Siye Thematic Vocabulary: Difference between revisions
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Anosu - the lost third moon of Mars, possibly mythical | |||
imponum - dunelands | imponum - dunelands | ||
Kawola - Cavora, the system of tidal tubes within the Moon | |||
Kiwa - Mars | Kiwa - Mars | ||
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lupuka - channellands created by riverine erosion | lupuka - channellands created by riverine erosion | ||
Lusili - the City, the capital of the Valley | |||
lusili - city | lusili - city | ||
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luyetam - stony plot, building lot | luyetam - stony plot, building lot | ||
Nini - Phobos | |||
Pelusitom - Belu-Sidon, the Inner World inside the Earth | Pelusitom - Belu-Sidon, the Inner World inside the Earth | ||
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sakipo - lake, sea | sakipo - lake, sea | ||
Seni - Deimos | |||
silinum - house plot | silinum - house plot | ||
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Tela - Earth (Eng.) | Tela - Earth (Eng.) | ||
upepo - 'forest' (Mars' forests are more like thick scrub) | |||
upenum - fertile land (esp. when in bloom) | upenum - fertile land (esp. when in bloom) |
Revision as of 12:17, 31 March 2015
Thematic Vocabulary
Colors
kiwa - red
kupi - blue, green
nelo - black, dark
tuki - white, light
waki - yellow
yoka - color
Geography
Anosu - the lost third moon of Mars, possibly mythical
imponum - dunelands
Kawola - Cavora, the system of tidal tubes within the Moon
Kiwa - Mars
kikanum - gentle sloping terrain, not quite flat
lukika - the exposed bottom of a marsh or lakebed - not quite flat
lulumke - starlands, the rest of the Solar System outside Mars
lum - moon
lumke - star
lumkenum - starlands, flatlands, land where the Mountain does not obstruct the view of the sky
lumsa - foreign land or region
Luna - Earth's Moon (Eng.)
lunum - region
lupate - mountain, highlands
lupe - garden
lupomi - the East
lupuka - channellands created by riverine erosion
Lusili - the City, the capital of the Valley
lusili - city
lusilike - town
lusilikenum - rustic environment (not wilderness)
lusilinum - urban environment
luyetam - stony plot, building lot
Nini - Phobos
Pelusitom - Belu-Sidon, the Inner World inside the Earth
pomi - the Sun, day, daytime
pominum - desert, shadeless land
pukanum - chaos terrain, terrain shaped more by wind erosion than water
sakikemhu - river
sakipo - lake, sea
Seni - Deimos
silinum - house plot
silu - fortress
silunum - pale, guarded land
Simakim - the lands wherever proper Siye is spoken
simate - canyon
Tela - Earth (Eng.)
upepo - 'forest' (Mars' forests are more like thick scrub)
upenum - fertile land (esp. when in bloom)
Winu - Venus (Eng.)
yetanum - stony region
Metals
akaso - electrum (aka-so refers to a mixture of two metals or substances - without further specification, it means electrum)
eyemo - mercury
nako - iron
nomno - lead
sima - iron ore (< Ulok *sima 'iron')
sumo - tin
uyam - silver
wako - gold
wamo - bronze
yono - copper
yunima - carbon, coal