Sardesh

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Word Meaning Source
budal Corpseborn from ibu, 'corpse' + dal, CB word for person
hedal non-Corpseborn from heta 'tall' + dal, CB word for person
rim (dead) birthmother inversion of mir 'mother'
mimir adoptive mother reduplicated form of mir 'mother'
boboz adoptive father reduplicated form of boz 'father'
sid biological child of Corpseborn truncated inversion of dosi 'child'
formir Hand of the Dead midwife from foforg 'tide' + mir 'mother' = "tide-mother"
fofor exchange of children between communities from foforg, 'tide'
khaije Corpseborn martial arts style CB word, meaning obscure, perh. onomatopoetic
mab taboo / unmentionable from mabai 'to prohibit, to forbid'
pengi curse from pengi 'gift'
pizmochi birth lineage Old Ombesh, an ancient kind of ship
mezlu luck / fate from muzul 'destiny'
aizer Corpseborn community from ozar 'hole'
aizeron Corpseborn community leader from ozar 'hole' + -on, CB honorific suffix
naskon Corpseborn lorekeeper / reckoner perh. from Thu Parsh nasiq 'knowledge' + -on, honorific
tembu to pass as non-Corpseborn from tembu 'skin, hide'
tetem someone who is passing reduplicated form of tembu 'skin'
puru friend, companion perh. inversion of rupu 'lover'
naz deception, lie inversion of zano 'righteous'
sardesh Corpseborn argot from sardi 'cunning' + -esh 'speech, talk'
zhospe taint, stigma, contamination from zaspe 'disease'
osfai separation, segregation unclear, perh. borrowing from Thu Parsh
zozh! unclean! (cry) from bazozh 'dirt'
haren transgender / third gender person from haren 'bridge' or harani 'twisted'
vaski family, clan, chosen kin inversion of givas 'hearth'
ludu Corpseborn name/nickname inversion of udul 'nickname'
folfi witch inversion of vifolu 'spider'