Sirius Lexicon

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Thematic Vocabulary

Bodily Actions

• ash eat
• fi drink
• finktz walk
• fru jump, leap
• herf crawl
• het sit
• hish hold, grasp
• ikoi dance
• jestu gesture
• kasiar shave
• kin kill
• kiyu live
• kol lie (recline)
• kush kiss
• miartzi die
• no swim
• pli cry, weep
• pritzu wrestle
• rot shout, cry out, yell
• sfyutz spit
• shelra smile
• shemp bite
• sheck run
• shoff squat
• shosh taste
• skenj drown
• skish kick
• snowu breathe
• sortu laugh
• sternu sneeze
• sto stand
• strenk catch
• stresh climb
• strip swallow
• swif throw
• tzank touch
• tzush feel
• wemi vomit
• wiyu hunt, pursue
• yoff yiff

Body parts and substances

• ansh forehead
• anshir thumb, dewclaw
• eckan liver
• falma palm of hand, sole of foot, pawpad
• feji foot
• felna fur, skin, hair
• fern heel
• feski a hair
• finma fist
• flep blood vessel, vein
• flom feather
• foktz wound
• frust anus
• gen (or ken) gene
• hafsha head
• harf wrist
• himatz fetus, embryo
• hofra feces
• horsku wing
• host bone
• hurf body
• i egg
• iarta iris
• iri ear
• jerni finger, toe; digit
• keni chin
• kowi paw (far-kowi hand, forepaw; feji-kowi footpaw)
• lapi lip
• miar meat, flesh
• moni neck
• mosht breast
• musk muscle
• mutz penis
• neckar kidney(s)
• nora nerve
• nost nose
• nuk claw, nail, talon
• nutz back (nutz-host backbone)
• ombla navel
• ontzi eye
• orkna organ
• ori buttocks
• orshi testicle(s)
• ostrack shell
• part beard, mane, secondary facial fur
• prakina arm
• preshna brain
• romna throat
• rotz abdomen, belly
• run waist
• runi leg
• rutz blood
• shenu cheek
• shnu knee
• shomp tooth
• shur intestines
• shwip vagina
• skelza skeleton
• skoftz shoulder
• snomna lung(s)
• sorj heart
• sorman urine
• sorn horn
• sost hip
• stomack stomach
• suji sweat, perspiration
• tackur tear
• tashu tongue
• thurok chest
• tomna tail
• uf face
• ur mouth

Body terms

• arik male (adj.), masculine
• ari-koni hermaphrodite
• ihik healthy
• klum pleasure
• kolna pain
• konik female (adj.), feminine
• mortz dead
• neshra neuter
• osh awake; be awake
• oshtza refreshed, zesty, perky
• poni disease, illness, sickness
• poshu fat, plump
• poktza mature, adult
• shenkar birth
• shenra sex, gender
• skreshi fever
• sof sleep
• strod tired, weary
• tzush sense, feel
• yuisha alive

Buildings and institutions

• ackar farm
• ambari stairs, staircase
• anaki prison, jail
• fonori fireplace
• ekliri church
• etra store, shop (n.)
• etra-shortz market, marketplace (literally shop-yard)
• fiark tower, castle
• hafili bar, tavern, pub
• hatzki cellar, basement
• hatzlomtze hotel, inn
• hefru attic
• jesh wall
• kefir bridge
• matra university
• molori mill
• orjistri elevator
• orp ceiling
• peplithi library
• proshori factory
• ruri room
• salp chimney
• shol school
• shortz yard, garden, park
• stekoni roof
• strop building
• thiyotzar theater
• tom house
• torl window
• toryu door
• uti floor
• yuhori hospital

Colors, light, and seeing

• afsfi reveal, uncover
• fens beautiful
• fersha display, show, exhibit
• forji inspect, examine
• ikna image, picture
• metu blemish, blot
• mormron ugly
• plock light
• plocki shine, radiate light
• plonk bright, vivid
• pluckow color
• skotz shade, shadow
• skontz dark, dim
• sorron ornament, decoration
• tzofi hide, conceal
• weji to see

• fi gray
• foffar purple
• hin dark blue
• horn black
• luk white
• narj orange
• ror red
• sath brown
• siar green
• sol yellow

To indicate a lighter color, add fol "pale" before, thus fol ror "pink", fol hin "light blue", etc.

Communication

• alfpetz alphabet
• antzeri an address
• esroy announce, proclaim
• esroyri an advertisement, announcement
• homloki admit, confess
• isti say

Forms of matter

• toln thing, object

Function words

• asha this
• atsha that
• e if
• esti to be
• etz (marks past tense)
• fantzi every, each
• hashar how much?, how many?
• he that (as in "I know that you are right"); why? for what reason?
• her who?
• hesh to have
• het what?
• hetzak any
• hi and
• hiyu how?
• ho together; when? at what time?
• hoj where? at/to what place?
• inu only, solely, exclusively
• maki to be able to, can
• ne not
• offaru to exist
• she also, too
• shen to become
• shkroy to do
• skul should, ought to
• teck apart, separately
• we or
• welraz but, however
• wishar maybe, perhaps, possibly
• tzo then (at this time)
• tzoj there (at/to this place)
• yoj here (in/to this place)
• yomza to cause, to make (as in "make someone happy")

Matter-related actions

• yoshoi dig

Numbers

• asifar zero (0)
• him half (½)

1. in
2. tu
3. stri
4. hetz
5. fick
6. west
7. heft
8. ust
9. nyu
10. jest

• 20 tuar, 30 striar, 40 hetzar, 50 fickar, 60 westar, 70 heftar, 80 ustar, 90 nyuar

• satz hundred (100)
• ashal thousand (1,000)
• ashal-ashal million (1,000,000)

e.g., 357 = stri-satz fickar heft

People

• ari man, adult male
• festra father
• fet boy, young male
• hafsha chief, leader
• hun son
• huarla girl, young female
• jishi master
• kam marriage
• kon woman, adult female
• krep baby, infant
• meal member (of a group)
• mostra mother
• nemfi spouse, husband or wife
• nenitz enemy
• prostra brother
• resh monarch, king
• rishna queen
• shonki soldier
• swerra sister
• thearm person, sapient being
• tokstra daughter
• tual slave
• wenitz friend
• wiri family
• yowiar child, young person

Prepositions

• a to, towards
• af about, on the topic of; from, out of, away from
• afshar after, later than; farther than, beyond
• es outside of
• fa on, on top of
• far in front of, before
• fe at
• fershar near, close to
• for before, earlier than
• frosh around
• fru through
• furo across, at/to the other side of
• ho between, among, amid
• hock during, while
• metz with, using, by means of
• na in, located inside of
• ne for, in exchange for
• nef instead of, rather than
• nemetz without
• of of
• offar above, over
• ofshar under, below, beneath
• ofjatz behind, in back of
• tzashar than, compared to
• welratz except for, besides, other than
• yommu because of; for, for the purpose of
• yusho like, similar to

Species and types of animals

• anki snake
• arna spider
• arta grasshopper
• aska lobster
• esa horse
• ewi sheep
• fasi butterfly
• fethik monkey, ape
• hafar goat
• harfna reptile
• hitz whale
• horkrak chicken
• hormi worm
• huck pig, swine
• ili virus
• iwi bird
• kow cow
• lintz lion
• mantzi mantis
• matz mosquito
• mintz cat
• molshna mammal
• muar mouse
• muri ant
• muwi fly (insect)
• olf fox
• ollu wolf
• or otter (riw-or, river otter; mori-or, sea otter)
• orna donkey
• ortz bear
• peshla bee
• prank frog
• pushi insect
• samna human
• sani rabbit, hare
• self cockroach
• sertza deer
• scorristar kangaroo
• shel turtle, tortoise
• shu fish
• skyura squirrel
• son dog
• sor lizard
• trontz dragon
• tweffij anthro or biped (including humans)
• tzeckar tiger
• tzorfsha animal (as in not plant)

Species and types of plants

• arent peanut
• batot potato
• eliwa olive
• erini banana
• fack lentil
• fear pea
• feark oak
• fel cork
• fefri pepper (black; i.e., not salt)
• fetzi pine
• fihi kelp, seaweed
• for onion
• frun plum
• halm bamboo
• hampet hemp, cannabis
• hial cabbage
• holith gourd (e.g. squash)
• hormar garlic
• kave coffee
• len flax
• mantrik tangerine, mandarin orange
• meshi grass
• meth mint
• mith corn (maize)
• mitza mushroom
• mol apple
• mork carrot
• narj orange
• pampsha cotton
• pap bean
• paprick pepper (hot/sweet/bell)
• potzri grape
• rimperi ginger
• rinshin ginseng
• sehi cucumber
• senofi mustard
• sik fig
• tatzil date (fruit)
• thretka lettuce
• uarn oat

Time and sequence

• most soon, quickly

Tools and implements

• rifta fan