Modern Golic Vulcan Grammar Lesson 2

TGV/MGV - Lesson 2

Ba-|Iyi-Gol-Vuhlkansu - Tupa 2

INTRODUCTION TO WORDS - SIMPLE WORDS

Ragtaya na'Zhitlar - Veli-Zhitlar

This basic lesson is an introduction to "Simple Words" in Golic Vulcan. These are basically all words in use by Golic Vulcan speakers that are a "single, indivisible unit". These words can be anywhere from very ancient to very new in formation. They also may include words borrowed from other languages. The information on this page works for both Traditional and Modern Golic. The following are selected examples to introduce the student to Golic Vulcan words:

Ancient and Borrowed Simple Words

Ma'os- heh Yahvu-Veli-Zhitlar

Ahkh - borrowed word for "war", appears as 'ahkh in some other Vulcan languages

Ask'er - borrowed word for "soldier"

Balkra - ancient word for a type of aromatic casserole

Batai - ancient word for "sturdy"

D'mallu - ancient word for a type of carnivorous plant

Dzharel - borrowed word for an extinct small, horned, horse-like animal; appears as jarel in some other Vulcan languages

Ek'zer - ancient word for "gem" or "jewel", originally a compound word

Farr - ancient word for "time", now considered obsolete and only used poetically in Golic Vulcan

Fo - ancient word for "shell"

Glozho - ancient word for "elixir"

Haran - borrowed word for a legendary "fire beast"

K'torr - ancient word for the concept of completely lacking something

Ki'haf - ancient word for "basket", originally a compound word

Krahkra - ancient Vulcan-wide term meaning roughly "it is nothing"

La'ash - ancient word for "axe", originally a compound word

Mu'yor - ancient word for "night", originally a compound word

Nikh - ancient word for "eye", now considered obsolete and only used poetically in Golic Vulcan

Orniaga - ancient word for "irritated", often considered obsolete to modern, logical Vulcans

Ro'fori - ancient word for "information", originally a compound word

Seheik - borrowed word for "pilgrims", originally meant "declared ones"

Te'koshif - ancient word for "architecture", originally a compound word

Urozh - ancient word for "crop(s)"

Visak'a - ancient word for "legacy"

Waneti - borrowed word for a type of flowering plant

Ya'akash - ancient word for "to ask"

Zherka - ancient word for "emotions"

True Golic Simple Words

Yeht-Golik Veli-Zhitlar

Aluk - fish (n.)

Ashau - love (v.)

Behsu - neighbor (n.)

Dohn - board, plank (n.)

Ek'an - maximum (n.)

Faka - hernia (n.)

Fonn|-| - loyal

Gehnli - essential

Gonaf - button (n.)

Halek - wheel (n.)

Igen - sky (n.)

Khrash - violence

Mashya - a type of vegetable

Nakarat - endeavor (n.)

Pelakh - filament

Rivak - course (n.)

Shaik - odd

Su'us - number (n.)

Temok - wall (n.)

Vikuvau - encircle, surround

Yerak - bowl (n.)

Zakar - damage (n.)

Notes

Pitohlar

1. Simple Words are always "indivisible", meaning that breaking them apart will not leave two or more stand-alone word roots with a contemporary Golic Vulcan meaning.

2. Older Simple Words may have been a Compound Word at some point in the past, but can no longer be broken down to word roots with separate meanings in Golic Vulcan.

3. Ancient Simple Words may or may not be directly related to Golic Vulcan.

4. Simple Words in Golic Vulcan that were borrowed from another language may still be a valid Compound Word in the other language, but are considered "Simple" to Golic speakers, because the separate parts are meaningless in Golic Vulcan.

5. Simple Words never contain a "hyphen" (pakh) but can contain an "apostrophe" (ulef-pekhaya).

6. Simple Words may be affixed with any combination of a prefix, a suffix or both.

Additional information and examples are provided in following lessons.