Gauvajut glossary (A)

This is a list of Gauvajut words that begin with A.

Ab
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Gauvajut glossary

* ābas - father

Ad
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* adeš - small axe, hatchet
* adun(as) - guard, sentinel, watchman, officer, bodyguard
* adutei - wagon, tank

Ag
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* agganas - poison, corruption

Ah
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* -ahnas - -ness, state of
* ahsā - abandonment, neglect
* ahsānni - to abandon, to leave behind
* āhtan - angry
* āhtas - anger
* ahuhnas - being clothed
* ahussan - clothed, civilised, content, pleased
* ahwas - blue

Ai
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* aine - like, similar
* ainenda - brethren, colleague
* ais - mouth (classical)
* aiwes - yellow
* aiweseiskanni - to paint in yellow
* aizaran - new

Ak
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* ak - I
* āk - die, death, killing
* ākannas - mass deaths, many deaths, plague
* ākanni - to die, to die horrifcally, to be eclipsed
* ākas - (classical) death, a cruel death, (classical) an eclipse
* ākatar - death, killing, nullification, cessation, destruction
* ākatarni - to slaughter, to kill, to murder, to destroy
* ākattaras - destruction, mass death, many deaths, killing
* aklalus - (Z) bread, foodstuff
* aksa - he
* aksā(je)l, -ksal - his
* aksel, -ksel - their (singular)
* aksen - they (singular)
	+ Proposed by scholars in the 1600s 16A to make communication more efficient, especially when trading with impatient traders from the eastern seas.
* aksi - she
* aksī(je)l, -ksil - her (genitive)
* aksilan - state, government, rulers, system
* aksū(wa) - him
* aksuwehnas - hostility, aggression
* aksūwen - them (singular)
* aksuwenni - to attack, to harm
* aksuwes - conflicts
* aksūwi - her (accusative)
* aku - sip, drink, handful
* ākuenni - (archaic) to die; (of sun or moon) to be eclipsed
* akuhēwas - one who pours drinks, cupbearer, butler
* akunni - to drink, to be sated, to quench a desire or thirst, to fulfil
* akuttara - toaster

Al
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* alanzan - alder tree
* alas - expanse, vast space
* alassammis - great ocean, vast expanse; outer space
* ālei - rain, shower
* āles - all
* allin - a single blossom or flower, strand
* alpa - large cloud, many clouds, cloudy sky, daydream, wishful thinking, (classical) cloud
* alparama - many clouds, layer of clouds, level of the atmosphere, (poetic) sky, heaven, dreamland
* alpus - sharp
* altanni - source of water
* alwanz - sorcery, magic, demonic powers
* alwanzahhas - destructive magic powers
* alwanz(en) - sorcerer, evildoer
* alwanzēššar - sorcery, witchcraft

Am
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* amāi - start, beginning
* amājahnas - creation, beginning, conception
* amājan - starting, first
* amājanni - to create, to begin, to herald something
* amijā - start, founding, beginning, basis
* amijānni - to start, to begin, to base something from a point, to use a reference, to standardise
* amijanteššar - a smaller version of something
* amijanz - small, little
* ammī - mother

An
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* ananambar, anampar - (Z) prisoner, hostage, captive
* anbaran - toughened
* anbaras - steel
* anda, an(z) - in, into
* andahtu - preaching, evangelism
* andahtunni - to preach, to convert someone to worship
* andahturaus - missionary
* andakun(ga) - shaken in, ready, standing by
* andanni - to teach
* andanu - teaching, lesson
* andapehutenni, anpehutenni - to bring into, to usher in
* Andarau - a Northerner (Marnoxai or Nordic)
* andas - north, happy
* Andasau - a Redjeteshen
* andes - book
* andesuwas - library
* andureja - inside, a great hall, a palace
* andurija - interior
* andurza - (formal) within, inside
* anijattas - work; ritual objects or attire; message
* anijūras - ritual
* anilāri - memory, dream, experience, account
* anisiwaz - this day
* aniskenni - to work, to construct
* anku - complete
* ankua - whole, full
* ... anku(a) - full of, filled with
* ankuarmais - full moon
* annanu - lesson
* annanun(an) - educated, trained
* annanunni - to train, to educate
* -anni - little
* ansai - inside, within
* ānsinni - to wipe, to clean up
* antahsum - orchid
* antaki - stomach, intestines
* antara - wide, (archaic) blue, open sky, heaven, atmosphere
* antareiskanni - to colour blue
* antarijanni - to turn blue, to consecrate to Heaven
* antariškenni - to make blue
* antartuzi - air force
* antuaben - racist, racialist
* antuabes - racism, racialism
* antuāra - race, subspecies
	+ Gauvajuts believed that humans developed into several races as they spread across the world: White, Tan, Yellow, Brown, Red, and Black. When Rannar boasted about its White race, the Gauvajuts answered that they were proud of being part of the Brown race, as builders of a more orderly society.
* antuas - people, folk, tribe, race
* antuhhas - human
* antuhhahnas - humanity
* antuhšannas - population, inhabitants
* antuhšātar - human species
* anturi(jan) - native, aboriginal
* -anza - towards (allative)

Ap
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* apanni - to tell
* āpala - trap, snare, deceit, cage, prison
* āpalaenni - to trap someone, to imprison someone
* āpalainni - to trick or deceive someone
* āpaleraus - captor, oppressor, tyrant
* āpalijas - ambush, assassination
* āpalijala - trapper, ambusher, assassin
* apēzzijanna - famine, starvation, depriving, lacking, desperation
* appaija - invocation
* appejanni - to invoke, to call upon (an authority or a god), to report an evil deed
* āppanda - backwards, reverse
* āppananda - reverse
* āppananni - to reverse, to revert, to go the other way
* appanija - signing a name, leaving a reminder, warning
* appanijanni - to sign one's name, to dedicate one's self, to commit to a cause or purpose
* āppenni - to finish, to complete
* appizni - to desecrate, to make something disgusting, to disfigure, to torture
* appizzis - shame, dishonour, degradation, corruption, abuse
* apsi - snake

Ar
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* āra - correct, proper
* arahza - around, outside, abroad
* arahzanda - all around
* arahzena - bordering, surrounding
* arahzenni - to surround, to be next to something
* arahzijan - foreign, alien
* arainni - to arise, to raise
* arainni - to pray
* araja(s) - prayer
* aran - order
* arandas - to awaken
* ararai - girlfriend
* araraus - boyfriend
* aras - friend
* arās - ally, companion
* arasa - door
* arasni - to flow strongly, to overwhelm, to push back
* arautai - lantern
* arāwan - worthy
* arāwas - worth, honour, glory
* arawei - afternoon
* ardal - saw-blade, saw as a weapon, great sword, chain-sword
* ardala - saw
* ardalenni - to cut with a saw
* ardas - heron
* ar'ha - wrath, fury
* ar'ha, araha - outer limits, beyond, frontier
* ar'hajan - separated
* ar'hapehutenni, arpahutenni - to deport, to bring out of, to banish
* ar'hāra - go away
* ār'hinni - to leave, to depart, to escape
* ār'hiraus - runaway, fugitive, refugee
* arinni - to raise, to get up, to go up
* ariwan - free
* ariwanni - to set free
* ariwa(s) - freedom
* arkinni - to mount (animal)
* arlipa - lap, thigh
* arma - (archaic) moon, month; moonlight, full moon; consolation; that which keeps nightmares away
* armahanni - to fall under a condition
* armahwanni - to fall ill
* armais - month
* armaitar - month-span
* armanaima - to be filled with crescents or (eerie) grins, to frighten a person
* armanni - crescent, croissant
* armantallani - moon-bread
* armaulan - sick, ill, diseased
* armaulanz - affected, suffering, ruined
* armaulijenni - to infect, to make someone suffer, to put under a disease
* armaun - illness, sickness
* armaunijanni - to become ill
* armaunni - to ache, to become painful, to stress, to bother
* armauzahnas - pregnancy, construction, initial stages
* armauzanni - to become pregnant
* armizni - to connect with a bridge
* armizzi - bridge
* armuwalaenni - (of the moon) to shine, to soothe
* armuwalas'hanni - (moon) to wax, to grow, to become mighty
* armuwalas'junni - (moon) to wane, to decline
* arpil - hip, waist, (euphemism) backside
* arranni - to wash
* arsan - envy
* arsananz - jealous, envious
* arsaniese - greed, envy, destructive envy
* arsanni - to flow
* arsanni - to be angry, to be envious
* arsantallas - envious person, evildoer
* arsanur - stream, rivulet
* ārsanu - course, current
* arsija - flow, great flow, important river, river god or wight
* arawa - unbound, independent
* arawas - freedom
* arwa(s) - bird
* aruna(s) - sea (older), ocean
* aruwaenni - to bow down, to show respect, to honour someone
* aruwai - a bow, a stooping, obeisance
* arzan - rack, shelf
* arzana - hostel, hotel, inn, highway station
* arzau - out, outside
* arzaudammi(n) - purification, redemption, restoration, healing
* arzaumuz - out-ghost, exorcism, purge

As
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* as - (archaic) one, alone, self
* asānz - a being, a living being, creature, pitiful person
* asāra - white, bright, clear, radiant, pure-hearted, righteous, holy
* asāran - clear, spotless, innocence
* asāranz - innocence, purity, freshness, white cloth
* asaras - loner, hermit
* asārija - very clean, perfect, impossible
* asārijanni - to purge, to purify, to make white
* asāšni - to install, to settle
* askas - axe
* askitas - wedge, flint
* asmai - love, romance
* Asmai-ginwa erzenni āles - Pure love conquers all.
	+ A phrase uttered by the husband and wife to agree with each other's consent during a wedding. They kiss afterwards.
* asmainni - to love
* assan - another
* assanunni - to finish, to complete
* āssenni - to stay, to remain, to look after
* assijanunni - to make happy, to please someone, to please a superior or a god
* āssizni - to remain, to stand firm, to stand still
* āssulas - favour, benevolence, regards, understanding, concern
* Assuli - Hail to you, greetings'
* assussani - horse trainer, horse keeper
* assuwas - horse
* astu - door
* astuwas, stuwas - gate
* asu - good, virtuous, righteous
* asusas - ring

Aš
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* ašāwar - pen, sheepfold
* ašenni - to sit down, to invite someone to sit down
* ašeššar - an assembly, a council, a parliament
* ašiuwantēššenni, ašiuwantēšni - to become poor
* ašiuwantar - poverty
* ašiuwanz - a poor man, a beggar, a serf, a slave, a bandit
* āška - gate, large gate, portal
* aššija - great love, compassion
* ašš(ij)anni - to love very much
* aššijanunni - to become loved
* aššijas - beloved
* aššiauwar - favour, love
* aššijatar - compassion, love
* aššijawanz - lover
* āššijenni - to be comforted, to be embraced, to be loved

At
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* atri - herald, bringer of ..., messenger
* attaras - army
* atwala - evil, wickedness, disaster, catastrophe, one that destroys perfection, corruption

Au
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* au, am, ma - but
* au - sight
* aubes - abuse, torture
* aubenni - to abuse, to torture
* Auksa - "He" (archaic), God Almighty (monotheism)
* auksahatu - monotheism
* aura - guard, guardian
* auri - outpost, tower, sentinel
* aurjalas - watch tower, outpost
* aurjatalla - guard, sentinel
* ausanni - to see
* austi - dawn
* auwalas - spider
* au(wanni) - to look, to watch
* auwari - observer, viceroy, sentinel, watchperson
* auzas - sheep, goat
* auzel - rainbow
* auzussani - shepherd, goatherd

Aw
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* awanni - to look at, to look closely
* awaras - sentinel, guard
* awipēs - flag
* (a)wista - that

Az
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* azal - tug, force, influence
* azalinni - to drag, to influence, to curry favour with, to indoctrinate
* āzas - light