Tag: Kharulian

ékyet ([ˈe.cɛt]), a spirit that takes the form of an animal. Kharulian stories of animal spirits appear to have been adapted from the forest peoples of the north, where they… Read more »

Lweemúran ([ɫeːˈmu.rən]), the Kharulian word for Muipido. While the early Muipidans borrowed the Kharulian word for themselves (which was worn down to Khoy), the early Kharulians called the region east… Read more »

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 »