Barry Longyear - Enemy Papers

Jetah— Master (of any kind); teacher; instructor, professor; Ovjeta = First + Master.

Jetah Talman— Talman master.

Jetai— Masters.

Jetai Diea— Masters' Chamber (administrative body at any kovah); the administrative body of the Talman Kovah.

Ka— Force (party).

Kazzmidth— Wealthy (disrespectful, as in rich bitch).

Kiz— Loathsome critter of Draco; excrement from same.

Kiz do yuomeen— (So-and so) eats kiz, as in Kiz du yuomeen , Shizumaat = Shizumaat eats it. Kiz du yuomeen, Irkmaan, ne? (Literally: Earthman eats kiz, no?) turns the tables, meaning, in effect, "So, who eats it now, pudsucker?"

Kizlode— Excrement head. Kizlode va nu dutshaat (Literally: Excrement head, your line) = You come from a line of low-sexed excrement heads.

Koadaer— Killer.

Koda— Truth; hook; formal designation of a book of The Talman .

Korum su— I kill you.

Kos va nu?— Give your need? What do you want?

Kos son va?— Give your name? What is your name?

Kos va son—— (I) Give my name (as)—; My name is—.

Kovah— School; college; business; institution; a place of paths.

Loamaak— To awaken.

Loamaak nu!— You, wake up!

Lode— Head.

Lua— Blue.

Magasienna— The undream (not real); English equivalent, as an expletive = I don’t believe this!

Masu— Bring up.

Mata— Order; command.

Matak— To order.

Na— Number.

Naa— For the.

Naatha— Before.

Nasesay— Capsule; fighter ship escape-and-survival pod.

Navi— Peace.

Navi Ka— The Peace (truce police in The Last Enemy ).

Ne— No.

Nefangen— Enemy.

Nessa— Pregnancy.

Ne surda— Maybe not.

Ni— I.

Nu— Two; you. Nu gefh = you die.

Nue— You (plural); You all.

Nusha— Eight.

Nushada— Eighth.

Nuvida— Second; second person.

Ov— One.

Ovida— First.

Ovjetah— First master.

Ovsi— Nine.

Ovsinda— Ninth.

Poorzhab— Crazy; insane; touched.

Queda— To push.

Rhada— First chief of Aakva’s servants; slang term for a priest.

Riehm— Forest.

Rohune— Servant (of Aakva); priest.

Rouga— Shack; hutch.

Sa— State; government.

Saat— Sex (possession and/or use of reproductive organs).

Sahn— Always.

Schada— Fourth.

Sedai— Pot.

Sha— Four.

Shaad— Less than whole.

Shaadsaat— Part-sexed (possessing only male or female sex organs). Derogatory.

Siay— Twelve.

Siayvida— Twelfth.

Si— Zero, naught; nothing.

Sihi— Fifteen.

Sinda— Naught; forward; introduction.

Sindie— Birth planet of the Drac race; name of the unified tribe upon the death of Uhe; being (human English equivalent = man).

Sinu— Eleven.

Sinush— Seventeen.

Sinushada— Seventeenth.

Sinuvida— Eleventh.

Siov— Ten.

Siovida— Tenth.

Sisha— Thirteen.

Sishada— Thirteenth.

Sitat— Sixteen.

Sitarmeda— Sixteenth.

Sith— Fourteen.

Sitheda— Fourteenth.

Son— Name; call.

Su— You (emphatic).

Summat— Chief of servants who committed suicide because of Daultha the Doubter; slang for suicide.

Surda— Maybe.

Talma— Path, way, route, life, answer. A discipline of perception and investigation in problem-solving; a way of finding ways.

Talman— The physical amulet, resembling a golden cube, worn around the neck on a golden chain which contains The Talman.

The Talman — Title of the Drac bible.

Talmat— Rule; regulation; procedure.

Tar— Seven.

Tarmeda— Seventh.

Tean— Child or fetus.

Tean Sindie— Children of Sindie; Fanatical terrorist faction of the Amadeen Mavedah in The Last Enemy .

Tidna— Drac harp made of glass.

Thuyo— Eye.

Tsien— Front; Tsien Denvedah = Front Fighters.

Tuka— Stop (command).

Uta— Laws (of faith).

Utaakva— Laws and truths of Aakva.

V'…— New, as in V’Butaan = New Butaan; v’tean = new child.

Va— Your.

Vaa— Yaaa or argh! (expression of anger, exasperation, or disgust).

Va nu— Your own.

Ve— Of; Ve + Madah = Mavedah = of the Madah, the Madah tribe.

Vi— My; mine. "Enemy Mine" in Drac is Nefangen Vi . My pregnancy = Vi nessa .

Vidyapac— A Drac edible made of dried fish and cheese.

Viga— Observe; look.

Vo— Town, village.

Vu— City.

Vul— One who loves perversely.

Xsa— Molecule; xsai = molecules.

Yaa!— Yaa!

Yula— Lover; one who flirts or loves.

Yuomeen— Eat.

Zea— Family line.

Zim zim— Edible nuts from the zim zim trees.

Zu— To learn. Zu + formal number gives academic grade numbers. Zu + ovida = zuovida = first grade.

Zurath— Finger.

Zusinda— Preschooler; know-nothing (slang).

Aakva— Aakva, name of the star around which Sindie orbits.

Always— Sahn,

Amulet— Talman.

Answer— Talma.

Awaken— Loamaak.

(to) Be— Cha.

Before— Naatha.