Monthly Archives: December 2020

nwil [nˠiɫ] “given name” and, as a bonus, nughyi nwil [ˈnu.ʝi nˠiɫ] “given name inherited from an ancestor”. In my Lexember 18 post, we saw that Kharulian names were made… Read more »

khyamair [ça.maˈir], which means “to think, ponder, consider”. This is, naturally, a common activity of Kharulian scholars. Like in English, one can use maghmair [maʝ.maˈir] “I think” with a complement… Read more »

ivághyas [iˈβa.ʝas], the word for a nerite, literally “swimmer”. The nerites are mysterious mer-people; they live in the ocean, but the Kharulians knew of them from their occasional forays onto… Read more »

matnugh [matˈnuʝ], a compound meaning “good family name”. A family name was considered “good” if it was shared by someone notable for their accomplishments, especially a historical figure; people with… Read more »

khárak [ˈxa.rak], which means “flood”, a concern for a country like Kharul that’s mostly built along a major river. Like many words for things that move on their own, khárak… Read more »

lyóbor [lʲo.bɔr], the word for the traditional Kharulian academy. This derives from an Old Kharulian word meaning “enclosure, paddock”, since the typical format of early academies was a collection of… Read more »

amákhat [aˈma.xat]. In Old Kharulian this meant “mistake” or “falsehood”, but by the classical period it had fallen out of general use. It was given new life by philosophers, who… Read more »

khandogh [xanˈdɔʝ], which means “to father (a son)”. This is an Old Kharulian compound meaning “breathe along” (kan “along” + tòy “breathe”), referring to the Kharulian belief that the male… Read more »

kyezhip [ceˈʒip], the word for “to write”, an important verb for a culture that values literacy. Kharulian verbs whose written form starts with two consonant letters alter the arrangement of… Read more »

ghwemi [ˈɣʷe.mʲi], literally “to take apart”, but also used to mean “to argue persuasively for”, or in mathematics, “to prove”. Kharulian mathematicians pioneered the concept of a rigorous proof,which they… Read more »