Imdegab glossary

This is a list of terms in the Imdegab language, the language of the Imdegabat people.

A

* abu - payment
* adawār(i) - to advance, to keep going
* adertum - a hardened metal
* agre - lottery
* ağu - crown
* āi, āja - star
* akirū - year, new year, ceremonial year
* al - one
* alsá - one of (masculine)
* alsé - one of (feminine)
* aluk(i) - to go
* aman - living being
* amaneš - creation, act of creating
* ambana - found
* -an - feminine
* apakuna - curiosity, freak
* apa-perras - computer
* aras - mountain
* aru - spice
* assun - sword
* ațaš, ațad - city
* ... awí - any ...
* Ān - Heaven, God
* Ānapila - heavenly fire, stuff of souls and life
* Ānat - the gods
* Ānen - a goddess
* Ānsag - sky-sea, outer space
* Āntigan - holy sky, Heaven
* Ānum - a god, Heaven (as a being)

B

* bá - corner
* bages - torture, great punishment
* bala - valley
* bál(i) - to rotate, to turn
* ban - hand
* bā - do not
* bārum - wrestler, titan-god in creation
* beja - good behaviour
* bejasād - righteousness
* bidun(i) - to give birth
* bišan - drinking water
* bu'anan - blue
* bu'anan-li - light blue
* bu'anan-lud - dark blue

D

* dasa - stop, pause
* dasa(i) - to stop
* dași - half
* dașihad - vice-governor
* -dat - doer of
* de - three
* deg - house, home
* degab - to bring into power, to strengthen, strength, might
* dega'uan - rulers
* deka - better
* -deta - before
* detegi - worse
* (de)țad - city
* dugsage - servant
* duku - foot

E

* ei - domain
* elsum, eltum - warrior
* elțaz - war
* elu(i) - to speak
* -ení - (genitive), 's
* erri - sand
* esai - happy
* essat - music
* -eš - young male
* ešu' - glass
* et - created thing, clone
* ... ê ... - X of Y
* ēš - time

G

* ga- -(i) - passive tense
* gabidun(i) - to be born
* gām - a picture
* gāmbekku - numeral
* gār - ten
* gār-al - eleven
* gār-ku - twelve
* ger - age of 600 years
* -gie - to
* gieb'anan - pink
* gitur(i) - to come
* gun(ai) - to count
* guneru - number
* gurūn - offline, tired
* gūr - a settlement, town

Ğ

* -ğa - (past tense)
* -ğana - out of
* ğár - (multiplied by ten), -ty
* ğárzàr - ten thousand
* ğār'anan - black
* -ğen - into

H

* habuše - cup
* hada(rum) - judge, governor
* haelki - happy
* haenas(i) - to save
* hajaŕum - hero, champion
* hakuska - thank you
* halșe - many, a lot
* halșe-kirūwat - many-years, long live
* haluri - lost, missing
* han(i) - to come
* hatu - forest
* he- - let someone do ...
* hurei - old
* huŕesar - history

I

* ijā - cry, wail
* im(é)- - again, re-
* in(i) - to live
* iniman - alive, living
* -iš - young female
* ițē - yes
* iweni - to give

J

* jur - ear
* jusaŕa - wisdom

K

* kai - what (informal)
* kaziza - star demon, Gaantegeu police officer
* kâla - echo, scream
* keluba - money, currency
* kelūm - death
* keŕus, -keŕuta - last
* ... kié - please ...
* kirū - year
* kišum - universe, existence
* kua - step
* kuban - prison
* ku(da) - two
* kuna - piece (of silver), glint, nugget, flake
* kuret - (being) of the earth, a created being, a clone
* kur(um) - land
* kuspeg(ai) - to flee, to retreat
* kute - lute

L

* la- - not, un-
* lab - nose
* lag - king
* lagat - king's authority
* lagen - queen
* lagum - king, I/thou/he (for a king)
* lağ - seven
* lakkur - king-land, kingdom
* lanas - coal
* lāradat - guardian, protector
* laşi - tin
* la'apa - dinner
* lebai - nuisance, troublemaker
* lendu - bell
* likas(i) - to kill
* lībikas - mass murder, mass killing, genocide, extermination
* līm - one million, infinite
* līmi - many
* limapan - madness, insanity
* limbur(i) - to learn or study
* liš'anan - white
* lub - stone
* lubis(ai) - to push
* lus - gold
* lus'anan - gold, golden colour
* lūru - a ring, a loop

M

* -mâ - very ...
* -mag - like something
* magānen - woman
* magānum - man, adult
* mai-me - why
* maku - letter, glyph
* makūru - alphabet
* -mān - now ...
* mārki - angry
* māzu - world
* -mé - must ...
* meda - how
* meg'anan - grey
* men- - for
* meril(um/en) - citizen
* meš - when
* me'au - what
* me'zu - where
* min - place
* mit - thou, they (of equal rank)
* mīgarum - peace
* muh(u) - face, front
* muksan - equal
* -mura - after
* mu'anan - red
* mū - water

N

* -ná - (future tense)
* naban(i) - to manage
* nağ - six
* ne - thou (common)
* nebān - season, stage, era, interval
* nedalug(i) - trade
* nedan(i) - to give, to exchange
* neil(um/en) - friend
* neju - thou (inferior)
* nem - thou (noble)
* nemat - you all (noble)
* ner - eye
* net - you all (common)
* ne'ura(n) - near
* ni - I (common)
* -ní - (genitive)
* nî- - this
* nid - five
* niem - twenty
* nisim(i) - to listen
* nišé - race, people, folk
* nīt - we
* Nīt ban-nīn-ná - We will be ready (lit: we prepare-we-FUT)
* nu- - that
* nuš ... - unable to
* nu'et - these creatures
* nūm - mouth

P

* paidet - thing, stuff, matter
* parau(ge)dat - official, officer
* parāwei - carefully
* parza - gun, pistol
* passa - paper
* pelti - missile, shot
* peltū - spear, projectile

R

* rabu - tax, payment
* rādur(i) - to lead, to command, to order
* ratume - coated in silver, fragile, naive
* raze - child
* ra'u(s) - great
* ra'ulakkur - empire, civilisation
* reșe - lightning, electricity
* retu - silver
* ret'anan - silver colour
* rīm - wind
* rimuš - unstable, insane, breakdown
* rudan(i) - to die
* ruga(n) - far
* ruk - helmet
* ruk-ratume - wearing a silver helmet, delusional
* ruli - lake
* rultag - rifle

Ŕ

* ŕaima - online, active
* ŕe - four
* ŕēt - eight
* ŕezi - fifty

S

* sabimari - fairy
* saer - age, aeon
* sar - plant
* sar(um) - tree
* -sād - -ness, state of
* sāg(a) - sea
* sājat - they (divine)
* sāram - 3,600 years
* seāja - excited, seeing stars
* se'anan - green
* se(i) - to see
* sek - nine
* senia - female
* sueb'anan - orange
* sugapin - pine tree
* sukerki, suerki, serki - scared
* sulep(pu) - day
* sur - wood
* sureki - excited
* surki - sad
* suti - animal
* sūmi - thirty

Š

* ša(i) - she (common)
* šajet - she (inferior)
* šan - she (noble)
* šāni - sun
* šira'um - fate, destiny
* šīr - fate, destiny
* šu - he (common)
* šuda - they (plural)
* šu'et - he (inferior)
* šum - he (noble)
* šuzare(i) - to become

Ș

T

* -ta - from ...
* taigeki - nervous, excited
* taumag - properly
* tigan - space, sky
* -tue - against
* tūgah(i) - to pull
* tūș(ak) - forty

Ț

* țau - plan, strategy

U

* uba - a slave
* (u)dat - they (superior)
* (u)la - no, not
* ulanté - Never!
* -um - masculine
* ura(nen) - moon
* -uré - or
* urra - around
* uŕus, -uŕuta - first
* ūnu - zero

W

* -(w)at - (plural)
* wārei, wārejum - enemy
* weru - month
* wita(i), wit(i) - to know
* wuti - joke

Z

* zalta - knife
* zalti - dagger
* zàr - thousand
* zațir - district
* ziet - these beasts
* zurum - male
* zūrri - sixty

## Trivia

* Pronouns are added after the subject to stress its importance.
* Imdegab was based on Sumerian, the names of Gutian kings, Akkadian, and Arabic. The Sumerian and Akkadian languages were used by the alleged Anunnaki aliens, the basis for the Imdegab race and its culture.

### Pronunciation

* ğ - [ŋ]
* h - [x]
* j - [j]
* ŕ - [rʲ]
* š - [ʃ]
* ș - [sˤ]
* ț - [t͡s]
* z - [d͡z]
* ' - [ʕ]
* ā, â - long vowel
* á, à - grammatical or same-sounding markers