Word List of Kreenspam
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Given in alphabetical order, the following is an introductory vocabulary of Kreenspam, the language of the Sarrs, sufficient to aid in the appreciation of the Fold Fantasies, The Empress and The Emperor. Knowledge of these words is not necessary to enjoy the books.
| adren--end | adrenal--to end | ald--nose | Aldee--little nose | angfetal-- remember |
| Angfetu--remembered (adjective) | ar--cat | ard--tusk | Bafrel--whiskers | bal--ear |
| balt--bat | ban--to walk | banto--walker | belal--throw, cast upward, scatter | Beld--good leg (bu-eld) |
| ber--hair, pelt | bi--west; or the number two | bil--west | Bil Semu--western plain | bor--sea |
| Boryanto--sea swimmer | brel--wheel, circle | brelal--to roll | brelan--to encircle | brem--stone (or cave, by implication) |
| Bremard--stone tusk | Bremset--stone wing | brug--danger | brumman--command as a leader | bu--good |
| dal--you | dan--to die | danto--death | del--and | dra--green |
| Dragon--green enormity | Dramun--green tail | dran--blue | drebal--to love | Drebu--beloved |
| drol--mega-sloth | Droljel--mega-sloth head | drom--bear | ebbi--east | ebbil--east |
| Ebbil Seelkir--eastern forest (on the far Pons) | Ebbil Semu--eastern plain | Ebbil Staltara-- eastern range (of mountains) | ebru--south | ebrull--southern |
| Ebrulleer--southern way, the Pons | eer--road or way | el--neck | eld--leg | et--within |
| fetal--to think or know | fi--sharp | Fijat--sharp tooth | fal--one, someone, who | fel--star |
| Felilb--star-eye | fil--bird | filash--flying | filsle--Lusettan ballet | flis--angel |
| frel--whisker | gel--foreleg | gilal--bind | glas--tongue | goloth--eased |
| gon--enormity | gre--dry (thirsty) | hag--thick | Hagard--thick tusk | Hagel--thick neck |
| hal--wind | ilb--eye | ilbal--to see | ilban--to search | Ilbu--seen |
| im--keen | Imalda Lusu--keen-nose the whitened | jat--tooth | jatal--to eat | jatto--eater |
| je--day | jeb--time | jel--head | jen--book | ji--when |
| ka--stick; or definite article 'the' | kara--trunk (of a tree) | Karasis--trunk-fire, God the Son, Jesus Christ | kess--beginning | kir--land |
| kor--not | korangfetal--forget | Korazagel--short-leg (not long foreleg) | koru--never | kreen--old |
| Kreenleb--old road, the Great Road | Kreenprew--old tail | Kreenro--old dark one, Satan (informal) | Kreenspam--old speech | kwer--even, just (fairness) |
| kwer-si-kwer--equitable, even-handed | la--small | lan--to be | lam--much, very | Lazar--small scale (scale of a reptile) |
| leb--road | leban--shepherd, care | Leblok--Road War | Leb Nashraksa--the Great Road Tunnel | leb rigva--road building |
| Lebu--shepherded | lef--pretty | lij--he | lish--bowl | litt--burden |
| Litt Goloth-- burden-eased, name for Sarrs after 1438 A.D | Litt Narva-- burden-moving, name for the Sarrs pre-1438 A.D. | littzur--burden beast | lok--war | Looper--informal for Lupris |
| lu--white, lit up; light weight | lud--everything | lun--to light | lunto--lighter | luj--they |
| Lupris--light-foot, Looper | Lusetta--white flyer | Lustal--The White Mountain | Mald--noble-nose (mi-ald) | mang--skilled work, artifice |
| Manger--artificer-cat | Mangaree--diminutive of Manger, a separate species | mangusisska--artificed Sisska, a false Quintus | mat--sound | mi--noble |
| Milb--noble eye (mi-ilb) | mij--I | mil--true | mis--high, raised up | misar--noble Sarr |
| Misar pin Palleb--knight of the New Road | Misbal--high ear | Miseld--long leg | Mistaleer--high mountain pass | Misu--ennobled (adjective) |
| mul--hot, warm | mulje--summer day, warm day | mun--tail | Muz--gray | nab--on, upon |
| nabjel--hat (on-head) | nabnarval--to ride upon | naran--to bring | narval--to move | narva--carrying, moving |
| Narvash--the Fold | Narvan--another name for Sarr | nash--great, greater | Nash Omlish--greater lake, the Maigathal | Nashpa--big-mouth |
| nasseel--great tree | neb--in or at (time) | Neeree--little Nero | nel--by, on the basis of | nem--child, offspring (formal) |
| ner--fish | Nerjatto--fish eater | ni--the number one | nimangel--create | nong--back (noun) |
| nor--captain | nur--mind | olm--earth | om--water | Ombanto--water walker |
| omeer--water-way, river | omglas--water-tongue, harbor | omjebbelsa--lazy boating | omlish--water-bowl, lake | Omlishee--lesser lake, the Thal |
| omnabal--to boat (water-upon) | orn--one day, sometime | Omulglas--wet tongue | pa--mouth | pal--new |
| palleb--new road | paman--speak, discuss | Pamanbrem--council hall of the Ulrigs | pamat--speech, Kreenspam | pel--heart |
| pin--of (genitive) | pli--three | pril--king or prince | prew--bird tail | pris--foot |
| ra--wide, long | Rajat--long tooth | raksa--the act of boring (as of a tunnel) | raza--long | Razabera--long hair |
| Razasif--long arrow | Razatella--long leaf (referring to a leaf shaped ear) | Razamun--long tail | ri--strong | rig--damage or hurt (noun) |
| rigilal--to marry | rigva--the act of building | ripaman--promise | Ripel--strong heart | ro--darkness, dark colored |
| robalt--dark-bat, zombie bat | rodrom--dark-bear | Roset--black wing | Rosif--black arrow | rom--hill |
| Roper--informal for Ropris | Ropris--dark foot | ru--north | Ruhal--north wind | rull--northern |
| Rull Semu--northern plain | rum--lord | san--to answer a call | Sarr--one of the Ten Species of the Fold | Sarree--little Sarr |
| seel--tree | Seelkir pin Rom-- Forest of Darkness | sel--wood, wooden | selleb--bridge | semu--plain |
| sen--child, offspring (informal) | set--wing | setta--winging, flying, bird | sha--room | shabremet--cave (room in stone) |
| shar--cold | si--transparent; or a preposition--to, balanced against | sif--arrow | Silb--transparent eye (=eyelid) (si-ilb) | sip--high (spiritual or philosophical) |
| Sipnur--high mind | Siproflis--high(est) dark angel, Satan | Sipurrom--high holy hill | Siskir--fire-land, Hell | siskiral--to damn |
| siss--fire | Sisska--fire-stick, Quintus Pausanius | sle--dance | stal--mountain | staltara--mountain range |
| tabra--formation of Mangars riding korfies | tara--a lining up | tel--leaf | telval--give | tem--middle |
| Tem Staltara--middle range (of mountains) | Trebkir--sky-land, Heaven | tulal--to wander lost | tulalash--wandering | tulsen--beggar child, young vagabond |
| tren--sky | ul--he | Ulrig--he-hurter, or damager | Ulrumman--He-Lord/Maker, God the Father | ur--holy |
| urrom--holy hill | vel--fine, impressive | veli--here | Velprew--impressive tail | Vult--(meaning unknown) |
| vuz--strength | Vuzbal--strong ear | yan--to swim | yanto--swimmer | zal--under |
| zar--scale (of a reptile) | zee--brave | Zeeba--meek | Zeel--brave neck, impressive neck (zee-el) | zur--beast |
Prefixes
| ba = plural marker (a separate word) | eb- opposite of | ka definite article, 'the' (a separate word) |
| kel- past tense for verbs | zel- future tense for verbs |
Suffixes
| -a feminine ending | -ash gerund ending (ing) | be question marker (a separate word) |
| -ee diminutive ending | -em or -m genitive ending | -en accusative ending |
| -ll or -l adjectival suffix | -sa gerund ending (ing) | -su passive suffix, feminine |
| -to noun suffix | -u passive suffix, masculine or neuter | -ub dative ending |
| -va gerund ending (ing) |
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