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 | ||
| ac | to wander, to 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 | ||||
| bas | to beg | |||
| 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 | |
| der | to heal | |||
| 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, to speak a language | 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 (an object) | ||
| lat | to lose, to be unsuccessful | |||
| laz |  |
to survive, to barely live | ||
| le | File:KL-le-lead.gif | to lead, to set an example | ||
| ler | to remember | |||
| 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) | imperative mood indicator | ||
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), to ask who | ||
| qaa |  |
What (is), to ask what | ||
| qe |  |
When (is), to ask when | ||
| qi |  |
Why (is), to ask why | ||
| qo |  |
Where (is), to ask where | ||
| qu |  |
How (is), 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, Passive Voice suffix | |
| 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 | ||
| suk | to strike with axe, to cut with axe | |||
| 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 | ||
| uf | to be alone | |||
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| zanac | random, pointless | randomly, without purpose | ||
| zancu | File:KL-Cu-Good.jpg |
good | well | |
| zanlat | unsuccessful | unsuccessfully | ||
| zanmil | |
flexible | flexibly | |
| zanxyaa | |
hard, strong, solid | powerfully, strongly, inflexibly | |