Sefdaanian Ecosystem lexicon

land-ðqémos

• áám̌os: valley, vale, dale, glen (PAlt. *ā̀mú > Mong. ama(n), valley)
  • áámylos: dingle, dell
• áfṙos: bank [of a river]
• agúlos: wilderness (PAlt. *agula, wilderness > Turk. *aylak, lonely place)
• alúngos: snow bank
• áĸos: peak, summit (PIE *ak-, sharp > Lat. ācer, sharp: acrid)
• àṁdəðúmbos: watering-, -hole-, -place, oasis
• bèndəȝ̇ðémos: promontory, headland
• búúĸos: island
  • buuĸíȝos: archipelago
  • búúĸis: adj. insular
  • búúxlos: isle, islet
• b̧ósos: mountain slope: (PAlt. *bi̯òsá > Tung. *bosoga, field)
• cáṙlos: overfall: (PUr.*ćärlV, overfall > Hung. sellő, overfall)
• cóļos: area with many small lakes
• čoĸáṁṙos: shallows, shoal, sandbank
• dááes: [anim.] river
  • daasámþos: quicksand
• dános: low ground (PIE? > Gmc. *danjam > OE dennden)
• ḑáános: terrace [between steppe and riverbank]
• ðaílos: watershed (PIE *tel-, ground > MDu. dele, plank: deal)
• ðísnos: dune, sandhill (PIE ? > Gk. θίϛ, heap of sand)
• ðqémos: land [as opposed to water] (PIE *ĝhdhemjâ, Land > Eng. human)
  • ðqemnéévṙos: isthmus
• ǧáṙos: mountain (PIE ? > Slav. gorā > Rus. гора, mountain)
  • ǧàṙȝegéṙtos: alpine tundra
  • ǧàṙṁis: adj. mountainous
• ȝácos: pine forest (PUr. ? > Mari (B), jakte, spruce)
• ȝegéṙtos: tundra
  • ȝeqdááos: glacier
  • ȝeǧóṙos: iceberg
• ĸáṁtos: chasm, gulf, ravine, gorge
  • ĸáṁtis: adj. chasmal
• ĸebáṙos: steppe (PAlt. *kébà(rV) > Mong. keɣere, steppe)
• ĸùðȝegéṙtos: Arctic tundra
• ĸɔ́mos: marsh island (PAlt. ? > Khanty χŏməs, bog hill)
• ĸ̧aƶúṙos: salt steppe
• ĸ̧údos: beach, shore, coast (PAlt. *ki̯udu > Turk. kɨjɨ, seashore)
  • ĸ̧uðtúsnos: surf
• lámtos: lowland (PAlt. ? > Finn. lansi, lowland)
  • lámtəṙus: lowlander, flatlander
• láámos: swamp, bog, fen, marsh; morass, quagmire
• loúĸos: meadow, field: (PIE *leuk- > *louk- > Eng. lea, ley)
• màànĸolpónos: moor(-land)
• ménȝos: mountain-, -chain, -range, mountains
• móṙos: mountain pasture
• mòxsybúúĸos: peninsula, cape
• mɔ́ṙos: wooded hill
• ṁámtos: wilderness (PUr. ? > Hung. vad, wild)
• ṁángos: precipice
• ṁáástos: desert, wasteland
• ṁéƶos: mineral spring (Geor. veʒ-a, ?)
• ṁíĸos: wood(land), woods, forest, hurst, timber(land), weald
• náqṙos: mountain pass
• ņámos: mountain side (PAlt. *ńi̯ama > Turk. jamač, mountain side)
• nemósos: grove, sylvan glade, bosket, boscage (PIE ? > Lat. nemus, grove)
• pááṙtos: plain, heath, grassland, prairie, pampas, campo, veldt (PIE ? > Lat. prātum, meadow)
• peðṙáȝos: foot-hill
• pélsos: crag, cliff (PIE ? > Gmc. *filzá-n, Ger. Fels, rock)
• pèṙĸyṁíĸos: oak forest
• pèþlıṁíĸos: temperate forest
• ṙáȝos: hill (PIE ? > Gmc. *rai-na-z, Ger. Rain, ridge)
• sáȝos: area covered with stones, stony riverbed (PAlt. *sajo > PTurk. *saj, area covered with stones, stony riverbed)
• saláámos: salina, salt marsh
• sélsos: swamp, bog, fen, marsh, morass, quagmire
  • sélsis: adj. swampy, boggy, marsh
• sùùṁ(əṁ)íĸos: rainforest, jungle
• talòngəláámos: peat bog
• tééngos: lowlands, alluvial plain
• túnǧos: hillock, knoll
• tiiþpááṙtos: savanna, llano
• váṙṁos: coniferous forest (PIE ? > Gmc. barwa-z > OE bearo, grove)
• zṁáṁos: avalanche
• z̧úngos: tussock in a swamp (PAlt. *zi̯únŋu > PTung. *suŋnī-, tussock in a swamp)

freshwater-šáádáṁṙos

• ádos: watercourse
• cááȝos: sandbar (PAlt. *č`ā́jV > Turk. čaj, small river)
• cuucúúmos: whirlpool, eddy
• ééĸ̌os: standing water (PIE *akwā, water > Lat. aqua, water: aquatic)
• eȝ̇éṙos: lake (PIE *eĝhero, lake > Rus. озеро, lake)
  • eȝ̇éris: adj. lacustrine
• ȝúĸes: brook, creek (PUr. *juka, small river > Finn. juka, waterfall)
• ȝúṙmos: deep pool in river (PUr. *jurma, deep place in water > Komi, deep place in water)
• ĸopíṙos: rift [in a river]
• legános: rivulet, rill
• ṁááðos: ford
• ṁáðĸos: river bend (PAlt. ? > Hung. völgy, valley)
• niláqos: freshwater ice
• nóṙos: moss on stream bed
• óṙĸos: river bed (PUr. *orkV, riverbed > Finn. orko, wet valley)
• tóṁos: pond (PUr. *towV, pond > Hung. tó, pond)
• vóga: i.v. stream (PIE *bhegw-, run away > OE bec, beck)
  • vóges: stream

marine-maṙáṁṙos

• análos: drift ice
• cúúmos: wave, billow, surge
  • cuumĸáálnos: wave trough
• délca: t.v. make rough [sea]
• èntəmááṙes: inland sea
• èṙdəmooṙmíþos: bore, eagre
• gaqcúúmos: tsunami, tidal wave
• ȝeqmáṙes: polar sea
• ĸaȝémqes: shore ice
• ĸúṙos: ice floe
• láxtos: bay, gulf (PUr. ? > Finn. lahti, bay)
  • láxtəlos: cove
• máṙes: sea [anim.] (PIE *mori-, body of water > Lat. mare, sea: marine)
  • maṙáfṙos: sea-, -shore, -coast
  • maṙágos: strait, narrows, channel
• óósos: estuary, inlet
• séma: i.v. flood [of the tide]
  • sémas: flood tide
  • semáčas: spring tide
• tenágos: hole under the water; shoal, shallows (PIE ? > Gk.τένᾰγος, shoal)
• tííṙtes: [anim.] ocean
  • tííṙtis: adj. oceanic, pelagic
• tóólos: incoming tide (PAlt. *t`ṑle > PMong. *tülki-, rising tide)
• úntos: tide (PAlt. *ùntu > Mong. *undura-, gush forth)
• vúðnos: bottom of the sea

wind-ṁéées

• ancáqos: wind off the land
• aaúses: east wind
• ĸanáĸos: wind from off the sea
• ĸúðes: north wind
• lúṁes: south wind
• ṁééles: breeze, zephyr
• ṁéses: west wind
• ṙèiðṁéées: fair wind
• taṙṁées: crosswind