A
Abier (ah-bee´ir): dance
Abohr: fear
Ado: you
Aden: you (plural)
Adeh; they, them
Adoram: realm
Aittar: almighty
Aittar Kodar: Almighty Judge
Ah: above
Ahbaia: Goddess
Ahbey: beside
Ahn: do (ahnon: did; ahnan: doing)
Ahva: God, Goddess and Almighty Judge. A single word for their trinity.
Ahl: lofty
Aille: Nobility (noun, a class of Grys)
Ailla: noble
Aldon: Lord
Algin: their word for their language; the language of Algizor
Algizor: the Grysaille country, the high mountainous region in the general northern-west region of their continent; Probably about the distance of eastern Washington (and maybe part of Idaho) from the west coast
Alia: Lady (as a title)
Ama: Beseech/implore, aman: beseeching, amon: beseeched
Ar: day
Arrin: auspicious
Avia: ma’am
Avon: sir
Avodon: God
B
Baia: female (bye-a) females: baien
Baigryssi: daughter (female-child)
Baiyee: young female (bye-ee)
Baiyan: female attendant, to a bride, or royalty; also female guard devoted to a Grysaille; plural=baiyen
Baien: females, plural
Bavay: hers (obavay: formal or archaic)
Bek: two
Beki: double
Beken: Pair (verb); bekan (pairing) bekon (paired)
Bekor: Pair (noun)
Beytor: before
Bodra: until
Bond: grant (bondan: granting, bondon: granted)
C
Cath: end
Chaushure: General
Cha-zon: Grysaille cheer, like “huzzah” or “hip hip hoorah”
Chiz: each
D
Damaiya: ancestor; damaiyen: ancestors
Dev: create; devan: creating; devon: created
Deven: creation
Doma: experience of life over time
Dura: death
E
Eeria: the home world of the Grys and Grysaille
Eh: be
Ehn: been
Ehnan: being
Evahn: great
F
Falo: plain (noun: flat grassland, not the adjective) plains: falen
Feya: hear (feyan: hearing; feyon: heard)
Fon: and
G
Gaw: left
Gawan: west
Gestir: beyond
Gilliara: a Grysaille savor finger food (single); Plural: gilliaren
Gilliaras: Grysaille food (a savory finger food) – look like seeded canapes. This word has been “English-fied,” and is sometimes used when speaking to humans
Geod: bound (as in tied together, not headed for some place) (geodan: binding)
Gond: bond
Glonon: sacrifice (noun) glonen:sacrifices
Glonon t’Ahva: Godly sacrifice; self-sacrifice, using all one’s magic unto death, especially to save the life of another; literally, Sacrifice of God (Trinity)
Grys: the root word for the sentient race of Eeria, which they call themselves
Grysaille: the name for themselves means ‘noble Grys’ or noble people. Only the Grys beyond the northern mountain fastness capable of magic call themselves ‘Grysaille.’ The split between the Grys and the Grysaille happened so long ago (about 35,000- 50,000 years ago) that the Grysaille no longer look like the lowland Grys.
Gryssi: child/children
H
Heen: right (direction)
Heeyan: east
Hostra: Grysaille food (a savory finger food) Plural: hostren
Hostras: this is the plural of hostra that has been ‘influenced’ by the English languages, and is sometimes used when talking to humans
Howin: pass (verb, not the narrow ridge/gap in the mountains); Howan: passing; Howon: passed
Howind: passage
I
Iaht: time
J
Jas: those
Jen: pain
Jer: fjord; fjords: jerren
K
Kaial: high
Kam: guide (noun); Kamen: guides
Kama: guide (verb) (Kamon: guided; kaman: guiding)
Kam-on Ahva: Grysaille holy person/priest or priestess. Literally: “guide to God, Goddess, and Almighty Judge” more casually referred to as the “Kamon”.
Kodar: judge
L
Lys: island; lyssen: islands
Lyssen fon Jerren t’na Naiangrys: the Isles and Fjords of the NorthGrys. The far northern coastal realm, north of North Grysdoram. Commonly referred to as “Naiangrys.” Only livable due to the mitigating effects of the ocean surrounding it.
M
Mussak: riding animal and beast of burden; looks a little like a large gnu, but shaggy hair and bigger rear quarters
Moro: valley (moren: valleys)
N
Na: the
Nab: a or an
Nabarrinar: a promising day (literally ‘an auspicious day’)
Nado: yours (archaic or formal: Onado)
Naden: yours (plural), (archaic or formal: onaden)
Nadon: theirs (archaic of formal: onadon)
Na Kodara; The Judges. In Algizor, these are who determine one’s innocence or guilt in all crimes against the state. There is no peer judging. Each court is 5 judges in number. The Emperor chooses the 5 highest judges, who choose the 5 judges for each territorial court, who in turn choose the 5 judges for the smaller regional courts. There is much chance for abuse of power here, although generally speaking, the chance for a fair trial gets better the further down the ladder you go. Best to be tried in a small regional court.
Nai: up (pronounced nigh)
Naian: north
Naian Quarran: North Wasteland. Just that. Ice and snow all year; no one lives there.
Narra: love
Navay: his (Onavay: his, formal)
Nib: stay; (niban: staying; nibon: stayed)
Niyah: dear
O
Obavay: hers (formal or archaic)
On: to
Ona: to the
Onado: yours (formal or archaic
Onaden (theirs)
Onavay: his, formal
ou: (pronounced “ooh”): Is/am/are (singular, as in “you are” or “he is”) – depends on the noun or pronoun
ouhan: (pronounced ooh-on) were, was, singular, (“you were” or “he was”)
oun: (pronounced oon): are (plural – as in “they are”)
ounen: (pronounced ooh-nen): were (plural – “they were”)
Ohn: (pronounced ‘own’) will (singular verb, he will)
Ohnen (pronounced “owe-nen”) will (plural verb, they will)
P
Pah: yes
Pak (pronounced ‘pock’): three
Paki: triple
Palada: (savory finger food) poisonous to humans; causes almost immediate severe gastric distress (nausea, gut-twisting gas cramps), although won’t kill humans, but can make them miserable for 24 -48 hours.
Pandra, or Falen t’Pandra: Plains of Pandra; the windswept, high plains country east of South Grysdoram and south of Algizor. Commonly referred to as “Pandra”
Poras: gather
Puska: small very fuzzy, fox-like animal, used as a pet and for vermin control; like a cross between a Pomeranian and a fox
Q
Quassir: between
Quarran: wasteland; quarren:wastelands
R
Rorum: journey
Ros: (pronounced ross, not rose): winter
S
Saiah: please (sigh-a)
Sak: (pronounced ‘sock’): one
Saki: single
Sallor: allow
Sahwo: from
Soe: down (pronounced so)
Sowan: South (pronounced ‘so-ahn’)
Senza: literally ‘cultured’, but frequently used before the words for male and female. Senzabaien fon senzavoden would be the equivalent of “ladies and gentlemen”
Shah: me
Shehn: us
Shey: I
Sho: my
Shonar: beloved, or “my beloved”
Shoud: pride (rhymes with ‘cloud’)
Swahz: dawn
T
T’ : of; applied as a liaison to the following word, as in, t’tel = ‘of this’
Tabolay: lexicon
Tado: your, (otado: formal or archaic)
Taden: your (plural), otaden (formal or archaic)
Tahm: pray (tahman: praying; tahmon: prayed)
Tahmbor: prayer, tahmben: prayers)
Tain: when
Tar: mighty
Te: with
Tel: this
Teyan: without (literally “with no”)
Tyor: across
U
Un: cover/covering (noun)
V
Vai: stand; (vaian: standing; vaion: stood)
Vey: He
Vodi: young male; in English, Grysaille use the word ‘buck’ as the equivalent; it does imply headstrong stubbornness and high spiritedness, as does vodi
Vodon: male
Voden: males
Vodyon: male attendant to the groom or royalty; literally ‘guardsman’ (well, not ‘men,’ obviously – but male guard devoted to a Grysaille) Plural=vodyen
Vogryssi: son (male-child)
Vor: heart
Vorros: heart of winter, the winter solstice
W
Woeden: depths
Woedon:depth
Woe: all
Woiaht (pronounced:woe-I-at): always (“all time”)
Y
Ya: for
Yania: friend; yanien: friends
Yit: swift
Yogri: other
Yon: guard
Yen: guards
Yan: no
Yodrum: threshold
Z
Zav (verb): thank; zavan: thanking; zavon: thanked
Zaven: thanks
Zerot; map