Old Shalaian/Wordlist

Religion, ritual and holidays

• Karéefakht 'an autumn festival'
• córmkha 'prayer'
• Méertam 'a spring festival celebrating personal liberation, modeled after Passover'

Flowers

Flower names almost always have the honorific gender.

• fígħder (h) 'flower'
• talħṓm' (h) 'cosmos'
• khárrin (v) 'to bloom'
• táinath (h) 'tulip'
• wháħern (h) 'anemone'
• nyúl'ter (h) 'crocus'
• láidaħ (h) 'hyacinth'
• folár (h) 'rose'
• shadérs (h) 'lily'
• tłyúer (i) 'petal'
• kavúl (h) 'mum'

Uncategorized

• nertháy = to become
• már'sin = to think
• mi kaith = always
• mi sár'fid = forever
  • mi sár'fid ał sár'fidakh = forever
• shōl = same
• rívi = (archaic) time
• shṓlriv = together
• hóshan, hóshan = to drink
• wair, wair = to sing
• shónta, shontái = to play (a musical instrument)
• kaléer = song
• us = beautiful
• għind = star
• ħaaskwt = birth
• rṓshid = luck
  • rōshidée X = how fortunate X is...
• għádwin = peace
• o'kam = few
• tanú'tł = to immerse, to submerge
  • tanú'tłamid = immersion, submersion; (spirituality) intense attachment, e.g. to a god
• láathkw = once
• ħídver = (h) truth
• ħadóft = (i) trust
• thair = to fall
• laméen = (i) word
• chur = (a) blood
• tyul = now
• riyál = (i) fire
• łaij, łaijái = to play
• łai'ch = (i) game
• hónfis = (a) virus
  • hónfis korṓna = coronavirus
• rółan = (a) world
• hał = (intj) silence! shush!
• għash = hand
• łur (pl. fadée) = child
• chagħ't = bottle
• yerl = face
• ni táiv, idávakh = human
• u chilár = ash
• ur rokh = place
• shun, inshún = to eat
• voj, ru = to give
• u kṓvid, kṓvidakh = (i) (literary) catastrophe, calamity
• u thair = foot
• u ráħer, ráħrand = half
• u whard, whárdakh = crown
• wherj = to hide
• tivráim' = side, beside
• u vá'ter = poison
• u vijd = bone
• ur rakhtéem = linden tree
• ur óshal' = flower
• chwer = to write
• u ráħan = grass
• ni chalú'f = bird
• ni yámi = bee
• u lothk = fan
• ni veel' = wind
• u ísher, íshranakh = wall
• u ħolán = body
• véerav = apple
• wṓj = to come
• akhvṓ' = small
• tyúva = number
• għud = oud, lute (loan from Arabic)
• feegħ = thorn
• lá'għoth = garden
• ájdō = music
• qó'ter = chicken
• ládma = happiness
• nohnái = discussion
• shée'fki = to measure
• khair = to go
• mi chanmúr = specifically
• għí'sai = dream
• nímai = to live
• whaiv = to see
• u nerth = wish
• u sholád = ray
• yáni = laurel
• ain = this
• aif = that
• ajráiv = sky
• imáin = land
• shaanf [ʃɑːnf] = woman
• ħérkhu [ˈħɐːxuː] = any, all
• riwháin [ɾɪˈʍɛɪn] = to sleep
• chanṓ = rule, law
• chanṓwhai = to govern
• yaa! = battle cry
• magħa = new
• thaaħ [θɑ:ħ] = to say
• lífi [ˈlʲɪfɪ] = day
• káihi [ˈkɛɪhɪ] = light
• háathva [ˈhɑːðbə(ɹ)] = honor
  • ifnṓ = god
• dára' [ˈdæʔɹə(ɹ)] = man
• 'ivá' [ʔɪ'bæʔ] = eye
• chōlí'na = warrior
• għámi = to speak
  • għámyōnth [ˈʕaməɕəʊnθ] = language
• aans [ʔɑːns] = dear, beloved
  • áansal [ˈʔɑːnsəɫ] = dear (term of affection)
• áanwhai- [ˈʔɑːnʍɛɪ] = to cherish < *h₁onǵʰ 'dear' + *-kʷei
• għaans = water
• chaasti [ˈtʃɑːstɪ] = companion, comrade
• għa'téer [ʕɐʔˈteː(ɹ)] = to show, to prove
• wa'úr [wəʔoː(ɹ)] = name
  • wa'uréen [wəʔoːɹəˈwiːn] = famous
• cherth [ʒɜːθ~ʒɐːθ] = spirit
• yasái'kh [jəˈsɛɪʔx] = brother
• avri [ˈæbɾɪ] = heart
• avréen [æbɾəˈwiːn] = courageous; Abrowéen is a name
• di'sáaf [diʔˈsɑːf] = animal
• váisha = sun
• fólna'- = favorite
• chíwht = slave
• wáirjan = violin
• amṓ = mother
• afṓ = father
• thárrad = moon