Mahuuni language

Mahuuni is a language spoken primarily by the denizens of the isle of Mahuun, Tel'Abim and the Wastewanders in Tanaris and Uldum (fanon).

## Word list

### Adjectives

* Abdul - "humble" (also used as a name, see Abdul Al'ganor)
* Ali - "loyal (to sg)" (from "al") (also used as a name, see Ali Al'ganor)
* Anh - "half of sg"
* Bewi - "sweet" (also used as a term of endearment)
* Dawa - "high, soaring"
* Dii - "innocent" (spelled with a "y" in the Wastewander dialect)
* Gauhw - "different" (also used for telling someone they are wrong ("Oha adda gauhw") and negation)
* Haadi - "big, large"
* Hassi - "restless"
* Iiw - "bad"
* Isi - "small, diminutive" (also used as a term of endearment)
* Keen - "kind"
* Lash - "prime" ("Lashaan"/"Lashan"(Wastewander dialect) means "firstborn child")
* Mahi - "young"
* Nav - "honest"
* Rochuk - "rough"
* Ssahi - "double" (variant of "dagh")
* Sama - "loud, howling" ("Samaar" means "howling storm")
* Wera - "good"
* Zewo - "equal"

### Adverbs

* Enna - "here"
* Gamna - "there"

### Conjunctions

* Dan - "but"
* Deg - "and"
* Leh - "or"

### Yes and no

* Ah - "yes"
* Nad - "no"

### Nouns

#### Colours

* Dal - "violet, purple"
* Entaar - "red, blood"
* Gahe - "orange, bronze"
* Gawa - "green, forest"
* Hawaa - "silver, white"
* Ori'i - "cyan, teal"
* Rasi - "azure, blue"
* Sazi - "gold, yellow"
* Wada - "brown"
* Zahi - "black, darkness, shadow"

#### Food and drink

* Abim - "fruit"
* Bewabim - (lit. "sweet fruit") "dates"
* Bewabroo - (lit. "sweet fruit alcoholic drink") "date-wine" (a Mahuuni staple)
* Cha - "drink, beverage, tea"
* Iftek - "food (in general), sustenance, grains" (= food that can be eaten raw, whole, etc)
* Roo - "wine, alcohol"
* Shawa - "spice, seasoning"
* Warma - "food (dish)" (= any kind of food that is cooked or prepared in some way, "food that had work put into it")

#### Miscellaneous nouns

* Aran - "tower, spire"
* Baawi - "loss" (also used in the context of missing sg or sy)
* Bor - "nothing, void"
* Dar - "drum"
* Dewa - "trade"
* Ehbaad - "worship"
* Ganor - "jewel" (also the name of a coastal trading town and sometimes used as a pet name by lovers)
* Gakha - "surface"
* Gaquorh - (lit. "surface that shines") "mirror"
* Haknaar - (lit. "heart-fire") "love"
* Hamatti - "peace, stillness"
* Iha - "dread, fear"
* Jaaqota - "studies, scrolls, knowledge"
* Jahaan - "peak, zenith, achievement"
* Keth - "strider, wanderer"
* Math - "seat"
* Oor - "death"
* Oor'atne - (lit. "death-doing") "murder, slaughter"
* Quor - "gleam(ing), shine, shining" (can be a noun or an adjective)
* Riin - "soul" (spelled with a single "i" in the Wastewander dialect)
* Sarrh - "saviour"
* Senn - "scourge"
* Taan - "beat" (spelled with a single "a" in the Wastewander dialect) (can be a noun or a verb)
* Uur - "lord/lady (= ruler, superior)"
* Vendar - "seeker" (also used as a name, see Qvendar Al'ganor)
* Weni - "everything, all, universe"

#### Nature

* Aar - "storm" (spelled with a single "a" in the Wastewander dialect)
* Ammud - "light, sunlight"
* Ann - "wind"
* Ari - "desert, dry"
* Giil - "water" (used for saltwater or even rainwater, as Mahuun is known for its salty rains)
* Giilessi - "sea, body of water" (also used for smaller bodies of saltwater)
* Giiledan - "(gentle) rain"
* Giiledin - "heavy rain"
* Hama - "sand, dune" (also used as an adjective to describe something calm or still)
* Hama'keth - (lit. "dune strider") "camel"
* Ihk - "flower" (spelled without the "h" in the Wastewander dialect) (also used as a term of endearment)
* Naara - "fire"
* Niil - "star"
* Niil'ammud - "starlight"
* Pissu - "cat" (also used as a term of endearment)
* Raj - "Sun"
* Raj'gaquorh - (lit. "Mirror of the Sun") "Moon"
* Ronn - "bird"
* Tarakh - "dragon"
* Tebh - "earth, ground, soil"
* Tel - "island"
* Uun - "land"
* Vas - "water" (used for potable freshwater)
* Vassi - "oasis" (also used for bodies of potable water, like Vassi-Gaquorh, or Mirror Lake, a crystal clear lake in northwestern Mahuun which is rumoured to have magical self-cleaning properties)

#### Numbers

##### Old Mahuuni

* Lasshi - 1
* Dagh - 2
* Taar - 3
* Ssah'dagh - 4 ("double of two")
* Anh'waan - 5 ("half of ten")
* Ssah'taar - 6 ("double of three")
* Khahon - 7
* Ssahsa'dagh - 8 ("double of double of two")
* Waan'bawlassh- 9 ("ten losing one" ≈ "ten minus one". This rule carries onto the rest of the numbers, e.g. 19 is "Ssah'waan'bawlassh", etc.)
* Waan - 10 (eleven is "Waan'lassh", twelve is "Waan'dagh", and so on, but 19 is "Ssah'waan'bawlassh")
* Ssah'waan - 20 ("double of ten")
* Tarwaan - 30
* Ssahsa'waan - 40 ("double of double of ten")
* Anh'glaaw - 50 ("half of a hundred")
* Ssah'tarwaan - 60 ("double of thirty")
* Khahowaan - 70
* Sassahsa'waan - 80 ("double of double of double of ten")
* Glaaw'bawaan - 90 ("hundred losing ten" ≈ "a hundred minus ten")
* Glaaw - 100 (1000 is "Waan'glaaw" ("ten hundred"), 1100 is Waan'lasshi'glaaw" (eleven hundred), and so on)

##### Modern Mahuuni

*Note: By orders of Mahuun's tenth Emir, Annuur Al'Raj'math, some overly long numeral names were shortened. The simplified numbers are as follows:*

* Lasshi - 1
* Dagh - 2
* Taar - 3
* Quaar - 4
* Quaan - 5
* Saar - 6
* Khahon - 7
* Owaar - 8
* Nahaar - 9
* Waan - 10
* Dawaan - 20
* Tarwaan - 30
* Quarwaan - 40
* Quanwaan - 50
* Sarwaan - 60
* Khah'waan - 70
* Qwarwaan - 80
* Naharwaan - 90
* Glaaw - 100
* Haan - 1.000
* Wahaan - 10.000
* Glahaan - 100.000
* Jahaan - 1.000.000 (also meaning "zenith" or "peak")

#### People and body parts

* -a - "-person", a common suffix when forming names (see also: "Id")
* Aan - "child" (spelled with a single "a" in the Wastewander dialect) (it is also used as a honorific for someone beloved by the speaker)
* Amma - "parent" (Mahuuni does not distinguish between genders in this case, "amma" can mean any parental figure, as it is not uncommon for Mahuuni children to be raised by a single parent. It can also be used as a honorific towards someone older and/or more experienced than the speaker)
* Chee - "eyes"
* Fawa - "hand"
* Gada - "nose"
* Giilid - (lit. "seawater-person") "captain (of a sea vessel)"
* Haadi'id - (lit. "big person") "giant"
* Haka - "heart"
* Id - "-person" ("ida" when not used as a suffix)
* Iil - "tribe" (also "nation", "Iil al'Aarann" ≈ "Nation of Stormwind")
* Iiwid - (lit. "bad person") "enemy"
* Kassi - "face"
* Medi - "mouth"
* Werid - (lit. "good person") "friend"
* Yehi - "foot"

#### Work and war

* Aptek - "priest, medicine"
* Emir - "leader"
* Fiyahhi - "tool" (is sometimes used figuratively when referring to "means", "technique", "way", etc.)
* Kahpesh - "warrior, war-"
* Kahp'fiyahhi - (lit. "war-tool") "weapon"
* Kali - "rider"
* Ket - "magic, spell"
* Ketid- (lit. "spell-person") "mage, wizard, sorcerer"
* Ra - "edge, blade"
* Teyeth - "ship, vessel"

### Prepositions

* Al' - "of" (used in names to describe place of birth, e.g. "Al'Ganor" is a name given to people born in the city of Ganor), "the" (used as an article)
* Bo' - "without"
* De'en - "by" (also used as "next to" or "
* Gaq - "on"
* Jah - "above"
* Led - "through"
* Nen - "with"
* Zah - "below"

### Pronouns

* Eha - "me"
* Dawo - "you"
* Ewa - "he/she/they"
* Oha - "it"
* Ehassi - "us"
* Dawossi - "you" (plural)
* Ewassi - "they" (plural)
* Ohassi - "those"

The possessive forms of each pronoun is formed by adding "nna" at the end (Example: "ehanna" - mine", "ehassinna" - ours", etc.).

### Verbs

* Adda - "to be"
* Atne - "to do"
* Hara - "to move" (in general)
* Edan - "to fall, to descend (gently)"
* Edin - "to fall, to descend (violently)"
* Hawo - "to rest, to lay"
* Leddan - "to pass, to move through sth"
* Tiha - "to create, to make"

## Grammatical rules

* In compound words, some double vowels and consonants are shortened, or even left out completely. Irregular cases are fairly common.

* There is no verb conjugation ("Eha taan al'dar" literally means "I beat the drum", and the tense is determined by the context), but there is a set order of components in a sentence. It is as follows:

1. Subject
2. Verb
3. Predicate

Example: "Eha adda mahi", "I be [am] young".

Sentences that contain more than one pronoun are exceptions from this. In those cases, the predicate and the verb switch places.

Example: "Eha dawo baawi" = "I you miss [=I miss you]".

* The plural for of each noun is formed with the suffix "-ssi". If the stem ends on a consonant, an additional "e" or "a" vowel is added. The vowel added is determined by the stem word's vocal harmony.
	+ Plurals of words that only contain front vowels (e or i) are formed by adding an "e". (Example:"iil" = "tribe" - "iil**e**ssi" = "tribes")
	+ Plurals of words that only contain back vowels (a, o or u) are formed by adding an "a". (Example: "sarrh" = "saviour" - "sarrh**a**ssi" = "saviours")
	+ Plurals of words that contain both are formed with either an "a" or an "e", based on the vocal harmony of the last vowel. (Example: "vendar" = "seeker" - "vendar**a**ssi" = "seekers", BUT "kahpesh" = "warrior" - "kahpesh**e**ssi" = "warriors")

* Adjectives and ordinals are formed by adding "-ag", or "-nag" in case the root ends on a vowel.

Example: "hamatti" = "peace" - "hamatti**nag**" = "peace**ful**"; "aran" = "tower" - "aran**ag**" = "tower**ing**" (="high"), "lasshi" = "one" - "lasshi**nag**" = "first"

* Nouns can be formed from adjectives via morphological derivation, using the suffix "-t" or "-et" in case the root ends on a vowel.

Example: "hama" = (in a figurative sense) "calm, still" - "hama'**t**" = "peace, still**ness**"; "abdul" = "humble" - "abdul'**et**" = "humil**ity**"

### Pronunciation

* Double vowels are pronounced as elongated single vowels (e.g. "oo" is pronounced as "ō").
* "H" is a guttural H.

## Common Mahuuni names

*Note: All Mahuuni names are inherently unisex.*

* Abdul - "Humble One"
* Ali - "Loyal One"
* Anhammud - "Half-light" (the name of Sarrhakeen's consort)
* Ari'ihk - "Desert Flower"
* Daara - "Drummer"
* Hassan - "Restless Child"
* Naaredin - (lit. "Firefall") "Fire-rain"
* Raj'aan - "Sun-child"
* Vendar - "Seeker"

### Names of Mahuun's Emirs in order

* Mahammud - "Young Sunlight"
* Dawaronn - "Soaring Bird"
* Sazaan - "Golden Child"
* Giiledan - "Rainfall"
* Hawihk - "Silver Flower"
* Naarchee - "Fire-Eyes"
* Annuur - "Wind-Lord"
* Sarrhakeen - (lit. "saviour [with a] heart [that is] kind") "Kind-Hearted Saviour"

## Differences in the Wastewander dialect

Most double vowels are shortened and changed. Wastewanders abandoned their birthplace-based surnames, and instead have Common surnames.

### Fanon translations of the names of known Wastewander characters

* Ihsenn - "Dreaded Scourge"
* Navid - "Honest One"
* Arik - "Desert Flower"
* Zahra - "Shadowblade"
* Qorra - "Shining Blade"
* Lashan - "Firstborn"
* Dartan - "Drumbeat"
* Ar'kali - "Stormrider"
* Dyrin - "Innocent Soul"
* Samara - "Howling Storm"
* Arianna - "Desert Wind"