Arda/Henaudute

Description

Henaudute (Ἡναυδυτε) is a Dele language, spoken on Arda.

• Timespan: beginning from 1400s anno mundi ≈ classical times
• Setting: Yellow Empire (Ῥαυραρ Ἡνατε)

• Author: Muke Tever | ✎

Morphology

Adjectives

There are few if any true adjectives; most are participial forms.

Comparison of adjectives is formed by prefixation.

	ου	-θα	= ουθα
	old	PART:T	: "old"
ἀμ-	ου	-θα	= ἀμουθα
COMP	old	PART:T	: "older"
ἰσ-	ου	PART:T	= ἰσουθα
SUP	old	ADJ:TAN	: "oldest"

Lexicon

In etymologies, ** indicates a root not in the Dele word list, while * is a regular Dele word.

The citation form is nom. sg., gen. sg. for nouns, and 1sg. for verbs. The symbol · in a verb indicates the infix point.

Α

• ἀιτε, -τεν l. name, noun.
• ἀιτλε, -λαεν l. sg., t. pl. word.
• ἀλ pron. dem. that. ἀλλυ obl.
• ἀ·μνε v. to sit.
• ἀν pron. dem. this; def. art. the. ἀννυ obl.
• ἁργλη, -λα t. jackal. —**srgāl-.
• ἀρ pron. dem. that yonder. ἀρῥυ obl.
• ἀρε, -ρεν l. the sun.
• ἀτρα, -τρα t. brother's wife.
• ἀ·χνε v. to bite.

Β

• βορῥι·νε v. to be warlike. βορῥη, -ρῥινα g. Borrhē, the third day of the week.
• βρελ, -λα t. month, about 35 days.
• βρερτη, -τεν l. Brertē, second week of the month.

Γ

• γαρνωβρελ, -λα t. Gar, the third nobrel of the lada.
• γαρτοι, -τοιχα t. gnome.
• γοχλαδα, -δα t. the second lada of a rhike.
• γραρτη, -τεν l. Grartē, third week of the month.

Δ

• δηψῑ, -ψιιν t. (pl. tant.) teachings.
• δληνε v. to be jovial. δλη, δληνα g. Dlē, the fifth day of the week.
• δρῑγι, -γα t. zodiac; a sequence of eleven rhiki, about 23,100 days.

Η

• ἡνωβρελ, -λα t. He, fourth nobrel of the lada.
• ἡτοι, -τοιχα t. sylph.

Θ

• θραννε v. to be holy; to go berserk. θρανη, -ννα g. Thranē, the second day of the week.
• θυτνε v. to be beautiful. θυτη, -τνα g. Thutē, sixth day of the week.

Λ

• λᾱδα, -δα t. lada, or "long year", about 700 days.
• λαλη, -λνα g. a day.
• λαλλι, -λλα t. bitterness.
• λαλλιδρατη, -τεν l. Lallidratē, fifth week of the month.
• λαρ, -ρα t. ox.
• λου, λωα t. tiger. —**lōhu-
• λυ, λυκα t. wolf.
• λῡνωβρελ, -λα t. Lu, the second nobrel of the lada.
• λῡτοι, -τοιχα t. undine.
• λυσσα, -σσα t. young wolf.

Μ

• μαυ, μαα t. hare.
• μηϊδρατη, -τεν l. Mēidratē, fourth week of the month.

Ν

• ναυρ, -ρα t. strength.
• νολ, -λλα t. hog.
• νοχινε v. to be silent. νοχη, -χινα g. Nochē, seventh day of the week.
• νωβρελ, -βρελα t. nobrel, or "quinquemester", about 175 days.

Ο

• ουλαδα, -δα t. the third lada of a rhike.

Π

• πανδῑγι, -γα t. panther. —**pan- *dīgi
• πιμβλαδα, -δα t. the first lada of a rhike.
• πωλαλε, -λεν l. a week, seven days.

Ρ

• ῥαρτη, -τεν l. Rhartē, first week of the month.
• ῥευνε v. to shine. ῥευτη, -τενα g. Rheutē, the first day of the week.
• ῥικε, -κιεν l. rhike, or cycle of three ladi, about 2,100 days.
• ῥοχυ, -χα t. turtle.

Σ

• σις, -σα t. lion. —**sisi-

Τ

• ταλλα, -λλακα t. phœnix.
• ταννωβρελ, -λα t. Tan, first nobrel of the lada.
• ταντοι, -τοιχα t. salamander.
• τοχοννε v. to be obscure, be mysterious. τοχονη, -ννα g. Tochonē, fourth day of the week.

Χ

• χουλα, -λα t. charm, charisma.