Treecat Language

Much of treecat lexis appeared to be based on the concept of kenning.
== Glossary of terms ==
* bark-chewer — wood rat
* burrow runner — Sphinxian chipmunk
* cluster stalk — celery
* death fang — hexapuma
* death gleaner — peak vulture
* death-wing — condor owl
* elder — senior leader of a clan
* evildoer — criminal
* finger speak — sign language
* flying thing — air cars, starships, and other airborne vehicles used by humans
* folding flying thing - hang gliding
* golden ear — range barley
* golden-leaf — crown oak
* grass runner — range bunny
* gray-bark — red spruce
* green-needle — near-pine
* ground runner — generic term for small, non-arboreal prey animals
* hand-foot — the extremity of the middle pair of treecat limbs
* lace leaf — near-lettuce
* lake builder — near-beaver
* memory singer — female keeper of a clan's history and information
* mind blind — unable to receive telepathic language
* mind-glow — emotional empathic signals
* mind-voice — telepathic language
* moss-drying — south ()
* moss-growing — north ()
* mouth noise — human speech
* nesting place — homestead, town, city
* net-wood — picket wood
* peak-wing — mountain eagle
* the People — treecats as a whole
* person — individual treecats
* ribbon-leaf — lace willow
* rockfur — moss growing on rocks ()
* singing blade — vibro blade
* snow hunter — peak bear
* sun-rising — east ()
* sun-setting — west ()
* swaying frond — Sphinxian stag horn fern
* tongue-leaf — rock tree
* true-foot — the extremity of the rearmost pair of treecat limbs
* true-hand — the extremity of the foremost pair of treecat limbs
* thunder barker — chemical powered fire arms
* turning — (Sphinxian) year
* two-leg — human
* whistling sucker – swamp siren
* white-root — ice potato
* the world — Sphinx
* youngling — child/youth
== References ==
Category:Treecat Culture and Society