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It is important to understand that Zoraï language consists of two essential parts. The actual speech, the spoken word used in daily communication, and the sacred writing, the Zoraï pictograms. Interestingly enough the pictographic writing of the Zoraï is quite impersonal; it does not include any pronouns, neither does it have any references to time of day or the season of the year. It seems that the Zoraï people have used pictographic writing to record the most important truths, the mantras that are often repeated over and over again to form ornamental patterns on buildings or weaponry. The study of Zoraï pictograms helps scholars better understand the philosophy and mentality of this mysterious people.

Affirmatives

• yui : yes
• ukio : alright, ok
• né : no, not (né can also be used as a negator)
• shikyo-né : no!, surely not!

Pronouns

Personal Pronouns

Possessive Adjectives

Interrogative pronouns

Unsorted

Everything here should be sorted into proper categories, above this heading. Categorizing should be intuitive and logical.

Greetings

• ata : to welcome, to greet

Common Greetings

* This is in reponse to "kamia'ata"

Inquiry

Note: Lao, li'lao, zo'lao, né lao and né li'lao in this context can be translated as "I am well", "I am very well", etc.

Polite Phrases

• kai'bini : please
• ari'kami : thank you
• kami'ari : you're welcome
• népai : no problem, no worries
• iko : well done!
• toub : blast!, damn!
• ochi kami no : such are the demands of the Kami, it's the will of the Kami
• guzu : pardon, sorry
• fuu'guzu no : my apologies

Titles

Note: These words are appended to a proper noun, eg. Wyler yama, Qu-Bin Hon kito, etc

• kito : homin (masculine), sir, mister
• miko : homin (feminine), mistress, her ladyship
• yama : juvenile homin (masculine, Tryker
• yaza : juvenile homin (feminine), miss
• poko* : child
• goro : brat
• zaki : darling, beloved (masculine)
• suki : darling, beloved (feminine)
• gia : bane

• kwaï : the masked, Zoraï (used as a sign of respect and recognition to a Zoraï)
• né-kwaï : the never masked, the unmasked (perjorative term for non-Zoraï. A similar term "né-kwaï'i" is usually not considered perjorative)
• zoraï-goo : a Zoraï who serves the Karavan (lit. wicked Zoraï)

• aribini : friend

• mik'ito : homins, ladies and gentlemen (used for friends or acquaintances)
• miko-ito : men, women (more formal than mik'ito)
• yama'za : the youth

* Can be used as a diminutive suffix

Short Words

I can not emphasize enough how much this categorizing sucks balls, these words need to be sorted into categories such as 'adverbs', 'conjunctions', 'prepositions', etc

• y : and
• luynu : with, together with (if it's a conjuction) OR collection (if it's a noun)
• ayu = thus, therefor, and so
• aka = because
• u : or
• o : with, together with
• tawa : to (someone)
• oko : for, to, towards
• fuu : anything
• néfuu : nothing
• kha : quite, enough, plenty, rather
• shuia : a little, a bit
• bokuu : much, many
• fuuho : everyone
• ného : no-one
• taka : again
• taka taka : again! (shows emphasis or enthusiasm)

Qualifiers

• lao : good
• ki : bad, wicked
• nati : kind, gentle
• mazé : wicked, evil
• bini : cheerful, content, happy, joyful
• déna : unfortunate, sad, unhappy
• kya : charismatic (as adjective), leader (as noun)
• hiro : brave, courageous, dauntless
• zo'li : beautiful, pretty, lovely
• li'zo'li : magnificent, wonderful
• zo'zo'li : splendid, glorious
• rin : sweet, soft, smooth

• Ma : large (Ma' when used as prefix)
• Ni : small (Ni' when used as prefix)
• Ya : young
• Nok : old
• Mombi : big, large, fat, extensive, thick, heavy
• ibaï : small, scant, thin, lean, sparse
• Puo : long
• Zin : short
• Waki : distant
• Wiki : quick
• Bawaa : slow
• Réh : cold

• Li' : very, best, better
• Zo' : exceedingly, méga
• zo' Zo and 'li may be used as a prefix. (ex : Zo'lao : Exceedingly good)

• Ho : Someone, anyone, somebody

Used in the same way as gender suffixes (-ito / -ko) in order to designate peoples when gender is unknown, or if both men and women are included in the group (precision for french users : in french the male gender would be used in such cases). Example : Haiku-ho'i : poets

• Né : not

Used as prefix to build an adjective. (Ex : Né'waki : not far = close)

Time

• kéan : time
• ké : now, already, at present
• kéanjia : when?
• zhong'ké : earlier, before
• hu'ké : after, next
• pukéan : for a long time
• zin'kéan : instantly, immediately, at this very moment
• fuukéan : ever, always, forever
• nékéan : never

• ranké : day
• igoké : night
• kékéan : a cycle, a year
• liliko'kéan : Spring, the season of flowers
• rin'kéan : Summer, the sweet season
• phao'kéan : Autumn, the season of amber
• réh'kéan : Winter, the cold season, the season of coldness

Travel

• hay : be, belong
• hajia : where?
• néhay : nowhere
• fuuhay : everywhere

• wang : to go, to head off, to go away
• wang waki : to journey (far away)
• wang mizu : to return
• zo'wang : to wander, to parade
• wa : the way, the road

• kami waki : I go with/through the Kami (teleport)
• wang shi : to resurrect, to revive, to return to life
• wang-sek : go ahead, go go go!

• hu : before, ahead
• zhong : behind, after
• da : top, on top, in the sky
• xiao : beneath, below, bottom

Note: "hay" et "wang" s'utilisent comme cc de lieu

Religion

• kami myan : Age of the Kami.
• kami myan-wa : enlightenment (lit. towards the Age of the Kami)

• tsu : prophet, seer
• gong : temple
• gong-ito : bonze
• gong-ko : bonze
• gong-ho : bonze

• sen : to pray
• sen : prayer
• li'sen : to meditate, to contemplate
• li'sen : meditation
• zo'sen : to enter a trance, to become one with nature
• zo'sen : trance
• sen-hay : place of meditation

• kwaï : mask, Zoraï = mask wearer (used as a sign of respect and recognition to a Zoraï)
• né-kwaï : unmasked person (can be a pejorative term for non-Zoraï, or can simply designate peoples that are not Zoraï initiates, and then not considered pejorative)
• zoraï-goo : a Zoraï who serves the Karavan (lit. wicked Zoraï)

• ma'zhan : conflict between the Kami and Karavan
• ma'shizu : the Kamist faction

• kami'sok : to believe
• kami'sok : faith
• kami'sokito : believer, faithful
• kami'sokko : believer, faithful
• kami'sokho : believer, faithful

See also

• Language of the Fyros
• Language of the Matis
• Language of the Tryker

References

Zoraï Language