Old Shalaian/Wordlist
Religion, ritual and holidays
- Karéefakht 'an autumn festival'
- kórmkha 'prayer'
- Méertam 'a spring festival celebrating personal liberation, modeled after Passover'
Flowers
Flower names almost always have the honorific gender.
- ur fígħder (h) 'flower'
- ur talħṓm' (h) 'cosmos'
- khárrin, khárrind (v) 'to bloom'
- ur táinath (h) 'tulip'
- ur wháħern (h) 'anemone'
- ur nyúl'ter (h) 'crocus'
- ur láidaħ (h) 'hyacinth'
- ur folár (h) 'rose'
- ur ders (h) 'lily'
- as tłyúwer (i) 'petal'
- ur kavúl (h) 'mum'
Uncategorized
- seel = to stand
- sá'kla = to place standing (German stellen), to park a car
- nerthái, nérthai = to become
- már'sin = to think
- mi kaith = always
- mi sár'fid = forever
- mi sár'fid ał sár'fidakh = forever
- shōl = same
- as rívi = (archaic) time
- shṓlriv = together
- hóshan, hóshan = to drink
- wair, wair = to sing
- shónta, shontái = to play (a musical instrument)
- as kaléer = song
- umas = beautiful
- ur għind = star
- as ħaaskwt = birth
- ur rṓshid = luck
- rōshidée X = how fortunate X is...
- as għádwin = peace
- o'kam = few
- tanú'tł = to immerse, to submerge
- ur tanú'tłamid = immersion, submersion; (spirituality) intense attachment, e.g. to a god
- láathkw = once
- ur ħídver = (h) truth
- as ħadóft = (i) trust
- thair = to fall
- as laméen = (i) word
- u chur = (a) blood
- tyul = now
- as riyál = (i) fire
- łaij, łaijái = to play
- as łai'ch = (i) game
- as hónfis = (a) virus
- hónfis korṓna = coronavirus
- as rółan = (a) world
- hał = (intj) silence! shush!
- as għash = hand
- u łur (pl. fadée) = child
- as chagħ't = bottle
- as yerl = face
- u táiv, idávakh = human
- as chilár = ash
- as rokh = place
- shun, inshún = to eat
- voj, ru = to give
- as kṓvid, kṓvidakh = (i) (literary) catastrophe, calamity
- as thair = foot
- as ráħer, ráħrand = half
- as whard, whárdakh = crown
- wherj = to hide
- tivráim' = side, beside
- as vá'ter = poison
- as vijd = bone
- ur rakhtéem = linden tree
- chwer = to write
- u ráħan = grass
- u chalú'f = bird
- u yámi = bee
- as lothk = fan
- as veel' = wind
- as ísher, íshranakh = wall
- as ħolán = body
- as véerav = apple
- wṓj = to come
- akhvṓ' = small
- as tyúva = number
- as għud = oud, lute (loan from Arabic)
- as feegħ = thorn
- lá'għoth = garden
- ur ájdō = music
- qó'ter = chicken
- għádmer = happiness
- nohnái = discussion
- shée'fki = to measure
- khair, khair = to go
- mi chanmúr = specifically
- għi'sái = dream
- ními, nímid = to live
- whaiv = to look at ('to see' uses the experiencer construction and the past participle)
- neel = to listen ('to hear' uses the experiencer construction and the past participle)
- nerth, nerth = to wish
- u nerthi = wish
- u sholád = ray
- as yáni = laurel
- ain = this
- aif = that
- as ajráiv = sky
- as imáin = land
- u shaanf = woman
- ħérkhu = any, all
- riwháin = to sleep
- as chanṓ = rule, law
- chanṓwhai = to govern
- yaa! = battle cry
- magħa = new
- thaaħ = to say
- as lífi = day
- as káihi = light
- ur háathver = honor
- dárra' = man
- 'ivá' = eye
- u chōlagħ = warrior
- għámi = to speak
- għámyōnth = language
- aanth = dear, beloved
- áanthal = dear (term of affection)
- aanwhái, áanwhai = to cherish < *h₁ontʰ 'dear' + *-kʷei
- as għaans = water
- u chaasti = companion, comrade
- għa'téer = to show, to prove
- as wa'úr = name
- wa'uréen = famous
- u cherth = spirit
- u yasái'kh = brother
- u avri = heart
- avréen = courageous
- u di'sáaf = animal
- ur váisher = sun
- fólna'- = favorite
- u chíwht = slave
- as wáirjan = violin
- u amṓ = mother
- u afṓ = father
- ur thárrad = moon