~L~
land: (n.) fvil
large: (adj.) lasendt
lake: (n.) aehnne
last: (adj.) fvau (last attained), heith (last among several)
later: (v.) llifv 'more late', akden (akdn) 'at a later time'
laugh: (n.) aeir
laugh: (v.) aerlai
leave behind: (v.) haenither (also cast off/out/away, grow beyond)
leg: (n.) ehoma
legion: (n.) khellrea (A unit of ~8 divisions)
lheollah: (v.) exile
lie: (v.) thrad (to tell a falsehood)
lieutenant: (n.) Arrain (lit. Centurion, equivalent rank), vajerha (as a second in command, confidant)
lift: (v.) ustal (to raise physically), lhaerrh (to raise in status, confidence, etc.)
like: (v.) mnekiir
listen: (v.) shiefvu (common), vaed'rae (lit. Hear me, attend me) (formal)
liver: (n.) tahn'soh (medical), tahnari (common)
llaess: (n.) boot (plural llaesn)
locality: (n.) sivas (a specific location or region)
look: (v.) hren, "look [at] this" ta hrenn
loose: (adj.) vnau (as opposed to captured, held), agoa (as in not tight)
love: (n.) heis'he
lung: (n.) ohn'soh (medical), ohneir (common)
lymph organ: (n.) wah'soh (medical), wahkir (common)
~M~
machine: (n.) etrehh
madam: (n.) lhhei (formal term of address)
malt: (n.) kheh (a grain used in the making of Rihannsu Ale)
marriage: (n.) d'anna
master: (n.) alha
me: (n.) Arhem (see 'I')
medical science: (n.) hiifve'afwe
medicine: (n.) hiifven
mercantile: (adj.) ilnethei
merchant: (n.) ilnetha
mercy: (n.) teillh
message: (n.) hannam [hannar], (poss. hannem [hannen] )
messenger: (n.) fhuokha
mess-up: (n.) whoi (very vulgar, more akin to 'fu-- up')
military: (adj.) phiraifv, (sometimes shortened to phi')
military: (n.) reghaih
military brigade: (n.) hauol'niykmar
military service: (n.) arianofv
minute: (n.) siure
molecular: (adj.) ochghifvh
money: (n.) chaghe
monster-ghost: (n.) aehallh (sometimes nightmare)
moon: (n.) aidoann (also a proper name); fvurass (satellite, astrophysical rather than celestial term)
month: (n.) khaidoa (calendar month)
more: (n.) khei
mountain: (n.) thaliij
murder: (n.) llaekh
must: (adv.) mnaeri
mutilate: (v.) qafhumh
~N~
name: (n.) fvadni
near: (adj.) ler
negotiation: (n.) thaiin
negotiator: (n.) thaiina
nest: (n.) narvas
net: (n.) eoth (also used of computer systems,
neutral zone: (n.) Avrrhinui ('Outmarches', has an implication of a necessarily defended but
seldom-exciting border assignment)
new: (adj.) aihsa
news: (n.) mne
next: (adj.) onre
nickname: (n.) rehei (actually a highly personal name one chooses for oneself, and shares only with
close family. Rihannsu do not use shortened forms of names, as it is not considered proper to
mishandle them.)
night: (n.) temar
no: (adv.) dhat (common), hia (Emphatic, "Oh no!")
non: (adj.) ihlan (or not, lacking, etc.)
now: (adv.) stev; (n.) lla (stand alone imperative, 'Now!') , theah (not imperative)
~O~
observe: (v.) firhai, "- caution" ahrrein'firh
ocean: (n.) aekhwinarrae
odd: (adj.) lhamhe
office: (n.) hnahfvier
offal: (n.) hnaev, (Also an interjection of disapproval, discouragement)
old: (adj.) ira
on: (v.) rhae (to switch on or begin)
operate: (v.) ifvhe (as machinery, a device, etc.)
or: (conj.) neth (two items), nah'lai (many items, see 'either')
orange: (adj.) khoey
outcast: (n.) k'manatran
outer: (adj.) nnui (see fringe)
outside: (prep.) mhirrav
overseer: (n.) challh
owner: (n.) rhaetelh
~P~
pain: (n.) uan
palace: (n.) khfau
pants: (n.) fvalo
passcard: (n.) luiish'dameral, luishda (shorthand)
passion: (n.) sahe (sometimes used as a love-name)
patrol: (n.) efwrohin
peace: (n.) saith
person: (n.) rhadam (pl. rhadi)
phaser: (n.) hyakk, ie'yyak (several), iehyyak (multiple)
physics: (n.) yhfir'afwe (as in the science)
pin: (n.) botaa (a small item worn on clothing with special significance, such as a rank pin)
place: (n.) ta (general concept of a position or state of being)
plain: (adj.) ojmhi
plains: (n.) aihai
planet: (n.) rehvie
plasma: (n.) thoyefvh (ionized gas)
plastic: (n.) ouwefvh
platoon: (n.) A unit of ~64 soldiers
poetry: (n.) ahkssar
poison: (n.) fvaypih (Not of natural origin, like venom or plant secretions, or processed variations of
those); ghoyiph (Of natural origin, see above)
polygonal: (adj.) thollghun
position: (n.) ta (general concept of a place or state of being)
power: (n.) dhiarhe (political/economic)
praetor: (n.) fvillha (lit. landmaster)
praetorate: (n.) fvillhaih
predator: (n.) hatham [hathan], (poss. hathem [hathin])
prepare: (v.) mos
pressure: (n.) fvairhe (influence)
principal: (adj.) daise
printout: (n.) huadet'
prisoner: (n.) th'ann, "the prisoner" th'ann-a
professor: (n.) vaed'rehai
protector: (n.) rokhelh
pump: (v.) ahta
puncture: (v.) dva
purple: (adj.) shaeni
~Q~
quadrant: (n.) nfaiistur
quantum: (adj.) fvullhajun
quarter: (n.) ihmne
quarters: (n.) hfeh'rhe (personal room)
quickly: (adv.) choch
~R~
rain: (v.) iobh
rash: (adj.) ehlei (as of actions not thought through well, etc.)
reach: (n.) tamh
reason: (n.) afw'ein (use of one's faculties, not as in excuse, cause, etc.) "without -", ehl'ein
red: (adj.) mneani
reddish-brown: (adj.) mneihy
region: (n.) kalanam
release: (v.) vnai
repair: (n.) etrafv, "state of -" etrafvir
representative: (n.) lleifven (lit. speaker)
request: (n.) sthea
restaurant: (n.) dinglh
ride: (v.) irhufv
river: (n.) atlai (a large river), bhoewen (a smaller river, but larger than a stream)
road: (n.) latas (path, conceptual as well), eyhon (street)
room: (n.) rhe (general)
root: (n.) fvhuy
romulan: (n.) rihannsu (as a people), rihanha or rihanna (as individuals), either one as adjective
depending on whether the item is related to all people or few or one of them.
round: (adj.) fapevha
row: (n.) fhaihuhhru (colloq.) (About the same affect as 'Brouhaha')
rule: (v.) mnhei
ruler: (n.) mnheian
run: (v.) yhfivrii
runner: (n.) fhuokha (as in one who carries messages)
~S~
salty: (adj.) imtemh
salutations: (n.) shaoi
sand: (n.) khaa
sash: (n.) ssejfe (Garment worn over the shoulder)
scanner: (n.) salihnd'yael (technical), salihnir (common shorthand)
science: (n.) afwe
sciences: (n.) vriafwe (used to describe all sciences taken as a whole)
screen: (n.) uashorr, "- off" ta'khoi, "- on" ta'rhae
second: (n.) ihnerha
secret: (adj.) irruhah
sector: (n.) stelai
security: (n.) dheno (used in the general sense as well as to apply to individuals or an organization,
'Mehru dheno!' Call security!)
see: (v.) hnafirh
seek: (v.) gallhej
seeker: (n.) galan (normally only used as proper noun), khallianen (more common, one who seeks)
seize: (v.) rrhaul
selection: (n.) miin (implies a selection made out of several possible choises)
senate: (n.) deihuit, "- building" deihu'kri, "- chambers" deihu'rhe
senior: (adj.) el
serve: (v.) aihrrei
servant: (v.) hfai [hfehan] ( poss. hfenh [hfenhen] )
service: (n.) aihrifv (as in type of job or occupation)
sharp: (adj.) umhi
she-wolf: (n.) susse'thrai
ship: (n.) khina (more specifically, starship, since rihannsu do not use such terms for naval vessels,
having never developed a navy)
shirt: (n.) ussibh (usu. a long-sleeved undergarment)
sibling: (n.) ravsam [ravsai], (poss. ravsem [ravsin] )
sickbay: (n.) bvoeh'rhe or hifvai'rhe
sickness: (n.) hiakhmne
silly: (adj.) lhamhe
silver: (n.) lhohnu
silver-coloured: (adj.) lhohnu'ey
simple: (adj.) ojmhi
sir: (n.) rekkhai (formal term of address, in the Military, it is far more proper to address superiors by
rank, but if rank is not known this is acceptable)
sit: (v.) tharon
slander: (v.) thomhtaa (colloq.)
slowly: (adv.) rawn
sky: (n.) ralaar
sky-blue: (adj.) steki
small: (adj.) saj
smell: (n.) mhafv
smell: (v.) iuke
sneak: (n.) llaudh (a sneaky person, not always an insult in reference to rihannsu people or culture)
soldier: (n.) allhka (conscripted); gekha (fighter, not conscript)
something: (n.) krehii
song: (n.) teelis
soon: (n.) krowert
sour: (adj.) ilemifv
space: (n.) aeleir (as in the final frontier)
speaker: (n.) akhitha (one who speaks on behalf of others)
spear: (n.) shianev
speech: (n.) enudh (as in a monologue); fafvonn (as in communication)
spit: (v.) thomhtaa
spiral: (v.) eyaa (to fall in a circular fashion)
spoon: (n.) ssaollh
spring: (n.) urhik (the season)
square: (adj.) difuorh
stand: (v.) gen
star: (n.) saeihr
starship: (n.) khina
start: (v.) rhae
stay: (v.) beest
steal: (v.) nnaekhan
steel: (n.) fveik
steel, colour of: (adj.) fveik'ey
stick: (n.) aumh
stock: (n.) suvchagh
stone: (n.) jorreh
stomach: (n.) moht'soh (medical), mohtiri (common)
storm: (n.) hveikhenn
street: (n.) khfiya (as in a city, see also 'road')
strength: (n.) us
strike: (v.) arhbeu
subway: (n.) yhfi-ss'ue (travel tube system, sometimes above ground as well)
sufficient: (adj.) llilla'hu
summer: (n.) mhia
summon: (v.) mehre (Call forth)
sun: (n.) eisn (home-sun), eihss (generic)
superior: (n.) kon
support: (v.) rrhanh
suprising: (adj.) eghadh
surrender: (v.) sorifvh
surround: (v.) thraefvai
swamp: (n.) urrobafv
swarm: (n.) sindari
swarm: (v.) ghalai
sweet: (adj.) eaha (sweet-tasting, not used as a compliment. Such action could lead to bodily harm.)
swift: (n.) delon (a swift person or thing)
swift: (adj.) yhea
sword: (n.) sienov
swordsman (or swordswoman): (n.) sienovan (In fact, the more literal translation would be
'swordswoman' for cultural accuracy, but since the more common english term is 'swordsman' it is
thus listed here.)
~T~
take: (v.) nnaen
talon: (n.) tagor
taste: (v.) mhir
tax: (n.) nnefi (also tith, toll)
teacher: (n.) afweirrea
tell: (v.) lloveu (as in a story)
tenday: (n.) dhaei (Equivalent in concept to a week, a period of ten days.)
territory: (n.) hveillh
thanks: (n.) khnai'ra, "thank you" to inferior (formal) khnai'ra rhissiuy, to superior (formal) khlinae
arhem
that: (pron.) aeu (nearbly object), aou (distant object)
the: (article) na
them: (n.) lloann, lloan'na is "one of them"
then: (conj.) ja (see if)
there: (n.) ju (as a statement of satisfaction or completion), mhra (as a location, explicitly seperate
from 'here')
thin: (adj.) ekhe
thing: (n.) kreh
third: (n.) erhwi
this: (pron.) elet (as an event, intangible. "This is an outrage!" referring to the situation in general), tivh
(as an object, "Where did you find this?"), "- is" aihr
today: (n.) shad elet (this day; formal), eisll (common)
tomorrow: (n.) shad onre (next day; formal), eisifv (common)
tooth: (n.) eth
tower: (n.) aoll
transfer: (v.) maeyer
trail: (n.) ihoiy
traitor: (n.) vang'radam
transportation: (n.) yhfillain (sometimes shortened to yhfi')
transporter: (n.) hteij (common), talasagam h'sarin (technical), "transporter room" hteij'rhe
travel: (v.) havra
tree: (n.) rreinnte
triangular: (adj.) hullillh
trousers: (n.) fvalo
true: (adj.) lyreth, (n.) "true one" lyretha
truly: (adv. and conj.) rhe (arch. 'Verily'), "Is it -?" rhe've
trustworthy: (adj.) tafv (Also a proper name, One who is trustworthy)
truth: (n.) lyret
tunic: (n.) ughi
turbolift: (n.) yhfi'etrehh
~U~
understand: (v.) ssuaj, ssuej-d'ifv "Do you understand? (S-I)", ssuaj-ha "I understand. (I-S)"
unexpected: (adj.) eghadh
unsatisfactory: (adj.) fvakh
until: kharhifv
use: (v.) rhudh
uykirrh: (n.) injustice
~V~
value: (n.) arrhe (monetary value, worth-in-cash only)
vegetable: (n.) ssalli
vengeance: (n.) kholhr
victory: (n.) hraikhina
vigilant: (adj.) fveirrolh
~W~
walk: (v.) yhfiri
wall: (n.) honn
want: (v.) rruieh
war: (n.) akh
warm: (adj.) pokot
warrior: (n.) llaisnen
watch: (v.) manduk
watchful: (adj.) mandukar
water: (n.) aekhhwi
weapon: (n.) anofv, anofv-sen (bladed), anofv-ihl (projectile), anofv-oann (blunt)
weaponsmaster: (n.) Rianov (a position held by a family member in a household, once literal in
charge of weapons procurement and battle planning, now largely honorary.)
wedge: (v.) avsta
welcome: (interj.) aefvadh
what: (adj. interrog.) hre , hre va "What else?","What more?" (pron. interrog.) vah, vah-udt "What
[is your] rank?", vah hrenn? "What [is] that?".
when: (adv. and conj.) rhifv
where: (adv.) vikha, (conj.) vikra
white: (adj.) aye
who: (adv. and conj.) vaeha
why: (adv.) veir, (conj.) vehr
wide: (adj.) fothi
wind: (n.) talus
winged: (adj.) ael (also a proper name)
wing: aen (as a wing of a bird), vastam (as a line, group, or branch. Literally, 'flightreach')
winter: (n.) tuaq
worker: (n.) fvehai
world: (n.) rehvie
worm: (n.) kllhe
worth: (n.) aerreh (as usefulness, or value besides monetary)
wounded: (adj.) batlem
write: (v.) aepha (creative act); ovhshau (noncreative, simply to record in writing)
writing: (n.) haud (noncreative)
~Y~
year: (n.) fvheisn (lit 'Sunround'), a period of 380 calendar days, or 381.3 days taken for ch'Rihan
and ch'Havran to complete a revolution about Eisn.
yellow: (adj.) isneih
yes: (adv.) au'e (emphatic: "Oh yes!"), ie, daie (definite: "Of course.", "Certainly")
yesterday: (n.) eisran
you: (n.) hwio, pl. hwian
young: (adj.) aihsa
your: (adj.) hwai, pl. hwaen
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