Klyros Language/Vocabulary
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A Note on Pronunciation
In an effort to follow the transliteration of the Klyros Language, the words are pronounced as described here.
Ksinos
| Klyros | Ideogram | Common | Grammatical indicator | Example sentence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
A | ||||
| a | to equal | auxiliary ksin | ze a zancu, I am (equal) good. | |
| aa | to sextuple | |||
| ak | to wander, to have do without purpose | |||
| al | to copy, to be a duplicate | can be used as a suffix after a kon to show the action of copying that kon (as a ksin), or describe by what they are copying (as a kzan) | ||
| an | to drown, to lower, to die | anfar can be added to the name of the deceased | ||
| azu | to shine, to light | |||
B | ||||
| bav | to follow, to result | |||
| bel | File:KL-Bel-Cry.jpg | to cry, to despair | ||
| bix | File:KL-Bix-Sound.jpg | to sound, to make a noise | ||
C | ||||
| ca | File:KL-Ca-Hope.jpg | to hope for, to have hope | ||
| ce | File:KL-Ce-Find.jpg | to find, to know where it is | indicative mood suffix (optional, when used corresponds to optional "do" verb in present simple like "I do want to help") | |
| cu | File:KL-Cu-Good.jpg | to do good, to do for good | ||
| cud | to be good, to be kind | |||
D | ||||
| da | File:KL-da-thank.gif | to thank, to owe | ||
| dal | File:KL-Dal-Embrace.jpg | to embrace, to cuddle | ||
| de | to agree (Ksinos form), yes (Kefaos form) | can be used as "and" with a positive tone | ||
| dee | to disagree (Ksinos form), no (Kefaos form) | can be used as "nor" or "not" | ||
| dro | to obliterate, to make completely gone, to make a fine powder of | |||
E | ||||
| e | to quadruple | |||
| ee | to nontuple | |||
| eex | File:KL-Eex-Grow.jpg | to grow | ||
| efa | to think, to know | |||
| en | to succeed | |||
F | ||||
| far | to go, to leave | past descriptor, "kfar" mean "goodbye" | ||
| fij | File:KL-Fij-Throw.jpg | to throw, to vomit | ||
| fuu | to shroud, to hide | |||
G | ||||
| ga | to come, to near | future descriptor, "kga" means "hello" | ||
| gart | File:KL-Gart-Protect.jpg | to protect | ||
| gel | to speak | kgel is the klyran word for klyran | ||
| gic | File:KL-Gic-Hatch.jpg | to hatch an egg | ||
| gos | File:KL-Gos-Scare.jpg | to scare, to frighten | ||
| gul | File:KL-Gul-Hate.jpg | to hate | ||
| gux | File:KL-Gux-Come.jpg | to come forth, to come from | ||
H | ||||
| h' | to lie, to not tell the full truth | |||
| ha | to age, to wait (long time) | hafar is an honorific prefix associated with age and wisdom, kha is year | ||
| haav | to follow the law, to do correctly | Often used with other words to make descriptive suffixes such as "nuhaav" which means criminal or "haavmaad" which means good student | ||
| he | to wait (short time) | khe is day, khera is today, khefar is yesterday, and khega is tomorrow | ||
| hers | to be sick, to be ill | |||
| hroth | to win, to be victorious | |||
I | ||||
| i | to double | |||
| ii | to septuple | |||
| iim | to have a chance at, to get an opportunity | |||
| ij | to deny, to be in denial, to be negative towards | |||
| ix | to force work, to enslave | |||
J | ||||
| ja | to choose, to decide | widely used in kefaos | ||
| je | to hypothesise | conjunctive mood suffix; widely used in kefaos | ||
| jo | to join, to add | kefaos formation prefix | ||
K | ||||
| k' | to form | ksinos formation | ||
| kee | to ask (a question) | question formation, modal ksinos | ||
| kof | to shrug, to not know | |||
| kya | to stand | asexual descriptor; insult if used for non-Kran person | ||
L | ||||
| la | to lose | |||
| laz | to survive, to barely live | |||
| le | File:KL-le-lead.gif | to lead, to set an example | ||
| lee | to command, to give order | infinitive mood indicator | ||
| lim | to fly | male descriptor | ||
| liin | to care, to understand | |||
| los | to pay, to repay a debt | nulos is a demeaning term added to the end of a name of those who are in debt | ||
| lyr | to live, to exist (animatedly) | |||
M | ||||
| maad | to learn | suffix added after a student's name | ||
| mas | to steal, to take unrightfully | |||
| mef | to teach | suffix added after a teacher's name | ||
| mer | to be below | netmer is below | ||
| mil | to dive | female descriptor | ||
| miv | to swim, relating to water | kmiv is water | ||
| muul | to lie down, to sleep | |||
| mo | to ask (somebody to do something) | |||
N | ||||
| na | to rise | |||
| nar | to fight, to duel | |||
| ne | to precede | |||
| net | to relate | knetos formation | ||
| ni | to surround, to enclose | |||
| nu | to negate, to stop | negation | ||
| nyar | to kill, to destroy | |||
O | ||||
| o | to quintuple | |||
| oc | to gasp, to be surprised | |||
| on | to exist (inanimately) | |||
| oo | to decuple | |||
| os | to multiply | plural | ||
P | ||||
| pac | to use | |||
| po | to help | |||
Q | ||||
| qa | Who is or to ask who | |||
| qaa | What is or to ask what | |||
| qe | When is or to ask when | |||
| qi | Why is or to ask why | |||
| qo | Where is or to ask where | |||
| qu | How is or to ask how | |||
R | ||||
| r' | to want, to desire | |||
| ra | to do now | rare present tense suffix, kra is a klyran word that would replace "it" in "it is raining" | ||
| rad | to finish | |||
| rae | to love | |||
| raf | to put, to set, to place | |||
| ris | to begin | |||
S | ||||
| san | to have something done on | Added to the end of konos to show what the action is being done upon | ||
| saw | to answer | |||
| sib | to be a "brother" (with "-lim" postfix) or "sister" (with "-mil") or "sibling" | |||
| sin | to do | Added to the end of konos to show what is doing the action | ||
| sud | to count | |||
| sur | to be tired, to have no energy | |||
T | ||||
| tas | to take | |||
| ten | to switch, to replace | |||
| tis | to give | |||
| tol | to trade, to exchange | |||
U | ||||
| u | to triple | |||
| uu | to octuple | |||
V | ||||
| vab | to stem, to originate | |||
W | ||||
| war | to cut, to remove | |||
| wef | to receive | |||
| wer | to send | |||
| wo | to honour, to greet | honorific prefix | ||
| wos | to be hurt, to bleed | |||
| wyn | to darken, to shadow | |||
X | ||||
| xaa | to make solid, to create | |||
| xara | to ponder, to consider | |||
| xu | to have, to possess | kzanos formation | ||
| xyaa | to be solid | |||
Y | ||||
| ya | to separate, to divide | third person indicator | ||
| yi | to oppose, to confront | second person indicator | ||
Z | ||||
| z' | to travel, to transport | |||
| zan | to paint, to describe | |||
| ze | to reflect, to mirror | first person indicator | ||
| zed | to be strange | |||
Silent Symbols | ||||
| name | name | added to the end of a name | ||
| half-space | half-space, half the length of an ideogram | empty space between words | ||
| space | space, the length of an ideogram | empty space between sentences | ||
| prefix-connecting ideogram | optionally inserted after (dis)honoring prefixes, when spelled corresponds to pause little bit longer then between syllables but shorter then between words. In transliteration "-" is used | |||
| suffix-connecting ideogram | optionally inserted before (dis)honoring suffixes, when spelled corresponds to pause little bit longer then between syllables but shorter then between words. In transliteration "-" is used | |||
Kefaos
| Klyros | Ideogram | Common | Example sentence |
|---|---|---|---|
| de | yes | ||
| dee | "no", "nor", "not" | ||
| jojo | and | ||
| joja | or | ||
| jojaja | "or" - one from two options but not both | ||
| joje | then | ||
| jonuje | else | ||
| je | if | ||
Kzanos
| Klyros | Ideogram | Common adjective | Common adverb | Example sentence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| zancu | good | well | ||
| zanxyaa | hard, strong, solid | powerfully, strongly, inflexibly | ||