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Religion, ritual and holidays

• Crífacht 'an autumn festival'
• córmcha 'prayer'
• Tjílac 'Edna's spring festival celebrating personal liberation, partially modeled after Passover'

Flowers

Flower names almost always have the honorific gender.

• ur fíldr (h) 'flower'
• ur talħówm' (h) 'cosmos'
• chárren, chárrend (v) 'to bloom'
• ur táenath (h) 'tulip'
• ur chwáħrn (h) 'anemone'
• ur nyúltr (h) 'crocus'
• ur láedaħ (h) 'hyacinth'
• ur folár (h) 'rose'
• ur ders (h) 'lily'
• as tłyúar (i) 'petal'
• ur cavúl (h) 'mum'

Animals

• u rus (pl. rusa) = dog
• u láchlacht (pl. láchlachte) = frog

Uncategorized

• as thaem = head
• sil = to stand
• sácla = to place standing (German stellen), to park a car
• nertháe, nérthae = to become
• mársen = to think
• me caeth = always
• me sárfed = forever
  • me sárfed ał sárfedach = forever
• sjowl = same
• as réve = (archaic) time
• sjowlrev = together
• hóshan, hóshan = to drink
• waer, waer = to sing
• sjónta, sjontáe = to play (a musical instrument)
• as calír = song
• umas = beautiful
• ur lend = star
• as ħaascwt = birth
• ur rowzjed = luck
  • rowzjedí X = how fortunate X is...
• as ládwen = peace
• ocam = few
• tanútł = to immerse, to submerge
  • ur tanútłamed = immersion, submersion; (spirituality) intense attachment, e.g. to a god
• láathcw = once
• ur ħédvr = (h) truth
• as ħadóft = (i) trust
• thaer = to fall
• as lamín = (i) word
• u tjur = (a) blood
• tyul = now
• as riyál = (i) fire
• łaedj, łaedjáe = to play
• as łaetj = (i) game
• as hónfes = (a) virus
  • hónfes corówna = coronavirus
• as rółan = (a) world
• hał = (intj) silence! shush!
• as lasj = hand
• u łur (pl. fadí) = child
• as tjalt = bottle
• as yerl = face
• u táev, edávach = human
• as tjelár = ash
• as roch = place
• sjun, insjún = to eat
• vodj, ru = to give
• as cówved, cówvedach = (i) (literary) affliction, scourge
• as thaer = foot
• as ráħr, ráħrand = half
• as chward, chwárdach = crown
• chwerdj = to hide
• tevráem' = side, beside
• as vátr = poison
• as vedjd = bone
• ur rachtím = linden tree
• tjwer = to write
• u ráħan = grass
• u tjlú'f = bird
• u yáme = bee
• as lothc = fan
• as vil' = wind
• as ésjr, ésjranach = wall
• as ħolán = body
• as vírav = apple
• wowdj = to come
• chvow' = small
• as tjúva = number
• as lud = oud, lute (loan from Arabic)
• as feell = thorn
• lálloth = garden
• ur haedú = music
• u lótr = chicken
• ládmr = happiness
• nohnáe = discussion
• sjífce = to measure
• chaer, chaer = to go
• me tjanmúr = specifically
• lesáe = dream
• néme, némed = to live
• chwaev = to look at ('to see' uses the experiencer construction and the past participle)
• nil = to listen ('to hear' uses the experiencer construction and the past participle)
• nerdh, nerdh = to wish
• as nerth = wish
• u tjolád = ray
• as yáne = laurel
• aen = this
• aef = that
• as djráev = sky
• as emáen = land
• u sjaanf = woman
• ħérchu = any, all
• rechwáen = to sleep
• as tjnów = rule, law
• tjnówchwae = to govern
• yaa! = battle cry
• mala = new
• thaaħ = to say
• as lívi = day
• as cáe = light
• ur háadhvr = honor
• dárra' = man
• evá' = eye
• u chowlal = warrior
• lámi = to speak
  • lámyōnth = language
• aanth = dear, beloved
  • áanthal = dear (term of affection)
• aanchwáe, áanchwae = to cherish < *h₁ontʰ 'dear' + *-kʷei
• as laans = water
• u tjáaste = companion, comrade
• latír = to show, to prove
• as wa'úr = name
  • wa'urín = famous
• u tjerdh = spirit
• u yasáech = brother
• u ávre = heart
• avrín = courageous
• u disáav = animal
• ur báesjr = sun
• fólna- = favorite
• u tjéchwt = slave
• as wáerdjan = violin
• u amów = mother
• u at = father
• ur thárrad = moon