Sevraejan glossary

This is a glossary of the many words in the Sevraejan language.

A

* ajen - egg
* aristuo - a set, a puzzle, a combination, a sequence
* aritǐ - to put together, to complete step by step
* atora, utara, utera, otera - (Zr, ātar) holy fire, sacred bonfire, a shrine
* avaja - real, true
* avǐ - existence, reality
* avjoro - maple tree
* azita - (Zr, jazata) angel, a good person
	+ Also a name used for heavenly beings who serve the Slavic gods.

Ae
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* -ae - (demonym for more important concepts)
	+ E.g. Sevraejae - "Sevraejan"
	+ E.g. Daruosii - "Darroskei"
* -aeja - (adjective)
	+ feminine: -aja
	+ neuter: -ejon
	+ (e.g. -(n)ij)
	+ plural masc: -eni
	+ pl fem: -enen
	+ pl neu: -ena

B

* baratǐ, brotǐ, mottǐ - brother
* baeda - suffering, misery
* baedaeja - miserable, tormented
* berjastuo - literacy, high amounts of education
* berjo - a page
* berjoka - birch tree
* berjomesko, brejesko - a student
	+ feminine: berjomeskeja, brejeska
	+ Also the name of a popular magazine for teenagers, covering novels, videogames, sports, skateboarding, art, and hockey.
* berjomeska - a school uniform
* berjomestaeja - related to schools
* berjomeste - place of books, a school
* berjostetsa - Birchform, the cuneiform for the Sevraejan language
* berjošta - a volume
* berotsjo - something written on birch bark, a letter, a glyph
* bogo, bago - a god
* bogoseljo - a "bogatyr", a servant of a god, a great hero
* bologo, balogo - blessing
* balognaeja - blessed
* boraekho - a seed, a nut
* boritije - a complete set
* boritǐ - to build, to put together
* borjano, bojero - a boyar, a duke
* boro - a set, something constructed
* brate - brother (archaic, more classical)
* brazanaeja - (Zr, bardjana) exalted, honoured
* broseńtǐ - collapse (of a building, country)
* brusońretǐ - destruction of the being, collapse

Ch
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* Čirelona - Thralond
* Čirelonsii - Thralondian
* čitre - four
* čǐto - what
* čjereka - letter, etching, scratch
* čjerešta - alphabet, script

D

* da, tua, tuo - yes, indeed
* dalaeja - far, distant
* dalaelonǐ - reindeer
* Daruosa, Taruosa - Darros, large country east of Sevraeja.
* daevon - (Zr, daeva) a demon, an evil person
* derevo, deraevo - a great tree, tree (archaic, classical)
* desońtǐ - ten
* deveńtǐ - nine
* djenǐ - day
* doburo, taporo - good
* doroko - friend
* doroga - road
* dorosvae - a great road of light, galaxy
	+ In ancient times, the Galaxy was mistakenly believed to be an enormous aurora. It is still believed to be Heaven, the domain of the Gods, azitjo (angels), and other divine beings.
* dorosvaeta - "road of light", aurora borealis, northern lights
	+ Aurorae were also seen flickering over the towers of the Wall of Dazhbog, looming over the seas.
* dastono - (Zr, dastāna) gauntlet
* Draja - (Zr, draja) "the Ocean, that Ocean", Draya, the ocean west of Sevraeja to Zarijana
* dukhatǐ - to breathe
	+ dokhońtǐ - breathing
* duo - two
* duonaeja - double, dual, twofold
* duondesjen, duonsenei - everyone, (slang) twelve, everything
* duonseńko - it has everything, an encyclopaedia
* dvadensjatǐ - twelve, everyone

Dz
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* dzaelo - very, too, so
* dzelije - plants
* dziščatǐ - to read
	+ rońdziščatǐ - have read (perfective)
	+ dziščajon - I read
* dzomana - (Zr, djamānā) time (classical), an era

E

* eglǐ - fir tree, spruce tree
	+ plural: eglei ("the fir trees")
	+ genitive: eglejen (singular, "of the fir"), eglajon (plural, "of the fir trees")
* eščo - a lizard

En
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* eńze - tongue
* eńzika - language

G

* golońbaeja - light blue, like a dove
* golońbjo - a dove
* goloso - voice
* golova - head
* gorodo - city
* goństoje - dense

Gv
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* gvaerǐ - beast, monster
* gvaezda, gvaedza - a star
* gvjodzǐ - a nail
* gvozdo - small forest

I

* -ii - (demonym)
* ikonaeja - fiery, burning
* ikonǐ - great fire, procession, parade, worship
* ikonǐselǐ - a torchbearer, a priest who tends to a holy fire, someone who attends a religious procession, a devotee
* ikonǐselǐstuo - devotion, religious procession, veneration
* ikonǐstuo - purification, consecration (especially using a holy fire)
* ikonje(ki) - prayer
	+ Originally, "something little by the holy fire", usually as prayers were uttered as worshippers burn plants and food to the gods.
* imaennije - what you own or have
* imaetǐ - to have, to own
* -ina - (collective)
* ino - other
* iot, it - a stick (dialectal)
	+ The "it" or "iot" looks like a hacek or a tick mark under a syllable. In the syllabary, iot-marked syllables reflect the previous vowel (sa-ka > sa-kd > sak), but alone, it is rendered as "ro-d" or "o-d".
* isuonitǐ - to worship, to pray
	+ Originally meaning "to worship near or using a holy bonfire"

J

* jara - blooming, blossoms, a big flowerbed
* jaraeja - flowery, poetic, eloquent
* jaraejoslovo, jaraeslova - poetic or classical speech
* jaraeka - a flower, a blossom
* jaraeslovaeja - speaking poetically or too properly
* jaraestetsa - calligraphy
* jasenǐ - ash tree
* -jae - (plural, feminine)
* jedino - one
* jednitǐ - to put together, to unite, to combine
* jematǐ - to take
* jeńtǐ - to catch, to grab
* -jo - (plural, masculine)
	+ if a word ends in jo, it becomes into -je.
* jolenǐ - a deer
* jomon - name
* jotso - father
* Jotsoteno - "Fatherland", a name for Sevraeja
* jutoro - dawn, morning

K

* karjoma - temple
* kaele, kaela - whole, complete
* kaelo - a year (classical)
* kellokle - bell
* Kenjo - a Konjor alien
	+ Originally something like "Konjoro" during the Konjor occupation of Jerde, later distorted into "Kenjo" after mocking the Konjors during a war of resistance to expel the aliens.
* kjosa - fur
* kjosaeja - furry, fuzzy
* kjosna, kjosina - pine tree
* kjosnaeja - green (as green as pine leaves)
* kjotso - cat
* Kjotsodjenǐ - Caturday, cat Saturday
	+ Introduced by Zvestarids (Bujanski), as the latter made a pun on the words for "Saturday" (wind day) with "cat" (maeu in Bujanski).
	+ Ever since, Sevraejans also make greeting cards on Saturday depicting cats doing things related to the wind, like flying kites, hang gliding, waving poles with bells, or praying to Stribog, the wind and sea god.
* -ko - a user
	+ (from -nik in other Slavic languages)
* koche - a large ship, a galleon
* kochenko - a sailor
* kolo - circle, round, region
* konješče - horse lizard, a raptor
* konjo - horse
	+ Leading to ridiculous puns mocking the Konjors.
* końlo - it goes around, a year
	+ plural: końljo
* kravo - roof
* kryglo - wing
* kulokhodo - (Zr, kulah khud) a helmet
* kuro - chicken
* kuo - dog
* kuokuro - dog-bird, a gryphon

Kv
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* kvaeta - colour
* kvjata, kvjatsa - flower

Kh
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* khaena, khaetina - (Zr - haina, haena) - a hostile army, invaders, warmongers, horde
	+ Khaena Chirelonsii - "Thralondian horde"
* khašaebano - (Zr. khshathapavan, "defender of the land, a satrap") a duke, a boyar; a governor of a region
	+ Often used for other countries. In Sevraeja, this is considered old-fashioned, so "borjano" or "bojero" is used more often.
* khašaesjo, khašeso, khašezo - (Zr, khshayathiya, "a king") an emperor
* khaedaeja - light grey, silver
* khuola - thank you, praise

L

* laesa - forest
* laesanjo - a leshi, a forest spirit, a tree spirit or fairy
* laesanjoka, laesoka - a nymph, a dryad, a female forest fairy
* ledza - sleep, slumber, fatigue
* ledzatǐ - to lie down, to sleep; (poetic) to die or pass away
	+ poledzatǐ - lying down, sleeping, passing away
* leta, ljeta - year
	+ More often used than końlo.
* letaduora - year-gate, new year's eve
* lezolka - year-gold (leto zoloto), a yellow flower that is used to mark months in ancient times
* leńdǐ - meadow, slope, heathland

M

* malo - little
* matǐ, matja - mother
* matǐ slovjae, maslovjae - word-mother, birch tree (poetic)
	+ Referring to the ancient practice of writing on pages and books cut from birch bark.
* maekhejońse, maekhońse, maekhon - a drunkard, a fool
* maekho - (Zr, maha) (archaic) a month; (now) a feast
* maekhonejon - (Zr) like a feast, drunk, irresponsible
* maera - peace
* maero - great land, vast land
* mesandza, maendza - moon
* mespońto - (Zr, amerta spenta, "archangel") a great angel, a minor god who serves a god
* mire - world
* mjose - all
* modraeja - dark blue
* mokupoitso, mopoitso - (Zr, magupaitish, "wise master") a bishop
* moraenja - ocean, great darkness, wide sea
* morja, morje - sea
* morjoko - sea strider, dragon servant of Stribog
* mońtǐ - can, able to; is being able to
	+ somońtǐ - have been able to
	+ mońže - thou canst

N

* nalaedza - death, passing away, expiring
* nalaedzatǐ - to pass away, to die
	+ naleńdza(va)tǐ - passing away, dying
* nasko (Zr, naska) - a book
* nečaeja - blank, empty, void, invalid
* nečeda - nothing, zero
* nestǐ - to bear, to carry
	+ nevastǐ - carrying
* netǐ, naetǐ - no, not
* -nis(s)e - doer (lesser)
	+ (from -nik)
* -nja, -rja - little
	+ (from -ka)
	+ -ka is still used, but is considered feminine.
* -njo - little
	+ (from -ok)
* novaeja - new
* Novekaela - New Year (March 1, traditional Sevraejan)
* Novileta - New Year (April 1, international)
* Nuorauče, Nuorače - (Zr, navaraucah, "new light, new day, new year") - Nowruz, the Zarijanian New Year or spring festival

O

* obrazo, obruzo - shape, form
* okolo - around
* okonǐ, igonǐ - fire
* okoroko - strider, rusher, a sea dragon of Stribog
	+ Also the name of a series of transmitter satellites launched for Sevraeja and its allies. In 1986 AT, the current satellite launched from this series is Okoroko 19.
* -on - (genitive for feminine words, ending in -a)

On
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* ońglo - a corner, an angle
* ońgolo - a small shrine
* ońpjari - drinker, vampire

Ot
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* ot - from
	+ The only solid consonant that can end any native word in Sevraejan.
* otdukhatǐ - to rest
	+ otdokhońtǐ - resting
* otdukhatjo - rest day, a holiday
* Otinomirjae, Ottomirjae - "Russian" language(s)
* Otinomirjo - "people from another world", Terrans who support Sevraeja, Sevraejan Terrans, "Loyalist"
	+ Used in contrast against the later Zetrosian Terrans, by the existing two Sevraejan Terran peoples as they defended themselves.
* otjake, tjoke - father
* ot'suojo, otsojo, otsojon, tsejone - in my honest opinion, honestly, surely

P

* palovaeja - blue
* peruvon - (Zr, pruvam, "previously") the past
* pesitǐ - to write
	+ pesatǐ - writing down
* peńtǐ - five
* pjervaeja - first, first day
	+ Pjervaeja Vravarinen, Prevodena Vravarinen - First of March/Fravardin, New Year's Day
* platije - clothes
* plensatǐ - to dance
	+ plensuotǐ - dancing
* poklo, pokolo - hi!
* pokoja - peace
* pokojome - rest station, station, inn
* pokujon - pause
* poteńti - to kill
* prevaeja - first
* prevodena - first day, New Year's Day
* prodzonaeja - empty
* prodzońdjenǐ - empty day, (nowadays) day of death, mourning
	+ In ancient times, this word meant "a holiday", but over time it became "a day with no life"; "a day when someone dies".

R

* rama - harmony
* rana, rane - hurt, wound, pain
* ranaeja - painful
* ravaeša - (Zr: khrafshtar) a monster
* reka - river
* relen, rjelen - (Tirrian) a raptor
* reńdota - bodyguard (collective, may also apply to a single member)
	+ Equivalent to the druzhina of other Slavic nations, or specifically rynda bodyguards of Darros and Pogimmel.
* Rimońno - (Zr: Ahriman) a devil, a demon, great evil
* rjode - people
* rjodzamja - republic
* robu - a slave, a tormented one
* robunaeja - oppressed, tormented, haunted, driven mad by pain, anguished
* rodo - people, race, source
* rudzaeja - red

S

* sarasa - "sparkling thing", a shrub whose leaves and bark can be woven into a sparkly fabric, found mostly in the northwestern swamps; an alphabet; ABCs.
	+ The first word schoolchildren learn to read the Sevraejan cuneiform, as sa-ra-sa.
* saritǐ - to sparkle, to glimmer
* sedzami - seven
* -selǐ, -seljo - doer
* sejontaeja - dark blue
* sen - with
* senae - snow
* sestra, sesra - a sister
* Sevraeja - the Northern Land
* sevraenaeja - northern
* sevraenja - north
* sleza - tear, teardrop
* sojematǐ - to borrow
* solontse - sun
* soltsaeja - solar
* sondzerǐ - (Zr, zandjir) chain mail
* sońtsa - with
* sotaruo - health
* sotavraeja - healthy
* sońretǐ - death
* sońretjo - destruction, great death, ruin, catastrophe
* spanbaro - (Zr, sparabara) spearbearer, army man
* staraeja - ancient, old
* Staravaerja - ancient way, Rodnovery religion
* staročjero - cuneiform, "old writing"
	+ Sevraejans consider their birch-bark syllabic cuneiform to be a perfection of the original cuneiform. At the same time to the west, the same Madaenan cuneiform evolved into a more cursive alphabet for Zarijanian and Kalambouri.
* stetsa - form of writing
* srebro, sreboro - silver
* stereletso - a rifleman
	+ pl: stereltsjo
	+ Equivalent to the streltsy riflemen of the eastern nations of Darros and Pogimmel.
	+ However, while Pogimmelian riflemen wore yellow due to dye, Darroskei riflemen wore red due to them being elite soldiers and vanguard troops, so the red colour was from an expensive plant dye.
	+ Sevraejan stereletsjo wore plain white or grey, representing their refusal to submit to foreign rule. Some wore deer pelts to hide in the forests using dim colours, or blend into tall grass.
* suobruzo - structure, being, personality, identity
* suoje, suo- - self
* suokon, suoko, suo - a dog
* suopokaeja - confident, serene, fearless, calm
* suopokoja - self-control, peace with yourself, confidence
* svaronka - magpie, (derogatory) a Darroskei
* Svarona Zemja, Sverozamja - Magpie Country, Darros
	+ A derisive name towards the merchants and aristocrats taking away merchants' wealth through exorbitant fees, likening the arrogant Darroskei to thieving birds.
* svesija - aurora, "northern sparkle"
* sveńtaeja - holy

Sh
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* šaetje - (Zr, šijataš) peace, serenity
* šaettaeja - peaceful, serene, still, unfazed, fearless, stern, firm, courageous, defiant, resistant
* šeństi - six

T

* taloma - orchid
* tara - a gift, a present
* teraevo - a tree
* teri - three
* terizońbo - three teeth, a trident
* Terjazońbo - Trident of Stribog
* tjomaeja - dark
* tri, tiri - three (archaic, classical)
* Trizońba, Tirizońba - Rukanian trident, Trident of Dazhbog
* tuoko - a yes-man, a coward.
	+ "tuo" is "yes" in some Sevraejan dialects in the east.
* tura - (Zr, zura, "evil") - wound, torment

Ts
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* tsojeka - (Zr, thājakaš) shade, gloom

Uo
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* -uo - (genitive in some forms)
	+ (from -ov)
* uolkhovo - a priest, a holy man
* uoskoinjo (pl. uoskoinoje) - "ushkuynik", formerly pirates in ancient times; nowadays a marine or amphibious soldier; specifically, the Marine Corps or Marines of the Sevraejan Armed Forces.
	+ The uoskoinoje later learned amphibious warfare from their Zarijanian mentors, who in turn perfected and improvised various methods from Zarandim records. Some of those ancient strategies still exist in the modern militaries of both countries, especially among commandos.
	+ The most notable example was found among Servaejan Coalition troopers who supported the Bujanski Revolution, who also taught the same methods to the revolutionaries.

V

* valja, valaja - freedom, determination, focus, illumination
* valjae, valajae - bright, free, unbound, successful
* valossjo - great king, emperor
* vaeda - knowledge
* vaedze - council
* vaetro - wind
* Vaetrobogo - Wind God, Stribog
* Vaetrodjenǐ - Wind Day, Stribog's Day, Saturday
	+ Saturday is sacred to Sevraejans because it is the sacred day of Stribog, their national god.
* velikje - very great; great (archaic)
* velje - great
* Velje Dorosvae - the Galaxy
* veljegoroda - capital, great city, metropolis
* velješče - great lizard, a raptor
* veljovolostinosta, veljevrosta - an empire
* veljovro, veljovolostjo - an emperor
* vesije, vesaeja - (Zr, vasiy, "greatly") absolutely, very much, excessive
* veska - a point, a hill
* vešna - spring
* veńtsaeja - greater, mightier, stronger
* Ventsǐslava - Greater Glory, a men's name
* vidaetǐ - to see
	+ vidaeše - thou seest
* vjasoknaeja, vjason - high
* volešče - king lizard, raptor
* voloso - hair
* volostjo, viloso, voroso, vro- - king
* vravadino - (Zr, faravardin) faravardin, faravahar, a great angel
* vraeda - pain, hurt
* vrikho - peak
* vrozamja - kingdom
* Vrońtǐmiro, Vlońtǐmiro, Vlońtǐmaero - "Vladimir"

Z

* zapada - sunset, evening
* zaraeva - electricity
* zeljonaeja - green
* zemja, zamja - land
* zmeja - a snake
* zodra, zrosa - (Bj, zdraso) a greeting card
* zolo - evil
* zolotaeja - golden colour, gold
* zoloto - gold (substance)
* zolutuosaeja - blonde, hair of a gold or yellow colour
* zolotuoso - blonde hair
* zolotsuono - a blonde person; a Heronoi
* zońbo - tooth, fang
* Zrankana, Zregana - (Zr, zranka, "sealand") (poetic) the Wide Coast, Sevraeja
* zroščo - (Zr, zrādha) armour
* zvaere - beast
* zvaerinja - animal
* zvaerǐka - whelp, cub, cute animal
* zuraso - (Zr, zurash, "abuse") abuse, misuse

Zh
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* žoltaeja - yellow

## See also

### Other Slavic languages

* Rukanian glossary
* Bujanski glossary

### Other Zarijanian-influenced languages

* Hothrovian glossary
* Kalambouri glossary (modern descendant of Zarijanian)