Klyros Language/Vocabulary
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A Note on Pronunciation
In an effort to follow the transliteration of the Klyros Language, the words are pronounced as described here.
Ksinos
| Klyros | Ideogram | Common | Grammatical indicator | Example sentence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
A | ||||
| a |  |
to equal | auxiliary ksin | ze a zancu, I am (equal) good. |
| aa |  |
to sextuple | ||
| ac |  |
to wander, to do without purpose | ||
| al |  |
to copy, to be a duplicate | can be used as a suffix after a kon to show the action of copying that kon (as a ksin), or describe by what they are copying (as a kzan) | |
| ali | to ally | |||
| an |  |
to drown, to lower, to die | anfar can be added to the name of the deceased | |
| azu |  |
to shine, to light | ||
B | ||||
| bas |  |
to beg | ||
| bav |  |
to follow, to result | ||
| bel |  |
to cry, to despair | ||
| bix |  |
to sound, to make a noise | ||
| bod |  |
to dig, to mine | ||
| bum |  |
cast spell, to use magic | ||
C | ||||
| ca |  |
to hope for, to have hope | ||
| cah |  |
to smelt | ||
| can | to be able (to do something) | |||
| ce |  |
to find, to know where it is | indicative mood suffix (optional, when used corresponds to optional "do" verb in present simple like "I do want to help") | |
| com |  |
to have friendship | ||
| cos | to be comrade (of somebody) | |||
| cu |  |
to do good, to do for good | ||
D | ||||
| da |  |
to thank, to owe | ||
| dal |  |
to embrace, to cuddle | ||
| de |  |
to agree (Ksinos form), yes (Kefaos form) | can be used as "and" with a positive tone | |
| der |  |
to heal | ||
| dee |  |
to disagree (Ksinos form), no (Kefaos form) | can be used as "nor" or "not" | |
| dro |  |
to obliterate, to make completely gone, to make a fine powder of | ||
E | ||||
| e |  |
to quadruple | ||
| ee |  |
to nontuple | ||
| eex |  |
to grow | ||
| efa |  |
to think, to know | ||
| en |  |
to succeed | ||
| et |  |
to move | ||
F | ||||
| fam | to harvest | |||
| far |  |
to go, to leave | past descriptor | |
| fas |  |
to consume | suffix that shows raw material used in the process | |
| fij |  |
to throw, to vomit | ||
| fo |  |
to ascend | can be used to mean up | |
| for |  |
to forget | ||
| fuu |  |
to shroud, to hide | ||
G | ||||
| ga |  |
to come, to near | future descriptor | |
| gart |  |
to protect | ||
| geik | to write (one's thoughts) | |||
| gek |  |
to write | ||
| gel |  |
to speak, to speak a language | ||
| gic |  |
to hatch an egg | ||
| gos |  |
to scare, to frighten | ||
| gul |  |
to hate | ||
| gux |  |
to come forth, to come from | ||
H | ||||
| h' |  |
to lie, to not tell the full truth | ||
| ha |  |
to age, to wait (long time) | kha is year | |
| haav |  |
to follow the law, to do correctly | ||
| he |  |
to wait (short time) | khe is day, khera is today, khefar is yesterday, and khega is tomorrow | |
| hers |  |
to be sick, to be ill | ||
| hroth |  |
to win, to be victorious | ||
I | ||||
| i |  |
to double | ||
| ii |  |
to septuple | ||
| iim |  |
to have a chance at, to get an opportunity | ||
| ij |  |
to deny, to be in denial, to be negative towards | ||
| ix |  |
to force work, to enslave | ||
J | ||||
| j' |  |
to guard, to watch over | can be used together with e.g. et to get the word jet "patrol" or ix for jix "arrest", or ran for jran "guardian" which is also an old honorary title | |
| ja |  |
to choose, to decide | widely used in kefaos | |
| je |  |
to hypothesise | conjunctive mood suffix; widely used in kefaos | |
| ji |  |
to define | ||
| jo |  |
to join, to add | kefaos formation prefix | |
| jom |  |
to marry | ||
K | ||||
| k' |  |
to form | konos formation | |
| kee |  |
to ask (a question) | question formation, modal ksinos | |
| kof |  |
to shrug, to not know | ||
| kya |  |
to stand | asexual descriptor; insult if used for non-Kran person | |
L | ||||
| la |  |
to lose (an object) | ||
| lak |  |
to strike with sword | ||
| lan |  |
to meditate | ||
| lat |  |
to lose, to be unsuccessful | ||
| laz |  |
to survive, to barely live | ||
| le |  |
to lead, to set an example | ||
| lee |  |
to command, to give order | infinitive mood indicator | |
| leg |  |
to listen | ||
| ler |  |
to remember | ||
| lim |  |
to fly | male descriptor | |
| liin |  |
to care, to understand | ||
| los |  |
to pay, to repay a debt | ||
| lyr |  |
to live, to exist (animatedly) | ||
M | ||||
| maad |  |
to learn | ||
| mas |  |
to steal, to take unrightfully | ||
| ma |  |
to breed, to give live to a child | ||
| mef |  |
to teach | ||
| mer |  |
to be below | netmer is below | |
| mil |  |
to dive | female descriptor | |
| min |  |
to remind | ||
| muul |  |
to lie down, to sleep | ||
| mo |  |
to ask (somebody to do something) | imperative mood indicator | |
N | ||||
| na |  |
to rise | ||
| nar |  |
to fight, to duel | ||
| ne |  |
to precede | ||
| net |  |
to relate | knetos formation | |
| ni |  |
to surround, to enclose | ||
| nu |  |
to negate, to stop | negation | |
| nyar |  |
to kill, to destroy | ||
| nyel |  |
to fear, to be threatened | ||
O | ||||
| o |  |
to quintuple | ||
| oc |  |
to gasp, to be surprised | ||
| of |  |
to go down | can be used to mean down | |
| on |  |
to exist (inanimately) | ||
| oo |  |
to decuple | ||
| os |  |
to multiply | plural | |
P | ||||
| pac |  |
to use | ||
| pik |  |
to strike with spear | ||
| po |  |
to help | ||
Q | ||||
| qa |  |
who | ||
| qaa |  |
what | ||
| qe |  |
when | ||
| qi |  |
why | ||
| qo |  |
where | ||
| qu |  |
how | ||
R | ||||
| r' |  |
to want, to desire | ||
| ra |  |
to do now | rare present tense suffix used mostly in gerund endings, kra is a klyran word that would replace "it" in "it is raining" | |
| rad |  |
to finish | ||
| rae |  |
to love | ||
| raf |  |
to put, to set, to place | ||
| ran |  |
to guide, to supervise | together with j', "to guard", it makes the word and old honorary title jran, "guardian" | |
| ris |  |
to begin | ||
S | ||||
| san |  |
to have something done on | Added to the end of konos to show what the action is being done upon, or the process of something, Passive Voice suffix | |
| saw |  |
to answer | ||
| sib |  |
to be sibling | ||
| sig | to sign | |||
| sil |  |
to sleep | ||
| sin |  |
to do | Added to the end of konos to show what is doing the action | |
| sot | to like | |||
| sud |  |
to count | ||
| suk |  |
to strike with axe, to cut with axe | ||
| sur |  |
to be tired, to have no energy | ||
T | ||||
| tas |  |
to take | ||
| ten |  |
to switch, to replace | ||
| tis |  |
to give | ||
| tol |  |
to trade, to exchange | ||
U | ||||
| u |  |
to triple | ||
| uf |  |
to be alone | ||
| uu |  |
to octuple | ||
V | ||||
| vab |  |
to stem, to originate | ||
W | ||||
| war |  |
to cut, to remove | ||
| wef |  |
to receive | ||
| wer |  |
to send | ||
| wo |  |
to honour, to greet | ||
| wos |  |
to be hurt, to bleed | ||
| wyn |  |
to darken, to shadow | ||
X | ||||
| xaa |  |
to make solid, to create | ||
| xara |  |
to ponder, to consider | ||
| xu |  |
to have, to possess | kzanos formation | |
| xyaa |  |
to be solid | ||
Y | ||||
| ya |  |
to separate, to divide | third person indicator | |
| yi |  |
to oppose, to confront | second person indicator | |
Z | ||||
| z' |  |
to travel, to transport | ||
| zan |  |
to paint, to describe | ||
| ze |  |
to reflect, to mirror | first person indicator | |
| zed |  |
to be strange | ||
| zi |  |
to smith | ||
Silent Symbols | ||||
| name |  |
name | added to the end of a name | |
| half-space |  |
half-space, half the length of an ideogram | empty space between words | |
| space |  |
space, the length of an ideogram | empty space between sentences | |
 |
prefix-connecting ideogram | optionally inserted after (dis)honoring prefixes, when spelled corresponds to pause little bit longer then between syllables but shorter then between words. In transliteration "-" is used | ||
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suffix-connecting ideogram | optionally inserted before (dis)honoring suffixes, when spelled corresponds to pause little bit longer then between syllables but shorter then between words. In transliteration "-" is used | ||
Kefaos
| Klyros | Ideogram | Common | Example sentence |
|---|---|---|---|
| de | |
yes | |
| dee | |
"no", "nor", "not" | |
| jojo | |
and | |
| joja | |
or | |
| jojaja | |
"or" - one from two options but not both | |
| joje | |
then | |
| jonuje | |
else | |
| je | |
if | |
Kzanos
| Klyros | Ideogram | Common adjective | Common adverb | Example sentence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| zanac | |
random, pointless | randomly, without purpose | |
| zanbix | |
noisy | ||
| zancu | File:KL-Cu-Good.jpg |
good | well | |
| zanlat | |
unsuccessful | unsuccessfully | |
| zanmil | |
flexible | flexibly | |
| zanxyaa | |
hard, strong, solid | powerfully, strongly, inflexibly | |
Konos
| Klyros | Ideogram | Common | Example sentence | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| jran | |
guardian (also honorary title) | ||
| kalisan | ally | |||
| kalibav | alliance | |||
| kazu | |
light | ||
| kbas | |
pray, begging | ||
| kbaspo | |
priest | ||
| kbodpac | |
rock pick | ||
| kbodsin | |
miner | ||
| kbum | |
magic | ||
| kbumbav | |
spell | ||
| kbumfas | |
mana | ||
| kbumpac | |
Glyph | ||
| kbumsin | |
mage | ||
| kcah | |
smelting | ||
| kcahbav | |
ingot | ||
| kcahfas | |
ore | ||
| kcahsin | |
smelter | ||
| kcom | |
friendship | ||
| kcomsan | |
friend | ||
| kcosbav | guild | |||
| kcossan | comrade, guildmate | |||
| kder | |
healing | ||
| kdersan | |
patient | ||
| kdersin | |
healer | ||
| kfar | |
Goodbye | ||
| kfamqo | farm, field | |||
| kfamsin | farmer, harvester | |||
| kfoet | |
Promotion | ||
| kfoetsan | |
Promoted one | ||
| kgeikbav |  |
book | ||
| kgeikfas | |
paper | ||
| kgeikpac | |
ideogram, symbol, litera | ||
| kgeiksin | |
writer, anyone who writes his thoughts | ||
| kgek | |
writing system of Klyran | ||
| kgekbav | |
letter, message, note | ||
| kgekfas | |
ink | ||
| kgekpac | |
pen | ||
| kgeksin | |
clerk, scribe, anyone who writes not his thoughts, but copies text or writes down words of others | ||
| kgel | |
1)a language 2)Klyran language |
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| kga | |
Hello | ||
| kgulsan | |
enemy | ||
| kh' | |
lie | ||
| khaav | |
law | ||
| khsin | |
liar | ||
| kjom | |
marrige | ||
| kjomgasin | |
person, who is going to marry | ||
| kjomgasinlim | |
fiance | ||
| kjomgasinmil | |
fiancee | ||
| kjomsin | |
married person | ||
| kjomsinlim | |
husband | ||
| kjomsinmil | |
wife | ||
| kjombav | |
wedlock | ||
| kixsan | |
slave | ||
| kixsin | |
enslaver | ||
| kjobav | |
unity, alliance | ||
| klakpac | |
sword | ||
| klaksin | |
swordsman | ||
| klan | |
meditation | ||
| kle | |
leadership | ||
| kleesin | |
commander | ||
| klesin | |
leader | ||
| klim | |
a Drifter | ||
| klyr | |
a klyros | ||
| klyrsin | |
a sentient living being (not Klyros) | ||
| kmaadsin | |
student | ||
| kmasan | |
child | ||
| kmasanlim | |
son | ||
| kmasanmil | |
daughter | ||
| kmasin | |
parent | ||
| kmasinlim | |
father | ||
| kmasinmil | |
mother | ||
| kmassin | |
thief | ||
| kmefsin | |
teacher | ||
| kmo | |
1)Please 2)ask (somebody to do something) |
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| kofet | |
Demotion | ||
| kofetsan | |
Demoted one | ||
| kpiksin | |
pikeman | ||
| kpikpac | |
pike, spear | ||
| krae | |
love | ||
| kraesan | |
beloved one | ||
| kraesin | |
lover | ||
| ksib | |
sibling (brother or sister) | ||
| ksukpac | |
axe | ||
| ksuksin | |
axer | ||
| ktolsan | |
customer, client | ||
| ktolsin | |
merchant | ||
| kxaasin | |
deity | ||
| kzifas | |
stock | ||
| kzisin | |
blacksmith | ||
| sib | |
sibling (brother or sister) | ||
Honoring and Dishonoring suffixes and prefixes
| Prefix | Meaning of prefix | Suffix | Meaning of suffix |
|---|---|---|---|
-haavmaad |
an excellent student | ||
hafar- |
an older person, who has more expirience and wisdom then the speaker | -hafar |
an old, wise person |
wo- |
Gerenally used prefix to show respect as personal attitude | -wo |
Suffix used to show really high social position of person. Octarchs, Vigeshimi, tribe leaders or clan elders could be called using that suffix. These succeed the older ran- and -ran affixes. |
-maad |
a student | ||
-mef |
a teacher | ||
nuhaav- |
a traitor, renegade | -nuhaav |
a criminal |
nulos- |
a person who is in debt |