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)

in
tu
stri
hetz
fick
west
heft
ust
nyu
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

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