Siye Thematic Vocabulary

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

Item - a city in the Valley, renowned for learning

Kawola - Cavora, the system of tidal tubes within the Moon

kelim - peninsula

Kiwa - Mars

kikanum - gentle sloping terrain, not quite flat

lem - island

lemi - group of islands

lemu - island, solitary island

lempe - island with tidal channel dividing it in two

lempi - group of islands

lempu - island, solitary island

lemto - eddy

leno - eddy

lenu - submerged island

lim - island

lu - place

lu (2) - submerged island

lu Atamme - Earth; Adam's land

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.)

luno - luno-temple

lunum - region

lupate - mountain, highlands

lupe - garden

lupomi - the East

lupuka - channel-lands 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

Nesa - the Kingdom of Nesa, on the Mountain

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

sili - house

silim - shiling-temple

silinum - house plot

Silu - a vlllage, once a mighty fortress-city that controlled river traffic

silu - fortress

silunum - pale, guarded land

Simakim - the lands wherever proper Siye is spoken

simate - canyon

Tapaya - a city in the Valley ( < Tasi word Dapaya(y))

tolim - clear stretch of river

upepo - 'forest' (Mars' forests are more like thick scrub)

upenum - fertile land (esp. when in bloom)

Wili - a city in the valley ( < local dialect Biri)

Winu - Venus (Eng.)

yetamhi - quarry

yetanum - stony, infertile 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

Derivative Nominal Suffixes

-e - place-name

-hi, -0 - resource location

-ka - patient (non-productive)

-nam - place name (non-productive)

-ni - tool suffix (soni 'sledgehammer')

-nim. -(y)im - place name

-nu, -lu - resource location

-nu, -(y)u - commercial (name, neighborhood)

-num, -(y)um - ethnic (name, neighborhood)

-sa - agent (non-productive)