Sturnan glossary

a | det "the"
delwi | noun "god"
dhairag | noun "shame"
edhonot | noun tooth
eifko | noun "stone, rock"
faipa | noun "claw"; stem faipal-
galei | verb to be able to (with infinitive)
garevei | verb "to wander"; "to stroll"; "to scout"
Geimo | proper noun "Winter" (being from Rochester, I thought it fitting)
gensel | noun "child, infant"; plural gensil
gerva | noun "kingdom, country" (must always be associated with an autocracy or oligarchy)
hegrei | verb "to grow"
ir | inter "therefore, thus"
isut | 2nd person singular copula: "thou art"
kalkaidhei | verb "to greet"
kanva | 1) verb, irregular; "to sing [a capella]". 2) adj "hunting"; idiomatic expression morsei kanva "to carry hunting/to hunt"
kei | verb "to love"; participle form kieln rather than *keln
kwe | interrogative particle
len | prep "in, during"
marke | adj "great" (plural marki rather than markei)
megten | adj "old"
morsei | verb "bear, carry, withstand", with implications of stoic acceptance or grim eagerness
nai | adv "no, not"
nasaheu | prep poetic; "without"
paina | "trail, track"
pasei | verb "to ask"
pemnat | adj "sharp"; fig. "angry, foolishly angry"
plediones | adj "generous" (literally "giftful")
reib | prep "on, over"
rel | reflexive particle
sa | prep "like"
seru | noun "hair; head of hair"
seru veileil | noun "moss"
sol | particle; introduces relative clauses, which are always complete sentences
suon | pron "he"
sweranei | verb "to be sick"
tath | noun "cat"
tedanei | verb "to destroy, to drop intentionally, to leave behind"
tiros | prep "through"
tun | pron "you (sing)"
us | conj "or"
veila | noun "life" (gen.pl. veileil rather than veilail)
vern | noun "spring" (as viewed from outside or as a single unit)
vilis | adj "green"
vot | pron "it"
wenser | noun "springtime, the only pretty ring-time, birds sing, hey-ding, a-ding a-ding sweet lovers love the springtime"