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Every word in the ledger. ka words are in the dictionary; sokha words are street slang anyone may use, shown in grey; kha words were struck and stay readable.

Status & grammar

  • kav./part.keep, hold, stand; be (copula); as auxiliary: done, confirmed (perfect); alone: 'yes'
  • khav./part.strike out, void; is-not (negative copula); before a verb: not; 'no'
  • nav./part.be pending, wait; as auxiliary: will, may, not yet; alone: 'not yet'; n. edge, brink
  • upart.question particle (clause-final)
  • meconj./postp.and; with
  • tan./postp.the between; (postp.) between; (X ta Y) X or Y
  • tepart.of; links a possessor or relative clause to the noun after it
  • kepostp.in, at, inside
  • sepostp.to, toward; for; so that
  • kupostp.from, out of; by (agent of a passive)
  • miadj./postp.far, outer, peripheral; (postp.) beyond
  • reprefix/adv.back, again, against, in return

Pronouns & questions

  • nepron.I, me
  • tupron.you (one person); in Old Somka, 'door'
  • epron.he, she, it
  • nempron.we (not including you)
  • netupron.we (you and I, all of us here)
  • tumpron.you (several)
  • empron.they
  • sudem.this; here
  • mudem.that; there
  • uninterr.who
  • utinterr.what
  • urainterr.where (lit. which road)
  • urointerr.why (lit. which heart)
  • rudet.all, every, many

Numbers

  • onum./n.zero; ring, circle; to surround, besiege
  • tinum./adj./n.one; single, fixed
  • nesnum.two
  • rumnum.three
  • kasnum.four
  • motnum.five
  • nirnum.six
  • khinum.seven; a full row; all together
  • khenum.forty-nine (a square of nights)
  • khunum.three hundred and forty-three; the full count

Dreaming & crossing

  • somn./v./conj.dream; to dream; (clause-initial) if, suppose
  • sutn./v.sleep; to sleep
  • tov.rise; wake; stand up
  • somnun.dreamer
  • riv.cross, go through (in the flesh)
  • kiriv.visit (in a dream); go and see
  • rinun.walker (one who crosses)
  • somran.the dreamscape
  • kann./v.anchor; to anchor, hold fast in a world
  • kanun.holder (one who holds)
  • ran./v.road, way, map; to go, walk
  • korav.come; welcome
  • kov.return, come back
  • Tatann.the In-Between Hotel
  • Ninn.the Reality Vault
  • nin.orb; world (the old walkers made no difference between the two)
  • tiknin.a sealed world
  • masenv.hide; be hidden
  • kimav.find
  • makhav.lose
  • maadj./n.missing, vanished (and not dead); elsewhere
  • Somkan.the spoken language (lit. 'what the dream keeps')

Doors, keys and the Code

  • rinn.door, gate
  • rerinn.back door
  • mon.key
  • tikn./v.lock; to lock, seal
  • retikv.unlock, open
  • mokinn.keyhole
  • son./v.list, ledger, register; the Code; to list
  • resov./n.revise, amend; revision
  • sokhaadj./v.unlisted, unwritten; to forget
  • kosov.remember
  • sokv.write, record
  • sokiv.read
  • sorinn.book
  • soran.rule, law
  • takn./v.mark, sign, notch; to mark, to sign
  • tatakv.count, tally
  • rakn.line, row, column (of the ledger)
  • Sotakn.the Code as a script: the forty-eight signs
  • Somra Son.‘Dreamscape Code’: the book’s title in Somka
  • sonun.lister, registrar
  • kinun.watcher
  • kin./v.eye; to see, watch
  • kisov.know (by record)
  • kitakv.choose

People

  • sin.sibling; sister, brother
  • non.blood; bond
  • nokan.family, kin
  • tinon.spouse, husband, wife
  • nun.person, someone
  • nunun.child
  • mesin.comrade, friend
  • minun.stranger
  • remnun.healer, nurse
  • retunun.member of the resistance
  • rokhan./v.betrayal; to betray
  • rokhanun.traitor
  • khonun.hunter, captor

Body, heart and voice

  • ron.heart, core, centre
  • roron.pulse, heartbeat
  • in./v.breath; whisper; to breathe
  • iron./v.life; to live
  • nakn.hand
  • kemn./v.word, voice, speech; to speak
  • rekemn./v.answer; to answer
  • kemkan./v.promise, oath; to promise
  • kemkhan./v.lie; to lie
  • sav./interj.listen; hush; warn; (interj.) careful!
  • tesn.name
  • rokan./v.love; to love
  • ikhon./v.fear; to fear
  • nasenn./v.hope; to hope
  • roson.belief, creed
  • remv.mend, heal
  • reminn.hospital, house of healing

World and nature

Resistance, power, making

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