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
• seelsa = 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