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VoA Posted May 10, 2019 Author Share Posted May 10, 2019 https://robertsspaceindustries.com/spectrum/community/SC/forum/88008/thread/155-new-terms-added-to-xi-an-dictionary/2139643 STAFF Cherie Heiberg@starchivist 154 New Terms Added to Xi'an Dictionary Discussion Today at 10:56 am The theme of this vocabulary set is geography and cartography. Some tai were created in service of creating specific compound tai. .au’opuāng - elm.CMP - glacier; ice sheet .uaik’ongsam - elm.CMP - hike (for recreation); stroll; wander (on foot) .um’a - elm. - wet; moist; damp .un’ii’sauo - elm.CMP - grove (of trees) .unt’ang’puāng - elm.CMP - mountain range a’k.ēt’aongchui - elm.CMP - drainage ditch alue - elm.CMP - bridge, connector (for crossing or gaining access to another location); connector, adaptor (for different cabling systems, etc.) aluekeng - elm.CMP - isthmus; land bridge aluenoklo - elm.CMP - foot bridge (not set up for traffic by vehicles) alueseth - elm.CMP - bridge (for walking across); tressel (for a train, etc.) chiin - elm. - round; circular; oval chuai’l.ongx’ā’ye - elm.CMP - lava rock (cooled and solid) chuaiyeng - elm.CMP - lava; magma (while still hot) chui’.ā’e’nu - elm.CMP - stream; creek; brook (tributary in the context of a major river) chui’.ā’e’nulath - elm.CMP - gully; gulch; arroyo chui’.ā’ō’nu - elm.CMP - river (major (cf: Colorado/Mississippi)) chui’.uait’yon - elm.CMP - tide chui’ā - elm.CMP - flowing water (generic term for river) chui’ār.ath - elm.CMP - waterfall chuipuāng - elm.CMP - ocean; sea chuipuinuam - elm.CMP - groundwater chuo - elm. - status; conditon chy.a - elm. - change, modify, manipulate, alter chy.at’eth - elm.CMP - terraforming (o chy.at’eth = to terraform) chye’ol’e - elm.CMP - main city; primary city of importance for a region chye’ol’etao” - elm.CMP - Capital City; seat of government h.oa - elm. - variation, irregularity, exception, unusual han - elm - map; draw (an image of something); illustrate an (idea) hankeng - elm.CMP - a map (of territory) hanxiin(uo’a) - elm.CMP - written instructions or directions ii'pun - elm.CMP - grass k.ē - elm. - fold; bend; crease k.ēk’eng - elm.CMP - valley k.eng’a’chui - elm.CMP - island (in a large body of water) k.eng’ii’pun - elm.CMP - meadow k.ūng - elm. - overwhelm; overwhelming ka’m.e’a - elm.CMP - elevation; a high point; lookout over lower territory ka’xuel - elm.CMP - cave; cavern kea - elm. - independent; unfettered; lone; solitary, alone (but not lonely) keng - elm. - land; ground; territory (not a body of water) keng’.au’o - elm.CMP - ice fields; frozen (waste)lands; frozen tundra keng’.um’a - elm.CMP - bog; swamp; fen keng’.un’ii - elm.CMP - forest keng’hoa - elm.CMP - uneven/rough terrain kengchuiha’a - elm.CMP - floodplain kenglath - elm.CMP - desert (a particularly dry territory) kengli’o - elm.CMP - plain; savanna kengli’olath - elm.CMP - tundra (dry); steppe kengli’om.e’a - elm.CMP - plateau; mesa kengmuiima - elm.CMP - nature preserve (as in ‘national park’) kengmuima - elm.CMP - pasture (for grazing); paddock kengten - elm.CMP - field (for the cultivation of crops) kengunii’.um’a - elm.CMP - jungle; rainforest kengye’u - elm.CMP - basin kengyeng - elm.CMP - desert (metaphorical “burning land”) kong - elm. - walk; go on foot kongleth - elm.CMP - run; hurry; dash konglo - elm.CMP - crawl (of bipedal infants or insects, etc. (from kong+klo)) kuinghankeng - elm.CMP - the practice of cartography l.uotht’ang - elm.CMP - hillside; slope lath - elm. - dry; dessicated le’.au’o - elm.CMP - ice cap long - elm. - melt; unfreeze luoth - elm. - slope; angle luoth.au’o’rath - elm.CMP - avalanche m.e’a - elm. - high (above ground); elevated; towering mui - elm. - preserve; conserve; set aside; save (for later) ng.au’ii - elm.CMP - leaf (of flora) ngao - elm. - collect; absorb; internalize (information (in the sense of remembering what's been learned)) niichā’e - elm.CMP - horizon pi’a - elm. - edge; border pi’achui - elm.CMP - beach; shore; coast; water's edge pi’akeng - elm.CMP - border (between physical (land) territories) pi’ar.ath - elm.CMP - cliff (as experienced from the upper edge or “drop off”) pi’auamchuai - elm.CMP - a sandy beach puin - elm. - source; origin puinchui - elm.CMP - well; wellspring; spring; waterhole pun - elm. - light; fluffy; ethereal; diaphanous; fine rānke’u - elm.CMP - scale (as it relates to physical size) ryāiuam - elm.CMP - mud (generic) [continued below due to character limits] As always, the rest of the dictionary can be found here: https://robertsspaceindustries.com/comm-link/spectrum-dispatch/16202-Xian-Dictionary Cherie Heiberg@starchivist Today at 10:57 am [remainder of new Xi'an terms found here] s.oa - elm. - way; path; route; road s.oach’ui - elm.CMP - canal; waterway; channel sam - elm. - slow; slow; leisurely sea - elm. - half (of a whole) seahyo - elm.CMP - hemisphere seahyothlal - elm.CMP - dome seth - elm. - cross; traverse siing - elm. - interrupt, intervene (in a situation); block (progress); break (in a flow) siingk.engt’ang - elm.CMP - monumental mountain/range, etc. that must be circumnavigated or flown over siingkeng - elm.CMP - geographic obstacle, impass siingkeng’kē - elm.CMP - crevasse; abyss (impasasble (on foot) chasm, etc.) t.ethl’etao” - elm.CMP - Capital Planet; seat of government tā’t.ot’enii - elm.CMP - greenhouse (for growing plants for food) tāmuii - elm.CMP - conservatory of plants; greenhouse tang’kea - elm.CMP - prominent hill or mountain (cf: Mt. Fuji, Uluru, Devil’s Tower) tang’keng - elm.CMP - island (in a large body of water); isolated hill or mountain tang’no - elm.CMP - finger; digit (of a hand or paw) tang’nokeng - elm.CMP - peninsula (of land) tang’puāng - elm.CMP - mountain tang’puāngpuinchuaiyeng - elm.CMP - volcano (dormant or dead) tang’puāngyeng - elm.CMP - volcano (active) tang’uamchuai - elm.CMP - sand dune tang” - elm. - island; isolated segment (of something larger); bump arising from a surface tang̦”e’nu - elm.CMP - hill; knoll; bute te’an - elm. - skeleton; crust; remains (of something eaten or destroyed) te’anchiin (te’anch.iing’a’chui) - elm.CMP - atoll te’anhā - elm.CMP - crater; specifically the crater walls and rim tethmuiima - elm.CMP - nature preserve planet thaxiin - elm.CMP - sign; signboard (non-electronic) with written guidance thingchuaiyeng - elm.CMP - magma vent thlal.au’o - elm.CMP - ice sheet (covering a frozen body of water) tyichuipuāng - elm.CMP - lagoon (of sea water) tyimuichui - elm.CMP - water tank; canteen (personal) tyipuāngchui - elm.CMP - aquifer; natural resevoir (often underground) tyipuāngmuichui - elm.CMP - resevoir (intentionally created) uam - elm. - soil; “earth” (the soil medium); dirt uam’rath - elm.CMP - landslide uamchuai - elm.CMP - sand; granular soil uamchuaipuāng - elm.CMP - desert (sandy) uamchui - elm.CMP - thin (very liquid) mud uamm.e’aha” - elm.CMP - thick (very viscous) mud uampun - elm.CMP - clay unch.uaiy’o - elm.CMP - coral reef unhankeng - elm.CMP - atlas unk.eng’a’chui - elm.CMP - archipelago unkengpuāng - elm.CMP - continent unngaoii - elm.CMP - solar collector; solar panel; solar array xuel - elm. - a portion that is carved out; to carve; dig; a hole xuel’hā - elm.CMP - crater; the area inside a crater xuelch.ui’e’nu - elm.CMP - pond xuelch.ui’ō’nu - elm.CMP - great lake xuelchui - elm.CMP - lake; pond xuelchuipuāng - elm.CMP - bay; gulf xuelchuipuāng - elm.CMP - inland sea xuelkengpuāng - elm.CMP - canyon xueltaong - elm.CMP - a mine xueltaongpyen - elm.CMP - an ore mine; mine for (precious) metals xui’a - elm. - shake; tremble; vibrate xui’ak.eng’e’nu - elm.CMP - minor earthquake; seismic tremors xui’akeng - elm.CMP - earthquake; seismic activity; tremor xui’akengpuāng - elm.CMP - major earthquake (of a disaster level) xuith - elm. - axis; centerline xuo - elm. - period (of time); season xy.ams’a’uo - elm.CMP - cliff (as experienced from the bottom) y.e’i - elm. - convex; bulge y.e’i’uam - elm.CMP - mound (of soil) y.ongs’ānxuith - elm.CMP - pole (north or south) y.ongx’uith’r.ath - elm.CMP - South Pole y.ongx’uith’y.an - elm.CMP - North Pole yankeng - elm.CMP - geography yannukeng - elm.CMP - topology ye’u - elm. - concave; dip; depression yong’m.e’ahuā - elm.CMP - peak; zenith yuao - elm. - spin; rotate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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