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DICTIONARY MERMISH-THARIAN |
Welcome to the Mermish-Tharian Dictionary! Within these pages you can find all mermish words currently existing which have translations to human terms. This page will be updated whenever new words are needed, so expect new additions regularly. If you plan to add new words for this dictionary, please post them in the Santharian Language Forum. - Thanx in advance!
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The Vocabulary |
| Aagiaag | Rain, heavy (droplets splash off the water’s surface) |
| Aagii | Rain (thing that makes pockmarks on the water’s surface) |
| Aah-teeree | Forest (‘all tree’ – obviously from the Tharian) |
| Aasuuh | Water, dirty or polluted |
| Affehoo | Bored (restless, making random loud sounds) |
| Ah~ee | Hurts! (an imprecation or exclamation like the human ‘ouch!’) |
| Alassi | Water (multi-purpose word – ‘wave’, ‘home’) |
| Alassi | Wave (also means ‘water’ or ‘home’) |
| Alassi | Home (literally ‘water’ or ‘wave’) |
| Apupua | Froth (sea-spume, small bubbles) |
| Baabah | Bubble |
| Baovveche | Merfolk, Merperson |
| Bavverissi | Baveras, Goddess of the Sea |
| Bett | Bad (human term which mer may not fully understand) |
| Bett~wuutaah | Freshwater (which merfolk cannot tolerate for long - Tharian) |
| Bi (‘bee’) | Is (multipurpose word for ‘to be’, ‘to have’, ‘to be with’, etc…) |
| Bi (‘bee’) | Are |
| Bi (‘bee’) | Has |
| Bi (‘bee’) | Have |
| Bi (‘bee’) | With (together, possessing) |
| Bllusu | Fish eggs (spawn, caviar, etc.) |
| Buuhchii | Water, about 20 peds deep or 10 spandar |
| Caatuu | Water, good for breeding in (by any animal including mer) |
| Ccuuoo | Wave (a curling wave that creates a tunnel) |
| Chaachiioh | Water, disturbed or troubled by currents or weather |
| Chaaihoom | Sky-worm (type of dragon) |
| Chaaishiihuur | Sky-swimmer (flying dragon) |
| Chahho | Playful ( jumping, twirling, splashing excessively) |
| Cheehuuii | Sea-weed |
| Cheeoo | Seal |
| Chi (‘chai’) | Ahead (preposition of motion, used when swimming) |
| Chii (‘chee’) | Sea (any open salt water deeper than 20 peds) |
| Chuu-ffeenii | Sea-horse |
| Chuun | Hunger (narrowed eyes, active hunting of food) |
| Ciipaa | Rock wall or precipice underwater |
| Cuua | Tide (the movement, sound, smell, and sight of it, holistically) |
| Daahuu | Amused ( calmness with interest) |
| Daashu | Dancer |
| Deeragoh | Dragon (general human term) |
| Dehffoo | Sad ( downturned face, reluctance to communicate) |
| Dehiifaa | Unknown (word describing behaviour/emotion – characterized by lashing out at inanimate objects or other living things |
| Dehooffa | Confidence? ( characterized by smiles and slight aggression) |
| Echrassa | Sun (also used for ‘fire’) |
| Echrassa | Fire (literally, ‘sun’) |
| Echundra | Volcano |
| Eeas | Yes (from the Tharian) |
| Eenii | Water, rich in fish (either in the present, future, or past) |
| Faaraarii | Family |
| Feen | Fin |
| Feenhoom | Fin-worm (sea dragon) |
| Feenwaa | Water, troubled or churned up by a group of fish |
| Fees | Fish (the generic human word – mer have many species words) |
| Ffa | We (plural pronoun, used to refer to oneself as well) |
| Ffa | Us |
| Ffa | Our (possessive pronoun) |
| Ffa | Ours (possessive pronoun) |
| Ffa | I (actually translates as ‘we’ - mer do not use the singular form) |
| Ffeechuvo | Dolphune |
| Ffehpaah | Sandy, smooth seafloor (preferred by merfolk) |
| Ffewuu | Happy ( playful, fidgety) |
| Fffeechii | Nervousness? (flailing of limbs and tail while in water) |
| Ffuegane | Person, sentient being |
| Ffuen | Ripple (any movement on smooth water’s surface) |
| Ffuuhii | Excited ( fidgety, quick movements) |
| Fuuacho | Water, too cold for mer to swim in |
| Gahfooruu | Anger ( upturned face, fast movement, very aggressive behavior) |
| Gahooraa | Jealousy? (aggressive behavior to a mer in possession of a desirable item) |
| Gahuuii | Rage? (uncontrollable, violent behavior) |
| Ghaajii | Beneath (to be submerged, below water) |
| Ghood | Good (human term which mer may not fully understand) |
| Ghoontuh | Rocky, irregular seafloor |
| Haaih (‘hay-uh’) | Healthy, well (pronounced as a contented sigh) |
| Haanii | Somber? (laziness, blank expression, seclusion) |
| Haarduuh | Hard |
| Haarii | Sandy, smooth seafloor with a lot of seaweed |
| Haashilu | Tryster (the oyster’s more flavourful cousin) |
| Heehii | Determination (direct action, refusing to change course) |
| Heh (quick grunt) | Yes (affirmative, agreement, in Old Mer) |
| Hekk | Up (preposition of motion, used when swimming or moving) |
| Hhoole | Air |
| Hhoole | Wind |
| Hhu~hng | Heart ( primary emotional state, character or personality) |
| Hhu-huu | Hot (pronounced as two sharp pants of breath) |
| Hngukk | Dead |
| Hnguloo | Alive |
| Hnn-kii | Hungry (from the human tongue, to desire food) |
| Hss-tii | Thirsty (from the human tongue, to require bad-water) |
| Huaool | Whale (general human term. Mer refuse to name them) |
| Hurrff | Rock (above or below water) |
| Huuaae | Wave (single breaker of water) |
| Huu-iik | Sick (mimicking the sound of vomiting…) |
| Huumuu | Depression ( similar to ‘haanii’, more noticeable and taken seriously by the mer) |
| Hwuu | Cheerful ( similar to ‘ffewuu’ movements but more calm) |
| Hyuuman | Human |
| Jeech | Hot (generally, as in weather or food, but not in water) |
| Jiiii | Cold (pronounced as a shudder of breath forced through teeth) |
| Kiinaa | Shallows (good for sunning merfolk but poor for boats) |
| Kiinaagii | Reflection (the sun off the surface of the water) |
| Kiini | Bright ( blindingly bright or very hot) |
| Kiini~beeah | Alcohol (any strong drink, particularly beer, which they dislike) |
| Koohur | Color |
| Kraah | Crab |
| Liiffoo | Surprise (shocked look, upturned face, quick reaction) |
| Lla | Female |
| Lla | She |
| Lla | Her |
| Lla | Hers |
| Lle (‘lay’) | It (pronoun for any non-sentient but animate creature) |
| Lleehada | Land |
| Lli (‘lee’) | Male |
| Lli | He |
| Lli | Him |
| Lli | His |
| Llii | Feeling (the word which signifies emotion, or attitude) |
| Llinoo | Whirlpool |
| Llo | Neuter (third gender of the merfolk) |
| Llo | It (third gender pronoun of the merfolk) |
| Llo | Its (third gender possessive pronoun of the merfolk) |
| Maakeeffaa | Water, pretty or attractive |
| Maaroo | Water, warm on the surface but cool beneath |
| Maasoo | Water, surface warm but berg-cold beneath |
| Mchuuk | Oyster |
| Meessuk | Coral (dead) |
| Meesuloo | Coral (living) |
| Meetamaa | Water, evenly warm in temperature |
| Mhaawhoo | Change (verb) |
| Mmawtt | Down (preposition of motion, used when swimming or moving) |
| Oosoyyo | Without (multi-purpose: not existing, not having, not knowing) |
| Oosoyyo | Knowing not (‘don’t know’ – multi-purpose word) |
| Oosoyyo | Having not (multi-purpose word ‘don’t have/don’t know/isn’t’) |
| Oosoyyo | Is not (without existence – multi-purpose word) |
| Oowii | Hungry (wanting food, wanting sex, wanting attention) |
| P’chaaoo | Freshwater (which merfolk cannot tolerate for long – Old Mer) |
| Paaepooh~paash | City (‘people-place’, obviously a quasi-Tharian construction) |
| Paaepoohss | People (humans) |
| Paaffoo | Enamored? ( staring, playfulness, touching) |
| Rroo~er | Roar |
| Ruunii | Water, surface cool, luke-warm currents |
| Ruutaroo | Water, evenly cool in temperature |
| Saahd | Sand |
| Saahem | Water, 7 peds deep, optimum for mer |
| Scaahoo | Scale |
| Shaahii | Frustration ( flailing, downturned face, outbursts of anger) |
| Shaavoh | Silver-coloured |
| Silffin | Swordwhale ( Baveras’ steed) |
| Sooroo | Water, surface cool, colder beneath, barely tolerable |
| Ss (sibilant hiss) | Many (from the Tharian plural – added to nouns or pronouns) |
| Ssheep | Ship (obviously a human term) |
| Sshiiji | Tired (slow movements, drowsy appearance) |
| Sshuuka | Wave ( a sharp, peaked wave that collapses before the shore |
| Sshuurii | Sulkiness / Laziness ? (refusing to do anything, including swim) |
| Ssturm | Storm (a human term. Mer do not seem to mind weather) |
| Taafoowii | Love ? (similar to ‘paaffoo’ but more intense) |
| Taahi | Tide |
| Tehmoo | Water, around 13 peds deep, traveling depth |
| Toh | No (from the Tharian) |
| Toh~chii | Desert (‘no sea’, from the Tharian) |
| Ttheeni | Moon (also used for ‘ice’) |
| Ttheeni | Ice (literally, ‘moon’) |
| Uhff (a quick grunt) | It (pronoun for any inanimate object or thing) |
| Uk-uk (throaty cough) | Many (Old Mer plural – added to nouns or pronouns) |
| Ukuk~ffeechuvo | Dolpholk |
| Ungh (quick grunt) | No (refusal, disagreement, in Old Mer) |
| Uuniigo | Dried-up (once covered with water, but no longer) |
| Uuriigo | Fear (quick movements, loud voice, downturned face) |
| Vvundra | Earth (the underwater embankments that form the roots of islands and continents) |
| Woolbul | In (to be inside, surrounded by, covered) |
| Wwiigoo | Rock shelf underwater (good for mer but bad for boats) |
| Yeeni | Cold (generally, as in weather or food, but not in water) |
| Yyt (‘yeet’) | Food (any edible plant or creature the mer consider non-sentient) |
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