Monthly Archives: December 2020

váantam san [ˈβaːn.tam san], which is one of the four cardinal directions. It means “away from the Lagendeda river”, so the absolute direction depends on location; it means “south” when… Read more »

tsarúgas [tsaˈru.ɡəs], the word for “library”. It’s also used for collections of unique items, such assculptures or religious relics. Tsarúgas is from Old Kharulian tarúugus “hoard, stockpile”, a collective derivation… Read more »

Ómakh [ˈo.maç], the name for the lower Lagendeda river, the main river of Kharul. Literally “big trunk”; “trunk” (akh) is used to refer to the main river in an area,… Read more »

Chézlagos [ˈtʃɛz.ɫə.gɔs], the capital of Kharul. This is literally “new capital” (ches “new” + lagos “capital”, from Old Kharulian lugòs “chair, throne”). It’s “new” because in -880 it replaced the… Read more »

ghyamugyen [ʝa.muˈɟɛn], meaning “an easy problem, a piece of cake”. This is literally “one-four” (ghyam “one” + ugyen “four”), with the implication that the problem is as easy as adding… Read more »

samwéron [saˈmˠe.rɔn], the word for “papyrus”. This is from a relative clause verb form, literally “(something) that has become flat”, from the stative verb mwes “to be flat”.

Nyilúpat [ɲəˈɫu.pət], the Kharulian word for the Muipidan language. From Old Muipidan nilo “tongue, language”, plus the Kharulian suffix -pat, used to form names of languages. This redundant derivation seems… Read more »

úshor [ˈu.ʃɔr] “root”, literally “earth branch” (úa “earth” + shor “branch”). Ushor has several metaphorical meanings, including: A river delta, especially the delta of the Lagendeda River that runs through… Read more »

shegyíbyim [ʃeˈɟi.bʲəm], the word for a reed pen. In Old Kharulian this referred to the tools used by early Muipidan scribes to carve characters into clay. As writing technology improved,… Read more »

falyopwíkat [ɸə.lʲoˈpˠi.kət], meaning “river valley”. This is a late loan from Muipidan flophïyk’ïdo, itself a mangled reduplication of flo “green”. When loaning words from Muipidan, the Kharulians would include the… Read more »