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' |