Ta’agra’iss Lexicon
Table of All Known Words
| Word | Translation | Part of Speech |
|---|---|---|
| Aaliter | Unknown | Unknown |
| Ahzirr | we, us (first person plural) | pronoun |
| Ahziss | my | adjective |
| Ajit | you (plural) | pronoun |
| Budi | native shirt | noun |
| Budiit | one who shirts (tailor) | noun |
| Da’khe | watery | adjective |
| Dar | clever, thief, “to kill” (rare) | adjective |
| Dar- | Thief | prefix |
| Dar- | one who is skilled with his hands | name prefix |
| Dariit | thief (singular/plural) | noun |
| Do- | Warrior | name prefix |
| Dro- | Grandfather | name prefix |
| Dro-M’athra | Daedra, usually the Daedric Princes | proper noun |
| Durrarr | Writing stick, quill | noun |
| Ex | fix | verb |
| Fasiiri | Tower | noun |
| Fasiiri’ja-kha’jay | Moon Tower, minaret | noun |
| Fusozay | without worry | idiom adjective |
| Gzalzi | absurdity | noun |
| He | in/out/by | preposition |
| Iit | job, occupation, origin. | noun with object |
| Iit | place | noun w/o object |
| -iit | job/occupation | verb suffix |
| -iitay | lived/did | suf. - perfect |
| J’, Ja’, Ji’ | Young, inexperienced or bachelor | name prefix, m |
| Jah | money | noun |
| Ja’khajiit | child, also a name for Mehrunes Dagon | noun (s and pl) |
| Jaji | This one, I | pronoun |
| Jajo | that one, you, it | pronoun |
| ja-Kha’jay | Moon string, Lunar Lattice | proper noun |
| Je’m’ath | moon sugar | noun |
| Jei | bucket, pail | noun |
| Jekosiit | an unknown insult^1 | noun |
| Jihatt | warrior for hire, mercenary | noun |
| Jijri | skin, ground, depending on context | noun |
| Jo’ | Wizard, scholar, book handler | name prefix |
| Kahkahturrr | what kind? | descriptor |
| Khaj | Sand, desert | noun |
| Krin | laugh, smile | noun |
| Krinya | smile | imperative verb |
| Krinith | smiling, laughing | verb |
| Lhaj | running | verb or adjective |
| Literajo’iiliten | Unknown | Unknown |
| M’, Ma’ | Child, apprentice or virgin | name prefix, f |
| Maaszi | necessary/necessity | noun/adjective |
| Mo-jo’khaj | Dark spirits of the desert | noun |
| Naba | is not | verb |
| Naba-shanjijri | fungus | noun |
| Naba-shanjijra | fungi | noun |
| Nirni | The world, Nirn | noun |
| Nirnijijri | Nirn’s Skin, the crust of Nirn | noun |
| Pal | Day | noun |
|Qa’khajahk| |Unknown |Unknown | |Ra’ |honor |name prefix | |Rabi |own, mine |adjective | |Rabiba| |Unknown |Unknown | |Raj |All |adjective | |Rawl |Rain |noun | |Rawlith |raining |verb | |Renrij |mercenary, scum |adjective | |Renrijri |Scum, bandits, mercenaries |noun singular | |Renrijra |Scum, bandits, mercenaries |noun plural | |Ri- |high honor |name prefix | |Ri’sallidad |martyrs (the most worthy dead) |noun | |S- |Adult |name prefix | |Sakan |Unknown |Unknown | |Sallidad |the dead |noun | |Sei’dar |selflessness (anti-theft?) |noun | |Shan |grow |verb | |Shanjijri |Plant, tree (grow-ground) |noun | |Shanvasajijri |Tuber, root (grow-under-ground) |noun | |Siicho |sit |imperative verb | |Sky’ell |anything |noun | |Slarjei |Camel |noun | |Ta’agra’iss |Words of the People^2 |noun | |Thjizzrini |foolish concepts (rules) |noun | |Thoghatt |charcoal warriors |noun | |Tohei |Go |verb | |Trajijazaeri |Unknown at present |Unknown at present | |Va |be, is |infinitive | |Vaba |it is |verb | |Vabazeri |it is becoming/changing |verb | |Vaberzarita |it has become/been |verb | |Vakasask |Unknown |Unknown | |Var |life, to live |noun or verb | |Vasa |under, beneath |adjective | |Wohreghaht |was concerned |verb | |Yajira |copy, mimic |noun | |Zhab |Game |noun | |Zwintho |Yellow (color) |adjective | |Zwinthodurrarr |yellow writing stick |concatenated noun |
1: possibly "sheep-shagger" or "whore" 2: official name of the language
Ta’agra Language Study
(These notes are by /u/Mr_Flippers, who has spent more time with Ta’agra than I have.)
- Ta’agra lacks definitive articles.
- Ta’agra has always struck me as a tonal language, like Mandarin Chinese.
- The meaning of individual words can vary on context, especially with tonal words like “Var” which has a different meaning depending on the tone and context.
Sentence Structure
Every day I walk for water
Raj pal tohei da’khe iit
All days go water walk
[adjective]-[noun]-[verb]-[adjective]-[noun]
I have a yellow quill
Zwinthodurrarr rabi
Yellow writing stick mine
[adjective]-[noun]-[pronoun]
Vowels
The Ta’agra language uses five vowels, a, e, i, o, u. The letter Y is used as a vowel when it comes at the end of a word (generally preceded by another vowel).
Consonants
Ta’agra uses very consonant except X, W and soft C. Consonants with no trailing vowels are generally prefixes or the final syllable in the word.
Double Consonants
Combinations of a pair of consecutive consonant occur frequently in Ta’agra
Phrases:
- q’zi no vano thzina ualizz – when I contradict myself I am telling the truth.
- Vaba do’shurh’do – it is good to be brave
- Vaba maaszi lhajiito – it is necessary to run away
- Fusozay var var – enjoy life (live life laughingly?)
- Fusozay var dar – kill without qualm (end life laughingly?)
Ahzirr durrarriss – we give freely to the people (-iss|people, durrarr|write.
- Writing and giving similar?)
- Ahzirr trajijazeri – we justly take by force
- Ahn trajiir – for you
- Var var var – what will be will be (life lives[v] lives[n]?)
- Da aqqa dween (a commendation of sorts)