Notes on the pronunciation of Ligmanutsi: stress usually falls on the last but one syllable if it is heavy (long vowel or short vowel followed by two consonants), otherwise on the third from the end.
A long stressed vowel is shown by an acute accent. A long low-stressed vowel or long vowel in a one-syllable word is shown by a circumflex accent (so a circumlexed vowel in a word of more than one syllable is not stressed; e.g. zaikomarûë is stressed on -mar-). A grave accent is occasionally used to indicate a short stressed vowel in the last syllable but one. á, â like a in calm, é, ê like e in where, í, î like i in machine, ó, ô like o in store, ú, û like u in rude. dh sounds like th in other; gy sounds like g in argue; h in final position or before a consonant sounds like ch in loch; hy sounds like h in hue; ly sounds like l in value; ng sounds like ng in hunger; ny sounds like ny in canyon; ph is strictly a bilabial sound, but often identical to f; ty sounds like t in virtue; y like y in yes.
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Agyavad: ‘the fairest of the Runewives of Onskabâ’. From agya- + vad.
Ailéga: ‘uplifter’; a title of Ingos. From ailé- ‘to raise’.
Ailenya: name of 9th queen of Dúmiel.
ailim: east. From the root ail- to rise, from ay- ‘upwards’
Ailindâl: the Eastland, home of the Entellári and realm of Olverúno.
angantyîr: a being part-giant, part-sorceror, formed by the housing of Negobith’s anya within Dreygan’s body. From ang- pejorative prefix + gant- ‘giant’ + yîr- ‘phantom’.
Angash: name of chief of the Falakkazri of Onskabâ. Perhaps from ang- pejorative prefix + ahyo ‘staff’.
angûthéga: a necromancer or sorceror. From ang- pejorative prefix + ûthéga wizard.
Ankûta-Rígil: the Hand of Glory
anya: a person’s soul or spiritual self apart from the body
Aphadus: ‘Hope’; name of Vidnî and Arbros’s boat; alternative form of aphtu ‘hope’
Aphelos: name of the immortal island in the southern sea, the final realm of Ingos.
Aphelòssamê: the people of Aphelos. From hamé ‘a community (regarded as honorable)’, probably formed with the honorific prefix ha-.
Aphturúya: name of the artificial tree from which the Lonkut-aphtu was hung. From aphtu ‘hope’ + rúya ‘tree’.
Arbros: name of the Hyûvanka lad who becomes Prince of Dúmiel. From ar- + bros ‘land, ground, earth’.
Arosgath: a settlement in Farangrim Forest. From aros ‘edge’ + gath
Arfyóremet: a settlement of the Hyûvandri near the mouth of the River Féwaron. From ar + *fyóre (from féware-) + -met ‘settlement’
Arkallumis: the name of the great eastern plain; the Unpeopled Plain. From ara- reversative prefix + kallu (from kallwë, participle of kalldë ‘populate’) + -mís ‘a plain’
Asath ta-Hwenet: the Lady of the lake, Endáyra. asath ‘lady’. Perhaps from asta ‘good’ + -ath, combining element.
Astagant: the ‘good Fellgiant’. From asta good + gant- ‘giant’
Astûthéga: ‘good wizard’; a title of Ingos. From asta good + ûthéga wizard
Atanti ta-Fâdhéri: ‘Princess of the Fâdhéri’, nickname given to Dâyamuna.
Aulihaudë Ráda: Spiral Castle, name of the castle on the Isle of the Lady in Fleswen ta Féorë. From áulihâw ‘spiral’ (from áuli ‘descending’ + háw ‘a bend’) + -de- adjectival suffix + râda ‘strong place’.
Aulihautias: the spiral staircase of Kapgar Kûm. From áulihâw ‘spiral’ (from áwli ‘descending’ + háw ‘a bend’) + -tias- ‘steps’.
Avilyónë: name of a valley in the West.
Awérung: the descent to Ombros. From aw- ‘downwards’ + *wér-, root meaning ‘walk secretly or silently’ + -ung concretizing suffix.
Awatekwë Ránag: the Ruined Ring on Mount Hogunoth. From awatekwe ‘downfallen’ (from awa- ‘down’ + tekwe ‘fallen’) + ránag ‘ring’.
Azurba: Rauwenna’s chief maidservant in Fíbor.
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Bavális: chief of the Runewives of Onskabâ.
Bay of Golden Death: name given by Vidnî to the bay where she was beguiled and where Slungandi fell. Translating Fulês ta-Kúve Thabus.
Beinun: brother of Díamun.
Berdumenarkon: name of a Kabáda of Kalípo.
Berufarána: the Greenmarch. From beru ‘green’ + farána ‘borderland’.
Berugwanna: ‘Green regions’, name of the great swathe of territory in the south of the Midworld inhabited by the Entellári in the First Circle of Time. From beru ‘green’ + gwanna, plural of gwan region.
Berulâk t’Apsû: name of the Green Rider, ‘Greenhelm of the Well’; Berulâk from beru ‘green’ + lâk ‘helm’; ta- definite connective + Apsû from apsu well, fountain.
Berusilwa: ‘Green waters’, name of the great river of the South. From beru ‘green’ + silwa ‘waters’.
Berutages: the Greensword, name given by Lansenet to the sword lent to him by the Green Rider.
Beruwenna: name of 5th queen of Dúmiel.
Berwen: name of the son of Bruand. Perhaps from berw- ‘green’ + -en- root meaning ‘possess, control’.
Beski: name of the daughter of Fildimar. Perhaps from besek + -i formative ending.
Blamingûl: a captain of the Stonegiants.
Blundubâl: a captain of the Stonegiants.
Borotíki: the name of the pony ridden by Arbros. From boro- ‘shaggy, rough’ + tîk ‘mane’ + -i formative ending.
Boyglir: throat ring of Firungwáfi. From boye ‘throat’ + glî ‘clasp, grip’ (from *klîg-) + -(ė)r impersonal agentive suffix.
Brandubur: the great drum of Slungandi < brandu- + bur < bû- + -(ė)r impersonal agentive suffix.
Breaking: the fracture of the original Talyoran. Translating Markugurdus, from mar- ‘great’ + kugurdus, from kugru- ‘break’ + -dus nominal suffix.
Briyuvâni: the name of one of the towers of the Queen’s House. From briyu-, root meaning ‘to flash with lightning’.
Bronkazêg: the Left Fang of Gulgrudur. From bronka ‘left’ from brónuk ‘left hand side’ + zêg ‘fang’.
Brotsepaiváni: Earth-stepper; a title of Ingos. From brotse-, inflected form of bros ‘earth’ + paivân stepping (person), from pai- to step + -vân, present participle suffix + -i formative ending.
Bruand: name of the headman of Arosgath.
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coldsword: a sword forged from icemetal. Translating firungtàges.
coldworm: a gangworm that breathes and eats frost. Translating firungwedh.
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Dabros: name of Dâyàmuna while enchanted as a boy. Perhaps from dag- ‘bind’ + bros ‘earth’.
Daganarth: name of the sword forged by Nozdusombath in imitation of Gantzor. From dagan ‘mountain’ + arth ‘blade’; punning on daga ‘bond’ + narth ‘devotion’
dagat katíva: a binding device holding a book together.
Dagnath Kedimis: the Mountains of the Ice Plain.
Dagnath Nebren: the Mountains of Darkness. From dagnath, plural combining form of dagan mountain and nebren darkness, from earlier *negbren, from negub dark + -ren noun suffix
Dagnusdáyë: the peoples of the mountain stream. From dagn- ‘mountain’ + us- (utsu) ‘stream, beck’.
Daitharon: the sword of Lansenet. From daith- ‘people’ + aron ‘blade’ from the root ar- ‘edge’.
Damarâw: the horse of Lansenet. From dama- + râw, from rau-, root meaning ‘noble’.
darksight: the faculty of perceiving and communicating without light or sound. Translating negubrágus, from negub ‘dark’ + drágus ‘sight’, from drâ- root meaning ‘see’ + -gus abstract noun suffix
Dâyàmuna: name of the 14th queen of Dúmiel. From dáye ‘peoples’ + yamu ‘mother’ + -na.
Dâyevadu: Father of peoples, title of Ingos. From dáye ‘peoples’, plural of dath (from *dahye from *dathye) + vadu ‘father’.
Dëanathra: name of an Entelláka female. Perhaps from dëan, dialect form of dagan ‘mountain’ + ath-, element meaning ‘female’ + -ra.
Deep Speech: the language used for deep magic. Translating Kumbrenutsi.
Dîamána: name of 13th queen of Dúmiel, and also of the first queen of the new realm, daughter of Díamun.
Díamun: name of 15th queen of Dúmiel and wife of Ingos in Aphelos.
Doitherúna: the five long-lived peoples, Guardians of the Earth. Singular Doitherân. From doi- ‘long’ + ther- ‘age’ + -úna personal collective ending. Singular Doitherân. doyë theredus ‘endless life’.
Dolorous Stroke: the stroke of Gantzor, wielded by Negobith, that bound Ingos in frozen sleep. Translating Ruvalmë Drothyod, from ruvalme ‘dolorous’, from ruvalma ‘sorrow’, possibly from ruva ‘face’ + alma ‘shadow’, + drothyod ‘stroke’, from droth-, root meaning ‘smite, beat’ + -yod, suffix
Dóna: sister of Queen Díamun.
doyë theregus: age-long life, obtained from starfire by the Valkari. From doyë ‘long’ + theregus, from therë ‘of the Age’, from ther- ‘age’, + -gus abstract noun suffix. Also therë doigus.
Dreygan: Frostgiant, Icesmith of Underland. Perhaps (in a different dialect) from drey- < *dröy- < *drohy- < *drothy-, from droth-, root meaning ‘strike, smite’ + gan, alteration of gant- ‘giant’.
Dreykahnôl: the bluff overlooking the valley in which Sûwikka dwelt, in which there were many caves. From drey-, dialect form meaning ‘smite’ + kahnôl, from ka-, collective prefix + hnôl ‘hollow’.
Drothnir: the hammer of Mivgâ. From droth-, root meaning ‘strike, smite’ + -ni- + (ė)r impersonal agentive suffix.
drumster: a drummer
Dúmiel: the great Hyûvanka realm of the southlands. From dúmi ‘gift’ + hyeldi ‘region’. (A back-formation from Dûmieldu ‘in Dúmiel’, contraction of *Dûmieldidu, from *Dûmieldi + -du ‘in’.)
Dûmieldári: people of Dúmiel.
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Eastern Gate: the lower closed gate of Kapgar Kûm, behind which lurked the Grey Sleeper. Translating Thûrat-ailim.
Elbalyáva: name of a woman. From elba + lyáva.
Êlestia: any of the Entelláka people of Féor Êlesti. Feminine ending -ya.
Êlestië Pereigus: name of the ship of Tithiánë. From Êlestië (adjective from Êlesti) + pereigus ‘beauty’ (from peréi ‘fair’ + -gus abstract noun suffix).
Émarul Sápha: name of the mother-power of the Doitherúna. ‘Sápha who is hallowed’; émarul ‘that is hallowed’ from émar- ‘make holy’, from éma ‘holy’. Sápha perhaps from sa- ‘good’ + aph- ‘breath’.
Emilak: name of the Lord of Berulith, in the western land of Lóruvan. Perhaps from emi-, related to éma ‘holy’ + lâk ‘helm’.
Endáyra: the name of the Lady of the Lake.
Engworrúya: ‘Undying Tree’, name of the Golden Tree of Aphelos. From eng- negative prefix + gwor- root meaning ‘die’ + rúya ‘tree’.
Entellári: the fairest and most powerful of the Guardian Nyandri of the Midworld. Singular Entelláya an Entelláka female; Entelláwa an Entelláka male. From entellâ-, from entel- ‘wise’, from ente ‘wisdom’, + -lâ, suffix meaning ‘people’ (from *da-).
Eproth Kóa: name
Eskenári: the eastern clan of the Lost Tribe.
Esperári: the western clan of the Lost Tribe.
Estelári: the southern clan of the Lost Tribe.
Estenya: name of the Entelláya who taught Vidnî and Arbros. From este element denoting a group of people + -enya, from -en- root meaning ‘have skill in’ + -ya feminine suffix.
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Fâdhék’ Atanti: ‘Fâdhéka Princess’, nickname given to Dâyamuna.
Fâdhéri: Entellári who dwelt in the Greenmarch, disdaining to leave Thrâyeldim after the Giants’ wars. Fâdhéya, a female of the Fâdhéri. Fâdhéwa, a male of the Fâdhéri. From fádhë ‘twilight’.
Fâlagidhron: name of Dreygan’s highseat. From fál ‘high’ + hagidhron ‘throne’, from ha-, honorific prefix + gidhron ‘seat’, from gidh, root meaning ‘sit’ + -ron suffix.
Falakkazri: the hawk-headed ones. From falak hawk + kaz- head + -ri noun plural ending. Singular Falakkázi.
fâligna: ‘higheries’, dwellings of the Melainë. From fál ‘high’ + higna ‘dwellings’.
Fandrumin: a Gyúga, eldest daughter of Fûdrofûr
Farangri: dwellers on the borders of Farangrim Forest. Plural of Faranga, from farána ‘border, march’ + -ga suffix forming nouns of agency or association.
Farangrim: name of a forest in the north-west of Thrâyeldim. From Farangri + -m suffix forming place names. Also called Lúgat Farangri, ‘Forest of the Borderers’.
Fâwiengri: the riders of the waves, Doitherúna who have skill with water and the sea. Singular Fâwienga. From fáwi ‘rolling waves’ + -en- root meaning ‘have skill in’ + -ga agent suffix.
Fâwinardë : name of 4th queen of Dúmiel.
Fef Heigum: a raised place of power in Nanôr. From fef ‘raised (solid) mound’ + heigu + -m suffix forming place names.
Fellgiants: the ancient race of giants living in the mountains; the Dagangangri (sometimes contemptuously Dagangri).
Fëonardë: name of 8th queen of Dúmiel.
Féor Êlesti: the realm of the Entellári in the west, ruled over by Queen Tithiánë. From féore western + êlesti, form in another dialect of aileste, from aile upraised, exalted + est- element denoting a group of people + -i formative element.
Fêothálu: the great river of the west, inland.
Feripoklus: the herald of the Entalláka warband at the Thorgset Entellári-më Gangri.
Féwaron: the great river of the west at its estuary.
Fíbor: a territory in Arkallumis annexed by the rulers of Magéraz Urlan-fên.
Figrû Vomaddi: a dwelling of the Vomaddi tribe of the Kabdath. Possibly figrû, (dialectal) plural combining form of fig-, dialect form of hig- ‘building, house’, both from *hwik-.
Fildimar: name of an elder of Arosgath.
Filwidávas: name of an Entelláka female.
Finarelya: name of a Fâdhéya in the Berugwannath.
Firitháli: name of the fostermother of Lansenet and Thilfri. From firi, feri (compare Feripoklus) + tháli (compare Tháli).
First Strife: the uprising of Makhran against Émarul Sápha before the Guardianship. Translating Narmun Thorok.
firungil: a material from which an ice-like blade can be forged, used in the making of Daganarth. From firung ‘frost, essence of cold’ + gil ‘matter’.
firungamlas: frozen sleep. From firung ‘frost, essence of cold’ + amlas ‘sleep’, from mal- root meaning ‘sleep’. Also called firumlonya ‘frozen sleep’, firungthabus ‘frozen death’.
Firunganga: a Frost Giant
Firungráda: name of Dreygan’s icy castle in the northlands.
Firungwáfi: the greatest of the coldworms. From firung frost, essence of cold and dwâf breath + -i formative ending. Compare the name of the fireworm Kervandwâfi, from kervân burning and dwâf breath + -i formative ending.
firunxapsë: frostberries, from firung + sapsë, plural of saphas ‘berry’.
Firuvâni: the name of one of the towers of the Queen’s House. From firu- root meaning ‘freeze’.
Fleswent Ailim: the great lake of the east. From flês ‘broad’ + hwent-, combining form of hwenet ‘lake’ + ta + Ailim ‘east’.
Fleswenta-Féore: a large lake in the west of the Midworld.
flightworm: a flying dragon
fôafáma: Dreygan’s characteristic exclamation; perhaps short for fi-fôa ta-fáma, from fóa ‘to smell’ + *ahwáma ‘breath’.
fonya: large (and dangerous) bird that lays eggs with a thick shell that can be made into beakers. Plural fondri.
Fôyereste: a chief of the Silúna. From fóye, ‘sea’, related to fáwi, rolling waves + -r + est-, element denoting people, + -e, formative element.
Frost Giants: the ancient race of giants that breathed and ate frost; Firungangri.
Fûbrinnig: the house of Fûdrofûr on Zóyeglummi. From fúbrin thunder and lightning, from fúb-, root of fúbur ‘it thunders’ + brin ‘lightning’, + hig house, dwelling.
Fúbravâni: ‘he who thunders’, nickname of Slungandi, Drumster of the Deep. Also the name of the tower where Brandubur was hidden. From fúbradë ‘to make a sound like thunder’.
Fúdrofûr: name of a great fellgiant. Perhaps from fúb-, root of fúbur ‘it thunders’ + droth-, root meaning ‘strike, smite’ + fûr.
Fulgimur: name of a Gyúga, second daughter of Fûdrofûr
Fundrubâl: name of a Fell-Gyúga, the wife of Fúdrofûr.
Furgumal: name of a Gyúga, youngest daughter of Fûdrofûr
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Galambos: name of the mountain where the starfire was kept.
Galúd: the lesser tower of Magéraz Urlan-fên.
gangworm: a flightless dragon. Translating yangwedh, from yá-, root meaning ‘walk, go’ + -n- formative + gwedh ‘worm, snake, dragon’.
Ganga, plural Gangri: a giant. Also in the combining form Gant-
Ganrad: the husband of Queen Dîamána
Gantâr: the hammer of Dreygan. From gant- combining form, giant + târ strength.
Ganting: the name of the axe gifted by Sûikka to the child Dabros.
Gantzor: the great coldsword forged by Dreygan. From gant- combining form, ‘giant’ + zor- ‘sharp tip, point’
Gebren: the name of the great gong of the Eastern Incline of Kapgar Kûm.
Gelyadar: the name of one of those icebound at Glingat Thorgri.
Giants’ road: any of the great stone highways built by the Gangri in the First Circle of the world. Rendering Ganthôl, from gant- combining form, giant + thôl (paved) road.
Gildimun: Nagbith’s fourth consort.
Glingat Thorgri: name of the place where the host of Fíbor first struck Dúmiellans with icedeath. From glinga, ultimately from the root of glî ‘clasp, grip’ + thorgri ‘warriors’.
goatbeast: a giant goatlike animal used for drawing a giant’s wain. Translating sedithên, from sedi- stem of setyo ‘goat’ + thên ‘beast’. Plural sedithehna.
Gonnlar: the staff of Murnag. From gonn-, perhaps dialect variant of gunn- ‘power’ + lar.
Gragadam: the name of Sûwikka’s mare, who carried Rauwenna in and out of Fíbor. Perhaps from grag- + ha-, honorific prefix + dam.
Great Severing: the separation of the Hand of Dreygan from the body inhabited by the anya of Negobith by the Secret Knight of Dúmiel. Translating Mârabrigyod, from mar-, prefix meaning ‘great’, + arabrigyod ‘severing’, from arabrid- root meaning ‘sever, disjoin’ from ara- reversative prefix + brid- ‘join’, + yod suffix. Also called Klèhyodat Anku.
Greenmarch: the great forest region encompassing the Southlands from east to west and serving to defend it from Fíbor.
Grekkonanaskon: name of one of the chiefs of the Kabadri.
Grey Sleeper: an unknown being dwelling inside the eastern incline of Kapgar Kûm that consumes anyone who encounters it. Translating Haldo Malvân. Sometimes simply The Sleeper. Real name: Gulgrudur.
Groiznath: son of Negobith by Murnag ta-Valka. Perhaps from *Groidhnas, from groidh + nas ‘person’.
Guardians: the Doitherúna who prepared, preserved, and protected Thrâyeldim for the Hyûvandri who were to come. Translating Lendégri, plural of lendéga ‘guardian’, from lennédë ‘to guard’
Guardianship: the era when the Guardians were active in Thrâyeldim. Translating Lendégus. More fully Theret Lendégus, ‘Age of Guardianship’.
Guláz: the greater tower of Magéraz Urlanfen. From gul-, perhaps a dialectal form of gyolu, ‘night’ + -âz.
gulbân: a demon or hobgoblin of woods and waste places. Plural gulbúna. From gulub, the abode of demons, perhaps from gul-, perhaps a dialectal form of gyolu, ‘night’ + -ub.
Gulgrudur: true name of the Grey Sleeper. Perhaps from gul-, perhaps a dialectal form of gyolu, ‘night’ + gru-, contracted form of gworu-, root meaning ‘die’ + dûr ‘enclosure’. Sometimes in form Gulgurdur.
gurnal: a kind of very hard wood, from trees especially favoured by the Fâdhéri.
Gwasdalyága: the walker in the wilderness, name adopted by Slungandi on Groiznath’s expedition. From gwas- ‘waste, empty of people’ + dâl ‘land’ + yága ‘walker’, from yâ- ‘walk, go’.
Gyaldang ta-Valka: the consort of Prámiz. From gyald- ‘witchcraft’ + dang.
Gyúga, plural Gyúgri: a female giant.
Gyúkkabâ: the secret dwelling of the three daughters of Fûdrofûr in Mount Sabankos. From gyúga + kabâ.
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Hadhríka: an Eskenáya smith of Tídris, mother of Lansenet.
Hadhwas t-Astagant: the oracle of Astagant. From hadhwas ‘oracle, saying’, from hadh- ‘root meaning ‘say’ + -was suffix.
Haigul: a woman of the Eskenári.
Haldo Malvân: ‘the Grey Sleeper’. From haldo ‘grey’ + mal-, root meaning ‘to sleep’ + -vân, present participle suffix.
Haldoreth: the Grey Wood in the far Northwest. From haldo ‘grey’ + hreth ‘wood’.
Haldosartu: the name of Lansenet’s pony. From haldo ‘grey’ + sarat- ‘saddle, saddle-shaped marking’. from sar- ‘ride’ + -at, formative element + -u formative element.
Haldossilu: the Grey River of Nanôr. From haldos greyness + silu water.
Halsenet: name of fosterfather of Lansenet and Thilfri. Perhaps from haldo ‘grey’ + senet.
Hand of Glory: the severed hand of Dreygan, animated by the anya of Negobith and firmly holding Gantzor, kept by Nagbith. Translating Ankuta-Rígil.
Handuvandûr: the den of Firungwáfi, from handuvân, holding, from handu, root meaning ‘hold’ and -vân active participle ending, and dûr, ‘enclosure’, from du ‘within’ + -(ė)r impersonal agentive suffix.
Hannartikhoth: name of one of the chiefs of the Kabadri.
Háyôhwâ: belkeved to be the hidden name of the great crystal which broke into the Talyoran, Kanyolar, and Paryonal, also called Yamûkádu.
Herudalgas: an Entelláka guardian of Prámiz.
High House: the great hall of Valkamet. Translating fállahig, from fál ‘high’ + ha- honorific prefix + hig ‘house’.
Higutigna: ‘the House of houses’, name of Mivgâ’s dwelling. From higut, combining form of hig ‘building, dwelling’ + higna, plural of the same word.
Hirgul: name of the son of Nagbith and cousin of Díamun, who was maimer of the Golden Tree. Hergal in Dúmiel. Perhaps from hir- ‘be victorious’ + gul- ‘night’.
Hlabulan: ‘Lacking name’, name given by Groiznath to the sword Daganarth. From hlabu ‘name’ + -lan ‘lacking, devoid of’.
Hlund: the settlement of the Kabadka Zengri in Zorthin. Hlundri the people of Hlund. Adjective Hlundika.
Hogunoth: the mountain beneath which Gantzor lies hidden. From hogu, participle of hogedë ‘carve, delve, hollow out’ + nôth ‘peak’.
Hrethlet Gangri: the Giants’ Grove, from hrethlet, combining form of hrethel, a small wood or spinney.
hrongil: a rock harder than any other. From hron ‘bone’ + gil ‘material’. Sometimes called broskron, from bros ‘earth’ + hron.
Hrûtwë Klesek: the hidden rift in the east of the Midworld. hrútwë ‘hidden’, from hruddë to hide’ + klesek ‘rift, canyon’, from klesedë ‘to slash, gash’.
Hrútwikë: the dwelling of the three Fâdhéri, carers of Dâyamuna. From hrútwë ‘hidden’ + hwikë, archaic form of hig ‘house’.
Hugturágis: the name of a primeval monster preserved by Negobith and ridden by him and his sons.
Hyífra: the Sheefra, a hidden people of the Negbe Netári.
Hyilavúna: the Entellári, Thendâ, and Fâwiengri collectively. Singular Hyilovân. From hyilava ‘rainbow’ + -úna collective plural of persons. The colour of the Entellári is green (beru), that of the Thendâ is red (gira), and that of the Fâwiengri is blue (yatso). The Fâdhéri later took indigo (farga) as their emblematic colour. Some of the people of Féo Êlesti took violet (tilka) and some of those of Ailindâl, yellow (elkwë).
Hyûvandri: the first human beings, shepherded by Ingos. Singular Hyûvanya, Hyûvanwa. Adjective Hyûvanka. Perhaps from hyúva- root meaning ‘living’ + anya ‘soul’.
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icebound: the state of frozen sleep or frozen death suffered by a person struck by Gantzor. Translating kedidagwë, from kedi-, stem of ketyo ‘ice’+ dagwë, past participle of dag- ‘to bind’
icemetal: a material that is the essence of cold. Translating kedinzul, from ked-, representing *ket-, stem of ketyo ‘ice’ + inzul ‘metal’.
Ilgurath Aphtu: Children of Hope, title given to Vidnî and Arbros. From ilgurath, combining form of ilguri ‘children’ + aphtu ‘hope’.
Ilgurath Apsu: ‘Children of the Well’, from apsu ‘well, spring’.
Ilgutalyoran: ‘Child of the Talyoran’, another name for Sporni. From ilgut-, combining form of ilgu ‘child’.
Imbrig: the house of Murnag ta-Valka. From imbar + hig ‘house, dwelling’.
Imlonyat’ Ingos: ‘sleep of Ingos’, the second era of Ingos’s life. From imlonya ‘sleep’.
Ingos: father of the Hyûvandri.
Ingoselya: daughter of Ingos. From elya ‘daughter’. Ingoselwa: son of Ingos. elwa ‘son’.
Istammet: a large town of the Hyûvandri. Possibly from ísu short + tammet, market, from tam-, root meaning ‘buy and sell’ + met ‘settlement’.
Íswe Vadhri: the Short Oaths. From íswe, plural of ísu short + vadhri, plural of vadh oath.
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Kabáda, plural Kabadri: a member of the Kabdath. Kabatya, a female Kabáda. Kabatwa, a male Kabáda. Adjective Kabadka. Perhaps from kabá collection of caverns + *-ta, -da, formative ending.
Kabadkabâ: the great cavern of the Kabadri. From Kabad- + kabâ.
Kabdath : the rock people; from Kabad- + dath people
kâdrollad: a doorway of two boulders supporting a third as lintel. From kâd ‘three’ + rollad ‘large stone, boulder’.
Kalípo Kalhondrim: a dwelling of the Kalhondri tribe of the Kabdath. Perhaps kalípo is from ka- collective prefix + lípo, (dialectal) non-plural combining form of líp-, ‘cliff, precipice’.
Kamilak: name of the lord of Lóruvan, father of Emilak. Perhaps from kami- + lák ‘helm’.
Kankut Purúdus: ‘Fist of Corruption’, name in the Southlands for the Hand of Glory. From purú- ‘foul, stinking’ + -dus abstract noun suffix.
Kanyolar: name of an irregular crystal derived from the stars by the Entellári, the sister of the Talyoran.
Kapatingos: the Stone of Ingos. From kapat-, combining form of kapa ‘stone’ + Ingos.
Kapgar Kûm: the deep stronghold of the underlands, consisting of endless round halls. Perhaps from kapa, stone + gar hall, + kûm ‘deep’ (an irregular, perhaps archaic, formation).
Karank: (the Karank) a water monster inhabiting the bay Marfulês.
Karún Kabdath : the hills of the rock people. From karún range of hills, from ka- collective prefix + rûn ‘hill’.
Kaskut Atasovegus: the Cape of Return. From kaskut, combining form of kazak ‘cape’ + atasovegus ‘return’.
Kastubilla: Nagbith’s first consort.
Káta Hamargúna: the Three Champions, Arbros, Thilfri, and Lansenet. Grom ha- honorific prefix + mar- ‘great’ + gû- root meaning ‘do, achieve’ + -úna plural personal suffix (marguvân, ‘champion’).
Kât’ Engúna: the Three Do-Nothings, derisive name for Dreygan, Fûdrofûr, and Mivgâ. From kâta, definite form of kâd ‘three’ + eng- negative prefix + gû- root meaning ‘do’ + -ûna plural personal suffix.
Katívat Kumbren: ‘Writings of the Deep’, the compendium of runes and rimes compiled by Slungandi during his confinement in Spiral Castle. From katíva, ‘collection of writings’, from ka- collective prefix + tíva-, root meaning ‘write’ + Kumbren ‘the Deep’.
Káwrungdaga: chain restraining Firungwâfi. From káwrung from kâwr- + -ung, concretizing suffix, + daga ‘binder’, for *dagga, from dag- root meaning ‘bind’ + -ga agent suffix.
Kedilyónë: the Valley of Ice in the northern mountains of Dúmiel. From kedi-, stem of ketyo ‘ice’ + lyónë ‘valley’.
Kelenil: the name of one of those icebound at Glingat Thorgri.
Kepruzdámun: name of a Kabatya of Figrû Vomaddi.
Kervandwáfi: the great wingworm of the South, summoned accidentally by Hirgul.
Kerorkîn Melainen: name of the master of the Melainë
Keseth: the wife of Thánrad the Eskenáwa
Kimenarthon: name of chieftain of the Kabadri of Figru Vomaddi, keeper of the Brands.
Klignir: name of the tongs of Dreygan. From klîg- ‘grip’ + ni- + (ė)r impersonal agentive suffix.
Klîst’ Ingos: the third era of Ingos’s life. From klîst-, construct form of klígas ‘the state of being gripped’ from the root of klîg- ‘clasp, grip’.
Koromanyë: name of an Entelláka female. From koro + mána ‘heart’ + -ye, formative suffix.
Kovalke: a man of the Eskenári.
Kúmi Netári: the deep wights, beings associated with the dark underland. From kûmi ‘deep’ and netári, from netáwa, netáya a being, a wight + -ri plural ending.
kûvassa: the golden drink of the Ingossamê. From kúve ‘golden’ + vassa ‘draught’, from vass-, root meaning ‘drink’.
kúveronda: a golden bowl carried by Mirutháli the Entelláya. From kúve ‘golden’ + ronda ‘hollow object’
kúve-thabus: Golden Death, the name of a deadly sea creature. From kúve ‘golden’ + thabus ‘death’.
kûyabri: the Golden Fruit of Aphelos. Contracted from kúvi abri.
Kwéni: the Two, affectionate name for Vidnî and Arbros. From kwé-, combining form of kúe two. Also Hakwéni.
Kwífa: a Hyûvanka widow dwelling near Fleswen ta-Féorë.
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L: the ‘third ruling letter’
Lafálon: the name of the great green mound where the King of the Fâdhéri dwelt in the Greenmarch. Perhaps from la(n)- intensive prefix, related to lando ‘ever’, + fál ‘high’ + hlon ‘mound’.
Lamína: the wife of Níbar the Eskenáwa.
Lamp of Hope: the great vessel of starfire hung up by the Féo Êlesti as a sign to the dwellers in the Midworld. Translating Lonkut-aphtu.
landorúya: a tree whose wood is incorruptible. From lando ‘for ever’ + rúya ‘tree’.
Lansenet: a male companion of Arbros and Vidnî, twin brother (as was long believed) of Thilfri. Perhaps from la(n)- ‘ever’ + senet. Also known as Lansenet ta-Hwenet ‘Lansenet of the Lake’.
laudividni: ‘bright stars’, as seen at sea. From lau- < láwa ‘light’ + -di adjectival suffix + vidni, plural of vityo ‘star’.
laukarellë: a Moondeer.
Laukolinnwë: ‘Moon-waning’, the New Moon.
Laukomána: name of 2nd queen of Dúmiel.
Laukonardi: ‘Beloved of the Moon’, name of a Hyûvanka clan enthralled by the Valkari. From lauko ‘moon’ + narad ‘beloved’ + -i formative suffix.
Laukonoth: the Mountain of the Moon. From lauko ‘moon’ + noth, reduced form of nôth, peak.
Lebengri: the pain-inflicting guardians of Magéraz Urlanfen. Plural of Lebenga, from leb-, root meaning ‘pain’ + en- root meaning ‘have skill in’ + -ga agent suffix
Lemenya: swift, fierce sea creature from whose skin some swan maidens make magical gowns for swimming in. From leme-, root meaning ‘swim’ + en- root meaning ‘have skill in’ + -ya suffix.
lethréga: steward (of the Queen’s House).
Líath Uludhyanedh: a valley near the Karûn Kabdath . From líath, plural combining form of líth ‘open place’ + uludhyanedh ‘forgetting’, from uludhya- ‘forget’, from ul- ‘from, out of’ + udhya- ‘have in mind’ +-nê- causative suffix + -edh abstract noun suffix.
Ligmannagar: the name of the hall of assembly in Tídris. From ligman- ‘general, held in common’ + ha- honorific prefix + gar ‘hall’.
Ligmanutsi: the common speech of the Midworld. From ligman- ‘general, held in common’ + utsi speech.
Ligrut: name of a captain of the Falakkazri.
Lonkut-aphtu: the Lamp of Hope. From lonkut-, formative of launuk ‘lamp’ + aphtu ‘hope’.
Lopatúvu: the name of Vidnî’s pony, ‘Shaggy hoofs’, from lopa ‘shaggy hair’ + túva ‘hoof’ + -u formative suffix.
Lôrúna: the people of the western land of Lóruvan, a fief of Dúmiel. Also Lôruvúna. Adjective Lôruvanka. Perhaps from lau- ‘light’ + rûv- ‘face’.
Lost Tribe: the last of the Hyûvanka tribes to enter Thrâyeldim. Translating Vurwë Yamudúna.
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M: the ‘letter of magnitude’
Magéraz Urlan-fen: the great city of Prámiz on the plains of Arkallumis. Perhaps meaning ‘the two horns of the underworld’, from magéraz, dialectal form of magyérdh ‘pair of horns’, dual of gyêrdh- ‘horn’; urlan ‘bottomless’, from ur- ‘bottom, base’ + -lan ‘-less’+ fên ‘pit’. Pronounced Magíraz Urlanfin in Fíbor.
Makhran: the primeval enemy of Émarul Sápha. From mák + hran.
Mánagil ta-Hyúvas: ‘the heartwood of life’; a healing substance possessed by the Entellári. From mána ‘heart’ + gil ‘matter’ + ta definite connective + hyúvas ‘life’.
Marfulês: the great bay at the west end of Fleswen-ta Féore, where the Karank dwelt. From mar- prefix meaning ‘great’ + fulês ‘broad stretch of water’.
Marhába: personal name.
Marípei: ‘the great outpouring’, waterfall cascading down the face of Mount Sabankos. From mar- prefix meaning ‘great’ + ípe- ‘pour out’.
Marlúgat Bróvë: the Great Forest of the North. From lúga ‘forest’.
Mar Ratholmen: the carved rock where the east-west road and the Giants’ north-south road cross. From mar- prefix meaning ‘great’ + ratholmen (from rath- ‘crossed’ + thôl ‘road’ + men ‘dome’).
Marûthénath Dagnedh: the Great Runes of Binding From mar- prefix meaning ‘great’ + ûthénath, plural combining form of ûthéa ‘a rune, spell’ + dagnedh ‘binding’, from dag-, root meaning ‘to bind’ + -nê- causative suffix + -edh abstract noun suffix.
Masláryë ta-Valka: a leading Angûthéga. Masláryë from ma- dual prefix + slâri ‘tongues’+ -ë formative suffix.
Mathúr Tahanduvandûr: the gates of Firungwâfi’s den. From mathúr pair of gates, dual form of thûr, gate + ta- definite connective, and Handuvandûr
Melainë: collective term for the greatest of flying nyandri. Singular Melainen. From mel- prefix indicating preeminence + ainë a nyanda in avian form.
Melenya: name of 11th queen of Dúmiel.
melkentiga: a chief counsellor. From mel-, prefix indicating preeminence + kentiga ‘counsellor’, from kente ‘counsel’.
Melusendë: name of a Fâdhéya dwelling in the Berugwannath.
Melyúnas: the earlier name of Negobith, before his malice was exposed. Perhaps a contraction of Melyúvanas from mel-, prefix indicating preeminence + hyúva- root meaning ‘living’ + nas ‘person’.
Menrar: the name of one of those icebound at Glingat Thorgri.
Mëolande Tervi: name of a Thendáya.
Mezendrákhon: name of a Kabáda of Kalípo.
Mikhan-dâ: (in Deep Speech) the name of Night among the Angûthéga.
Mirutháli: name of an Entelláka female. From miru- + tháli, element also found as a name.
Mivgâ: the name of a leading Stonegiant.
Moirath Negyel: the collective title of the Legends of Tesdámo. From moirath, combining form of moira, plural + negyel.
Moirath Obálë: collective name for the Laws of Tesdámo. From moirath, combining form of moira, + obálë.
mudrîn: a measure of volume. Plural mudrîs.
Mumliphân: (in Deep Speech) the Truth-rune
Murnag ta-Valka: name of a witchwoman living in Nanôr, an angûthéga, once the consort of Negobith. From mur- root meaning ‘destroy’ + nag ‘cloud’.
Murungyaldi: name of a leader of the angûthégri of Nanôr. From murung ‘destruction’ + gyald- ‘witchcraft’ + -i formative ending.
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N: the ‘second ruling letter’
Nabbolô: name of a leader of the angûthégri of Nanôr, dwelling in Farangrim Forest.
Nagbith: descendant of Negobith and Prince of Fíbor. Perhaps from nag ‘cloud’ + bith ‘robe’.
Nanôr: a forested land of witches. Also called Valkadâl, Witchland
Nassolin: name of the great lake of the northlands through which the river Throndir flows.
Nayadúri: Nagbith’s second consort.
Neathworm: a member of a race of voracious monsters of the underworld, of which Gulgrudur (Haldo Malvan) is the survivor. Translating Ongwedh, from ons- ‘nether’ + gwedh ‘worm’.
Negobith: the foe of Ingos and the Hyúvandri. From negub dark + -bith ‘robe’. Also occurs as Ungubith.
Negubána: the Dark Caves under Kapgar Kûm. From negub ‘dark’ + bána, plural of bâ, great cavern or void in the earth.
Netáka: belonging to the Kûmi Netári. From netâ- ‘wight, being’ + -ka adjectival ending.
Níbar: one of the companions of Ketumar who rejected the Yoke.
Nolgon: the anvil of Dreygan
Norog Minlárim: name of a settlement of the Kabdath on the south side of the northern mountains, not far from Firungráda. From Norog (perhaps from nor- + hog- root meaning ‘delve, carve out’) + Minlárim ‘place of the Minlári’, a tribe of Kabdath, from min- + -lâ, suffix meaning ‘people’. Adjective Minláka.
Northlands: the realm of the Giants north of the Greenmarch. Translating Bróvendâl.
Nozdusombath: name of the principal smith of the Kabadri of Hlund.
Nyandri: superhuman beings collectively (including giants, Entellári, Kúmi Netári). Singular Nyanda.
Nyaula: the name of the servant of Sûwikka.
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Obrámus: the elderly companion of Queen Díamun and her kin when they came to Aphelos. Called ‘the Wise’, Entelta.
Oigenas: the Entelláka name of Negobith. From oige ‘wicked and cruel’ + nas ‘person’
Olverúno: name of the King of the Hyilavúna. Perhaps from olve ‘pure-hearted’.
Ombros: a region under the earth. From om ‘beneath’ + bros ‘earth’. In Fíbor, Aumbrus.
Ongulâz: the district surrounding Guláz. From om- ‘beneath’. In Fíbor Aungulâz.
Onguláska: of Ongulâz; a person of Ongulâz.
Onskabâ: the underland cavern where Dreygan’s throne and forge is. From ons- nether (from om under + -s adjectival suffix) + kabá collection of caverns, from ka- collective prefix + bâ great void.
Otse t’Asath: the isle in the lake Fleswen ta Féorë, the Isle of the Lady.
Otse-t’Ingos: the Island of Ingos. From otse-, inflected form of os ‘island’.
Oyarúi: ‘Everytree’, name of the Golden Tree of Aphelos.
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Paite-ta Bróve Kabdath : the road of the Northern Kabdath. bróve ‘northern’, bróven ‘north’.
Paitevonga: ‘path guide’; a title of Ingos. From paite, combining form of payet ‘path’ (from pai- to step) + vonga ‘one who shows’ from vaun- ‘to show’ + -ga agent suffix.
Paryonal: name of an irregular crystal derived from the stars by the Entellári; the sister of the Talyoran.
Paskar: the name of one of those icebound at Glingat Thorgri.
Pedrekkarpon: name of a Kabáda, a silversmith and mason from Thémi Kabatigna.
Peréikatî: a settlement of the Hyúvandri in the Westlands. From peréi ‘beautiful’ + katí, perhaps from ka- collective prefix + tî.
Pereikatíri: the people of Peréikati.
Polanelya: name of an Entelláka female. From (dialectal) polana ‘flowers’ + elya ‘daughter’.
Poluwenna: name of 6th queen of Dúmiel. From polu ‘flower’.
Polwêi: the wife of Rógat the Eskenáwa. From polwë, plural of polu ‘flower’ + -i formative suffix.
Pragodath: the people of the rose. From prago ‘wild rose’.
Prámiz: son of Murnag and Negobith; thief of star-fire.
purûfrédhi: a kind of stinking fungus beloved of the monster Hugturágis. From purú- ‘stinking, foul’ + frêdh ‘cap, cover’ + -i formative ending. From riding Hugturágis, Slungandi was known as Purûsaréga ‘Foul Rider’.
Q
Queen’s House: the dwelling of the Queen in Tídris. Translating Higwatanya.
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R: the ‘first ruling letter’
Rákarë Zorthinen: name of one of the Melainë of Zorthin.
Rauno: name of the Counsellor of King Olverúno. Perhaps a shortening of Raunokentika ‘noble counsellor’, from rau- ‘lord’ + -no adjectival suffix + kentika ‘counsellor’, from kenti- ‘counsel’ (from ka- prefix + ente wisdom) + ka, dialect form of -ga, agent suffix.
Raupeskë: the horse of Arbros. Probably from rau- ‘lord’ + peskë.
Rauwendi: name of 12th queen of Dúmiel.
Rauwenna: name of the younger sister of Dâyàmuna.
Ravini-Gwasdâl: the land beyond the Waste Land. From ravini beyond+ gwas- empty + dâl land.
Ravinnigos: an island in the Berusilwa river connected by two bridges to the banks. From ravinnig ‘bridge’ (from ravin ‘beyond, across’ + hig ‘building’) + os ‘island’.
Rimes of Time to Come: a prophecy of the future. Translating Hadhwas-ta Vesovemun Ithi.
Rites of Negobith: a sequence of abominable rituals carried out by the servants of Negobith. Translating Purwatungubith.
Rógat: one of the companions of Ketumar who rejected the Yoke. From ró-, perhaps a variant of rau- ‘lord’ + gat.
Round Halls: the endless interconnected circular caves of Kapgar Kûm. Translating Hauli Garna.
rune: a secret spell or incantation. Translating ûthéa.
Runes of Frozen Time: magic verses that induce a state of frozen unconsciousness in a person or beast. Translating Ûthéath Firungìthi.
runesleep: a sleep induced by the chanting of magic runes. Translating ûthëamlonya.
runewives: Netâka females dedicated to the chanting of the runes. Translating ûthêagilri, plural of ûthéagîl, from ûthéa ‘a spell’ + gîl ‘woman’.
S
Sabankos: the mountain where the three Gyúgri set up their refuge.
Safataiwë: name of an Entelláka female. From safa, altered form of the name Sápha + taiwë.
Saréga: ‘Rider’, title of Arbros. From sarê ‘to ride’ + -ga agent suffix
sarron: a grouping of Thendâ. From sar- root meaning ‘ride’ + ron, suffix.
Saystri: young people. From says-, root meaning ‘young’ + -ri plural ending. Singular saihya ‘young woman’, saiswa ‘young man’.
Sâyumána: name of 7th queen of Dúmiel. From sáyu, dialect variant of zaiko ‘sun’ + mána ‘heart’.
Secret Knight: a name given to Thilfri in honour of her valour in severing the White Hand. Translating Ûthêsarréga.
Segen-ta Gangri: ‘landing place of the Giants’ under Hogunoth.
Segent Ophellúna: the hythe of the Swan-folk. From segen ‘landing place’ + ta + ophellúna, ‘swan people’, from ophelu ‘swan’; ophelyë ‘swan-maiden’.
Segnath Féwarim: the Quays of the River Féwaron.
Sedipayet: ‘goat-path’, from sedi ‘goat’ (absolute setyo) + payet ‘path’.
Sikamôl: ‘bitter mouth’, from sika ‘bitter’.
Silsawistë: name of an Entelláka female.
Silugíri: name adopted by Slungandi when in hiding meaning ‘water-man’. From silu water + gîr ‘male human’ + -i formative ending.
Silúna: earlier name of the Fâwiengri. From silu ‘water’ + -úna personal collective ending.
Silûnakánti: ‘fosterling of the Silûna’, the name of Slungandi before he became a renegade. From Silúna, the waterfolk + kánti, contracted form of kánuti fosterling, from kánu, past participle of kánedë to feed, bring up, + -ti, diminutive suffix, ‘-ling’.
Simetra: a chief of the Thendâ.
Sinkarad: the latch of Imbrig. From sinka- + rad-, root meaning ‘strong’.
skulldeer: a ghastly, bony deerlike beast with branching horns, ridden by the Kúmi Netári. Translating trankarellë, from trank- ‘skull’ and harellë ‘deer’. Plural trankarellna.
Slidhig: the house of Nabbolô. From slidh-, root meaning ‘creep’ + hig ‘dwelling’
Slugnir: the sword of Prámiz. From slug- + ni- + (ė)r impersonal agentive suffix.
Slungandi: the Drumster of the Deeps; a renegade Entelláya. Dreygan’s alteration of Silûnakánti.
Southlands: the area of the Midworld inhabited by the Hyúvandri. Rendering Yivandâl.
Spelrush: Anglicized name of a river in the westlands. In full form Spéleruhyus ‘leaf-strewn stream’ < spê ‘leaves’ + -le instrumental suffix + -ruhyu ‘strewn’ + -us, -utsu ‘stream’
Sporni: Slungandi’s wandkey, made from a sliver of the Taloran
starfire: a sacred essence derived from the stars with huge power, some of which was stolen by Prámiz. Rendering vidivoya, from vidi-, representing *viti-, stem of vityo star + vóya ‘fire’
Stonegiants: the ancient race of giants who worked in stone; the Kapangangri.
súrox: wild bovine whose horns could be used for music. From L. sûr- + English ox. Rendering sûronga.
Swancloak: a feathery covering enabling the Swanfolk to transform themselves into the form of swans. Translating ophelufrémë.
Swanfolk: those among the people of Endáyra with the facility of transforming themselves into the shape of swans. Translating Ophellúna.
Sûwikka: name of the ûthéga who intervened at the Naming Day of the second to last queen of Dúmiel. Nicknamed by many Sikamôl ‘bitter-mouth’
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tâgimlonya: waking sleep, a trancelike, suggestible state of mind. From tâg-, root meaning ‘wake’, + imlonya ‘sleep’.
Tairis: husband of Dóna.
Talyoran: the name of an irregular crystal derived from the stars by the Entellári. From talyo + ran.
Tarival: name of the coral necklace given to Rauwenna. From taru ‘neck’ + ival, iblë ‘whole, unharmed, healed’.
Tarûig: the name of Sûwikka’s house, ‘neck house’. From taru ‘neck’ + hig ‘dwelling’.
Telvorth: the name of one of those icebound at Glingat Thorgri.
Teprenkarpon: the name of the Kabadka Guardian of the Queen’s House, son of Pedrekkarpon.
Terve Mëolandi: name of a Thendáwa, life-partner of Mëolande Tervi.
Tesdámo: a name for the Midworld
Tezendirágon: name of a Kabáda of Kalípo
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Tháli: wife of Beinun.
Thallut’ Ingos: ‘wandering of Ingos’, the first era of Ingos’s life. From thallu ‘wandering’, from thal-, root meaning ‘wander’.
Thánrad: one of the companions of Ketumar who rejected the Yoke. From thán + rad (perhaps) ‘strong’.
Thangwerga: name, when enchanted as a gulbân in Farangrim Forest, of Groiznath. From thangû- ‘din’ + verga ‘stalker, one who walks silently or secretly’.
Thëanetsa: name of a swanmaiden of Endáyra’s people. Deep name: Theganê-ettesâh.
Thémi Kabatigna: ‘New Dwellings of the Kabadri’. From thém- ‘new’ + Kabad- + higna ‘buildings, dwellings’.
Thendâ: Doitherúna who ride horses and tame beasts of many kinds. Adjective Thendáka. Thendáya: a Thendáka female. Thendáwa: a Thendáka male. Possibly from thên (plural thehna), a word denoting any four-footed beast + dâ formative element meaning ‘people’.
Thilfri: a female companion of Arbros and Vidnî, twin sister (as was long believed) of Lansenet. Also known as Thilfri Opalë ta-Marwë Arabríga Thilfri the White, the Mighty Severer.
Thorgset Brandri: the ‘Battle of the Hounds’. From thorgset, combining form of thorgus ‘battle’ + brandri, plural of branya ‘a hound’, from bra- ‘to bay’.
Thorodas: the mountain on which Prámiz was bound.
thrâka-sarron: a half-sarron of the Thendâ.
Thrâkúna: ‘half ones’, collective name for the two sons of Negobith, Prâmiz and Groiznath, because they are half Doitherán, half human. From thrâk- ‘half’.
Thrâyeldim: the Midworld. From thrâ- ‘middle’ + hyeldi ‘region’ + -m locative marker.
Throndir: name of the great river of the north, that empties into the frozen sea. Perhaps from earlier *Thraundir, from thrâ- ‘middle’ + *wundi-, root meaning ‘rush loudly and forcefully’ + -(ė)r impersonal agentive suffix.
Thúrbal: the gate of Imbrig. From thûr ‘gate’ + bal.
tibros: ‘writing, letters’. Singular tibron ‘a written symbol’. From tiv-, root meaning ‘write’ + -ros suffix.
Tídhari: the magic beasts of Aphelos. Singular Tídhar.
Tîdharutsi: the language used by the Ingossamê to the Tídhari.
Tídris: the great city of Dúmiel. From tîd + riss-.
Tîdrissamê: people of Tídris. From hamé ‘a community (regarded as honorable)’, probably formed with the honorific prefix ha-.
tilvagil: a special kind of rope made by the Entellári. From tilva + gil ‘stuff’.
Tirakúri Bróvinen: the third greatest of the Melainë. From tira ‘swift’ + kúr- ‘wing’ + -i formative ending.
tiravidni: ‘shooting stars’.
Tiratas: the name of the speedy messenger of King Olverúno.
Tiratéma: the great horse of Rauno. From tira ‘swift’ + téma ‘(poetic word for) horse’.
Tithiánë: name of the Queen of Féor Êlesti.
Tonxor: the spear of Fúdrofûr. Perhaps from *taunuk- + zor ‘sharp tip, point’
Tormakkendus: name of the Kabáda who worked for Kwífa, the ‘Dabargi man’.
trankarellna: skulldeer (plural). Singular trankarellë. From trank- ‘skull’ + harellë ‘deer’
truth-rune: an incantation that causes pain and enforces confession. Translating ûthéat merídus (also merîdûthéa).
Tudhyotta Kwéni, the Meeting of the Two. From tudhyod ‘meeting’, from tûdh- ‘meet’, from tû ‘against’, from *túwa + -yod abstract suffix + ta definite possessive marker + kwéni ‘two persons’ from kúe, kwê ‘two’.
Tumbulë ta-Kumbren: the Drum of the Deep; Brandubur. Tumbuléga ta-Kumbren ‘Drumster of the Deep’.
Tyúgrumôl: nickname of Beski of Arosgath. From tyûgr- ‘sweet’ + môl ‘pair of lips, mouth’, from ma-, dual prefix + *wôl- ‘lip’
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Ûluváni: the name of one of the towers of the Queen’s House. From úlu- root meaning ‘to rain’.
Ungubith: later version of the name of Negobith. Taken to be from ungu- ‘woven’ + bith ‘robe’.
úrtirumna: (plural) name of a widely grown root vegetable, ‘wortrums’. Singular úrtirûm.
Usta: ‘Last’, son of Ingos and Díamun. Short for Usmun-ta Urnuï ‘Last born’, from usmun ‘last’ + ta definite connective + urnu ‘born’ + -i formative ending.
Ûthálu: ‘secret river’, the underground river flowing under Kapgar Kûm. From úthe ‘secret’ + thálu ‘river’.
ûthéa: a ‘rune’ or chanted charm, from úthe ‘secret’.
ûthéat atasovanedh: a rune of causing to return. From ata-, prefix meaning ‘back’ + sovane-, from sova- root meaning ‘come’ + -nê causative element, + -dh, suffix forming nouns.
ûthéat rúri: the woodcutters’ rune.
ûthéka perlum: magic square. From per- ‘four’ + lum ‘side’.
Uxul: a settlement of the Hyûvandri in the north-east of the Berugwanna.
V
V (also W): the ‘father letter’
Vadhrath Vorni: the Oaths of the Brothers. From vadhrath, plural combining form of vadh ‘oath’ + vorni, plural of vorwa ‘brother’.
Vadu Paityága: the name adopted by Ingos when visiting Valkamet. From vadu ‘father’, paite, combining form of payet ‘path’, yága ‘one who goes’, from yâ, root meaning ‘go’.
Valka, plural Valkari: a member of a clan of witches. Probably from valyo ‘yew tree’, plural valni.
Valkamet: the settlement of the Valkari near the eaves of Nanôr.
Vannagu ta-Hyífra: ‘the mist of the Sheefra’. From vannagu (vannag) ‘mist’.
Vannaka Netári: another name for the Hyífra. From vannag ‘mist’
Velgrath Valkari: ‘servants of the Valkari’: name imposed on the Laukonardi. From velgrath, combining form of velgri, plural of velga ‘servant’.
Velkasígo: an Entelláka guardian of Prámiz. Perhaps from velka, parallel in another dialect to velga ‘servant’ + sígo.
Ventikiltis: name of an Entelláka female. Possibly from venti (parallel in another dialect to vidni), plural of vétya ‘star’ (parallel in another dialect to vityo).
Vidimána: name of 3rd queen of Dúmiel, the last to use Sporni.
Vidinarvandri: ‘lovers of the Stars’, name of the Êlesti. From vidi-, stem of vityo ‘star’ + narvandri, plural of narvân ‘loving’, progressive participle of nardë ‘to love’.
Viditháli: name of a Fâdhéya in the Berugwannath.
vidivóya: ‘starfire’. From vidi-, stem of vityo ‘star’ + vóya ‘fire’.
Vidnî: name of the Hyûvanka maiden who becomes Queen of Dúmiel. From vidni, plural of vityo ‘star’ + -i formative suffix.
Vizíkuma: Nagbith’s third consort.
Vogalûd: the district around the tower Galúd. From vo- ‘outside’. In Fíbor Vaugalûd.
Vombarth: name of a leader of the angûthégri of Nanôr. Perhaps from vomb- ‘poison’ + arth ‘blade’.
Vurwë Yamudúna: the Lost Tribe. From vurwë, from vuru, past participle of vurdë to lose, and yamudúna, clan tribe, from yamúda family, from yamu mother + -uda ‘through’ + -úna, personal collective ending.
W
W (also V): the ‘father letter’
wingworm: a flying dragon. Translating vangwedh, from van-, root meaning ‘to fly’ + gwedh ‘worm, snake, dragon’. Also kúrgwedh.
wormwardens: Netári who guard Firungwáfi. Translating gwedhlendégri.
Y
Y: the ‘mother letter’
Yamúdat Zengri: ‘the family of smiths’, a family within the Eskenári.
Yamûkádu: the outward name of the mother crystal which was sundered into the Talyoran, Kanyolar, and Paryolan. From yamut, combining form of yamu ‘mother’ + kád ‘three’ + -u formative suffix.
Yamunôth: the Mother Hill in the Greenmarch.
Yamurúya: the Mother Tree of the Greenmarch.
Yamuta-Dáyë: ‘Mother of the People’, nickname given to Dâyamuna.
Yanelka: Eskenáka nurse of Díamun and her siblings.
Yankuvithri: the crook-fingered ones, a family within the Eskenári. From yanku ‘crooked’ + vith ‘finger’.
Year of Incoming: the year in which the mothers and fathers of the Hyûvandri came to Thrâyeldim. Translating Augë ta Dusòvegus.
Yivalendi: name of 10th queen of Dúmiel.
Yivanówa: the mouth of the Berusilwa river. From yivan ‘south’ + ówa ‘river-mouth’.
Yoke of Negobith: a spell that binds a person to the service of Negobith, marked outwardly by a purple brand on the shoulders. Rendering brigyatungubith, from brigya ‘yoke’ + ungubith, altered form of Negobith.
yokeservant: a person under the Yoke of Negobith. Rendering brigyavelga, from brigya ‘yoke’ + velga ‘servant’, from veledë ‘to serve’
Z
Zaikolinnwë: winter solstice. From zaiko ‘sun’ + linnw- root meaning ‘diminish’. Zaikomarûë ‘summer solstice’.
Zengri: Metalsmiths, literally ironsmiths, plural of zenga ‘smith’, from zenya ‘iron’ + -ga agent suffix.
Zorthin: a northern region containing high mountains, where many Melainë live.
Zóyeglummi: the Glass Mountain, home of Fûdrofûr. From zóyeg ‘glass’ + lum ‘side’ + -i formative suffix.
