The Basics of the Elven Language Elven Language Basics General Notes: The suffix of "ai" as in Des'tai implies

a state of being that lasts indefinitel ! The suffix "ar" as in "senar" implies a state of being that is in the present" and temporar ! There is no specific verb #hich meant "to be"! There are no specific pronouns for he" she" etc! These things are implied! The suffix "$%a" lends to the #ord a sense of being a thing of the &oul" it ta%es a #ord or reference and implies more than a simple choosing" it implies a sense that this is a thing so much a part of oneself or one's destin !!! ' am not sure ho# to explain it! 't's li%e the difference bet#een a mate" and a &oul$(ate" if that ma%es sense! Elven ') )chabe English *f &preading )n informal "hello" that comes from a longer" formal greeting +see ,arani a'%ahe la de'shanua "-! )lso" greeting a friend during times of trouble! Origin &hiri &hiri

)che la

)llor en

)drastai

&couts $$ ) note on the )drastai!!!though technicall scouts" ' tend to associate them more #ith %nights" vi.$a$vi. /ing )rthur" et al" due to Tulari their extreme lo alt and dedication to the cro#n" than ' do #ith an sort of ranger archet pe! Little flame 0ntil #e (eet )gain ) gathering of one or more tribes of other %in ' am missing ou +connotations of ' am missing our lightThose #ho are bodil Blood Gaelic Lis'tarii (iaren 1 l'Nectaar Lis'tarii &hiri

)idan )'Laena &ar )lardan )li &anar )llien )ma

)mache )me )monta de' To a" +)$mon$tah Dee To $ahaN)lalai )nda )5ofeltu )ranthi )raste (a%atar Nih )rianai )rias'tama )shan'rai )sha )shtae )starii )ut" 1anna &enar )ve Elven Barith

La ing lo# +defeating*r

&hiri &hiri

Loosel translated: "G*D+DE&&- D)(N 'T2" )s ou ma have guessed it's usuall not a happ elf #ho sa s this! Though most of the "lighter" L n'eun" elves are rather happ " that's #h ou'll usuall find the dar% and the Dar% Elf occasional toxic elf expressing themselves in this #a ! Danger 4olor 6orgetfulness 7hite" 8 petaled flo#er that smells li%e hone ,e #ho lives b the s#ord shall die b the s#ord" bringing oceans of tears in #eeping 1ou're #ic%ed 9Bad )ss &on of the ,igh /ing &pirit The )rea )round! Bet#een! 'n the )rea of &everal races of star born beings!!!!not from the stars but created of them! )man3a%u &hiri &ilver Elves &hiri Lis'tarii Lis'tarii The Tir Tulari &hiri Lis'tarii 0n%no#n Elven Tulari &hiri Origin Lis'tarii

*h m nads +female- are desirous No# English &eas of 4hance

Basan +ba $ saneBeliana Besove Bochara 4eshar 4eshtanen 4hairen 4hev 4hura 4larash Daia Dadu Da Dan Dan Dara<daro

&orro# Da 4harging :ictor

&ilver Elves 1 l'Nectaar &hiri &hiri

'nformal #ord meaning goodb e" but impl ing that #e part a friends and )llor en #ill meet again! The Elven e5uivalent of "&ee a later!" Erased completel ) group of individuals #or%ing in concert" either through a Draelren or more conventional methods" to heal an individual &uffix meaning "beloved"" used to refer to life mates +1our- female fluids! :er rude: the more decorous term is "nectar" ) musical instrument li%e a small harp Let )ll &tand )gainst &hado# +) battle 4r Tulari Tulari The Tir &hiri )llor en 6irefen" (elendil &hiri &hiri &hiri 6irefen" (elendil &hiri Tulari &ilver Elves &ilver Elves

&outh ;roper" traditional )unt<uncle

Deea 4ana en ) earl calendar Demii Den'shrai Der Der.orvadur )stral e5uivalent of a &iamese cat! plural: demiie Than% ou for help! 't is connected #ith Des'tai" and has the connotation of "than% ou for helping me on m path"! &oul $ +pronounced dear&oul infusion

Des'eren +desh$er$enDesh'nerain Desh'iriai Desh'%etai Desh'mieve Desh'miriai Des'tai

7ell met" connotation of Des'tai Brother &ister 6ather (other Guardian" bod guard of a household ,onorable<7al%ing one's path

Tulari The Tir The Tir The Tir The Tir

The Tir Tulari Tulari Tulari Tulari Lis'tarii Lis'tarii Tulari Tulari Origin &hiri Tol%ien Lis'tarii &hiri &hiri &hiri

De ash ne%'tai 7al% #ith me Dorai Doulgen'ra Drachlande Draelond Draels'tai Draelren Elven E Ea Easaahae Ech e Ederoi Ehiela Love<dut to loved ones ) Draelren #ith the intent of traveling to a specific location" or of exploring "=oc% <austere land" $ Listarii home "Deep ,arbor" ) group of individuals entering the spirit realm in concert The process of entering the spirit realm as part of a Draels'tai English The The )ll" The 4reator +&ee 'ri');eace 4o#ard )ngels Devoted

Eisha'miai E%ahal E%ahua E%ahuei E%ar<a El' Ela >la Elashta$shiri Ela$'shtel

&ome sort of elven spirit$sic%ness" not 5uite sure here 7i.ard &orceress and advisor 7i.ard and advisor (aster<mistress +implies s%ill and control0sed in a name" meaning "of" or "from" &tars 't ,eavenl Tribe" the Tuatha de Danaan" ancestors of the 4ourt

The Tir &hiri &hiri &hiri &hiri )llor en &hiri &hiri &hiri

&tar ;alace9 the s% " also refers to a cosmological concept lin%ing elves &hiri to stars and the "&tar ;alace" to a homeland or paradise )lthough Tol%ein translates this as "elf<of the stars"" it is in our tongue Tulari "elf and friend"! ;lural of Elf and 6riend! )lternativel " &tar Elf +the contraction of eleni +star- and ri +elf-! )lternativel " contract elen +star- and ar'i +da - to get Tulari &tarda ! &oul or &pirit9 4an also be a proper name &oul$sister &oul$brother 6emale name ;h sical immortalit =esting +also imperative: rest26our The Tir The Tir The Tir Tulari &ilver Elves &hiri &hiri

Elen

Elenari

Elia Eliai'iriai Eliai'nerain Eluana Elvaler n Embave Emme

Enai Enaerson Eng

Endures" #ithstands "=ight there" $ sexual connotation (e ,igh /ing $$ ) literal translation #ould be "The first one"" as in the first among e5uals! Note: 7ords li%e Enrai" that are short" often impl a great man things that #ould ta%e up a fe# paragraphs in English" and even then ou have to have an elven mindset #ith all the lin%ed ideas to the #ord to get it! 'n other #ords" do not let the apparent simplicit of the definitions mislead ou! 1ou hear me Earth +#orld?"Earth Land" Badass

&hiri Lis'tarii &hiri

Enrai

Tulari

Enta Era Era /atana Ereiash'demaa

Tulari 1 l'Nectaar 1 l'Nectaar The Tir The Tir Tulari The Tir &hiri The Tir &hiri &hiri Tulari &hiri &ilver Elves &ilver Elves

Ereiash'demaa na Bad )ss to the ,igh /ing Enrai Eren'rai Eshai'du Eshe Daughter of the /ing 4ollo5uiall "dumbass9" more li%el "ignorant" 6riend" especiall in the sense of trusted all

Esiai'desh'mirain ) noble bod guard Estai Evala Evrantilen 6ai 6arth +fairth6aladar 7rath" anger 4loa% *ath$s#orn" +noun" plural,uh? 6ae $$ This #ord is used to mean all other %ind! ) sense of something impending!!!! either something about to happen

+fail$la$dare6eas 6eln +feel$n6in 6 lorn +fill$lorn6ord +li%e the carElven Galadhad Gale Gar Ga a Gieran Gil$Enrai Glora G#ai G#airoch ,ae ,anae$&a ,al ,alae$,an

or something that needs to be done! Love or li%e of an inanimate ob3ect" as ' reall love that car or movie ) love that elves have particularl for other elves or things elfin and this perhaps is closest to #hat ou mean b Elven Love! )ir The #ord for empath &ilver Elves &ilver Elves &hiri &ilver Elves

Love of a soul mate or best friend or famil English Trees &taining ;roficient? ,ear this +formalBeloved brother +said as Geahren has a bitter connotation4hampion of the /ing &un &% ;egasus or &% horse &ee the #a 6estival da 7al% the #ater

&ilver Elves Origin Tol%ien &hiri &hiri &hiri Tulari Tulari &hiri )llor en )llor en Lis'tarii &hiri Lis'tarii Lis'tarii

,anae$so" hanie$ &inger of the #a ho$so

,arani )'%ahe la ' am honored<blessed to greet ou<#al% #ith ou on our path" or de'shanua "! something similar! ,elath ,ole )sin 'as 'asa 'asatar 'ri') The ;aths or Tapestr of 7orlds 4hild of the 6ae $ 6ae child 6ormal ,ouse" as in ,ousehold or 4lan ,ead of the household or "father"

)llor en Lis'tarii Lis'tarii 1 l'Nectaar 1 l'Nectaar

Than% ou" be it %no#n ' than% ou +&ata in this case means "/no#"- 1 l'Nectaar The *ne 6orce9 the creative force behind all things" ver much a%in to The Tir the 6orce in the &tar 7ars trilog 7ar$companion9 The e5uivalent of the mortal term "budd " in :ietnam ' /no# ) #i.ard +not of light- $ 0sed as a slur Divine love or a feeling of oneness or unit #ith all =ound$Ears $$ referred to an apeli%e species of creatures The Tir 1 l'Nectaar 6irefen" (elendil &ilver Elves Drae'stari

'riv'teshai ' &atanas 'shmaen @alar +3a $lair@anda'hai

@a nevna

)n oath" roughl translating to 'velvet s% '" most often used #hen thoroughl exasperated #ith someone<thing! ' thin% it's a reference to )llor en the star goddess" because that seems to be the onl reasonable one ' can thin% of ) Draelren #ith the intent of stri%ing at an individual" spirit or magical construct 6emale honorific prefix to a given name +/ai'LariaTulari The Tir

@iach'ar /ai'

/aldar$maaren

&hado#$born $$ )lso called dar% men $$ The have no bodies" but the use those of living beings if the #ill is #ea% or someone has prepared the #a for them b other means! Even then the bod graduall fades L ran into the dar%ness of its possessor!!!so the must see% ne# hosts constantl ! *bserver" 7atcher Lis'tarii

/aleanae

/atamah2

Loo% at the higher soul or self +reach for the stars- to improve oneself &piritual father" #ise teacher of spiritual heritage of the people li%e a priest of some sort! )lternate meaning $ "No idea" don't %no# at all" ;roper name meaning "%itten"! (ale honorific prefix to a given name +/e'Ninaste" for instance7hat? brother

6ierfen" (elendil 6irefen" (elendil The Tir The Tir Tulari 0n%no#n Elven 0n%no#n Elven 4r tes Tulari

/atar Neenar /atinar /e' /eh? /eroth /eth'enai" to ma na'ei2 %hul'&hal%rum /ieran

( brethren" in m heart Living 7eapon Beloved sister

/i'Leana

6emale name! The "/i" part means spirit fur ! Leana means something li%e "dedicated or in service to"! /i'Leana could then mean Tulari something li%e "Dedicated to spirit fur "! /ind of li%e an angr exclamation #ord!!!!something to do #ith expressing spirit fur ! +Note: this #ord and definition #ere given to us Nanine b a person #ho had never seen this list or the above definition2The long path our spirits must travel (ale honorific prefix to a given name beginning #ith a vo#el +/ir')idan6rom<of the soul &hort form of "7ind of &pirit 6ur " *be 2 ) command from a 'superior' to an 'inferior'! T#ilight +3ust after sunset6irefen" (elendil The Tir 7ildfae Tulari )man3a%u 1 l'Nectaar

/i ana

/imen 1ahae

/ir' /iran a'Ll ra /itathas /'th2 /usanar

/ ela Elven Laere$Tere Tellle Leana &ar Leire

Love English :alle in the Northern 6orests" #ith lots of running #ater and a heav canop of trees! 1ou see the #alls of True ;roper name" "she #ho stands at the border of da#n" 1es" #e are #al%ing the land of the shado#s or the moon9 &he #ho #al%s the plain of the shado#s9 &ee into the #al%ing path of the #orlds!!! female name meaning "in service<dedicated to"! ' desire ou forever" Leeana ' desire ou right no#" Leeana This situation is alien This situation is so alien ' do not %no# #here "here" is9 +' reall desire to %no#-! Not connected to the past! )n event that stands alone in our memor not having roots in the past &ong of the ";athers" +Those #ho #al% the ;athLand of song #ithin song (other No 4hild 6orest

&ilver Elves Origin Lis'tarii Lis'tarii Lis'tarii

Lenae &enecar

Lis'tarii

Liana Liana' &enai Liana' &enar Li%tai Na Li%'tai Nar &ene%'tar Li%'tai Ne anar Lineat Londelirinen (alanai (ana (arara (ilana

Lis'tarii Lis'tarii Lis'tarii Lis'tarii Lis'tarii 6irefen" (elendil Lis'tarii Tol%ien mixed #ith Listarii 1 l'Nectaar 1 l'Nectaar 1 l'Nectaar 1 l'Nectaar

(ileana Tar

1ou are than%ed! Than% 1ou9 1our soul rules the lands of spires!

Lis'tarii

(uai'urai

,ouse" 4lan" and station mar%ings +usuall facial- #orn mostl in the later ears! &ome had them made permanent" #hile others simpl / &ian dre# them on! Lover<4ompanion $ this is a term used for onl the closest or most beloved ones! 't is not 5uite a soul mate" but close! )llor en

( hidr

Namarie

7ell (et +''m not sure of the meaning of this one! 't 3ust 3ogs through m head ever no# and again! 't ma have something to do Tol%ien #ith souls and a reuniting thereof!!!=emember The sense that #e have that denotes truth or falsit or the right direction to go in &ilver Elves &ilver Elves

Nar#a Nar# n +nair$ #inNeenah /ima ah Tesheeah

"The ,eavens bar the #a to the soul held in rage"

6irefen" (elendil

Negeth

's not $$ 6or those of ou familiar #ith 6)&)'s BattleTech universe" this is used similarl to the 4lans' 5uiaff and 5uineg" that is" to end a Tulari sentence #ith a 5uestion of either affirmation or negation!!! ATalB Brain Loc% *ther %in shape shifters9 large and furr in their normal forms" can pass for elven +3o%ingl referred to in English as "7oo%ies"Literall " "&he #ho is not" 't #as the nic%name for a certain oung elf #ith a propensit for telling others #hat she #as not!!! &uffix meaning "lover"" used to refer to lovers #ho are not life mates! ;roper name meaning "master of #onders" or "Leader of the ,unt" Go bac% to the trees9 ;e3orative used in &hain 4emar +there are no trees in the cit " and the rules there are a lot different from standard societ Tulari The Tir

Nehatah Nesh'tirai

Netherai

Tulari

'Nieve Ninaste Nish'allien terestai Nish

The Tir The Tir

The Tir

:ariation of or root of Nis'tai" indicating off" or stra ed! (a indicate Tir Dialect

"far from" Nis'tai Dishonorable<*ff one's path9 6ar from #hat should al#a s be! 7hen thin%ing about actions #hich are not Des'tai" it does not al#a s seem 5uite right to sa the are Nis'tai because "ai" implies everlasting! There is a form of this #ord" Nis'tar" #hich implies a temporar " or single" incident that is not Des'tai! 4ontinuit of consciousness from one life to another Leadership ;refix meaning "little" 6ar Traveler manipulation of space<time<matter<energ +hence" =i'ili or =i'ali is one #ho does so=h mes #ith "loch" $ ,orse The healing light that #e can radiate ) fermented drin%" made of berries" served #arm and spiced li%e mulled #ine! (iaren has a recipe2 English 4loa% of 'nvisibilit Tulari

Nis'tar

Tulari

Noral n *forfamar ;ira =ialian =i'il =och =ol n +roll$l n=uach Elven &aeth

&ilver Elves &ilver Elves The Tir Listarii &eran D'6ea )llor en &ilver Elves

)llor en Origin 0n%no#n Elven &ilver Elves 1 l'Nectaar Lis'tarii Lis'tarii Lis'tarii

&aoneldi *ther %in $$ This #ord is composed of the #ords other and %in!!! +sa $oon$l$di&anar &erae &enar &ai%atar &ai%atar &ainar )nother #ord for Light +having to do #ith light of goodness' #ill inspire our greatest desire" ' desire ou +spea%er male-" ' #ill be and fulfill our desire ' #ill be and fulfill our desire of me +as male' desire ou +the spea%er #ishes to be male-

&atar &ear +pronounced &eara&e%tar

1ou loo% here +angr <anno ed connotation-

Lis'tarii

Night

1 l'Nectaar

)n apprentice to the priesthood +getting read to cross over to master -

6irefen" (elendil

&elar &ee ata ;hrase meaning "ta%e onl a short time to bridge the gap bet#een sisters" 6irefen" :orai 4onnotation for healing the rifts #ithin families 5uic%l (elendil &e'leana &ele%'tar &enar &eneer &erae &eran Note of explanation: 6emale name meaning "'n service to ou +general ou-" 6emale spiritual teacher ' desire ou +the spea%er #ishes to be female:ariation of &enar! ' desire ou +spea%er #ishes to be female' #ill arouse our desire Ne#born &tar Tulari 6irefen" (elendil Lis'tarii Lis'tarii Lis'tarii &eran D'6ea

Due to our abilit to shift sexes" #e #ould commonl open up a romantic interlude b stating our desire and #hich sex #e #anted to start #ith! 9+The memories have been getting interesting-! &ister &pecific st le of #arrior honor 0n%no#n Elven Tulari The Tir

&er'noth &hae ata

&hain 4emar Border To#n in Tir

&halva +&hale$ The #ord that best encompasses the concept of sorro# for someone other &ilver Elves vathan ones self she6)ralach &heltleth &omeone #ho is a nuisance Dar% in nature<unseelie )man3a%u Tulari The Tir

&hema'shestai ) phase in elven life corresponding to the mid$CDs of mortal life

&hen &hi''ria na

6orever or 'nfinit ( friend's *ld name

)llor en 0n%no#n Elven 0n%no#n Elven

&h'mai

Beloved of m soul )n ob3ect" given as a personal gesture of affection and friendship" usuall mar%ed #ith the giver's muai'urai +house mar%ings-! )cts almost li%e an elven "bac%stage pass"! Elven breath or the healing or ensouling or a#a%ening breath 6lo#er ;ath<&treet Bad 1es 7eavers

&hodai'urai

Drae'stari

&hol +sho#$l or shoal&iafanar &iagna &ian &iana &ildanai

&ilver Elves 1 l'Nectaar 1 l'Nectaar 1 l'Nectaar 1 l'Nectaar 0n%no#n Elven 6irefen" (elendil Tulari Lis'tarii +no26irefen" (elendil 1 l'Nectaar 1 l'Nectaar 1 l'Nectaar )man3a%u

&indora &irc &oto$4ar Laena &a2 &ula a

To this land The #ord that elves called themselves in the Est F Cnd c cles ,e " ou #al% there" "b the singing soul"9 ' see the #a of #al%ing" see and so see the soul of m #a ! &pirit )#e9 &omeone #ith a great deal of presence

&ulianna<&ulia Light +' thin% it has something to do #ith da light na &u%anar &u%atanar sva=)lim Dar% Temporar dar%ness over the land ,as something to do #ith the flo# of po#er and magic%al energies

Ta Taia

1es" ' get it ' hear ou

Lis'tarii 0n%no#n Elven 6irefen" (elendil &ilver Elves 7ildfae

Talaenar Taluntain Ta'na )hla

't is finished +the endEnlightened 7al% in Light that is li%e 7ater

Tanaii

) ;ath9 a path one chooses" not respective of #hether said path is Des'tai or Nis'tai! 't does not impl the rightness or #rongness of the path" merel The Tir the existence of the path! This is the path of one's &oul" #hen the path chooses one instead of one choosing the path! ;robabl not too far from des'tai in meaning but Tanaii$ %a refers to action" or to the overall dut one has for one's life as opposed to an one portion of it! 6or example" choosing to be a hunter is m Tanaii" m path! But being of the 7ild ,unt and honoring the things #e honor" and doing #hat #e must to" that is m Tanaii$%a" that #hich has The Tir chosen me! 7hen ' #as given m ,unt Name to honor m particular Talents" that name #as the embodiment of m Tanaii$/a! 't is possible" ho#ever" for one's Tanaii$%a to be either Des'tai or Nis'tai" depending on the things one has chosen to do! 'f ' had used m talents and gifts to destro " to ta%e po#er" to harm" then the path ' am on #ould still be Tanaii$%a but it #ould be Nis'tai" a thing of #rongness and destruction! A1ouB hear me ;a close attention" important 6ar memor 4ompassionate The forest that #ill ever be Tulari Tulari &ilver Elves The Tir 0n%no#n Elven

Tanaii$%a

Tashae Tashen Telpareon Teremai Terestai

Teshmeeat

,old onto the light9 )lternate definition: &o" it comes at last to this" this 6irefen" 3ustice" this final place<conclusion9 it #as<is<#ill be inevitable" a crossing (elendil of threads that brings a conclusion or c cle$end! 7al%<Dance in Light 7ildfae

Tihr a' Lahn

T'negeth

'sn't it $$ 6or those of ou familiar #ith 6)&)'s BattleTech universe" this is used similarl to the 4lans' 5uiaff and 5uineg" that is" to end a sentence Tulari #ith a 5uestion of either affirmation or negation!! Don't 5uit<give in )#a%en Good (orning 6emale nads 6ire! )lso an elven name! &triders across time D#arvish idiom meaning "to see is to rage" tal%ing about the battle rage that overta%es one faced #ith the enem 4onsciousness 'nfused 0n%no#n Elven &ilver Elves 1 l'Nectaar 1 l'Nectaar Tulari 4avene 0n%no#n Elven 6irefen" (elendil &ilver Elves &ilver Elves

0nasae :asata :lana 0nosar 1anna 1eata 1ldannan

Gelah Gelsatu Gorvain