Chlouvānem/Lexicon

Lexicon of the Chlouvānem language, in Latin alphabetical order.

→ See Chlouvānem phrasebook for a list of common expressions.

Abbreviations used

A - a-class verb
ABL - ablaut (with a)
ADJ - adjective
ADV - adverb
DVA - dvandva compound
IRR - irregular
PL - plural only
R.ABL - root ablaut
ROOT - root (no ablaut)
SG - singular only

A, Ā, Ą

abanda - turban
abghīdṛke R.ABL (√dṛ-) - to screw in, to insert and fasten a screw
abghīs - screw
abhūmi - (arch.) skin, tree bark
āḍhyāsa - brain
āḍhyāsnūlia - brain meninx
āḍhyāsnūlieipin - meningitis
āḍhyāsūkas - retroflex (consonant)
agan - hunger
ajadhārāmašāh - monk of the "naked thinkers" sect
ajadhāras - naked
ajadhārmita - nakedness
ajodhambaɂas - free practice session (motorsports)
ajodhas - free, independent
ajodhyāva - freedom
ājva - dawn; (poetry) gold
alūs - bottle
amaha - (honorific or liter.) residence, abode
amahajānake A (√jān-) - to reside, to inhabit, to live in a place
āmaya - collection
āmayadarlila - collector
āmayadṛke R.ABL (√dṛ-) - to collect
āmflonanah - climb, ascent
āṃhālkadṛke R.ABL (√dṛ-) - to lay down on the bed
āṃhånna - sunrise
āṃlāṇṭake A (√lāṇṭ-) - to wear something on the head
āmmęliāmita - passion
āmmęlikā - mental dedication
āmmęlike ROOT (√męlь-) - to dedicate oneself mentally
āṃskaglake A (√skagl-) - to wear something with sleeves
āṃspṛšagis - switch to turn off something
āṃspṛšake ABL (√spṛš-) - to turn off
amyære - today ADV
amyærpārṇam - today
ānasmrāṇa - (water) well
āndara - construction, building
āndaralila ABL - artisan
āndarīn - builder
āndaroe - production
āṇḍhūlā - defense
āṇḍhūlake ABL (√ḍhūl-) - to defend
āndīdake ABL+ (√dīd-) - to get used to
āndīdalāṇa - routine
āndīdeh - habit
āndṛke R.ABL (√dṛ-) - to build
anichlitmā - adultery
aniprilyake ABL (√prily-) - (computers:) to delete
āñjāliausis - fantasy ADJ
ānkitte ABL (√kit-) - to put on top of something
āntiṃlilaABL - champion
āpadram - demon
aphake A (√aph- ; perf. stem: adī-va-) - to turn
arāmi - peace
arāmilejīn - pacifist
arūppum - rival
asena - month
aṣṭras - tooth
aṣṭrūkas - dental (consonant)
aveṣyotāras - respectable (honorific)
avṛcah - neck
avyāṣa - moment, time
 avyāṣmaita - History
avyāṣmaitūkas - historic
avyāṣūkas - temporal (related to time)

B

bāḍhim - face
bāḍhmān - wølf
bāgam - group, patrol
bąida - father's sister
bąidūras - father's sister's spouse
baigake A (√baig-) - to comb
baigas - comb
bakthā - magazine
balėkas - ripe; adult
balėkišam - ripeness; adulthood
balėklila ABL - legal adult (in the Inquisition, having started the 17th year of age)
balьnanūkas - ammonia
bānam (literary, very formal): child
barkakita - Chlouvānem equivalent of Plattenbauten, Paneláky, and similar. Most common housing in the Inquisition today.
bārvāka - garlic
baucake A (√bauc-) - to teach; interior: to learn
baucalila ABL - teacher (in a first- or basic school)
baucāmis - lesson
bautė - pencil
beakum - Eastern Calemerian lemon (black lime)
bęḍhraṇah - digestion
bęmarcā - trolleybus
bembīh - afternoon
benahīra - tomato
bendė - cabin
bęnta - thread
betaras - corn
bīdaraṇah - destruction
 bīdębanah - dismissal (of an employee)
bīdįbge R.ABL (√dįb-) - to fire, sack, dismiss (an employee); to kick away
bīdṛke R.ABL (√dṛ-) - to destroy
bīguṃsake ABL (√guṃs-) - to cut away
bīgyake IRR (√gya-) - to not be (in some place), to be absent
biṃsa - vending machine
 binake ABL (√bin-) - to sell
birda - resemblance
birdake ABL (√bird-) - to be like, to resemble
birṣas - storm
biskeṃšake A (√keṃš- ; pres. stem.: biš-caṃš-) - to consume
bislišvake ABL (√lišv-) - to wipe away
bismęlīn - average
bisprilyake ABL (√prily-) - to erase sm completely; to clean up sm completely
bīspunake ABL (√spun-) - to kill by poisoning
bīspunas - lethal poison
bistiāmita - distance
bisyahike R.ABL (√yahь-) - to read loudly
blautāmita - cultural/racial/ethnic cleanliness
bliągai - guest
bliągāyāmita - hospitality
blība - public bath (Chlouvānem sentō)
blīceika - moldy and aged pulp of bulnā berries, a typical delicacy of the Līlasuṃghāṇa area, considered an acquired taste. Its taste is similar to Gorgonzoeula cheese
blidha - decoration 
blikā - girl (colloquial, affectionate) ; often used as a second person pronoun among sisters (with an effect like Japanese -chan).
blotanah - cleaning
blotīn - cleaner
bluñjis - cleaning product
blutake ABL (√blut-) - to clean, to purify
blūtyāva - cleanliness
 brausa - sainthood, sacredness
brausamailenia - Baptist (second-highest charge in the Inquisition)
brausas - saint, sacred
braushįnna - prayer wheel
brauslaijyā - (Yunyalīlti) liturgy
bṛdha - monkey, ape
brendanah - the act of hindering
brilge ABL (√brind-) - to hinder, get in the way, obstacle
brinda - obstacle
broṃšas - corpse, carcass
būham - owl
bulnā - beige-coloured edible berry, especially common in the southeastern Jade Coast
būmājas - paper sheet
būṃṣagis - hairdryer
būṃṣake A (√būṃṣ-) - interior only: to be dry; causative ext.: to dry (transitive); causative int.: to dry (intransitive)
būṃṣayāva - dryness
būṃṣeɂūh - dried plum
būṃṣoe - dry season
bunā - father
bunāyāva - the state of being father
būndhra - malt
buneya - older sister (for a female)
buñjñake ABL (√buñjñ-) - to run (for rivers, or water in general — note that it is transitive)
buñjñas - river course

BH

bhadva - cotton
bhagam - pillow
bhaivyāvam - oboe
bhaketanah - publishing
bhakitte ABL (√kit-) - to publish
bhāmarah - (for a woman) brother's wife
bhārmāmita - courage
bhārmatah - lion
bhaudikā - respect
bhaudūkas - respectful
bhayā - care
bhešā - drop
bhike R.ABL (√bhi-) - to take care of
bhudake ABL (√bhud-) - to bow
bhugrā - wing
bhyodas - soft
bhyodilūdvyūkas - velar consonant
bhælā - land, plot

C

cabmā - vanilla
cambhugrā - eagle
cami - great, large, important
camiā - something important, essential
camibuñjñasusas - complete, whole, total
camihånna - zenith
camijaṃšā - large celebration, festical
camikiloe - moral
camikirake A+ (√kir-) - to desperately love
camilijas - national anthem
camilīlta - the Yūnyalilta
camimaivikā - territorial subdivision of the Inquisition
camimurkadhāna - the Great Inquisitor, the most important charge in the Chlouvānem Inquisition
camitorai - president
camivaḍa - firmware
camiyāṃsa - vowel
cāṃkrake A (√cāṃkr-) - (interior only): to end (intr.), to limit, to border
cāṃkraya - end, limit, border
cāṃkręe ADV - in the end
camūdhartāna - collective farm
camūdhṛtvī - farmer in a collective farm
camyūnima - motorway
cārake A (√cār-) - to have, possess
cārūkas - genitive
cerṇūṣah - motherland
cerṇūṣalila ABL - patriot
cerṇūṣāmita - patriotism
combake A (√comb-) - to receive (humble)
comboe - present, gift (received by the speaker)
coranah - the act of squeezing
cūlla - car; (arch.) cart
cūllanagdha - race track (for motor vehicles)
cūllarašvātra - motorsport
curake ABL (√cur-) - to squeeze
curūm - squeeze

CH

chiṣa - staircase, flight of stairs
chiṣasmrāṇa - stepwell
chiṣlaukas - step (in a flight of stairs)
chladyake A (√chlady-) - to tie, bind
chlairaikā - turmeric
chlamiah - gold
chlamiaukas - golden
chlamiṣvatrā - (proper noun) Lelāgṇyāviti, the Great Prophet of the Yunyalīlta
chlamuɂah - naginata
chlašake A (√chlaš-) - to do (humble)
chlašas - favour, courtesy
chlåvdias - certain, real
chlåvdika - reality, certainty
chlebam - sand
chleidā - smile
chleidake A (√chleid-) - (interior only) to smile
chleidāmis - (literary) happiness
chlemyoe - stew
chlimyake ABL (√chlim-) - to stew
chlirāma - golden yellow
chlirās ADJ - golden yellow
chliṣām - cactus
chlitmā - sex (general term, not vulgar)
chlitmādṛke R.ABL (√dṛ-) - to have sex
chlitmaišam - sexual attraction
chlitmātamaimešyāva - sexual orientation
chlitmausis - erotic, sexual
chlitmāvāyam - pornography
chloucædaudė - wish (e.g. happy birthday)
chloucædaudike ROOT (√daudь-) - to wish
chloucækiloe - congratulation
chloucækṣis - best (superl. of miąre)
chloucækulke R.ABL u>i (√kul-) - to congratulate
chloucæm - better (compar. of miąre)
chlouvānem PL - Chlouvānem
chlūgus - soap
chluvaikā - wealth
chlæcake A (√chlæc-) - to plant, grow
chlæcāmita - agriculture
chlæraprasādham - statue of the Chlamiṣvatrā
chlærausīn - something that makes something simpler
chlærausis - easy, simple
chlærausyāva - simplicity
chlærdhūs - part of the day with daylight
chlærhæṃdike R.ABL ah (√hæṃdь-) - (interior only) to experience a hallucination
chlærhæṃdioe - hallucination
chlærikiloe - declaration
chlærikulke R.ABL u>i (√kul-) - to declare
chlærim - light
chlærlīltāvi - first lānimpeɂila ("lunar phase", or 17-day period) of a lunar month in the Chlouvānem calendar
chlærvāṇa - aloe
chlærvāyam - television (technology)
chlæviṭa - TV set
chlævlīmih - news on TV
chubdā - pair of chopsticks
chubdlaukas - a single chopstick
chuvakā - turtle

D

dāḍa - bit (information unit)
dadṛnā - skill, ability
dadrṇādhama - skill level
dahįṃrašvātra - cycling (sport)
dahįn - bicycle
dahįnnagdha - velodrome
daivikā - (literary) life
dakhītah - girl, lass (aged 9-18)
dalьtah - fish
dāṃden - past
dāṃdenias ADJ - past
damītah - petal, (finger)nail
daṃlātas - syrup
daṃṣrāṇa - palace
danaike ROOT (√danai-) - to desire (intensive), to strongly wish for something
daṇḍa - stick, cane, staff
dāneh - nut
daniāmita - half
dara - activity
daradhūs - verb
daramaita - procedure
darañcamūh - enterprise
daratarlā - technology
daratarlausis - technological
darī - society, the public
darīn - (grammar) agent
darīnah - court (in a farmhouse)
darišam - verbal mood
darīssūgis - social issue
dārṇā - figurative art
dārṇājeldinā DVA - the arts (dual only)
dārṇālila ABL - figurative artist
dārṣiṭya - laurel (as a spice)
dārṭa - laurel (plant)
dārvādhya - glory
daryā - way of doing something
daryāgichlærim - certification
daryāgis - education
daša - rain
dašajilde R.ABL (√jild-) - to rain
dāšikā - monsoon
dašilaukas - raindrop
dašoe - rainy season
daudė - something wanted
daudianah - will
daudike ROOT (√daudь-) to want
deganah - the act of pouring
degoe - sip
dehām - mouth
dehāṃlūdven - palate
dehāṃlūdvyūkas - palatal (consonant)
dehāñchlitmā - oral sex
deiša - orchid
demibuñjñasusah - season (of time)
demikamidīdeh - self-discovery
demikaudaranah - suicide
demiprifluṃsusas - obvious
demipūnūkas - automatic
derai - office
deṣā - city wall
dešanah - selection
devanah - breathing
deveṃrauga - mental illness
deventarlā - psychology
deventarlālila ABL - psychologist
devoe - soul
dįba - kick
dįbge ABL (√dįb-) - to kick
dīdake ABL+ (√dīd-) - to know (a person); interior: to be aware, conscious ; colloquial, int.: to know what is possible to do ; religious, int.: to be aware of one's own qualities and attitudes
dīdeh - knowledge of someone
dilas - same
dildhā - huge (elephant-sized) land lizard, land dragon (one of the largest land animals on Calémere)
dilge ABL (√dig-) - to pour
dīlla - pea
dilṭha - desert
diṇḍha - throat
diṇḍhūkas - laryngeal consonant
ḍirake ABL (√ḍir-) - (interior only) to be thick
dirūn - role
dirūnnevya - (grammatical) case
dišake ABL (√diš-) - to point to, to select
diškelgis - computer mouse
dīva - breath
dīvake ABL ah (√dīv-) - to breathe
dolkake A (√dolk-) - to admire
dolkas - admiration
doman - room
dorša - (colloquial, regional (Jade Coast, South, Eastern Plain):) something cool, fantastic, super
doršas ADJ - (colloquial, regional (Jade Coast, South, Eastern Plain):) something cool, fantastic, super
dourah - road (esp. interurban ones and those of national importance)
dralāṇa - equipment
dralkam - man
dralkapomai - testicle
dralkhulin - demigirl
drāltake A (√drālt-) - to greet
drāltoe - respect
drāltūm - greeting
dras - tool, instrument
drausis - instrumental
drāvi - result of an action
drildyāva - causative verb
drippus - permission
dṛke R.ABL (√dṛ-) - to do, make
droga - savannah, dry plain
dṛṣūs - (grammar) patient
dūdha - seed
dulda - movement
duldildasusas - motivation
duldaradhūs - motion verb
dulde R.ABL (√duld-) - to move; causative: to move (int.: oneself) many times
duldvaḍa - movable block (in railway signalling)
duldvaḍmaichlærorlāṇa - movable block railway signalling system
duldvaiṃchlærṣūs - projector
duldvaiṃkeika - cinema (the place)
duldvāyam - cinematography
dumbhake ABL u>i (√dumbh-) - to carry (on foot) (monodirectional)
dumoe - film
duṇā - telephone, (colloquial:) smartphone
duṇādhyuɂas - phone number
dunai - rose
duṇāniañas - phone number
durḍhāsuma - radio
durḍhāsuṃlatirė - radio wave
durḍhaukas - rare, uncommon
durdhāvas - far (compar.: duryāḍhivas; superl.: dudhorasis)
duva - laugh
duvake ABL ah (√duv-) - to laugh
dvāhāna - sand or gravel bank in a river
dvairkyāva - weirdness, strangeness
dverkas - strange, weird
dældā - language
dældake A (√dæld-) - (interior only) to speak, to express oneself (+ instrumental case)
dældinnān - voice
dællaukas - expression
dårbhake ROOT (√dårbh-) - to carry (on foot) (multidirectional)
dårbhas - transport
dårbhenai - transport net
dårbhṛṣūs - means of transport
dåṣṭis - bucket

DH

dhālim - ruby
dhama - level
dhāmila - swamp water
dhāṃliva - assistant
dhāṃlivyāva - assistance
dhāmvaḍa - hardware
dhāna - hand
dhānachlitmā - masturbation
dhānnūlia - palm of the hand
dharṣva - shoulder
dhartāna - farm
dhāvala - inn
dhivara - wrist
dhokajilde R.ABL (√jild-) - to mean
dhokam - meaning
dholtanah - writing
dhomiake A (√dhomь-) - to hope
dhomiyāva - hope
dhoya - plain
dhoyausis ADJ - plain
dhūbas - neckless shirt, traditional Chlouvānem unisex clothing
dhuldaidanah - written correspondance with someone
dhuldīdake ABL+ (√dīd-) to correspond by writing
dhulta ABL - something written
dhultalila ABL - writer
dhulte ABL (√dhult-) - to write
dhulteṇāh - desk
dhurvālāṇa - police, militia
dhusma - truth
dhusmis - true
dhyuɂake ABL (√dhyuɂ-) - to call

Ḍ

ḍaiḍeh - insect
ḍaiḍepomai - insect egg
ḍaltaka - percussion instrument, similar to a berimbau
ḍeñam - vegetal milk
ḍūka - death
ḍūkke ABL ah (√ḍūk-) - to die ; causative: to kill
ḍulṭhīh - bone
ḍulṭhīlāṇa - skeleton
ḍurbake ABL u>i (√ḍurb-) - to carve
ḍurbas - carving
ḍåtvam - fat

ḌH

ḍhaiṇām - frog
ḍhārṣṭya - soup
ḍhoe - something remembered; (computers:) file
ḍholāvi - déjà-vu
ḍhūke ROOT ah (√ḍhū-) - to remember
ḍhūlam - shield
ḍhūlāṇa - memory; (computers:) all files saved
ḍhūrṣūs - chronicle
ḍhūva - remembrance

E, Ė, Ę

egåram - stomach
egdīs - saliva
elāṭuma - planet
ėlekulas - contrary opinion
ėlekulke R.ABL u>i (√kul-) - to express a contrary opinion
ėmīla - tiger
ėmīlāmita - nobility
eṇāh - table
enaukam - summer
enaukyutiehånna - summer solstice
entai - harmonica
ėreša - tear
ęriake A (√ęrь-) - to let
ėriṇa - (penile) erection
etas - spit
ette ROOT (√et-) - to spit

EA

eaṣinam - radish

Æ

æflike IRR (√æftlь-) - to think about, to have the intention to