Zergonian glossary

This is a list of terms in the Zergonian language, the lingua franca of Wicker and Wander Flame.

This conlang was revived in the early 5th millennium by Zaraguna colonists who switched to this language as their tradition. It is used alongside American English, Esperanto, and Neo-Norse as an official language of Bigton.

A

* a- - (interrogative)
* acatir - vine
* a-cojon lone? - how are you?
* amalarag - a civilisation, a realm
* a-mocar zegon - I am fine
* andar - story, account
* a-nemga lonc - thank you
* aaquaren - what's the matter
* agalanda - to adapt
* ago(l)- - can do
* ahrog - stop
* algo - purple
* algo-bagilsa - violet
* amal - nation
* amezon, pallasa - (G) tomboy
* -an - very ...
* anad - all
* andromeda - (G) a cowardly woman
* arnî - little bird
* anno - man
* ara - fire
* aranåg - to burn
* Ara-nen-datico - peak surrounded by fire
* Araxara - Zergonian fire-hawk god, holy phoenix
* Arax-tåriz, Arx-tår - Zergonian temple
* arbaz - robot
* Ardo, Arudo - (derogatory, offensive) Earthling
* arros-algo - lavender
* artizig - to add
* arxån - phoenix
* asai - (Italian) very
* atarg - tan
* ayax - blessing, gift
* ayaxåg - to bless
* ayxa - holy

Å

* ålog - old
* ånol - far
* ånol-izar - far-sender, teleporter
* ånaquo, ånquo - pine tree
* år - yes
* åren - how
* åresål - ship
* åwox, åox - bee

B

* banch - military base, fort
* bara - rise
* bargolind - indifference
* bazal - nine
* bazal-dariz - ninety
* belforcha - (Italian) why not, so what
* bern - rich
* berxo - apple
* binesa - moon
* bler - brown
* bló - weakness
* bombo - coconut
* boren - great bear
* brelix - acacia tree
* bri - dark green
* brî - green, light green

C

* caisar - (Latin) snob, braggart
* cajjo, cajo - (Italian, offensive) surely, what is this, bloody
	+ cetch - freaking
	+ (a) quarcaj (h)ale, (a) quarjale - what the hell happened?
	+ lerogêg cajo?, lero cejo? - are you bloody sure?
* callêg - to look
* caran - red
* carca - raven
* caresêg - to sing
* carig - ring
* carizan - to purify
* carlon - mountain
* carse - poetry
* cartóg - to become
* carthe - art
* carulin - hill
* celanon - region
* celar - land
* celgi - language, dialect
* cencar - section
* cerei - crane bird
* cerlet - rose flower
* cetto - (Italian, Greek) sea monster, pirate, greedy person, tyrant
* cêd - quill
* cerogên - to create a product
* cinezeg, cinzeg - spear
* cira - girl
* cîz - death
* cîzeg - to die, oh no
* cojon - time
* cokondi - edge, boundary
* collan - reflection
* comep - dog
* cornen - planet, world
* coron - dark, dim
* corondogo - notable
* craca - (formal) thunder
* crak - thunder, lightning strike
* crediz - (English, Latin) currency
* creliga - language, speech
* creligarêg - to speak
* Cristo - (Latin) Jesus Christ
* crog - dark, shaded
* cront - blue, azure
* croxe, cruxe - (Latin) cross, banner

Ch
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* cheddå - to drive a vehicle

D

* dachiyon, dachi - gun
* dalin - daylight
* dallecheg - to worship, to believe in something
* dallechi - religion
* dam, damac - black
* dandamente, danente - (Italian) bloody, wonderful
* daraxara, darax - last, final
* dardarfen - century
* dariz - ten
* dariz-då - twelve
* dariz-kir - thirteen, something unlucky, something unexpected
* dariz-midit - eleven
* dariz-qual - fourteen
* darno - orange
* darzefen - decade
* datico - peak
* då - two
* då- - re-
* då-dariz - twenty
* dåmåranno - hero
* dånara - first
* dåri - again
* decront - dark blue
* deledz - poison
* den - day, festival
* derexeg - prevail
* dexaro - volume
* deze - six
* deze-dariz - sixty
* dibao - (Vietnamese) motorcycle party, biker gang, a biker
* dirikita - computer
* disêg - to look
* dîzania - blessing
* doigalte, dogal - hundred
* -dol - (demonym)
* Domenic(a) - (Italian) Sunday
* doron - wall
* dorseggo - look angry, good luck
* dorsêg - to look
* drego - anger
* dullêg! - I am finished!, I'm screwed
* dulunêg - to destroy

E

* eibi - yellow
* Ei Byared - Yellow Flag, Flag of Bigton
* e-iz-noirat - which one
* ere - ear
* (e)sålå - it (classic, derogatory)
* -esh - (adjective)

Ê

* êna - stork
* êri - help
* êrinêg - to help
* êrquon - goodbye
* -êz - (plural)

É

* érilox - spring

F

* fanarin - to wait
* fanfarnol - (Esperanto) a braggart
* fanesh - holy
* Fano - God
* feliche - glad, greetings
* fen-dure - mid-year, summer
* fenji - year
* Fenji Fanza (F2) - Year of the God, Anno Domini
	+ Also known as Fenji Cristoza (Year of the Christ)
* feon - plains
* feril, frel - horse
* fin - elder
* fincor - ancestor, forefather
* finkaria - ancestors
* frel - steed

G

* galde - (Norse) Norse prayer
* galen - hand
* gara - lord
* garahå - well-being
* gar(an)dar - day
* gare - lady
* gargero, garrero - coward
* gasa - life
* gasatåg - to live
* gåruc - nose
* gegaro, gearo - tough man, jock
* gi - rain
* gideres - creation, formation
* gira - a race of people
* giro - creature, animal, beast
* girocor - great monster, beast
* giyedz - emotion
* gizda - suffering, torment
	+ -izda, tilizda - get lost
* gî - new
* -gîdo - (past tense)
* gî fenji - new year
* glamb - coat
* glar - thunder
* glexe-tedaris, glexadris - constellation
* glexi - star
* glexizda - madness, crazy, to heck with ...
* gobendeno - herald
* golar - mountain
* golargo - mountain ogre
* gomb - leather, hide, skin, coat
* gombrox - crimson
* gomco - pig
* góglon - googol
* gorgo - Gorgon, horror
* gornpineg - to ruin, to bring ruin
* gresa - for
* griffo, grifo - (Italian, Greek) gryphon, hero
* gron - eight
* gron-dariz - eighty

H

* haidre - hydra, a difficult army or problem
* halagún(az) - weakness
* haleg - to happen
* halgoz - to be
* hammar - (Norse) sacred hammer, sacred emblem, holy weapon
* handó - sun
* hareg - sword
* harn - urn
* håren - earth, ground, (poetic) planet Earth
* hei - then
* henzaga - to serve
* henzagol - servant
* hêreg - hate, to hate
* hirgen - sky
* his - skin
* hof - (Norse) Norse temple
* hrowisox, crowisox - winter
* huasto - festival
* huizå - to draw

I

* idezo - meanwhile
* igril - sadness
* ih - I, me
* ih hoquas - my
* ih hoquas ren (X)-on - my name is (X)
* ih nesadelêg - I reject
* ih raståg - I refuse, I disagree
* iha zolqua - I am sorry
* iloidar - event
* iloz - to rest
* ilque - her
* ilquo - his
* imcal - lobster
* imúr - decay
* inele - she, her
* inelo - he, him
* inferno, ferno - (Italian) bloody no, I'm finished
* iniyutez - near
* irezh - every
* irug - (classical) green
* irus - noble, glorious
* irzanêg - to lead
* -ix - day or state of being
* izhog - madness
* izhska, ishka - genius, whizz, expert
* izh skarazdol - mad scientist

Î

* -îlen - (future continuous tense)
* -îlendi - (future perfect tense)
* -îlez - (future tense)

J

* jarn - wealth
* jarnizhog - greed
* jaxolt - crocodile
* jazione - to change to another culture, to convert
* jela - south
* jelco, jolac - crab
* jola - bear animal
	+ Jola Stefeno - a bear cursed to sleep on September
* jolgóg - to bear
* Joved(a) - (Italian) Thursday, disappointment
	+ tul Joved - go away, get lost

K

* kademia, akademia - (Latin) academy, military school
* karcé - orange fruit
* karko - orange
* karpoi - (Greek) harpy, cannibal
* karpoizesh - cannibalism
* kasa - (Italian) turf, domain, home
* kilendafen - thousand years, millennium
* kir - three
* kir-dariz - thirty
* Kir-Datico - Three Mountains, (poetic) Bigton
* Kirdatic Yared - Flag of the Three Peaks, Flag of Bigton
* Kivitato Foidratto, Kivoidratto - (Latin) United States, ancestral homeland
* Kivoidrajazione - (Italian) Americanisation
* kîglopso - cyclops
* klar - light brown
* koldoz - rust
* kollejia - (Latin) college
* kompi, quompi - pumpkin

L

* ladar - leader
* ladara-zesh - dominance
* ladaråg - to command, to order
* lajazhegi - jagged
* lando - law
* lanxar - stanza
* largi - lightning
* largizesh - electrocution
* lausi - map
* lausovin - final
* lås - it
* låscå - its
* -låz - (imperative)
* låzanarso - messenger
* låzeg - to say
* lensi(g) - colour
* lensigan - rainbow
* lerga - sure
* lerogêg? - are you sure?
* leza - flag
* lid - seven
* lid-dariz - seventy
* lidga - soul
* lidrinen - precious
* ligin - small
* Ligin Gîfenji - Small New Year, Zergonian New Year, September 30
* ligri - happiness, joy, Happy ... (name of festival)
* ligrizesh - too much happiness, insanity
* lira - free
* lirazesh, liraza - freedom, liberty
* lîra(no)g, lîra - to shine
* lit - feather
* livin - cloud
* locotundar - mythology
* lombê - to hear
* londi - love
* londinog - to love
* londinog til - I love you
* lorehaz - hell
* lortogo - month
* lór - human being
* lórze, lórez, lêz - forest
* los - road, path
* losso - throat
* loshon - train, locomotive
* loshon-los - railroad
* lowashóg - to survive
* lozuggo - shadow
* lózatså - to read
* lumo - to fall, fall
* Lunez - (Italian) Monday, horrible beginning
* lunti - solution
* lupa - an infinity loop, a bad omen
* lupsas - cold
* lurez - well
* lush - to flow
* lûhimbara - futile
* lûhimêg - to make

M

* madar - heart
* malso - fox
* manacirin - rickshaw
* manón - to work
* mar - now, it is ..., currently
* Martez - (Italian) Tuesday, disappointment
* maz - wide
* mazmenox - emigration, refugees
* maznet - neutral, opportunistic, nonbinary
* medusa - (Greek) bogeyman, bogeywoman, horror
* medza - (Greek) mask
* meglo - fir tree
* menoxé - departure
* Mercolez - (Italian) Wednesday, randomness
* Merijio - (Latin) the South, Bigton
* meti - eye
* Metiêz Xawlciz - Eyes of Eternity
* meza - over
* midit - one
* millianta - (Italian) too much
* minqua - thousand
* minsaglitså - to memorise
* minyåg - to play
* mite - woman
* miyang - who
* mîr - night
* -mîr - night before a festival
* mundez - people, community, crowd
* mundez-kel, democratia - people-choose, democracy
* munez - gift
* muriglarig - assimilate

N

* naqua - five
* naqua-dariz - fifty
* -nara - -ness
* nargo - hello
* neimiro - billion
* nel(az) - from
* nen - around, surrounded by
* nendacartha - a culture, a society, a nation, a tribe
* nendarca - tribe, people, folk
* nendatico - (large) city
* nenêg - to surround
* nercar - surrounded by red (or fire), siege
* nercaran - vermillion
* nerêg - to look
* nerina - butterfly
* nerno - goat
* nerr - curl
* net - opportunity, gain
* netto - to have
* niri - in, into, within
* nirun - near
* nob - head?
* nocha - east
* nofîl - to know
* nofîlonara - knowledge
* nointo - island
* nom - month
* nomog - to swallow
* nomodol - month-devourer
* norcê - pumpkin
* noro - on
* nororeg - number
* nos - (Latin) we, we the people
* nospopuli - (Latin) democracy, fairness
* Novebraco - (Latin) New York City, doomed hometown
* n(oy)orîg - to worship
* nóci - neck

O

* o - or, otherwise
* ogogo - laughter
* Oksidenta - (Italian, Latin) the West, America and its allies, Western civilisation
	+ A quarca Oksidenta? - What is this, the West?, Stop acting like you own the place.
* Oksidentaljazione - (Italian) Westernisation
* Ossidena (Maknia), Ossimania - (Latin) the West, Avallonia
	+ This led to humorous depictions of the Kingdom of Avallonia as an Ottoman sultanate, even though its culture was based on Victorian England.
* olin - follower, people, crowd, sheeple
* olindadar - president
* olintaronas - republic
* omb(e) - deep brown
* ondo - book
* orac - raven
* oral - great
* oril - big
* Oril Gîfenji - Great New Year, January 1
* oril zlex - space battleship, large warship, warship
* osida - ice

Ó

* -ó - (present continuous verb)
* ólar - to sing
* -ólen - (continuous, poetic)
* ólon - space, interruption, pause

P

* paga - condition
* palogo - second
* Paradiso - (Italian) Heaven
* pare - help
* parras - hot
* paurono - paulonia tree or flower
* per - and
* perdessi - (Italian) go away
* peresti - booth, station
* peria - prayer
* periand - Araxarist prayer
* piegaso - winged horse, cute pet, cute (but stupid) animal
* precaria - (Latin) a Christian prayer
* presidente - (Italian) hotshot, snob

Qu
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* qual - four
* qual-dariz - forty
* quaroa - what
* quarx - laser gun
* quatsanara - writing
* quatså - to write
* quaz - foot
* querog - throne
* quilidi - medicine
* quinda - (classical) golden, blonde, heroic, hurrah
* Quindyared - Golden Flag, Flag of Bigton
* quint - gold
* quirac - willow
* quitarog - to think
* quo - arm
* quolda - olive
* quorxa - laser cannon
* quós - mouth

R

* rajek - pistol
* ratar - ash tree
* reigan (gottika), reigottia - (English) Zergonian art
* Relo - He (referring to God Almighty)
* ren - name
* rifiute - (Italian) a dump, a horrible place
* rifna - moss
* rigal - fountain
* rihnin - primal, earliest
* rix(i) - bright
* rixo - white
* rojag, rajog - to shoot, to open fire
* rottame - (Italian) a reclaimed slur, "one man's trash is another man's treasure".
* róccar - lungs
* róloncirin - wheelbarrow
* rubajak - gun
* runja - march
* runjadol - soldier
* ruscisil(va), Hollivud - (Latin) a club, a community of artists
* ruthan - battle song

S

* Sabado - (Italian) Saturday, wild time
* sainto, santo - (Italian, Latin) holy, sacred
* sarna - sea
* sarpaz-ag - to smash
* sarx - snow
* sciri - bird
* seiren - seductress, casanova
* senushonåg - to hurt
* Septentrio - (Latin) the North, the Rinnarit Republic
* sjillao, sujilatio - (Latin) taunt, mockery
* sjillaog - (Latin) to taunt, to make fun of
* skaraz - science
* skarazdol - scientist
* skianto - (Italian) to fail, to accomplish nothing
* skilla - pirate
* skir - fish
* skuste - (Italian) excuse me, my apologies
* skuste (il Italyano/Latino/Zaragugnyo) - (Italian) pardon my French
* slato - where
* soino - must, should
* soino-låz - must go, shall go
* soirezêg - to inspire
* sokozo - poison
* spinxo, sfinxo, spinjo - sphinx, (derogatory) monument, white elephant, teacher, nerd, smarty-pants
* stiar - very light brown
* stûndêg - to stop

Sh
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* -she - like something
* sheru - west
* shol - sheep
* sholin - herd, sheeple, fools, dummies
* shóroe - to listen

T

* taijen - birthday cake monster, birthday ghost, a child
* taionez - far
* tamen - hobby
* tamenolin - fanbase
* tamenolútha - theatre
* tamên - dance
* tamênêg - to dance
* tar - city, seat
* tarald-ez - to remake, to mould
* tar-gansa - capital
* tari - birth
* tariden - birthday
* tariza - nest, cradle
* tarizal - home
* tarizalsen - homeland
* tarnåg - to take
* taronêg - to rule
* te - thou (classic)
* tecondilara - distinction, difference
* telca - you all (classic)
* telquo - they (classic)
* tenezazêg - to kill
* tehahaz - pleasure
* tehahi - excitement
* tei - until
* telen - brain
* terox - palm tree
* texaro - chapter
* tico - town
* tife - pen
* til - thou
* tilca - you all
* tillin - light (weight)
* tilogo - minute
* tilquo - they
* tilúnaza, tilún - tradition
* tinza - tree
* tir - with
* tiralda - mind
* tirxor - watermelon
* tiufon - (G) Typhon, any large battleship of an enemy fleet
* tiupa(tico) - village
* tizal - because
* tîlûna - prayer
* tîzaglitså - to recite
* toiz - building, structure
* -tol, -dol - doer, user
* tolleg, tolge - together
* tolgelar - together-land, federation
* tolgelarza - federal
* tol(o)dol - master
* tolzå - to build
* tondolog - to hide
* tondondo - hidden, concealed
* torgo - only
* torzanóg - to be destroyed
* tron - tool
* tujarac - stomach
* tul(lan) - to, towards
* tulunz - worry
* tûmiro - trillion

Th
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* thala - north
* tharagon - welcome
* tharquen - to be born
* thelxinoi - seductress
* thene - when
* thenis - we (inclusive), us
* thenis milgonåg - see you again
* thenquis - our (inclusive)
* thinnas - we (exclusive), us
* thinquas - our (exclusive)
* thoche - monkey
* thonio - sheep
* thonlen - for a long time, ever after, long ago
* thorn - (Norse) jotunn giant, any giant
* thornesh - enormous
* thucar - injury
* thulxa - evening

U

* ulim - disease, sickness, sick
* ulimeg - to infect
* una(r) - (archaic) water, sea
* unartico - port, harbour
* unikorno - (Italian) unicorn, an expensive car, something expensive
* unikornog - (Italian) to waste money on expensive things, to buy something trendy
* unta - under
* uxog - to curse
* uxuth - curse

Û

Ú

* úråz - hour

V

* ven - for
* Venerdi, Verji - (Italian) Friday, party
* veniqui - (Italian) get over here
* versitas, universitas - (Latin) university
* vesk - please
* vewex - heavy
* vêreneg - to blaze
* vêrenez - blazing
* virxi - cherry
* vlar - lash, whip, flail, S-shape
* volare - (Italian) hurrah
* vóso - to fly

W

* Washinton(ia) - (Latin, English, derogratory) bureaucrats
* wayxo - go, go away
* wexórolox, wéxol - autumn
* wiló - leg
* wimbu - zero
* wiródo - million
* wixo - cat
* womi - owl
* worx - centipede, locomotive
* woxgrog - to corrupt
* woxog - corrupt
* woxorog - corruption

X

* xar - good, well done
* xarn - pendant
* xaro - excellent
* xawl - no
* xawlcîz - immortal, eternal
* Xawlciz Den - Eternity Day, Zergonian New Year
* xawlesegara - resistance
* xawlfan - impatient
* xawlseg - to resist
* xawlxar - horrible, pathetic
* xeravi - to rise
* xithû - to sing

Y

* -yad - (passive verb)
* yared - sail, (poetic) flag
* yizore - snake
* yo - sad
* yono - boy
* yogoresh
* yorjo - cattle
* yoxa - eagle
* yuguroz - slave

Z

* -za - like, in the manner of, -ly, (genitive)
* zal - ship
* zalgex, zlex - starship, spaceship
* zamêg - to take
* zamor - falcon
* zang - why
* zarag - noble
* zaragara - nobility
* zarg - lord
* zarg-landa - lord-rule, monarchy
* zargo - wolf
* zargoino - army
* zawic - banana
* zawthu - guitar
* zayal - light
* zår - strong
* zåro - life
* zårosta - strength
* zbanda - marching band drum
* zelina - carp fish
* zereg - to tear something apart, secession, schism
* zerend - strength
* -zesh - -ness
* zeshêg - to force, to compel
* zoima - feast
* zirg - river
* zîrastia - (English) antiquity, antiques
* zó - sleep
* zócug - to sleep
* zrîga - great river
* zubon - drum

Zh
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## Trivia

* The author based Zergonian on names used for aliens in 1950s-1990s American science fiction works.
	+ Certain terms were adopted from the Italian and Latin languages to taunt the Rinnarit Republic's government, as these languages were banned during its early years and its war against Bigton.

### Pronunciation

* å - [ɔ]
* c - [kʰ-], [k]
* ê - [æ]
* é - [eː]
* h - [h], [x] before consonants and at end of words
* î - [iː]
* j - [d͡ʒ]
* k - [kʰ~qʱ]
* o - [ɔ~o]
* ó - [o]
* qu - [kʷ]
* r - [ɹ~r]
* sh - [ʃ]
* t - [tʰ-], [t]
* th - [θ]
* u - [ʊ]
* ú - [u]
* x - [ks~gz], [z-] at the start of words
* y - [j]
* zh - [ʒ]

## See also

* Wickwander glossary
* Zergonian mythology
* Zergonian calendar
* Rinnarit English glossary