Date: Sun, 1 Mar 1992 03:15:31 -0500 From: Admiral Akhouw Subject: Aslan Dictionary To: Members of Clan Khaukeairl Cc: PBEM Referee It started out with Steve Bonneville playing around with Trokh words and a partial list of words. Well, I have added the rest of the words from the S&A Glossary, as well as other words from S&A and other official publications. Thus, an unofficial "Aslan Dictionary." (NOTE TO M&M: I was unsure as to whether I should send this to everybody. Please feel free to forward it, if you feel it's appropriate, or let me know and I will.) Comments are welcome. TROKH / STANDARD GALANGLIC Equivalents NUMERICAL TERMS --------------- khte = zero, nothing teaalr = "eleven", nine base ten alr = one teahlai = "twelve", ten base ten hlai = two iyrl = "twenty", sixteen base ten kheh = three tlau = "thirty", twenty-four base ten hryeh = four tlaukhu = "thirty-five", twenty-nine base ten khu = five starl = "forty", thirty-two base ten hryo = six, squadron khaulear = "one hundred", sixty-four base ten koih = seven hta = "first" tea = "ten", eight base ten iha = "second" TEMPORAL TERMS -------------- uealaao = 2 seconds ( 8 = 1 areiaao) areiaao = 16 seconds ( 64 = 1 khtauaao) khtauaao = 17 minutes ( 8 = 1 tekhaao) tekhaao = 137 minutes ( 16 = 1 eakhau) eakhau = 36 hours (212 = 1 ftahea) ftahea = 320 days RACIAL/NATIONAL TERMS --------------------- arlaeaha = Vargr fiyfiyalr = "vassals of vassals of one"; the Imperium fiyfiyalrya'uist = "Imperial lackey which has soiled itself because it neither understands nor possesses personal honor" fteirle = the Aslan people hisol'i = Solomani hrirohrytukhyelreah = the Ancients istoiuaei = Zhodani khteiryos = shrewd, clever beast of legend. Likened to humans tahiwihtektau = "barbarians-who-do-not-understand-Aslan-culture" SOCIAL/FAMILIAL TERMS --------------------- aewar = pride leader ahriy = pride awkhtau = landless male ekho = family ekhoao = "spiritual family", congregation, brotherhood fiy = vassal of fouheh = clan leader (the "Ko") (literally "Himself") hieha = band of independent females (corporation, in modern Trokh) huiha = clan ihatei = second son khihe = honorific for an unknown Aslan lakht = "lord", "landholder" [general term] siya = unmarried tao' = family leader (strong male) tei = son tleftuaw = female uakoweih = honorific for a friend from another clan Tlakhu = "The Twenty Nine" (preeminent aslan clans) Tlakhu'hai = gathering of the Tlakhu HONOR TERMS ----------- ahfa = personal items kept as part of one's Shrine of Heroes aisaiaokheh = duel of honor to the death ai yourhal = "thoughts shape the way" akhaoye = being, reality; essence or spirit of things Aslan akyafteirleao = opposed to the spirit of things Aslan (rough tr.) ao = immortal spirit, "that-alone-which-is-real" aohko = "spirit-to-self", a title of respect aokhaor = honor (literally "spirit of strength") aoka'ah = "slow spirit", a concept which is grasped aoshi = "swift spirit", a concept too swift to be grasped ayloi = artificial dewclaw used by non-Aslan in a duel eaia = inner self; heart or spirit earleatrais = referee (for duel or war) eikhoifiruah = "Dusksong"; Ritual chant for an enemy's spirit ekhtaowetyu = ritual submission asking for permission to enter land firuah = formal warrior's challenge (literally "song") firukhte = stylized use of insults to provoke or demean firukhteahruear = "masked insult" fiya' = "I am your servant, sir." Used as part of ekhtaowetyu fiyrukhte = insults and provocation intended to demean another haaealri = balance (sometimes tr. as discipline, self-control) hkohai = honor shown to an enemy hoaawii = a school of behavior, usu. associated with warrior groups ka'tai = permission to enter land. (lit. "It is fitting.") khaofiy = "Submission to the stronger." Ritual apology by duel loser khoafteirleao = a principle stating that spiritual perfection requires purging of all things akyafteirleao khori'yekh = "submersion of self" rukhta = a deed without honor of redeeming value rukhtiywe = denying one's Aslan-ness, an act of rukhta si'iaktae = ritual sharing of food between landholder and guest sihouwelilyiuahri = "Your pride calls to you." Invocation for help siyreakhaotoior = classic Aslan literature; myths and legends of old tai'ao = air demon of Aslan mythology taro = philosophy of patience. "It comes" tyeao = "star-spirits"; Aslan heaven uiyhir = honor applied to a family or clan duty ukhtai = hero; in perfectr accord with aokhaor and akhaoye ukhtai eaiawehi = "In the Company of Heroes." The belief in being surrounded by ancestral "spiritual philosophies" yaeatyeao = "the gateway to heaven" ya'uiya = dishonor; "death-with-forgetting" yerlik = a battle, usually a formal, referee-monitored contest yerlikhelu = "battle-plains"; meeting place for a formal battle Ah'ukhtai = "Vow of Heroes" Akhuaeuhrekhyeh = Aslan rite of passage Ktyuikeasiyyorl = "The Words Under Which We Die" (Aslan code duello) Si'khiraokhaor = "The Warrior's Path of Honor" WEAPONS/MILITARY TERMS ---------------------- aikoho = "many ships", fleet aisai = dewclaw (literally "blade-claw") akhaeh = throwing edge aofea = privateers eal = "gun" eakhyasear = hunter's rifle estahshi = "swift-pistol", gauss pistol [invented tr.] fierah = thong (can be used for flail, bolo) khaifealate = machine pistol (SMG) khaihte = pistol khir = warrior khoiaya = armor ourah-huiha = clan war sai-iysa = "claw-killer" (i.e. assassin) takheal = rifle takhestah = long pistol taleryu = very sharp, crescent-shaped sword ("meatcleaver") triluealikhe = laser carbine trolitakheal = laser rifle uealikhe = carbine yeheal = autorifle yehealshi = "swift-autorifle", gauss rifle [invented tr.] yurletya = spear-hook MISCELLANEOUS ------------- aor = "new" [seen as prefix] afeahyalhtow = popular Aslan pet; flying carnivore/killer aulryuiysai = "desert" ayakyuir = carnivore native to Kusyu, noted for speed & ferocity eayerkiyei' = "temporary crew" (i.e. a mercenary) eikhoi = dusk fahr = key, something to mark an opening or beginning hasoi = land, specifically the landhold of an Aslan lord helu = plains or fields hkyadwaeh = popular Aslan beverage (known to humans as Bitter-root or Muleskick tea); mildly intoxicating htahyu = "first place"; clan seat or administrative center hyufteirlerye = meeting place, or city (lit. "Gathering of the People") ka'ah = "slow" khalifakht = outback, wilderness terrain on Kusyu khtyei = holding, landhold layeau = valley lu'uifakte = terminal-accessed information center shi = "swift" shifaowoi = preferred cooking spice (described by humans as a blend of cinammon and pepper) soistsea = unknown lands takh = "long" talat = book (plural: tala) tao = symbol-units of Trokh script tlasoistsea = "Bounty of new lands", a reward of land tleftuawaoirlouheei = female Trokh script tye = "tiny sun"; star or stars ya'ui = "forgetting", "to-not-be-remembered" [a guess] yauiyekh = "emptiness"; extinction yoyeaokhtef = male Trokh script Ealya = "gun-death", the Aslan First World War [a guess at literal tr.] Tiealya = Aslan Second World War (Nuclear) Iltiealya = Aslan Third World War