Rukanian glossary

This is a glossary for the various words of the Rukanian language.

A

* abo - or
* ale - but, however

B

* bačyty - to see
	+ pobačyty - seeing
* bačytysja - to see each other
* ban - sir
* bana - madam
* boh - god (archaic)
	+ boha - the god's (singular gen)
	+ bohy - the gods (plural)
	+ bohiv - the gods' (pl gen)
	+ bohu - to the god
	+ boham - to the gods
* Bohami! - Oh my gods!, My gods!, by the gods
* bohatyr - a hero, a commander; (ancient) "one who serves a god"
	+ In Earth history, "bohatyr" was from an Iranic word, but in Jerde, "bohatyr" was from the same roots as "boh/bog" and "-telj"
* bojar - a duke
* boram - large temple
	+ \*khram > \*goram > \*horam
* boro - god, deity (modern)
	+ \*bog > boho > boro
	+ bora - the god's (sg gen)
	+ bory - gods (pl)
	+ boriv - the gods' (pl gen)
	+ boru - to the god
	+ boram - to the gods
* boršč - a soup
* bramban - drum
* brat-stvo - brotherhood
* bukhta - bay
* bulon - mace
* bulovan - sceptre

Ch
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* červonyj - red
	+ In Bujanski, "červonyj" was an old word that has been reused to mean "pink".
* červosrid - "red heart", "red lantern", a spinel gem
	+ Rukanians used to make lanterns from large spinel gems. They even sold some of the spinel gems to westerly lands, like Vozolaz, where said gems are venerated as relics.
* čestj - honour
* čestjstvo - chivalry

D

* Daiboro - Dazhbog, the sun god
* Daiborovoji Mulja - Wall of Dazhbog, a great line of turrets built to repel Thralondian invasions from across the ocean.
* dalei - far
* dalnebo - outer space
* dalneborod - space base
* Dalveskhid - Far East
	+ The Gauvajut and Vozonid name for the entire continent of Darros, from its location in local world maps at the far right edges. Beyond its ocean is Esami or Laron, known in Palkyras as the Far *West*.
* Dalzokhid - Far West, Vozolaz, the continent of Palkyras
	+ The Rukanian name for the entire continent of Palkyras, in analogy with Gauvajut depictions of Rukania as "the Far East". As a teasing joke, the Rorizii named the Gauvajut continent as the "Far West"!
* datjobro - thank you
	+ literally "give something good"
* datjsve, daisve - flower of Dazhbog, sunflower
	+ \*Datjbogo-tsveta
* daty - to give
	+ davaty - giving
* denj - a day
* derjevo - a tree (classical)
* ditj - a child
* dnomaty - to think, to assume (classical)
* dobrašta - greater good
* dobraštije - greatest good
* dobro - good (formal)
* dobrodinj - hello
* dobro laskavji - welcome
* domaty - to think, to assume
* doporo - good (common)
* dorevo - tree
* dosytj - enough; that is enough
* dravnij - ancient
* drežinar - a bandurist, a player who uses the drezhinj zither
* drežinj - "trembling one", a bandura, a zither, a lyre
	+ The drezhinj is Rukania's national instrument, often seen in classical ceremonies and temple festivals. Reports claimed that it was indeed named after its tune "sounding like a cascade, like a stream of falling, gentle water".
* dve - two
* dyčnyk, dyčnik - barbarian
* dykistj - savagery
* dyknyj - savage, wild

E

* eimja - name
* ešča - lizard

H

* harnyj - good, nice
* hnizdo - a bird's nest
	+ Also the name of a popular bookstore brand on Jerde.
* holotman - general
* holoutelj - a noble lord, a "hetman"; ruler of a knightly house, clan, or knighthood; captain
* holova - head
* horam - temple
* horilka - burning drink, a sort of beer
	+ Attested in ancient Gauvajut literature as *huriklaje* or *hurilke*, the sort of drink in chalices seen by diggers after emerging from a hole across the world's core. This was the sort of beer that the diggers saw the Rorizii knights drinking in their chalices.
	+ One of the knights splashed his beer on a digger's head as he saw a little flame on his hair. "Why wouldst thou not get thyself washed, thou knave?" the knight sneered, and sent him to a bathhouse.
* hority - to burn
* horod - castle, large castle or city
* hrim - thunder
* hrimtvolenj - "cannon knight", hand cannoneer, a soldier armed with Aspuruk artillery.
* hrimvitvo, hrimtvo - cannon
* hrombleja - a dam, hydroelectric dam
	+ Rukania is a large country, boasting many dams that provided its abundant electricity.
* hrutovetsj - corporal
* hruza - button, coin

I

* i - and
	+ after i or j, becomes into "ta".
* iden - one
* istina - what is true, reality, facts, what really exists
* ity - to go (imperfective - can be infinite or continuous)
	+ pity - go to there (perfective, to an end)
	+ khodyty - go all over
	+ pokhodyty - go all over to there

Ja
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* jašča, ašča - a raptor
	+ Also used to test the pronunciation of Rukanian dialects.
* jaščanik - raptor rider
* jaz - I (royal)

Je
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* jez, je, ja - I
	+ "ja" is most often used.

K

* kinj - a horse
* kinjenik - a horse rider
* kinjestvo - horse-riding
* kit, kid - a cat
	+ kota - the cat's
	+ koty - cats
	+ kotiv - the cats'
* kljasj - damn!
	+ bokljasj! - gods damn it!, an embarrassing loss
	+ boklas - a loss (jousting)
* kljasty - to curse
* kobza - a lute, a traditional Rukanian lute
* kobzar - a bard or muse, known for using a lute
* kokhannja - love, care
* kolo - wheel; circle (archaic, now classical); mandala, dais, grand temple
* koloda - carriage, car
* košanja - kitten
* kovbas - sausage
* kozak - (archaic) a "wanderer", a nickname for a Valjad; (later) a knight from the Valjad clans; (nowadays, poetic) a knight
	+ The proper term for a "knight" is "vetlenj". "Kozak" is a poetic term, although more often used for Valjad knights.
* kozaništa - a great wandering thing, a big planet
* kozatnik - that which wanders, a planet
* kozaty - to wander
* krai - realm
* krajina - great realm
* Krajina Kvitiv - Land of Flowers, Rukania
* Krajina Vetleni - Land of Knights, Rukania
* kriv - roof
* krovj - blood
* krug - circle
* kupets - merchant, trader
	+ kuptsi - merchants
* kuvon, kuvom - watermelon
	+ A festive offering to Dazhbog and other gods, mostly grown in southern Rukania.
	+ Southwest Rukania is known for its distinctive flavours of watermelon wine.
* kvit - flower, blossom
* kvitlossja - flower-haired, Ontemazei
* kvoryty - speaking
	+ pokvoryty - to speak
	+ kvorju - I am speaking
	+ kvorul - I spoke, thou spake, he spoke, she spoke
	+ budo kvorytu - I will speak

Kh
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* khoram, khram - temple

L

* leryčok - a little stork, a stork chick
	+ plural: leryčky
	+ (irregular plural) leryččy - Bujanski who takes part in the liberation of his homeland. "čk" is not allowed in the Bujanski language, so it is assimilated to a double "čč".
* leryk, leryka - a stork bird
	+ Storks nesting on a house are a sign of good luck or restoration of all losses.
* ljalja, ljaleja - a doll
* ljaljud - Dollfolk
* ljudy - people
* ločije - electricity
	+ ray-ness
* ločǐ - a ray, a beam

M

* maika, mauka - mermaid, merperson
* maikets - merpeople
* maiko, mauko - merman
* malynovyj - magenta colour
* mavika - murderous merperson or water spirit
* millij - cute
	+ Also a mocking term towards Heronoi people for their blonde appearance and their supposed poor sense of proper manners.
* millyk - a cute one, a Heronoi (humorous, derisive)
* mista - city, town
* mistaščyna - surrounding districts of a town or city
* mjir - vastness
* mjirneščyna (мїрнещина) - the rest of the world
* mjirnij - vast
* molserttsja - AI; "core, brain, heart" of a machine
* more - sea
* mornij - dim, dark, shadowed
* morok - darkness, gloom
* mul - wall
* mulašta - a big wall

N

* naležaty - to belong to
	+ naležu - I belong to
	+ naležeš - thou belongst to
	+ naležytj - he/she belongs to
	+ naležymo - we belong to
	+ naležote - you belong to
	+ naležatj - they belong to
	+ My naležymo Rukanji ta viji Volostju! - We belong to Rukania and her King!
* navčannja - a class, a course
* Nebo - Heaven, (poetic) the Gods
	+ Nebosa - Heavens
* noči - night
* nova - new (feminine)
* novej - new (neuter)
* Novej Rik - New Year
	+ The Rukanian New Year is somewhere in November, the sacred day of Dazhbog.
	+ It is also known as Voukodenj, the Wolf Day.
* novyj - new (masculine)
	+ novoho (masc, neut, gen)
	+ novoji (fem, gen)
	+ novykh (plu, gen)
* -nyk - doer
* nyp - ginger, root

O

* odjah - clothing
* odnje - lonely, alone
* oko - eye
	+ oky - eyeballs
* okva - two eyes, the eyes
	+ okvy - eyes
* oružni syly - armed forces
* oružžja - weapon
	+ uncountable and plural
	+ archaic or southern: orudžja
* oserddja - centre of, middle of
* oserttsja - core
* osertsok - centre, hub, office
* otro - a boy
* ozro, ezro - a lake

P

* palety - to burn
	+ popalety - burning
* palevo - fuel
* pašenj - wheat
* peremoha - victory, a win
* peremohty - to win, to prevail
	+ peremahaty - winning
* peremozhets - victor, winner
	+ plural: peremozhtsi
* pivaboro - demigod
* pivadenj, vandej - south; noon
* pivanič, pivenčej - north; midnight
* pivenj - chicken, rooster
* Pjednestvo - the Underworld, Hell, realm of the dead
	+ "Idy na pjednu!" - "go to hell"
* pjednij - lower
* pjid, pjed - under
* pjidačnyk - ghoul, wraith, undead
* pjidaščyna - underworld, realm of the dead and ghosts
* plaskyj - flat, level
	+ ploskyj - flat, level (classical, formal)
* pokij - room
* pokij - silence, quietness
* pokoji - rooms
* poto - bird
	+ poty - birds
* prapor - flag
* pravda - correctness, correct, properness, truth, accuracy
* pravil'navčannja ("class of rightful thinking"), prannavčannja - moral class
* prosvita - enlightenment, wisdom, refinement, reformation, restoration; liberation
* prosvitlenyj - enlightened, wise, purified from evil, reformed; liberated
* prosvitlok - a lantern symbolising one's spiritual purification or sancitifcation
	+ In Rukania, students who graduate hold paper or spinel lanterns, symbolising their transformation into maturity. Someone opens and lights the lanterns, and to end the graduation ceremony, all the students raise the lanterns.
* ptakh - a bird
* ptašenja - a baby bird or chick
	+ plural - ptašenjata (neuter, 4th case, ta-plural)
* ptokha - a large bird

R

* razom - together
* rik - year
	+ roku - this one year's
	+ roky - years
	+ rokiv - the years'
* rika - river
* rikpalyvo - river-fuel, hydroelectric power
* rotoris - (Late Ardeschen) a helicopter
* rožde - birth
* rožddenj - a birthday
* rožzolet - birthday money, money given to a knight who completes his ceremony to begin his adulthood
* ruda - ore, metal
* rudj - bronze
* ruka - hand
* Rukanija - Rukania, Land of the Hands
* Rukansji - Rukanian
* rum'jalsja - pink-haired, Ontemazei
* rum'janyj - pink, ruddy
	+ An ancient word for "red" that has been displaced, and then reused for "pink".
	+ "Malynovyj" means "dark pink" or "magenta", the royal colour of ancient Rukanian monarchs.
* rum'janyk - pink one, an Ontemazei

S

* sad - a garden
* Sadišta Bohiv - Garden of the Gods, Rukania
* sajaty - to shine
	+ Sjate čestju - "Shine with honour"
	+ Khai sjate vy čestju - "May you shine with honour"
* sertsuččyna - personal guards
* sertsuk - foot soldier, he who walks
	+ Usually used for infantry units in general, rather than just knights who fight on foot, or squires.
* sertsyty - to march
* sjaken - a dagger
	+ "tse sjaken" became a slang word in Bujan, as a mocking curse towards an infamous online user who was killed by fanatics for blocking people online.
* sjavre - freezing cold; (archaic) north
* Sjavremul, Sjavralka Mulja - the Great Wall of the North, the Great Wall of Oruzla; an ancient fortification built to keep the vampire hordes out of Rukania.
* Sjavrezema - Sevraeja
* sjohodni - today
* sič - fort, castle
* sičets - townsperson, city resident
* sičnyk - a castle or palace guard, garrison
* sičyna - a network of castles, a defensive array, great fortifications
* sird, srid - heart
* skolvonj, skolj - "shard fire", rytoryntar, blue crystal used as an energy source
* slava - glory, blessing, divine favour
* slavnij - glorious
* slavsja - be blessed, be glorious
* smilenij - brave, courageous
* smilevistj - courage
* sontse - sun (archaic, ceremonial)
* sontsokolo - sun circle, ancient stone circles used as temples in Oruz
* sontsokhram - sun temple
* spes - spear
* spešta - a lance
* spezorb(n)yk - jouster
* spezorib - spear-smash, jousting
* spokij - calmness
* srid - a lantern
	+ Derived from a word meaning "a heart", as in "a heart of fire"
* staty - to become
* stavaty - becoming
* -stavja - -isation
	+ Rukanjostavja - "Rukanisation"
* sto - hundred
* Stokruhia - Hundred Circles, Rukania
* storik - century, a hundred years
* Streiboro - Stribog, the wind and sea god
* sultse - sun
* Sultseboro - Sun God
* svit - world
* Svjata Sadišta Bohiv - Holy Paradise of the Gods, Rukania
* svjatij - holy, sacred

Sh
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* šist - six

## Sch

* ščo, šča - what
* sčoino - just, recently
	+ ("I have just struck a pauldron")
* ščoranko - every morning

T

* tača - carriage, car, wagon
* talom - a magenta flower used as dye; magenta; loyal
* torik, tukyr - camel
	+ From ancient Tirrian.
	+ The city animal of Bilboroza, an ancient port.
* tokol, tikol - chocolate
	+ From ancient Tirrian.
* trje - three
* trjezab - trident
	+ Leaders tend to carry tridents into battle, as a sacred weapon to invoke the gods. Nonetheless, they also carry swords, rifles, pistols, grenades, and rockets when necessary.
* trjezabets - one who holds a trident, a holy man
* trjezulon - a trident-spear, a sacred trident pole for a banner
* tromarets - (from trymaty + -ets) a carrier of a weapon, a squire, a page, a student
	+ The Rukanian words for "squire" and "student" are the same.
* trymaty - to hold
* turnij - stupid
* turnip, turnyp - fool
	+ Considered a very common insult in Rukania, equivalent to Bujanski "paetto" (chicken, rooster; fool).
	+ Developed from "turnij" (stupid) and "nyp" (a ginger root), developed as it looked stupid.
* Turnybetko - stupid rooster, (insulting) a Bujanski, a Bujanski who lacks honour or noble behaviour.
* turnypko - son of a fool, son of a "turnip", a bastard
	+ More stronger than "turnyp", as it can mean "you bastard".
	+ "Turnypkovyč" is a stronger insult, meaning "you godsdamned bastard!"
* turnyp kostvo - disgusting behaviour, abomination, cringe
	+ "turnyp kovy čestvo" (bastard kingdom) is a much more injurious insult directed towards things that are too degrading or abhorrent.
* tykhyj - quiet, serene
* Tynarj - Terrans, demonic Terrans
* Tynirostaty - to become Terran, to be evil
	+ Tynirostavaty - becoming Terran, becoming evil
* Tynirostavja - Terranisation, becoming evil
* Tyr, Tynir - Terra, world of evil people
* tyša - quietness

Ts
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* tse - is, am, are
* tsej - this
* tsenochi - this night, tonight
* tsidenj - this day, today

U

* ubri - vampire; traitor
* urodeny - (formal) birthday
* urodlet - (formal) birthday money, money given to a knight who completes his ceremony to begin his adulthood
	+ Due to the excessive wealth of the country, some universities grant every graduate a payment from the government for youngsters to begin their adult lives. Education fees are low due to much of it being paid by the government.

V

* valej - determined, focused, free
* valikij - very great
* valja - will, freedom
* Vaš Veličestj - Your Majesty
* Vaš Velinostje - Your Excellency (addressed to a boyar or a high-ranking noble)
* včennja - teaching
* veličest(e) - greatness, majesty, splendour
* velikij - great
* Velmorja - "Great Ocean", the Ocean west and south of Rukania.
	+ The namesake of the Velmorian Ocean.
	+ In Sevraeja to the north, it is known as "the Draya".
* veskhid - east
* vetelenj, vetlenj - knight
* vetlenjčistj - knightly chivalry
* vetlenj krovi - knight of the blood, an aristocrat
* vetlenj spešty - knight of the lance, a member of an association
* veža - a tower
* viče - council
* Viji Veličestja - Her Majesty
* vinok - flower wreath used in ceremonies
* vis - air, weather
* vitvj - a log
* Vjoho Veličestj - His Majesty
* vočotnyk - a teacher
* vočytelj - a wandering master, a maestro
* vočyty - to teach, to instruct
* vohonj - fire
* volodistije, vlodistije - monarchy
* volodistj - kingdom
* volodnij - royal (related to monarchs)
* Volods'kij Oružni Syly [Rukaniji] - Rukanian Royal Armed Forces
* volods'kij - royal (related to a kingdom)
	+ feminine: volods'ka
	+ neuter: volods'ke
	+ plural: volods'ki
* volokh - priest
* volokhnij - priestly
* volossja - hair
* volostj - king
* vouko - wolf
* Voukodenj - Wolf Day, Coronation Day, Dazhbog's holy day, Rukanian New Year
	+ The wolf is a symbol of Dazhbog, one of the two national gods of Rukania and its Royal Family.
* vrebja - willow tree
* vrekhovnij - great, highest
* vrezorja - highest stars, saints, heavenly beings, archangels
* vsîr - all
* vsîrij - commonplace; standard, international
* Vsîroho Novejrik - the international new year, formerly on March 1, now on April 1
	+ The former date was based on the Ardesch calendar, and latter and current on the Zvestarid or Bujanski calendar used everywhere on Jerde.
* vyr - whirlpool
* vysočnyk - a champion
* vysok - point, top
* vyšyvanka - women's traditional robes
* vyšyvanok - men's traditional robes
	+ Everyday wear in much of Rukania, especially in the countryside. Knights tend to wear zhupany robes, while people in urban areas often wear Ardeschen-style suits and top hats.
* vyšyvaty - to weave

Y

* -y, -i - (plural)

Z

* zab - fang
* zaknočistjnij - chivalrous, honourable, respectable
* zaknočistjvo - law-honour, chivalry
* zakon - law
* zamok - a large castle
* zemja - land
* zlo, zolo - bad, evil
* zločestj - flattery, dishonesty, dishonour, pretence
* zlošta - greater harm, greater evil
* zlovis - storms, bad weather, malaria
* zlovrad - curse
* zlovre(d) - damn!
	+ boh-zlovre!, bozovre! - godsdamn
	+ bozle! - dammit
	+ bohzlovre turnypkovyč!, bozle tropyččo! - godsdamned bastard!
* zlovrednyj - damned
* zlovrennyj - cursed
* zo- - co-, syn-, together
* zokhid - west
* zoletina, zoltinj - coins, wealth, money
* zoletvo, zolet - money, currency, coins
* zolločije - co-digitalisation, using digital systems alongside normal systems (like normal postal services right next to e-post)
	+ "together ray-ness"
* zološtije - greatest evil
* zolotnij - golden
* zoloto - gold
* zolvos - gold hair, blonde
* zolvosnyk - (insulting) a Heronoi, blondie
* zolvouk - Dazhbog's golden hounds of fire who hunt and kill the wicked
* zorja - star
* zotse - (dialectal) together
* zvil'nennja - liberation, setting free
	+ e.g. "Zvil'nennja Bujana" - "Liberation of Bujan"

Zh
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* župan - noblemen's clothing
* žyrnyj - plump

## See also

* Rukanian mythology
* Bujanski glossary
* Sevraejan glossary
* Ukrainian glossary