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