Category: Lexember

Lexember 20: Khya is for…

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 »

Lexember 19: I is for…

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 »

Lexember 18: Mas is for…

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 »

Lexember 14: Ko is for…

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 »

Lexember 12: Ghwe is for…

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 »