Naonaere glossary

This is a list of words in the Naonaere language, Amaril's native language.

A

* amaril, imuril - butterfly
* anei - excellent
* at - man
* atarau - tower, lighthouse, outpost
	+ plural: atararau, tararau
* -au - (plural)

Ae
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* æimi - a key
* æn - lamp
* ærat, æras - daytime, daylight
* æsin, æisin - a stage, a platform

B

* bæjetol - a big family of more than 5 children

Ch
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* -čal - to make empty, to clear out
* čelu - nothing, zero
* čelui - empty
* -čilin - to like doing, to enjoy
* Čjaræpol - Djaripol, Seashell Coast
* čjæra - seashell
* čol, čolu - a dog
* čušol - a neck

D

* dalon, dalo - sun
* dantaña - rainbow
* darasöi - great return, return of a hero or good
* -darasöi, -darosöi - (honorific) to return, to defeat evil

## Dzh

* džā - great
* džājo - "great good", order, harmony
* džājore - the greater good, justice, order, harmony, righteousness
* dzākairö - a blissful place, Heaven
* dzākairötal - utopia, an ideal society, a society that honours Heaven and becomes like it
	+ Also commonly interpreted in artistic works as "a place where justice is always practiced, turning everyone into becoming prosperous and resilient".
* dzākajörōra, dzākairö - great realm of the gods, Heaven, utopia
* džānwintol, džānwindol - great blizzard, apocalypse, destruction
* džātīrol - a royal household who elects a future king of Bujan.

E

* ekal - arrow
* ena - the sky
* enatorai - the rainbow
* endoriza - rainbow war, crusade, liberation, purification, exorcism

G

* garida - courage
* -gæmteda - to give up, to admit failure
* gossil, gosel - metal, ore
* grodal - short thunder, shock

H

* hikon - flagpole
* -horon, -honno - to burn
* hunowan - bonfire

I

* ie, ien - good
* inda, indaonda - rain
* irda - blue
* isor, jesor, josor - splendour
* iučaa - Nice!, Well done!
* iučaati - nice shot, good hit

J

* jaë - new, recent, newly-born, fresh
* jir, jira - alone, lonely
* joje - good
* jok - arrow (shape, sign)
* jokno - shrine
* jol - down, below
* jondal, jodal - archery bow

K

* kadan - being, existence
* kadaneru - ghost
* kadanol - shadow
* kajöra - holiness
* kajörōra - very sacred, a great god, a god-king, a divine ruler
* kakewjol - mangrove forest
* kamajau - the past, memories
* kāmjol - a clan (more than 4 families)
* ka(n)- - -ness
* Kanōvjeñ - the Silent Realm, Hell
* kanö(ra) - radiant, shining, glorious, blessed, beautiful
* -kaön, -kain - to shine
* katošoran - "like the ocean", eternity, the afterlife
* kavonoi - mountain range
* keju, kejol (D, 櫃, giu) - a wardrobe
* kelu - wheel
* keru, keroru - cart, wagon, carriage, car
* keval (D, 瓜) - a pumpkin
* kevalmaitön - pumpkin pie
* kewjal - mangrove tree
* kilaon, kirao - into
* -kinom - to protect
* kiñen - outwards
* kjor - a god
* kjora - holy, sacred
* kjösam, kjesam - male
* klutirol - language
* konororai - divine cyclone or spiral, whirlpool, divine order, the Gods, kolovrat symbol representing divine presence
* koro - wheel, circle, something holy, sanctum, sanctuary, temple
* koronnjora - holy sun, sun symbol, any idol of a solar god
* korö, krö - (D, 車, qraa) a carriage, a wagon
* kröma - a car, an automobile
* kusja - lightning
* kusjane - electric

L

* laëi, laë - new
* laërōra - new year
* lag, lai - up, upper
* laon - inside

M

* maiamoi ...; mainom - glory to ...
	+ "Maiamoi Rojosirau!" - "Glory to the Heroes [of Bujan]", festive greeting on the last week of June near Independence Day.
* mainomin - praise
* maitu, maitö - pie
* majume - spring
* malan - thunder
* mañnona - relaxing
* matak - book
* mǣžan - wise, intelligent
* meja, metja - love
* miōi, mjōjai, mwurōrai - sea, ocean
* miommokor - a spy sent to assassinate a target
* -mion - to meet
* mjā - seven
* -mjelu, -mjolu - to pray
* mjemmua - prayer
* Mjorodiraz, Mjurjodiruaz - Three Volcanoes, Starij Province
* -mokjau, -mukjau - to finish
* mokjējo - complete, finished
* mokor - shark; robber, bandit, criminal, thug, vagabond, hooligan, assassin
* mosatol - temple
* -mottal - to pray
* motul - quiver
* mötsa - wind
* muja - three
	+ Combining forms: mju, mjo
* -mukra, -mukir, -mokjar - to kill like a shark or bandit, to ambush, to assassinate
* muril, mjutil - butterfly

N

* na - four
* nakira - turtle
* nanta - ray, radiance, glow, sunlight
* -naur - to pour
* nawjeñ - silent
* Nawonæra - Naonaere Wonao people or their language
	+ possibly means "four clans": "na wonrijau"
* ndā - eight
	+ Variations: dā, tyna, syna
* ne - like, similar to, (question affix)
* -neri - to flow
* nil - behind
* nila - across
* nilkad - bridge
* nilkan - crossing, ford
* nior - a drink
* nirreol - spear
* nitsa, netsa - fire
* njao - love
* noi - nine
* nošo - sapphire
* Nošopol - glittering coast, sapphire coast
* nošora - glittering
* Notulle, Noltwe - the great blizzard, Hell
* numrai, nummai - pink
* nwero - cloud
* nwi - snow, snowfall
* nwital - blizzard
* nwovja - gender, stance

Ng
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* ñeddon - "one who is thrown out of the chariot", a loser, a fool
	+ Commonly heard in jousting and sports matches to mock losers.
* ñen - outside
	+ ñen ñon > "ñeññon" - "outside the chariot", a playful tongue twister
* ñon - chariot

P

* paltajoi - exercise, example
* -paltez - to examine, to test, to try, to sample
* paltu - a sample, a piece of, a splinter of; a test
* -paz - to kill, to murder
* pe- - (collective)
* pemakor, pemakur - a raiding party, a team of assassins, a bandit gang
* pemol - all the shores, the whole country
* peweja, pewjata - all the festivals, a calendar
* -pjā - to fly
* pjānakrö - a flying car
* pjua - sail
* pins - flint
* pol - coast
* -pwa - to float
* pwane - a kite

R

* raëra, rōra - year
* raiso, rauwo - rice
* -rand, -rant - land of ...
* -rasöi - to come back
* rata - a road
* -raturi - to spin
* ratsi - a star
* ri(o)-, ro- - doer
* rjeka - orange
* rjenša - bronze
* rjeña - morning
* rjeñæras - daytime, daylight, that which is good; the triumph of good against evil; justice
	+ Rjeñæras Te-darasöi! - Daylight Will Return! (also "Justice Will Win!"), revolutionary slogan
* rjuta - a king
* rjutagon - royal chariot, king's car
* ročiraz - trembling one, volcano
* ro-josir - a splendid one, a hero
* ro-ndoriza - one who fights in a "rainbow war", a purifier, a destroyer of evil, a liberator, one who protects his home from evil, a guardian
* ro-sjöm - a merchant, a trader
* roseñau - a species of deer in eastern Bujan known for its reddish pelt
* rota - a bay

S

* sæn - six
* sī - black, dark, murky
* sijau - cat
* sī - river, stream
* sīñau - female
* sjome - gift
* -sjö - to give
* -sjömad - to sell
* sontura - fortune, blessing, good luck
* sonturi - good luck symbol, charm, talisman
* söima - market

Sh
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* šara - path, road, trail
* šarōra - big road, highway, major road

T

* tamaja - sea
* tanañ - wood, tree
* tanañka - tree
* tanañōra - great tree
* tærjuka - an extended family
* tei, utei - girl
	+ "Mokortei" - Shark Girl, a princess.
* teol - a family
* teula - really, indeed, truly, sure
* tiñakal - alphabet
* tiñal - straight
* tjela - horizon, edge
* tjelteri - girlfriend, female crush
* tjora - home
* tjorutjar, toltjar - boyfriend, male crush
* tōča - ocean
* tōčjo, tāšjo - (Tu) magic
* tōčōra - great ocean
* tōčoriña, tošoriña - horizon, distant lands
* tol - one
* tōšen - (Tu) magical
* tovara, tjora - sun
* tusal - visit, arrive
* tusido - a ghost

U

* Uontejo, Uoñtei - (D, 皇帝, hwañ tei) emperor, great king
	+ Some Kings of Bujan were named Uoñtei when they are considered as national heroes. Otherwise, this term is used for any emperor or self-styled "emperor".
* uö - no, not, do not
* uöčel - "non-zero", nothing of nothing, abomination
* uökodan - non-living, a ghost
* uöneta - unsure, is it not?
* uöno - must not
* uönöi - not, non-, un-
* utar, utjar, -tjar - a boy

V

* vai - water
* vaint - ten
* vanoi - mountain
* vē - two
* vetu - a ghost, an evil spirit, a ghoul
* visroi - fountain
* vjā - day
* vjānau - sunrise
* vjānera, vjādera - east
* vjon - town
* vossan - city
* vui - five

W

* wetulmai - albatross bird
* wirel - (archaic) a cowrie shell used as money; (now) a coin
* wirelau - cents, pennies, coins
	+ This word is always plural or uncountable.
* wja - festival of
* Wja Laërōra - New Year's Day
* wjod, wojot - (D: 馬, mraa) horse
* wojori - time
* wonri, wonuri - clan, family
* worje - a rope

Z

* zaluen - typhoon
* -zel - to attack
* -zeræ, -tsiræ - to fight, to beat up
* zenda - gold
* zōnen - storm

Zh
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* -žol, -žjou - to die
* žolan - death
* žontal - storm
* žontavjon - storm-town, Burrow-city
* žren - lesson, teaching
* -žreneu - to study
* -žrun - to think
* žrunol - mind
* žrunoma - brain
* žruri - thought

## Slang

A lot of Naonaere speakers, especially young adults, cuss often.

* bljaruño - a "royal blyatmobile", the car of a stupid arrogant fool
* bljat, blja - a cuss word
* čīra - curse, disease, shame
* čirānei - shameful, cringeworthy
* dolpajo - a fool
* gitmao - annoying person
* grekkanei - cursed
* idinahui - go away
* jebaristane - stupid fairy, a very annoying person
* jebas, jepas, zepas - a cuss word
* jotajuma, tejumā - what the hell?!
* jopanei - bloody, cursed
* ketei - a vulgar word, interjection
* ketei maik - bloody hell
* -mök - to bother
* mudā - a loser
* pašonahui - get lost
* pæito - a stupid bird, a chicken, fool
* raukanei - cursed, shameful, disgusting
* sūka - a curse word
* sūkamlja, sūkomlja - bloody hell, what the hell
* suta, suto'ei, sutoi - ah snap
* uilo - jerk (plural: uila, uilau)

## Pronunciation

* aë - [ae] not [æ]
* æ - [æ~ɛ]
	+ [ɛ] near [e] in the syllable before and after it
* č - [t͡ɕ]
* čj - [t͡ɕj]
	+ [ɕj-] at the start of a word
* g - [g]
	+ [-ig~ik] at the end of a word
* iñ - [ĩŋ]
	+ [ʲĩŋ~ʲɯ̃ŋ] after a consonant
* j - [j]
* nj - [ɲ]
	+ [ⁿʑ~ʔ(ɪ)ʑ] in very fast speech
* ñ, ng - [ŋ], may nasalise nearby vowels
* ö - [ø]
	+ [e] after i-diphthongs
	+ [o] after u-diphthongs
* š - [ɕ]
* y - [y]
	+ [ɨ~ɯ] unstressed
* ž - [ʑ]

## See also

* Ēosomê language
* Eosome glossary
* Koedaker glossary
* Bujanski language
* Bujanski glossary
* Daizhouvian loanwords in Wonao languages
* List of Wonao names