Rihannsu Language - Letters N to S
Last Updated Friday June 20, 1997, 10:35 PM EDT
This page contains a small but useful number of words from the Rihannsu
language. Most are from Diane Duane's The Romulan Way, some are
from other semi-official sources, and some were made up for the MUSE. To
reference the words starting with a particular letter ot topic, scroll down
to that letter or topic or just select it from the meny below. For
convenience, the Rihannsu curses are collected under one topic, "curses."
Contents
[
A - C |
D - F |
G - I |
J - M ]
[
N |
O |
P |
Q |
R |
S |
T - Z ]
[
Prefixes - Suffixes - Names - Numbers ]
[
Time - Places - Curses - Houses ]
[
Naval Ranks - Civilians - Phrases - Alphabet - Grammar ]
- na (v) - known as, called
- naegare (adj) - greedy
- naehna (v) - crowd
- naenu (adj) - deserted, empty, uninhabited
- naetea (n, v) - nag
- naetrh (n) - sector, zone
- naeuul (n) - cage
- nah'lai (conj) - or
- narvasam (n) - nest, roost
- navassa (n) - birth (of a non-sentient creature)
- nectrai (v) - excite
- neijh (n) - coat, jacket
- nei'rrh (n) - small birds, similar to Terran hummingbirds, with a poison beak.
Also an insult.
- neiss (v) - accept
- nenhrai (v) - cut, trim (hair)
- nesthai (n, v) - farm
- neth...nah'lai (conj) - either...or
- nhaeh (n) - belly
- nhaidh (n) - cockroach
- nhaih (n) - rock, stone
- nhayrh (adj) - rough
- nhnae (v) - debate
- nhrai (v) - become
- nhyrh (n, v) - alert
- niaezh (n) - feeling, vibes
- niehae (n, v) - visit
- nihasae (v) - decrease
- nihhs (n) - shortcut
- nihnak (v) - decide
- nihroi (v) - ask
- nirhmn (n) - treason
- nnea (prep) - of (possessive)
- nnhai (v) - confer
- nnharai (v) - cut
- nniet (n) - beam, transport beam
- nniyh (n) - transceiving device (for data)
- nnoihr (n) - acid
- nnuihs (adj) - strong
- nnuil (v) - retreat
- nnvoih (adj) - vertical
- nnyyrh (n) - tongue
- nodaire (n, v) - guide, lead
- nohtho (adj) - crazy, mad, insane
- noimn (n) - section
- nomaes (n) - head
- nomaes'aehkhifv (n) - headache
- notht (n) - health
- nouhha (n) - god
- nrai (v) (adj) - close, shut
- nuberae (v) - expect
- nuhirrien (n) - "look-toward," the quality of charisma or mass attractiveness
- nuhur (adj) - absent (i.e. "he is absent")
- nuhur'gemaen (adj) - absentminded (i.e. "he is absentminded")
- nunh (adj) - present
- nvaeih (n) - circle
- nvaimn (adj) - right (side)
- nvaiyy (v) - worsen
- nvehh (n) - suffix
- nveim (v) - aid
- nveiss (adj) - same
- nviahr (n) - woman
- nvialmn (n) - soldier
- nvihha (n) - antimatter
- nvimn (adj) - worthless
- nviomn (v) - board, go aboard
- nviyn (n) - troops
- nvoii (n, v) - ride
- nvoimn (adj) - various
- oaht (n) - bandage
- oaii, oaii'n (n) - everything
- oaiit (n) - being (nonhumanoid)
- oailra (adj) - cautious
- oallea (n, v) - bite
- oal'lhlih (v) - announce the presence or the arrival
- oann (n) - acceptance
- oasllra (n) - cape (clothing)
- ocala (n) - fire
- ohrain (n) - journal, log
- ohrie (v) - command
- oi (conj) - also
- oiaekh (adj) - uninteresting
- oiidh (adv) - accidentally, by accident
- oiimna (adj) - unusual
- oiius (n) - toilet
- oikoumene (n) - edge
- oinna (n) - solution (as in an answer)
- oira (n) - "battle-control," battle-bridge
- oirhie (v) - contradict
- oiru (n) - dregs
- olhao (n, v) - respect
- onkian (n) - a unit used to measure temperature (12 onkians is roughly
equivalent to 35 F).
- onnta (v) - advance
- onra (v) - connect
- optaere (adj) - fair
- optrao (n) - impulse drive/power
- org'hanian (n) - Organian
- orhae (n, v) - rescue, save
- orheika (n) - ancestor
- orho (v) - produce
- ortaim (n) - justice
- osehra (v) - desert
- ouahh (n) - star system
- ourai (n) - fire
- ourhhe (v) - wait (for)
- ourrhi (v) - civilize
- ouye (adj) - beautiful
- ouyyir (adj) - serious
- paectum (n) - engineer
- paedei (v) - obliterate
- paehhos (n) - myth
- paeira (conj) - nevertheless
- paenhe (n) - daughter
- paerium (adj) - noisy
- paeros (n) - nonsense
- paesin (n) - hull
- paessus (n) - entity
- paetha (adj) - depressed
- paeti -
- (n, v) encounter, meet
- (v) assemble
- (n) assembly
- (n) meeting
- pailiir (n) - gunpowder
- pailus (n) - gun, handgun
- paius (n) - fuel
- panairr (v) - hear
- pangaere (v) - endure, bear
- pa'rshed (adj) - thirsty
- partair (n) - grammar
- partrai (v) - have, possess
- patned pra krsh (adv) - never
- payr (adv) - may
- pehai (n, v) - present
- pehhaer (n) - instinct
- pelaere (v) - prepare
- peraere (n, v) - number
- pertaen (n) - manuscript
- phralae (v) - talk
- phi'lasasam (n) - military training
- Phi'lasasam (n) - military training center, the Rihannsu Academy
- pictae (adj) - guilty
- pilaih (n) - gunner
- pinhere (n) - guest
- plaaere (v) - hate, detest
- plaeh (n) - blood
- plaerre (n) - scow
- plhere (v) - enter, go in
- plicare -
- (v) err, make a mistake
- (n) error, mistake
- pokot (adj) - warm
- praehh (n) - resource
- Praetelh (n) - president (as in president of a company)
- praevus (adj) - handsome
- precari (adj) - several
- pretaium (n) - hangover
- pulsua (n) - presentation
- pungere (v) - escort
- putaere (n) - equipment, gear
- qiuu, qiuu'n (oaii) (n) - all, everything, "the lot"
- raeda -
- (v) celebrate
- (n) celebration
- raegma -
- (v) hinder, interfere
- (n) hindrance, interference
- raehn (v) - kill
- raeler (adv) - often
- raenasa (n) - high command
- rahaen (adj) - high
- raihiw'sheh (n) - advocate, one who speaks for another in court
- raiter (n, v) - orbit
- raivus (n) - hand
- Ra'kholh (n) - Avenger. A popular ship-name in the Rihannsu fleet.
- ralaaram (n) - sky
- ranasai (v) - defeat
- raoche (adj) - numerous
- raon (n) - accomplishment
- Ra'tleihfi (n) - the capital city on ch'Rihan
- ravsai (n) - brother (in the figurative sense)
- rav'sam (n) - sibling
- rawn (adv) - slowly
- ray (adj) - poor, bad, ill, unsatisfactory
- recendt (adj) - large
- regul'han (adj, n) - Regulan
- regul'hus (n) - Regulus
- rehei (n) - private name
- rehhae (v) - watch
- rehto (v) - delay
- rei'karanha, rei'karansu (n) - Imperial legionnaire(s) (personal
guards of the Praetorate)
- rekkhai (n) - "sir," inferior-superior high phase mode
- retaenir (n) - opponent, adversary
- reuvh (v) - accelerate
- rha, rh'e (adv) - "indeed," "is that so" (colloq. volg. "oh yeah?")
- rhaaer (n) - crystal (geologic formation)
- rhaaih (n) - chain
- rhaarh (n) - achievement
- rhae (v) - switch on, activate, engage (a device)
- rhaetelh (adj, n) - executive
- rhaimn (adj) - yellow
- rhana (n) - court
- rheahk (n) - school
- rhehdi -
- (v) suffer
- (n) suffering
- rhehh (n) - conflict
- rheis (n, v) - ache
- rhhaedh (n) - classification
- rhhaein (n) - ice
- rhi (adj) - five
- rhihae (v) - translate
- rhihv (n) - concern
- rhill (adj) - rude
- rhirh (n) - sentence
- rhiymn (n) - tradition
- rhiynv (adj) - concerned (about)
- rhiyrh (n) - emperor
- rhoi (n) - below, area below
- rhssiiy (n, v) - sign (a treaty, a name, etc.)
- rhuhm (n) - plastic
- rhuissa (excl) - well done, very good (excl)
- ridaere (n, v) - harvest
- Rihan (n) - short for Rihanha
- Rihannen (adj) - of the planet ch'Rihan
- Rihannha, Rihannsu (n) - native(s) of the planet ch'Rihan
- rilhta (n) - somebody, anybody
- Riov (n) - Commander, fleet rank equivalent to Captain
- riud (conj) - or
- rjudhe (v) - target
- rogaere (v) - hang
- rokhinu (adj) - difficult
- rotulai (v) - explain
- rraefv (n) - situation
- rrhaar (pro) - that (pro)
- rrhaeth (n) - eyebrow
- rrh'eilln (n) - carrier
- rrhiet (n) - starship
- rrhiol (n) - valley
- rrh-thanai (n) - hostage-fostering
- ru (prep) - to
- rudhai (n, v) - sin
- ryak'na (n) - garbage, trash material (also an insult)
- ryyhu (adj) - where
- sacaer (adj) - handful, few
- sadaere (v) - jump
- saedi (n) - ammunition
- saehfe (v) - burn
- saehne (n) - officer
- saehus (v) - proclaim
- saeihr (n) - sun
- saemna (n) - castle
- sahe (adj, n) - passion or love, often used as a term of affection similar
to "beloved"
- sahe'lagga (n) - passion flower (term of affection)
- sahhae (v) - destroy
- sahraer (adj) - exceptional, special
- saidere -
- (v) invent
- (n) invention
- saivre (n) - opinion
- sangais (adj) - excited
- sanhae (n) - danger
- sarhai (n) - custom
- secaere -
- (v) interrupt
- (n) interruption
- seiHehllirh (n) - The Rihannsu government (lit. "The Tricameron")
- seiiya (n) - dictionary
- seijea (n, v) - time
- seiyya (n, v) - ruin
- selae (v) - fly
- sentaire (adj) - excellent
- sekhuae (v) - examine
- sesketh (n) - a dessert made of a sugary confection twisted on a spice stick
- shad elet (n) - today
- shad onre (n) - tomorrow
- shaenha (v) - deceive
- shaerai (n) - data transceiving device
- shanaku (n) - data transmission
- shaoi ben (v) - salutation to inferior
- shaoi dan (v) - salutation to equal
- shaoi kon (v) - salutation to superior
- s'harien (n) - one of the swords built by the Vulcan of the same name and
brought along with the Travellers on their journey.
- shibae (adj) - red
- shie (v) - calculate
- shikaen (n) - family
- shinarae (v) - deteriorate
- shinhae (v) - cruise
- show (adj) - hot
- siaedae (n, v) - salute
- sienae (n) - sword
- sihaer (n) - city
- sihhus (n, v) - preserve
- sihroi (v) - listen
- simhoni (v) - wait
- sindari, galai (n, v) - swarm
- sipaere -
- (v) invade
- (n) invasion
- siufve (n) - something, anything
- siuren (n) - "minutes," equal to 50.5 Terran seconds
- siurrh (n) - sensor
- sivas (n) - of pertaining to a locality or a single city-state
- skhra (n) - underground
- slhie (v) - contain (an enemy, the military term)
- slykhe (adj) - fat
- smae (v) - compel
- soah (n) - chocolate
- sodain (n) - paper clip
- solaere (n, v) - help, aid
- sora (n, v) - age
- sparae (v) - eat
- spolaim (adj) - hard (like a rock)
- sraes (n) - muscle
- ssaed (n) - choice
- ssaedhe (adj) - steadfast
- ssaer (adj) - why
- ssaith (n) - tricorder
- sseihhi (v) - tolerate
- sseikea (n) - a scavenger, analogous to the Terran
hyena and employed as an insult
- sseu (v) - beg, plead
- sshaer (n) - data
- Ssiebh (n) - colonel (the rank)
- ssouh (n) - alien
- ssraei (v) - want
- sstaere (v) - expand
- ssuaj (v) - understand, know (inferior-sueprior mode, verb)
- ssuaj-ha (v) - "Understood!" (inferior-superior mode)
- ss'ue (n) - a tube
- ssuej (v) - understand, know (superior-inferior mode, verb)
- ssuej-d'ifv (v) - "Do you understand?" (superior-inferior mode)
- ssuej'n (adj) - understandable
- ssuvh (n) - status
- staehh (n, v) - press
- staere (v) - perfect
- sthea'hwill (v) - "I request (an action) be done at once" (Sup-Inf, courteous)
- stelai (n) - an area of stars, a sector
- stelai ler'khelloann (n) - The Klingon Neutral Zone
- stelai ler'lloann (n) - The Federation Neutral Zone
- stelam (n) - star
- s'ten (adj) - gallant, brave
- stev (n) - now
- stuol (adj) - prosperous
- surhu (v) - discover
- swaes (n) - toe
- swaet (n) - center
- swuil (v) - accuse
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