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  arwa-arvo olen isanta, ekam--honor keep you, my brother (greeting).

  arwa-arvo pile sivadet--may honor light your heart (greeting).

  arwa-arvod mane me kodak--may your honor hold back the dark (greeting).

  assa--no (before a noun); not (with a verb that is not in the imperative); not (with an adjective).

  assatotello--disobedient.

  asti--until.

  avaa--to open.

  avio--wedded.

  avio palafertiil--lifemate.

  avoi--uncover; show; reveal.

  belso--within; inside.

  bur--good; well.

  bur tule ekamet kuntamak--well met, brother-kin (greeting).

  cada--to flee; to run; to escape.

  coro--to flow; to run like rain.

  csecsemo--baby (noun).

  csitri--little one (female).

  diutal--triumph; victory.

  eci--to fall.

  ek--suffix added after a noun ending in a consonant to make it plural.

  eka--brother.

  ekam--my brother.

  ela--to live.

  elasz arwa-arvoval--may you live with honor (greeting).

  elasz jelabam ainaak--long may you live in the light (greeting).

  elava--alive.

  elava ainak majaknak--land of the living.

  elid--life.

  ema--mother (noun).

  Ema Mage--Mother Nature.

  emaen--grandmother.

  embe--if; when.

  embe karmasz--please.

  emni--wife; woman.

  emnim--my wife; my woman.

  emni han ku kod alte--cursed woman.

  emni kuNGenak ku assatotello--disobedient lunatic.

  en--I.

  en--great; many; big.

  en jutta felet es ekamet--I greet a friend and brother (greeting).

  en magenak--I am of the earth.

  en oma mageka--I am as old as time (literally: as old as the earth).

  En Puwe--The Great Tree. Related to the legends of Ygddrasil, the axis mundi, Mount Meru, heaven and hell, etc.

  engem--of me.

  es--and.

  ete--before; in front.

  etta--that.

  faz--to feel cold or chilly.

  fel--fellow; friend.

  fel ku kuuluaak sivam belso--beloved.

  fel ku vigyazak--dear one.

  feldolgaz--prepare.

  fertiil--fertile one.

  fesztelen--airy.

  fu--herbs; grass.

  gaeidno--road; way.

  gond--care; worry; love (noun).

  han--he; she; it.

  han agba--it is so.

  han ku--prefix: one who; that which.

  han ku agba--truth.

  han ku kaswa o numamet--sky-owner.

  han ku kuulua sivamet--keeper of my heart.

  han ku lejkka wake-sarnat--traitor.

  han ku meke piramet--defender.

  han ku pesa--protector.

  han ku piwta--predator; hunter; tracker.

  han ku vie elidet--vampire (literally: thief of life).

  han ku vigyaz sielamet--keeper of my soul.

  han ku vigyaz sivamet es sielamet--keeper of my heart and soul.

  han ku saa kuc3aket--star-reacher.

  han ku tappa--killer; violent person (noun); deadly; violent (adj.).

  han ku tuulmahl elidet--vampire (literally: life-stealer).

  han sivamak--beloved.

  hany--clod; lump of earth.

  hisz--to believe; to trust.

  ho--how.

  ida--east.

  igazag--justice.

  irgalom--compassion; pity; mercy.

  isa--father (noun).

  isanta--master of the house.

  it--now.

  jalleen--again.

  jama--to be sick, infected, wounded, or dying; to be near death.

  jela--sunlight; day; sun; light.

  jela keje terad--light sear you (Carpathian swear words).

  o jela peje terad--sun scorch you (Carpathian swear words).

  o jela peje emnimet--sun scorch the woman (Carpathian swear words).

  o jela peje terad, emni--sun scorch you, woman (Carpathian swear words).

  o jela peje kaik hankanak--sun scorch them all (Carpathian swear words).

  o jela sielamak--light of my soul.

  joma--to be underway; to go.

  joee--to come; to return.

  joeesz arwa-arvoval--return with honor (greeting).

  jorem--to forget; to lose one's way; to make a mistake.

  juo--to drink.

  juosz es elasz--drink and live (greeting).

  juosz es olen ainaak sielamet jutta--drink and become one with me (greeting).

  juta--to go; to wander.

  juti--night; evening.

  jutta--connected; fixed (adj.); to connect; to fix; to bind (verb).

  k--suffix added after a noun ending in a vowel to make it plural.

  kaca--male lover.

  kadi--judge.

  kaik--all.

  kaNGa--to call; to invite; to request; to beg.

  kaNGk--windpipe; Adam's apple; throat.

  kac3--gift.

  kada--to abandon; to leave; to remain.

  kada wakeva ov o kod--stand fast against the dark (greeting).

  kalma--corpse; death; grave.

  karma--want.

  Karpatii--Carpathian.

  Karpatii ku kod--liar.

  kasi--hand (noun).

  kaswa--to own.

  keje--to cook; to burn; to sear.

  kepa--lesser; small; easy; few.

  kessa--cat.

  kessa ku toro--wildcat.

  kessake--little cat.

  kidu--to wake up; to arise (intransitive verb).

  kim--to cover an entire object with some sort of covering.

  kinn--out; outdoors; outside; without.

  kinta--fog; mist; smoke.

  kislany--little girl.

  kislany kuNGenak--little lunatic.

  kislany kuNGenak minan--my little lunatic.

  kod--fog; mist; darkness; evil (noun); foggy; dark; evil (adj.).

  kod elava es kod nime kutni nimet--evil lives and has a name.

  kod alte han--darkness curse it (Carpathian swear words).

  o kod belso--darkness take it (Carpathian swear words).

  kod jutasz belso--shadow take you (Carpathian swear words).

  koje--man; husband; drone.

  kola--to die.

  kolasz arwa-arvoval--may you die with honor (greeting).

  koma--empty hand; bare hand; palm of the hand; hollow of the hand.

  kond--all of a family's or clan's children.

  kont--warrior.

  kont o sivanak--strong heart (literally: heart of the warrior).

  ku--who; which; that.

  kuc3--star.

  kuc3ak!--stars! (exclamation).

  kuja--day; sun.

  kuNGe--moon; month.

  kule--to hear.

  kulke--to go or to travel (on land or water).

  kulkesz arwa-arvoval, ekam--walk with honor, my brother (greeting).

  kulkesz arwaval--joeesz arwa arvoval--go with glory--return with honor (greeting).

  kuly--intestinal worm; tapeworm; demon who possesses and devours souls.

  kumpa--wave (noun).

  kuna--to lie as if asleep; to close or cover the eyes in a game of hide-and-seek; to die.

  kunta--band; clan; tribe; family.

  kutenken--however.

  kuras--sword; large knife.

  kure--bind; tie.

  kutni--to be able to bear, carry, endure, stand, or take.

  kutnisz ainaak--long may you endure (greeting).

  kuulua--to belong; to hold.

  laas--west.

  lamti (or lamt3)--lowland; meadow; deep; depth.

  lamti bol juti, kinta, ja szelem--the netherworld (literally: the meadow of night, mists, and ghosts).

  lana--daughter.
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  lejkka--crack; fissure; split (noun); to cut; to hit; to strike forcefully (verb).

  lewl--spirit (noun).

  lewl ma--the other world (literally: spirit land). Lewl ma includes lamti bol juti, kinta, ja szelem: the netherworld, but also includes the worlds higher up En Puwe, the Great Tree.

  liha--flesh.

  louna--south.

  loyly--breath; steam (related to lewl: spirit).

  ma--land; forest.

  magkoszun--thank.

  mana--to abuse; to curse; to ruin.

  mane--to rescue; to save.

  mage--land; earth; territory; place; nature.

  me--we.

  meke--deed; work (noun); to do; to make; to work (verb).

  mica--beautiful.

  mica emni kuNGenak minan--my beautiful lunatic.

  minan--mine; my own (endearment).

  minden--every, all (adj.).

  moert?--what for? (exclamation).

  molana--to crumble; to fall apart.

  molo--to crush; to break into bits.

  mozdul--to begin to move; to enter into movement.

  muoni--appoint; order; prescribe; command.

  muoniak te avoisz te--I command you to reveal yourself.

  musta--memory.

  myos--also.

  na--for.

  nabbo--so; then.

  NGamaNG--this; this one here; that; that one there.

  nautish--to enjoy.

  nelkul--without.

  nena--anger.

  niNG3--worm; maggot.

  no--like; in the same way as; as.

  numa--god; sky; top; upper part; highest (related to the English word: numinous).

  numatorkuld--thunder (literally: sky struggle).

  nyal--saliva; spit (related to nyelv: tongue).

  nyelv--tongue.

  odam--to dream; to sleep.

  odam-sarna kondak--lullaby (literally: sleep-song of children).

  olen--to be.

  oma--old; ancient; last; previous.

  omas--stand.

  omboce--other; second (adj.).

  o--the (used before a noun beginning with a consonant).

  ot--the (used before a noun beginning with a vowel).

  otti--to look; to see; to find.

  ov--to protect against.

  owe--door.

  paamoro--aim; target.

  pajna--to press.

  pala--half; side.

  palafertiil--mate or wife.

  palj3--more.

  peje--to burn.

  peje terad--get burned (Carpathian swear words).

  pel--to be afraid; to be scared of.

  pesa (n.)--nest (literal); protection (figurative).

  pesa (v.)--nest (literal); protect (figurative).

  pesad te engemal--you are safe with me.

  pesasz jelabam ainaak--long may you stay in the light (greeting).

  pide--above.

  pile--to ignite; to light up.

  pira--circle; ring (noun); to surround; to enclose (verb).

  piros--red.

  pita--to keep; to hold; to have; to possess.

  pitaam mustaakad sielpesaambam--I hold your memories safe in my soul.

  pitasz baszu, piwtasz igazaget--no vengeance, only justice.

  piwta--to follow; to follow the track of game; to hunt; to prey upon.

  poar--bit; piece.

  pohi--north.

  pukta--to drive away; to persecute; to put to flight.

  pus--healthy; healing.

  pusm--to be restored to health.

  puwe--tree; wood.

  rambsolg--slave.

  rauho--peace.

  reka--ecstasy; trance.

  rituaali--ritual.

  sa--sinew; tendon; cord.

  sa4--to call; to name.

  saa--arrive; come; become; get; receive.

  saasz han ku andam szabadon--take what I freely offer.

  salama--lightning; lightning bolt.

  sarna--words; speech; magic incantation (noun); to chant; to sing; to celebrate (verb).

  sarna kontakawk--warriors' chant.

  saro--frozen snow.

  sas--shoosh (to a child or baby).

  sage--to arrive; to come; to reach.

  siel--soul.

  sieljela isanta--purity of soul triumphs.

  sisar--sister.

  siv--heart.

  siv pide kod--love transcends evil.

  sivad olen wakeva, han ku piwta--may your heart stay strong, hunter (greeting).

  sivamet--my heart.

  sivam es sielam--my heart and soul.

  sivdobbanas--heartbeat (literal); rhythm (figurative).

  sokta--to mix; to stir around.

  soNGe--to enter; to penetrate; to compensate; to replace.

  susu--home; birthplace (noun); at home (adv.).

  szabadon--freely.

  szelem--ghost.

  taka--behind; beyond.

  tappa--to dance; to stamp with the feet; to kill.

  te--you.

  Te kalma, te jama niNG3kval, te apitasz arwa-arvo--You are nothing but a walking maggot-infected corpse, without honor.

  Te magkoszunam na NGamaNG kac3 taka arvo--Thank you for this gift beyond price.

  ted--yours.

  terad keje--get scorched (Carpathian swear words).

  tod--to know.

  Todak pitasz wake bekimet mekesz kaiket--I know you have the courage to face anything.

  todhan--knowledge.

  todhan lo kuraset agbapaamoroam--knowledge flies the sword true to its aim.

  toja--to bend; to bow; to break.

  toro--to fight; to quarrel.

  torosz wakeval--fight fiercely (greeting).

  totello--obey.

  tsak--only.

  tuhanos--thousand.

  tuhanos loylyak turelamak sage diutalet--a thousand patient breaths bring victory.

  tule--to meet; to come.

  tumte--to feel; to touch; to touch upon.

  ture--full; satiated; accomplished.

  turelam--patience.

  turelam agba kontsalamaval--patience is the warrior's true weapon.

  tyvi--stem; base; trunk.

  uskol--faithful.

  uskolfertiil--allegiance; loyalty.

  varolind--dangerous.

  veri--blood.

  veri-elidet--blood-life.

  veri ekaakank--blood of our brothers.

  veri isaakank--blood of our fathers.

  veri olen piros, ekam--literally: blood be red, my brother; figuratively: find your lifemate (greeting).

  veriak ot en Karpatiiak--by the blood of the prince (literally: by the blood of the great Carpathian; Carpathian swear words).

  veridet peje--may your blood burn (Carpathian swear words).

  vigyaz--to love; to care for; to take care of.

  vii--last; at last; finally.

  wake--power; strength.

  wake beki--strength; courage.

  wake kada--steadfastness.

  wake kutni--endurance.

  wake-sarna--vow; curse; blessing (literally: power words).

  wakeva--powerful.

  wara--bird; crow.

  wenca--complete; whole.

  wete--water (noun).

  CHRISTINE FEEHAN

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