This
is a dictionary composed of dragon terms for those who
are interested in the language that we speak. It was
written by Syrosa, and she gave me permission to use it
on my site. May the Mother Enfold you in her wings and
keep you safe Wingsister Druatch, the language
of the dragons. As of yet I cannot remember the entire
language but I know that words will come to me as I need
them. I am keeping a log of language that I have learned
to date. It is contained in here and will be uploaded in
future installments. Unfortunately, due to the sporadic
nature of my memories I cannot fully predict when these
installments will be. A lot of what I remember is derived
from names, hence all the suffixes. A grammatical note,
in Druatch, when two words are put together to make
another, often sounds that are similar are melded and
similar syllables are left out or dropped. Here is what I
remember. Kaetaa - Basic welcome and farewell,
can mean both hello and goodbye. Daashe, or Daasha - Please, thank you,
and your-welcome, all rolled into one. Most often used to
thank. Sketh - Shit, or excrement. One of many
draconic swears (For those of you who learn languages
solely for the profanity...heh heh) Skethn're - A derogatory term for
anything without the ability to fly, meaning 'Shit-Worm'
literally. Used often by Red Chasm dragons as a term for
humans especially. -Rathi - Suffix for 'King' or 'Leader'. -Ani - Suffix for 'Princess' or 'Queen'
-Ahari - Suffix for 'Prince' or other
male of high standing -Anhi - Suffix for 'Lady' or noblewoman
-Ana, or -Ara - Suffix to denote
knighthood or royal favour. -Athi - Suffix for 'Guardian' or a
portector -Anzi - Suffix for a child or youth. Mah - A storm. also a prefix used to
denote weather. Words that come after or are adapted onto
it will tell what sort of weather. Ta - Cloud, used literally or in a
metaphoric sense for softness and beauty. Derivative is
'Tae'. Thane, or Thaen - A mountain or a
bastion of strength. Thaan - Rock, or mountain, or stone. Pae - A waterfall. Also 'Pa'. Ra - Water. Li - Fire Lith - Smoke,
also 'Lirth'. Maha - Thunderstorm. Sat, or Satha - Hurricane. Thran or Thra - To make. (as a note
usually verbs become suffixes to nouns. Hence Lirthran
would be a smoke maker.) Ayana - Female honorific, like Madam,
or Miss, or Missus. Y'ani - Male honorific, like Sir. Na - litterally, 'oh', or 'ah'. An
acknowledgement. Koa - 'What?' A querie. na Koa -
Litterally 'oh what'. Sort of like 'I see' or 'Now I get
it'. Also an exclamation of suprise. Kaaji, or Kajji - Yes, an affirmative. Deiga - No. A negative. Deigo, or Deigos - Bad, evil, wrong.
Having a very bad taint to it. Kaeaja - Very good, pure, right. Sho - Wisdom Sha - Knowledge Mata - Stormcloud (conglomeration of
Mah and Ta, with the 'h' sound dropped.) Rata, or Raeta - Fog or water vapour. Anen - Dream. Enial or Aneal - Beauty. Han, or Ihan - Dance, dancing, or to
dance. Oot, or Oote - Dragon word for dogs and
canines in general. Ooata is a wolf. Druak - one of the many names dragons
have for themselves. Also, Drooge, Drak, Druatk, Drooka,
Daekar, and countless other derivatives. Shi'adaa - This is hello or goodbye
between close friends. Shaan - This means mage. (sha-an) Annehr - Rip, to rip, ripper Io - Literally, a prefix to denote
power, the authority to command power, or one who is
powerful. Lirathan - The smoke of swords Athan - (Atha - forge Than - stone
Forge stone - sword - Athan) Thaan'aan - Rock great (literally) An - is great Rae'Oren - Water flow (Oren is to flow
or flowing) Ta'Erhen - Cloud Freedom or Cloud Free
(Erhen is freedom) Raeadh - Rain Libaah - Sun (Sky Fire) Abaah - Sky Waecrah - Snow Waen - Cold Ari - White Acrah - Feather (singular) Crah - Feathers (plural) Zhi - You Ih - You Zhin - People Vo Zhudhe Zhi Dai - What think you did.
(issue verb subject finisher) Ni - Me, my, or I depending on context Na - Heart Ninah - Lover, literally (my heart).
Dropping the 'h' causes it to become less formal - see
next) Nina - Close friend. (Literally,
dearheart) Zhu - Do Vrai'i - Surprise Zhu Ni Vrai'i Zhi - Do I surprise you. Akiar - A fly or an insect Ta'kaya - The dragon equivalent of a
year. Tahe - To run Kaya - Roll, churn, turn, or spin.
Anything that has to do with rotating, basically. This ends what I
remember for now, but I'll continue to write down what I
remember as I remember it. An example of the grammer I
mentioned before is shown well in the name of Ta'Anenial,
which means 'Cloud Dream-Beauty'. The 'ta' is
apostrophied, but the anenial springs from the words
Anen, and Enial. Anenenial would sound goofy so the
rendundant syllable was dropped. The same in the name
Mahari, which means 'Storm Prince'. Literally it would be
Mahahari, which is also rendunant, so one of the 'ah'
syllables is dropped. Shaanzi (or Child of Knowledge) is
one of the rare instances where a letter is not dropped,
being of the roots Sha, and -Anzi. This is possibly
because it adds more emphasis on the youthfulness of the
dragon who bears this name. The suffix -Anzi may be
dropped as the dragon grows older. |