A

aishaln: Greetings and honor to you (only said by males to someone they respect)

aisheyln: A much friendler greeting, often said by a shey to another shey or an equal

ailain: Pretty, beautiful

aitelrai: Treasure

aitelrail: Treasuring

aila: Mine

alainshi: belong, posess (...dai alainshi ja rin - ...let belong to you)

alainshail: belonging, possessing

arainti: Protect, defend

araintail: protecting, defending

araintiel: protector, defender

aranti: guard

arantail: guarding

arantiel: gaurdian

arantiel (saron): gaurdian flower, a flowering vine believe to be at least semi-intelligent used to protect Koorime homes. the blossoms also have healing properties

arinth: help

arinthail: helping

ais: ride

aisail: riding

aisailtarn: a large bird used for riding by the Koorime (literally "riding bird")

B

bes: yellow

beslei: topaz the gem

C

chan: blue

chanlei: sapphire

D

dein: Please

dai: let, allow

dail: letting, allowing

dajin: knife

daj: red

dajlei: ruby

dajel: blood

dajelei: garnet

de: with

E

es: and (varail es fainail - dancing and singing)

ensi: come

ensail: coming

ensilei: orgasm

F

fentir: thanks

fentirrin: thank you (honorable)

fentirail: thanking

fain: sing

fainail: singing

G

gi: tunic

gihan: shirt

gihein: pants

gihaias: undergarment

H

han: top

hein: bottom

haias: under

I

ila: my

ian: little

ir: eye

iri: eyes

ianleyin: "little love" or liking, for family or friends

ilaleyin: my love, or lover

J

ja: to

jialtenesei: Animalism, ferocity like an animal

jhan: big, large

jhanleyin: "large love", love as in for a partner

jey: yes, affirming response

jhenai: Father

jiin: relax

jiinail: relaxing, resting

jiinliak (saron): a certain type of flower used for medicinal purposes, specifically a muscle relaxer/pain reliever

K

ki'al: An extremely vehement curse, akin to the 'f' word

ka: no, negative

kas: for

kilaian: good evening

kitairin: good afternoon

kileyshai: good morning

kaslemel: forever (literally "for eternity")

koorime: people of the ice (literally "ice - me - people" combined into one word)

ko: ice

kome: tear

komeil: teargem

komail: crying

kel: dark, night, end, black

L

lam: hurt

lamail: hurting

lamlei: A projectile weapon, something like a crossbow, almost. It takes some training to use properly. (literally "hurt as a tangible object")

leyin: love, affection, increased or decreased by markers such as ian and jhan

leyinel: love made possessive, meaning love that person has towards another or object

leyinail: loving

lej: Go

lejail: going

lain: home, spiritual

lasin: thing

laian: evening time

leyshai: morning time

lemel: eternity

liak: muscle

ley: light

leyel: light crystal, glowing shards used basically as lightbulbs

M

melain: house, home, building of residence

metesh: church, temple or any holy building, also used to refer to a Lady's bedroom in a house (giggles)

mei: every

meilasin: everything

N

naran: Destroy (naran teshnei - "gods destroy", a prayer said as a curse)

naranail: destroying

nemi: A less extreme curse, something like "damn!" (nemi teshnei - "gods damn" like saying goddammit)

O

P

phenaia: sister

phenaila: daughter

Q

R

ri: I, myself

rin: you

rini: us

rina: your

ris: her

rai: him

rishan: Sorry or I beg your forgiveness. This is VERY honorable and usually said by a shey to females.

risheyl: A less honorable sorry, said to an equal.

raji: stop

S

shey: A young male Koorime, unmarried and possessed by a female.

shai: A male of adult age, most likely married to a female, but not considered quite equal.

shtesh: A male equal to a female in status, very very rarely happens

shey'a'tal'n: A method by which Koorime boys braid their hair. It has a large center braid looped to double itself, encircled by smaller braids. Often a layer of hair beneath is left free. This braid seeks protection from the Koorime Dieties.

shey'tau'lur: Another shey braid where the top layer of hair is braided into two braids that join and braid together to form a 'Y' shape over the bottom free layer.

sar: green

sarel: emerald

saron: flower

sirak: a fruit

shainlei: harp like instrument (literally "music object")

shain: music

T

ta: all

tesh-: holy or divine prefix, but tesh also means "girl" or "female"

Teshin: A female who possesses a shey. It is an honorable title used by shey when referring to their possessing female.

Telin: A reference of shey to a familiar female who is teaching the shey, or guiding him through an unfamiliar experience. It is quite casual for a male to female reference, almost akin to 'friend'.

Terin: Much more respectful than Telin, this is a formal and dedicated trainer of a shey, usually a shey has a single Terin for his entire life, and she makes use of various Telin for all the realms of instruction.

-tey: Question marker

teshnei: The Koorime gods as a collective (Nai shey dein arainti teshnei - literally "This shey please protect gods" but actually "Gods please protect me")

tenesei: animal or beast - and loosely used to refer to Jujinkai

temshei: another curse, but mild, akin to saying 'oh lords' or 'heavens above'

te: be (te aila - be mine, you know, like on valentine's candy, hehe)

teshleyin: "Gods love" or true love

tairin: afternoon time

tenil: idiot, equivalent to "baka"

teshlemel: mountain, but literally "holy forever"

teshkel: death, but literally "holy end"

teshvaras: holy or pure water, mountain water

tarn: bird

tas: white, snow, beginning

U

V

vara: dance

varail: dancing

varas: water

W

whenai: brother

whenaila: son

X

this letter does not exist for Koorime, they have a hard time pronouncing it

Y

yatta: I don't understand, explain further, etc (yatta-tey=What?)

yash: hide

yashail: hiding

yashen: secret, hidden

yashenel: my secret

ye: half

yelen: half of half, a quarter

Z

zai: period of time of 28 days, roughly equal to a human month

zaiye: half a month, fortnight, 14 days

zaiyelen: quarter of a month, 7 days, a week, usually shortened to just "yelen"

Months of the Koorime Calendar
Taszai - "white month" beginning of winter and the year
Kochanzai - "ice blue month"
Taschanzai - "white blue month"
Leychanzai - "light blue month"
Chanzai - "blue month", lots of ice rain instead of snow
Kelchanzai - "dark blue month", end of winter, marked by more true rain and less ice rain
Kosarzai - "ice green month", beginning of spring, planting time
Sarzai - "green month", growing time
Kelsarzai - "dark green month", harvest time
Beszai - "yellow month", autumn begins
Dajzai - "red month"
Dajelzai - "blood red month"
Kelzai - "dark month", the end, month of death