, strongly [distinguished from profna = physically strong]
zogdara (noun) effectiveness, potency, power, strength [distinguished from profnara = physical strength]
zogdatradiirsa (noun) local anaesthetic, narcotic pain medication
zogdopfajna (noun) interjection
zogdopfon (adjective or noun) intense emotion/feeling, passion, passionate
- g'boz zogdopfon - to be intensely emotional or passionate [lit.: to have intense emotion or passion]
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
zokhaizna (noun) jewelry, personal adornment
zokha'ukned (noun) masturbation
zokha'unzda (adjective) self-destructive
zokhiijna (noun) agent noun
zolshna (noun) apartment, suite of rooms
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
zorhkajan (verb) to speak the truth, to testify
zorhkajna (noun) affidavit, testimony, truthful statement
zorhkajnai (noun) person testifying in a trial or hearing, witness
zorhuk (noun) truth
zorshakiij (noun) helium
zorshbaaj (noun) dawn, sunrise
zorshrhaag (noun) sunlight, sunshine
zorshtaaj (noun) dusk, sunset
zorshuuzdla (noun) horizon
zot (number) six
zra (pronoun) you [plural]
zrhaka (adjective) honest
- zrhakiikh - blunt, candid, frank [while technically the superlative form of the above, in common usage this word connotes direct and unreserved truth-telling]
zrhakai (noun) honest person
zrhakapal (noun) honesty
zrhopa (noun) honor
- zrhopa en nonsha - an honor and a pleasure [courteous response on being introduced to someone]
zrhopabra (adjective) honorable
zrhopai (noun) honorable person, person of honor
zrhopatkar (verb) to swear/take an oath
zropatkra (noun) oath
zrhopojdra (adjective or noun) good sportsmanship, sporting, sportsmanlike, good sportsmanship
zrhopojdrai (noun) good sportsperson, person who adheres to ethical/honorable conduct in a game/sport
zrodavaag (noun) physics
zrodavaagai (noun) physicist
zrojla (adjective) gold color
zrojuul (noun) gold metal
z'tiirh (adjective or adverb) sextuple, sextuply
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/azarja (sir/madam) or the addressee's name]
zuzaam (preposition) during
Words in other Alplai languages
Baija
bekoshe (noun) Sadroshai religious teacher
bofdone (interjection) greeting, hello
-eshke (proximal demonstrative suffix) these, this
-eshve (distal demonstrative suffix) that, those
Ezotje zuur oplimosh vorglone (proverb) Only the gods can regret the future
filotgrafje! (interjection) By the four gods of creation! [contraction of filaa grat tofe afaje]
foj (verb) to go
neklod (adjective) incorrect, wrong
podone (noun) field game played much like soccer or Ultimate Frisbee but with a padded baton
Konarai
Ajamara shatashna'aztamara (common saying) Ajamara withing me sings [often said/sung when greeting someone, or as an expression of joy]
amtagla (interjection) thank you, thanks [said for something done on one's behalf]
aparalama (noun) herb used to create hypnotic/sedative drug [see Kiitra term eksparda Ajamaraluu above]
apashklajagasha (noun) wood-grub stew [a hot meal consisting of wood grubs cooked with root and leaf vegetables, and served in a single bowl; also enjoyed by non-Konarai Alplai as a sort of "rustic" dish like Irish Stew or ratatouille; the Kiitra name is fregboshabrufshna]
aradama! (interjection) spirits!
ashagaraba (noun) species of flowering vine with blossoms that open in sunlight and close when it is dark
bajakanara (adjective or noun) distinct group of cultural Konarai who intermarried and settled with Baija in the northern border regions straddling Bashrasiir and Baaltisiir; of these people or their region [note: the bajakanara physically resemble their Baija neighbors, but retain and perpetuate Konarai language, customs and spiritual beliefs; their villages in Bashrasiir and Baaltisiir have been given considerable autonomy, and they have renewed and maintained communications with the Konarai Commonwealth.]
Jalakadad Kanara (noun) Konarai Commonwealth [democratic government for the Konarai regions of Alplaa's continent, one of the independent states comprising the Concordance of Alplaa]
matashna (interjection) thank you, thanks [said for something beneficent said]
matraja (interjection) thank you, thanks [said for something given]
raklajanan (noun) a semi-outcast group in Konarai society [lit.: "one(s) with wooden souls"; designates a group of people known for shunning Konarai community life, who live on the periphery of Konarai villages and only venture in to handle remains of the recently deceased; their existence is controversial, for while some regard them as a "shunned" or "impure" group, many who consider themselves raklajanan affirm that they prefer their relatively solitary lives, and other observers of Konarai society note that some people do manage to transition out of this group by traveling to another village and beginning a new life.]
Krishkarha
beliiga (interjection) bon voyage, good/safe trip
gorga (noun) hooded fur robe
jokhrha (noun) joyous defiance in the face of adversity [considered the opposite of anger or rage]
kuulja (interjection) thanks, thank you
mer karha! (interjection) 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]
uuzfiida (noun) large ceremonial drum
Saakh
aakhlirhas (noun) emperor
daakhtraa (interjection) thank you, thanks [sociolect of rhasmaajdei]
lamikorda (noun) unexpected but welcome visitor [this archaic 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"]
leguutaar (interjection) greetings, hello [standard/Eastern dialect]
likhtuuraa (interjection) greetings, hello [sociolect of rhasmaajdei]
maaj (noun) aristocratic/noble house/family
- uu'maaj - "of the house of" [phrase used in vartoga of descendants of ancient Saakh nobility]
n'jarei (noun) friend who acts as romantic intermediary during courtship [it is customary among the Saakh to dispatch a friend to propose beginning courtship, accept such proposal, advise and assist in arranging dates, chaperone dates in the early stage of courtship, relay proposals and acceptance for marriage, serve as honor attendants for said marriage, and serve as the equivalent of godparents for any children.]
ojadei (noun) freeholder [specifically a former feudal serf who earned payment and land after lengthy military service; see also Kiitra term uushtai]
p'zaarhpei uu'maaj omlaa (phrase) by (the) honor of my house [archaic noble sociolect; said as an oath by rhasmaajdei to affirm a statement as true]
p'zakh! (interjection) expression frustration [equivalent to "By God!" or "Damn it!"]
rhasmaajdei (noun) member/descendant of a Saakh noble house
uurhoshfei (noun) "noble sister" [friendly address by one rhasmaajdei to a female rhasmaajdei]
uurhoshtei (noun) "noble brother" [friendly address by one rhasmaajdei to a male rhasmaajdei]