Kalaman Language:Lexicon

Kalaman to English

A

ahwa: son

Aidaspar: Kalaman God of Bards

aidaspara: recited account, recited pieces, recitation, type of oral literature, later written down

Arutkaupshaz: Aarothkopshaz, extra-dimensional being who lives above the cosmos.

ashwa: god, divinity; ashwaki divinities

Atur: god of storms, warrior who fights the titans and the dragons

aukesha: city (-oksha)

aydha [ˈaɪdʰa]: dimension, dimension of being, dimension of consciousness, “sheaf” of beingness; dimension or plane, "bunch, binding, conflux, sheaf (also ehta, eht in another language)

B

baku: father

baspa: skyness (see Flampesha)

BH

Bhimala [bʰɪˈmala]: the God Vimal, god of Lake Vimala

CH

chadik: priest

CHH (aspirated)

Challa [cʰalːa]: sunmoon

D

DH

E

G

gha prep: next to, by, at

H

Hwalaka: Master of the Sea, Kalaman Colony on Kumeikenot Island

I

ishu: servant

J

jaha: great

Jairutthala: Jeruthala, ancient Ruler of Kalama

jaksh: hide, leather

Jakubya: Jecubia, Throvy

jana: mind, reason, intellect

K

kaha: to sleep deeply

Kaina: starmoon, goddess of starmoon

Kathya-Brumya: Cetibrymio

kwalun: scale of reptile

kumi: tale, account

KSH

Kshandiguha: Kalama, Western and Central Corundy, “Xandiva” in Tassan

kshayum: fire

kshayus'unksha: temple of fire, fire-temple

L

li: from, of, used with place-names

M

mahe: mother

misha: sea

N

nam: unspoken prayer

nushra [ˈnʊʃra]: haunt, abode

O

-oksha: suffix for ‘city,’ used in city toponyms, see aukesha

oskahum n: river

P

pah!: utterance of disdain, contempt in the negation

pand: castle, fortress, used in place-names.

PH

R

S

s'unksha [sʰʊŋkʃa]: temple, house of a god

swaguna: frequency, vibratory signature

SH

T

TH

thi: consciousness

thimbur: incense

W

wah!: exclamation of excitement, contrast with 'pah'

Y

yanda: devotee

Z

ZH

Word Morphemes

Noun Classes

-um: animacy marker for things such as fire, river, water. In the Kalaman world-view, all creation is living

-ut: changing energy, changing state, temporary; daihut

-ik: (-ik, -arik, -irik); person holding a profession, usually male

-a: human, humanlike [-a, -asya, -ahya]

-ya: place

-i: result of a verb

Verbs

-a: most verbs end in this vowel for the root or 'infinitive' form

See Also

Kalaman Language