Post by kitearadarkblade on Feb 26, 2007 21:01:19 GMT -5
** A few of you know Shin'a'in and Tayledras but some of you don't, so I've decided to put them both here for you, since I'll probably slip into them at one point or another. Both languages are from the Mercedes Lackey novels set in Velgarath. **
Shin'a'in
*ae = I
*corthu = one being
*datri = have, has
*dester'edre = wind(born) sibling
*dthon = very good
*du'dera = (I) give (you) comfort
*enar = bright
*for'a'hier = firefalcon
*for'shava = very, very good
*get'ke = (could you) explain
*gestena = thank you
*hai = yes
*hai shala = do you understand
*hai'she'li = surprised yes, literally "yes I swear!"
*hai'vetha = yes (be) running
*her'y = (is this not) the truth
*isda = have you (ever) seen (such)
*jel'enedra = little sister
*jel'sutho'edrin = forever younger siblings (usually refers to horses)
*jostumal = enemy
*kadessa = rodent of Dhorisha Plains
*kai'dral = book
*Kal'enedral = Her Sword-brothers or Her Sword-children (of the Kal'enel)
*Kal'enel = Warrior aspect of the Goddess
*kathal = go gently
*kele = (go) onward
*kestra = a casual friend
*krethes = speculation
*kulath = go find
*Laj'ele'ruvon = Knowledge-Seeker
*la'thel = boring
*leshya'e = helpful spirit
*Liha'irden = deer-footed (one of the Shin'a'in tribes)
*lhev = but
*li'ha'eer = exclamation "by the gods!"
*li'sa'eer = exclamation of extreme surprise "by the highest gods!"
*n'ae = I am
*nes = bad
*nes'ral = awful
*no = it
*nos = it is
*pretera = grasscat
*rhan = how
*sa = a, an
*sadullos = safer
*sai = day
*se = is/are
*sed'va = has been
*sha'van = happy
*she'chorne = homosexual
*she'enedra = sister by blood oathing
*sheka = horse droppings
*shena = of the Clan
*shesti = nonsense
*Shin'a'in = the people of the plains
*so'trekoth = fool who will believe anything
*staven = water
*tas = and/with
*ta'ven = also
*Tale'dras = Hawkbrothers (the Tayledras)
*Tale'sedrin = children of the hawk (one of the Shin'a'in tribes)
*te'sorthene = heart-friend or soul-friend
*vai'datha = expression of resignation or agreement
*var'athanda = to be forgetful of
*ves'tacha = beloved one
*vha = can, could
*vysaka = bond between Kal'enel and Kal'enedral
*vyusher = wolf
*Vyusher'edras = Brother of the Wolf (Shin'a'in Clan)
*yai = two
*yuthi'so'coro = road courtesy
*zha'hai'allav'a = Wind to thy wings
Tayledras
Notes about the Tayledras language
Male nouns and pronouns have a suffix of 'el, and female, 'aen.
The apostrophe, ', is used often. It is used in Tayledras as a slight pause in speech.
Common Phrases
*Fi'zhai = Warm winds (greeting)
*Ge'teva = on the order of 'zowie' or 'dude'! (exclamation)
*Hai'yasha = on the order of 'my goodness!' (exclamation)
*Keren'sel = Bright be the Day (literally, "bright the day") (Greeting)
*k'ren'fa = affectionate nickname; translates roughly to Bright Eyes
*Milas = You're welcome
*Shethka = literally, excrement (exclamation)
*Tokast = Thank You
*Zhai'helleva = Wind to thy Wings (farewell)
Adjectives
*cres'tachen = available(usually for hotsprings)
*shay'a'chern = literally, "one whose lover is like self"; gender-wise.
*shay'kreth'ashke = lifebonded partner
*v'shenya = occupied(usually for hotsprings)
Pronouns
*gh'aen = she
*gh'el = he
*gh'rae = you
*gh'tan = I
*gh'sho = they
*gh'shan = we
Nouns
*alen'fe = feather offered to a potential mate
*alshoa = soul
*alsh'sh'aen = soul-sister
*alsh'sh'el = soul-brother
*alsh'sha = soul-sibling
*ashke = beloved
*bern = right
*bren'an = the rope ladder used on ekeles.
*eshlen = to take the tree-path.
*ekele = The physical home of a Tayledras. Ekeles are built up in the trees, around the trunk, at varying levels from the ground. Access to the structures in by rope ladders, which can be drawn up to prevent others from entering while the owner is away.
*fi'orlys = fire
*farn = left
*hen = urge (to have a)
*hellev = wings
*inzari = hated foe
*k'aen = woman
*ka'erste = the area around the Heartstone shielded for working.
*k'el = man
*ke'leeka = one's own child
*ke'leeka'aen = one's daughter
*ke'leeka'el = one's son
*ke'leeka'alen = one's own bondbird, but only while young
*kreth'alen'fe = feather offered to a lifebonded mate
*laerth = darkness
*leeka = child
*leeka'aen = female child
*leeka'alen = young bondbird
*leeka'el = male child
*leshy'a = spirit
*loshra = friend
*na'aen = mother
*na'el = father
*sa'alen = that moment where the bondbird and Tayledras bonds.
*sel = day
*shayana = wingsib
*sh'aen = sister
*shef'a = here
*sh'el = brother
*raka = tree
*v'fi = large or bonfire
*v'raka = BIG tree
*v'raka'kele = tree which holds an ekele
*v'raka'kele'shren = to climb an ekele tree (to go home)
*Vale = The area inside which the clan lives, surrounded by a magical barrier or "curtain". The seasons and landscape inside are magically altered to suit the needs and desires of the clan, including features such as large open areas for clan gatherings, as well as smaller, more secluded areas, sometimes with bathing pools, where the clan may relax, either in groups or alone, as it pleases them. Each Vale has a Heartstone at its center, which it was constructed around.
*voorthayshen = Clan Keep; gathering or central place
*waten = result, end product, solution
*zhai = winds
Prepositions
*en = the
*vran = about
Verbs
*ceten'a = to encounter
*ceten'alsh = roughly love at first sight (literally, to encounter your soul.)
*eshlen'a = to take the tree-path. To walk above the forest floor, in the canopy, using a specialized tools.
*eskal'a = to run a scout circuit
*fi'lys'a = to fire(a weapon, a bow or such)
*hentach'a = to sit
*j'larg'a = to walk
*kes'a = to stop
*ken'a = to give
*ken'fe'a = to give a feather
*ken'alen'fe'a = to give a bondbird's feather
*keren = bright
*ktren'a = to make
*lfaen'a = to join
*lenor'a = to do
*menas'a = to eat
*nekot'a = to fix
*nekot'fe'a = to imp in or fix a broken feather
*oefl'a = to sleep
*pren'a = to mate
*sa'a = to work magic
*safaen'a = to work a healing magic
*sashon'a = to work a defensive magic
*sakaten'a = to work an offensive magic
*s'enend' = to feel sorrow for a loved one
*senk'a = to play
*shal'a = to go
*shren = to climb or ascend
*tuv'a = to run
*untar'a = to have
Example conjugation -
eshlen'a
I - eshlenya
He, She, It - eshlen'yas
You - eshlen'yavak
They - eshlen'ta
We - eshlenyav
Prefixes
*alsh' = suffix relating to souls
*fi' = relating to heat
*k' = individual being
*k'(+capitalized clan name) = from the Vale/Clan of (clan)
*ka' = heartstone
*ke' = individual being, very familiar
*na' = parent
*sa' = magic
*sh' = sibling
*shay' = self
*v' = big, tall, or full
Suffixes
*'aen = female
*'alen = relating to bondbirds
*'chern = lover
*'chara = student
*'el = male
*'erste = relating to shields
*'fe = relating to feathers
*'kele = pertaining to an ekele
*'kreth = life-long (lasting a lifetime)
*'shenya = pertaining to the hotsprings commonly around a Vale.
Kaled'a'in
*ashkeyanna = beloved
*kechara = darling, beloved
*kla'heshey'messerin = Pledged (to a Clan)
Shin'a'in
*ae = I
*corthu = one being
*datri = have, has
*dester'edre = wind(born) sibling
*dthon = very good
*du'dera = (I) give (you) comfort
*enar = bright
*for'a'hier = firefalcon
*for'shava = very, very good
*get'ke = (could you) explain
*gestena = thank you
*hai = yes
*hai shala = do you understand
*hai'she'li = surprised yes, literally "yes I swear!"
*hai'vetha = yes (be) running
*her'y = (is this not) the truth
*isda = have you (ever) seen (such)
*jel'enedra = little sister
*jel'sutho'edrin = forever younger siblings (usually refers to horses)
*jostumal = enemy
*kadessa = rodent of Dhorisha Plains
*kai'dral = book
*Kal'enedral = Her Sword-brothers or Her Sword-children (of the Kal'enel)
*Kal'enel = Warrior aspect of the Goddess
*kathal = go gently
*kele = (go) onward
*kestra = a casual friend
*krethes = speculation
*kulath = go find
*Laj'ele'ruvon = Knowledge-Seeker
*la'thel = boring
*leshya'e = helpful spirit
*Liha'irden = deer-footed (one of the Shin'a'in tribes)
*lhev = but
*li'ha'eer = exclamation "by the gods!"
*li'sa'eer = exclamation of extreme surprise "by the highest gods!"
*n'ae = I am
*nes = bad
*nes'ral = awful
*no = it
*nos = it is
*pretera = grasscat
*rhan = how
*sa = a, an
*sadullos = safer
*sai = day
*se = is/are
*sed'va = has been
*sha'van = happy
*she'chorne = homosexual
*she'enedra = sister by blood oathing
*sheka = horse droppings
*shena = of the Clan
*shesti = nonsense
*Shin'a'in = the people of the plains
*so'trekoth = fool who will believe anything
*staven = water
*tas = and/with
*ta'ven = also
*Tale'dras = Hawkbrothers (the Tayledras)
*Tale'sedrin = children of the hawk (one of the Shin'a'in tribes)
*te'sorthene = heart-friend or soul-friend
*vai'datha = expression of resignation or agreement
*var'athanda = to be forgetful of
*ves'tacha = beloved one
*vha = can, could
*vysaka = bond between Kal'enel and Kal'enedral
*vyusher = wolf
*Vyusher'edras = Brother of the Wolf (Shin'a'in Clan)
*yai = two
*yuthi'so'coro = road courtesy
*zha'hai'allav'a = Wind to thy wings
Tayledras
Notes about the Tayledras language
Male nouns and pronouns have a suffix of 'el, and female, 'aen.
The apostrophe, ', is used often. It is used in Tayledras as a slight pause in speech.
Common Phrases
*Fi'zhai = Warm winds (greeting)
*Ge'teva = on the order of 'zowie' or 'dude'! (exclamation)
*Hai'yasha = on the order of 'my goodness!' (exclamation)
*Keren'sel = Bright be the Day (literally, "bright the day") (Greeting)
*k'ren'fa = affectionate nickname; translates roughly to Bright Eyes
*Milas = You're welcome
*Shethka = literally, excrement (exclamation)
*Tokast = Thank You
*Zhai'helleva = Wind to thy Wings (farewell)
Adjectives
*cres'tachen = available(usually for hotsprings)
*shay'a'chern = literally, "one whose lover is like self"; gender-wise.
*shay'kreth'ashke = lifebonded partner
*v'shenya = occupied(usually for hotsprings)
Pronouns
*gh'aen = she
*gh'el = he
*gh'rae = you
*gh'tan = I
*gh'sho = they
*gh'shan = we
Nouns
*alen'fe = feather offered to a potential mate
*alshoa = soul
*alsh'sh'aen = soul-sister
*alsh'sh'el = soul-brother
*alsh'sha = soul-sibling
*ashke = beloved
*bern = right
*bren'an = the rope ladder used on ekeles.
*eshlen = to take the tree-path.
*ekele = The physical home of a Tayledras. Ekeles are built up in the trees, around the trunk, at varying levels from the ground. Access to the structures in by rope ladders, which can be drawn up to prevent others from entering while the owner is away.
*fi'orlys = fire
*farn = left
*hen = urge (to have a)
*hellev = wings
*inzari = hated foe
*k'aen = woman
*ka'erste = the area around the Heartstone shielded for working.
*k'el = man
*ke'leeka = one's own child
*ke'leeka'aen = one's daughter
*ke'leeka'el = one's son
*ke'leeka'alen = one's own bondbird, but only while young
*kreth'alen'fe = feather offered to a lifebonded mate
*laerth = darkness
*leeka = child
*leeka'aen = female child
*leeka'alen = young bondbird
*leeka'el = male child
*leshy'a = spirit
*loshra = friend
*na'aen = mother
*na'el = father
*sa'alen = that moment where the bondbird and Tayledras bonds.
*sel = day
*shayana = wingsib
*sh'aen = sister
*shef'a = here
*sh'el = brother
*raka = tree
*v'fi = large or bonfire
*v'raka = BIG tree
*v'raka'kele = tree which holds an ekele
*v'raka'kele'shren = to climb an ekele tree (to go home)
*Vale = The area inside which the clan lives, surrounded by a magical barrier or "curtain". The seasons and landscape inside are magically altered to suit the needs and desires of the clan, including features such as large open areas for clan gatherings, as well as smaller, more secluded areas, sometimes with bathing pools, where the clan may relax, either in groups or alone, as it pleases them. Each Vale has a Heartstone at its center, which it was constructed around.
*voorthayshen = Clan Keep; gathering or central place
*waten = result, end product, solution
*zhai = winds
Prepositions
*en = the
*vran = about
Verbs
*ceten'a = to encounter
*ceten'alsh = roughly love at first sight (literally, to encounter your soul.)
*eshlen'a = to take the tree-path. To walk above the forest floor, in the canopy, using a specialized tools.
*eskal'a = to run a scout circuit
*fi'lys'a = to fire(a weapon, a bow or such)
*hentach'a = to sit
*j'larg'a = to walk
*kes'a = to stop
*ken'a = to give
*ken'fe'a = to give a feather
*ken'alen'fe'a = to give a bondbird's feather
*keren = bright
*ktren'a = to make
*lfaen'a = to join
*lenor'a = to do
*menas'a = to eat
*nekot'a = to fix
*nekot'fe'a = to imp in or fix a broken feather
*oefl'a = to sleep
*pren'a = to mate
*sa'a = to work magic
*safaen'a = to work a healing magic
*sashon'a = to work a defensive magic
*sakaten'a = to work an offensive magic
*s'enend' = to feel sorrow for a loved one
*senk'a = to play
*shal'a = to go
*shren = to climb or ascend
*tuv'a = to run
*untar'a = to have
Example conjugation -
eshlen'a
I - eshlenya
He, She, It - eshlen'yas
You - eshlen'yavak
They - eshlen'ta
We - eshlenyav
Prefixes
*alsh' = suffix relating to souls
*fi' = relating to heat
*k' = individual being
*k'(+capitalized clan name) = from the Vale/Clan of (clan)
*ka' = heartstone
*ke' = individual being, very familiar
*na' = parent
*sa' = magic
*sh' = sibling
*shay' = self
*v' = big, tall, or full
Suffixes
*'aen = female
*'alen = relating to bondbirds
*'chern = lover
*'chara = student
*'el = male
*'erste = relating to shields
*'fe = relating to feathers
*'kele = pertaining to an ekele
*'kreth = life-long (lasting a lifetime)
*'shenya = pertaining to the hotsprings commonly around a Vale.
Kaled'a'in
*ashkeyanna = beloved
*kechara = darling, beloved
*kla'heshey'messerin = Pledged (to a Clan)