Ankh're

Aveh Project: Dictionary of Terms

  
Aveh -- "the Land"
Avik -- of Aveh, Avehan
Bledavik -- "Centre of the Land"  ('bledari', centre)
mother -- ma'are
father -- ka'ara
'third-gender' parent   k'ma'arae ("she-father")
brother -- ka'arrik
sister -- ma'arrik
'third-gender' sibling   k'ma'arrik ("she-brother")
child -- mesua, mesue, mesuae
baby -- mesarika, mesarike, mesarikae
son -- sana
daughter -- sane
'third-gender' offspring   sanae
man, men -- akina, akinau
woman, women -- akine, akineu
'third gender' individual   akinae, akinaeu
girl, girls -- desre, desreu
boy, boys -- desra, desrau
 'third gender' -- desrae, desraeu
youth -- akinrika, akinrike, akinrikae (as 'teenager')
family -- ma'aru'ka
home - bledaruin
king -- tessi'ra
queen -- tessi're
prince -- tessi'rika
princess -- tessi'rike
bastard (familial term) -- dashura, dashure, dashurae
clan -- veraki
clan territory   bledari-veraki ("center of the clan")

crafter -- ranaselri (one who makes)
warrior -- ranaserrui ('serr', battle)
archer -- ranashenyn ('henya', a bow)
musician/bard -- ranaseshun ('eshunar', to play an instrument)
talesinger   tessha'jiri
healer   vask'ki

beloved -- kessui
lover -- aekessi
spouse -- quinkessui (forever-beloved) 
gay -- me'kess ( love <like> self)
straight -- si'kess (love <like> others)
bisexual -- rian'kess (love <like> all)
harem -- marrikessre
selama -- marrikessra

spirit -- anaran
ancestor -- henaru
"God" -- Sharress'anaranu (greatest-of-spirits)
angel -- parai
demon -- vorrke'parai (dark angel)
hell - vorrhanik ("place of freezing darkness", very roughly)

horse -- dessiraki ("windborn one")
goat -- tiken
sheep -- leken
cat -- akirri ('akirri'desre', catgirl)
dog -- tiraf
rabbit -- lurru
vulture -- kevok'arrik (eater-of-dead)
'phoenix' -- esshi'faiana (fire-sun-bird)

sun -- faia
moon -- faiarik
sky -- hirru
water -- kerria (the element, also jaia'kevi-ik, "giver-of-life") 
sand -- teni
stars -- hirrliu (skygems)

foreigners -- nesuave'tik ("ones-not-of-the-Land")
allies -- vishka'nesu ("trusted ones")
moron -- jessha
jackass -- kivu (a rather stupid desert rodent)
pirate -- teshin (raider, pl. teshinnu)

sword -- asar
dagger -- riasar
armor -- ferrin
combat -- fekirain
whip -- kivak
horse-whip -- dessirkivak
bullwhip -- sharresskivak ("greatwhip", as in the term "greatsword")
'optic whip' -- asirrakar (derived from 'aeisiiruchariia', "baleful-light lash")

sick -- murissa
better -- geski'in
drunk -- heski
hungover -- heskemurissa
crazy -- ashka-vi-tensiu ("dancing in sandstorms", idiomatic phrase) 
happy -- anafi
joy -- huranafin
depressed -- anafitik
angry -- qiran
afraid -- turruin
foolish, silly -- kisu
stupid -- kisuni
dead -- kevok

party -- firenis
travel -- voru'ni

hello -- keshi
goodbye -- tikeshi
it's ok -- ehi-jya
I'm sorry -- aya lerr
I love you -- tia aya kess 
don't bitch -- deshka-ni
deal -- taki (the emphatic, not 'to (make a) deal', which is 'tekui')
where's the bathroom? -- firre iren-qa?

I -- aya
you -- tia
we -- aitin
you, pl. -- tiau
he -- kya
she -- kye
'third-gender sin.'   kyae
they -- kyau, kyeu, kyaeu (rel. rare), kyu 

yes -- ai
no -- nesi
good -- verin
bad -- terru

"to be" -- isshini

I am -- aya isshin
you are -- tia isshan
he is -- kya isshi
she is -- kye isshi
('third-gender')   kyae isshi
they are -- kyau isshu, kyeu isshu, kyaeu isshu, kyu isshu
we are -- aitin isshun
you are -- tiau isshen

"darkness take you" -- tia kiran-vorr
"fire-lamed (horse)" -- esshirrak ('useless')
"dry-dark-frozen" -- kir'vorr'hani (feared triad)
"may you be forgotten in the sands" -- tia'jyi furruik vi-tenu

mare's milk -- hanarri (fermented, hanarrheski)
blooded (mare's) milk -- dasqhanarr
pigeon-pie -- lessihen
pickled lemon -- jessini ('ussini', lemon)
dried sausages -- kiyr'meska
'couscous' (similar, with millet-like grain) -- ressen
pastries, generic -- tashau
honey -- saqi
distilled honey-brandy -- kavei'hesik (heart-of-wine) 

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