Old, Noncanon Trollish Glossary

# Trollish Glossary

## A
Al: Up To But Not Exceeding...
Alapurang: To Call (...to, ...out)
Aman: Person
Amba: Deer-like Creature
Anan: Tooth/Fang, Smile
Ananurang: To Smile
Ano: Mud/Soil
Anurang: To Farm (raising crops)
Ash: One
Atta: Eight
Aura: Ancestor
Auri: Ancestral, Ancient

## B
Baba: Father, Dad
Ban: *A Large Yet Unquantified (perhaps unquantifiable) And Ever-Increasing Number*
Bandarang: To Imprison
Banja: *Old Fashioned Folk Term for a Lumberjack ; Common Last Name ; roughly, "Ever-Chop"*
Baru: Please
Beha: Wax
Bele: Mighty, Imposing, Intimidating
Bira: *Fruit ; Common Last Name ; Can also mean Fruit Farmer (eg "X bira ta" could mean that X is a fruit farmer (because common sense dictates that a person is not a fruit), although "X bira ha" means that the speaker considers X to be a sweet person, so take care with your verb)*
Bilurang: To Float
Bovo: Beef
Bunda: Steam/Fog/Mist
Bundi: Steamy/Foggy/Misty
Bundi-Kawama: Steam Car

## Ch
Cha: (pronoun) Self
Cho: (gen pronoun) Self's
Chongo: Type of Drum

## D
Dama: Hundred
Daterang: To Sort
De: Inalienable Possession Particle
  -	 (N)Dil: *Devotion Suffix (eg Garandil = Sailor)*
De- *Personal prefix noting that the person, who is male, is younger than you*
Dede:*(adj used like noun) Little Brother (the word is pronounced "duh-duh"*
Dith: Type of Small Boat
Dora: Box, Jar, Pot, Urn, Container
Drogo: Wolf

## Dh
Dhu: *Soothing Sound (often used to calm down babies or animals)*

## E
Ehoro: Master/Expert
Enje: Common Last Name
Enjerang: To Sail
Enne: Holy/Sacred
Eva: Love (general)
Evaurang: To Love (general)
Evaule: *Loving ; Common Feminine First Name*

## F
Fal: Border, Limit
Fan: Six
Fango: Laid-Back Irresponsible Type

## G
Gara: Sea/Ocean
Gaya: World
Ge- : *Personal prefix noting that the person, who is male, is older and/or of higher status than you*
Gege: *(adj used like noun) Big Brother (the word is pronounced "Guh-Guh")*
Genga: Dream Demon
Gil: *Something Small, Valuable, and Often Shiny*
Gon: Five

## H
  -	 Hai: *Race Suffix (eg Torohai = Troll-kind)*
Haka: Ritual/Ceremony
Hakurang: *To Have (alienability not specified)*
Hang: How
Harang: To Be Like
Harkaren: Harkassian
Hejo: Captain, Boss
Hiko: *Wisdom ; Common Masculine First Name*
Hilurang: To Follow
Hora: North
Horalen: Northerner

## I
Ita: It
Iyo: It (obviative)

## J
Ja: The Sound of a Chopping Axe
Jama: Wood (living)
Jan: I, Me
Jang: This
Jangjeng: *Miscellaneous Item, Assortment of Items*
Java: *Coffee-like Berry (often eaten in soup)*
Jeng: That
Ji- : *Personal prefix noting that the person, who is female, is older and/or of higher status than you*
Jiji: (adj used like a noun) Big Sister
Jita: He, She, One
Jiyo: He, She, One (obviative)
Juju: Magic (evil or scary)
Jumu: Wood (dead)
Jumbeha: Wax Tablet
Jur: Seven

## K
Kadaburang: *To appear to be, be felt or experienced to be*
Kalarang: To Hit
Kamal: Stream
Kambarang: *To Hold Your Hand Cupped in the Attitude of Receiving or Holding*
Kan: General (military rank)
Kanda: Thousand
Kang: When
Karama: Magic (good or pleasant)
Karna: Blood
Karni: Bloody
Kawama: Carriage
Kem: Two
Kemuren: Twin, Clone
Ki- : Value Prefix
Kino: Garden ; Common Last Name
Kirang: *To Cut, Cleave, Pass Swiftly Through*
Kithaji: *Treasure ; Nickname of a famous treasure hunter*
Kollo: Disguise, Cloak
Kollurang: To Conceal
Koro: Bell ; X na koro = X o'clock
Ku: Nine
Kuna: Profit
Kursh: Trip, Voyage
Kwara: Fist
Kwararang: To Punch
Kwon: Bow (as in bow and arrow)

## L
La: You
Lando: Plain, Valley
Laromen: Million
Latha: Flower
Lathurang: To Bloom

## M
Ma: Interrogative Particle
Ma- : Any number/amount of...
Ma'arang: To Reveal
Makerang: *To Break, Wreck, Ruin, Damage*
Man: Ten
Manash: Eleven
Mangem: Twelve
Manuka: Thirteen
Mandal: Fourteen
Mangon: Fifteen
Manfan: Sixteen
Manjur: *Seventeen (an alternate form that's fallen out of use is Uka-Kemman "three from twenty")*
Manatta: *Eighteen (same note as seventeen, except it's Kem-Kemman)*
Mangu: *Nineteen (same note as.seventeen, except it's Ash-Kemman)*
  -	 Mar: *Land/Dwelling (eg Toromar = Land of the Trolls)*
Mara: *A kind of benevolent greater sea spirit*
Maro: Circle/Ring
Martharang: To Doom, Damn
Melarang: To Love (someone)
Men: Makes personal pronouns plural
Mi- : *Personal prefix noting that the person, who is female, is younger and/or of lower status than you*
Mika: *Music, Song (can sometimes see this as a girl's name, though Trolls often prefer to use adjectives for such)*
Miki: *Musical ; Common Feminine First Name (particularly in cases in which the parents desire the daughter to be gifted in music)*
Miku: *Common First (for men) and Last Name ; as a first name is the male equivalent to Miki*
Mikurang: To Make Music
Mimi:(adj used like  noun) Little Sister
Mitharang: To Age
Mithe: Grey
Mona: Hill
Moro: *Hammer ; Both a Common First Name (for men) and Last Name*
Morokala: *Old Fashioned Folk Term for a Smith, usually a Blacksmith ; Common Last Name ; "Hammer-Strike"*


## Mb
Mbu- : Augmentative Prefix
Mbuki: Very Precious
Mbuka: Tidal Wave

## N
Na: Alienable Possession Particle
Nang: What/Which
Nahi: Type of Malevolent Sea Spirit
Nena: Lake/Pond/Pool
Noga: Iron
Nol: Zero
Nora: The Sun
Nun: Great Door or Gate

## Nd
Nda: Aha!
  -	 (N)Dil: *Devotion Suffix (eg Garandil = Sailor)*
Ndoro: Gold (metal, not color)

## Ng
Ngup: *Small Mountain-Dwelling Creature (it's sorta like a cross between a mountain goat and a yak, but most don't get much bigger than about the size of a beagle)*

## O
Oka: Snake
Okapek: Eel
Ochale: *Happy ; Common Feminine First Name (in recent times, though, this is starting to become a unisex name)*
Oron: Mountain
Orro: *Courage ; Common Masculine First Name*

## P
Panda: Bear
Pek: Fish
Peku: Common Last Name
Pekurang: To Fish
Pelurang: To Surround
Penderang: To Speak/Say
Per: Half
Perrang: To Divide, Cut in Two
Pikarang: To Sparkle
Po: False Possession Particle
Pochka: Flower Bud ; Maiden
Puga: *Tiny Thing (with connotation of cuteness)*
Pugi: *Tiny (with connotation of cuteness)*

## R
Raho: Monster, Demon
Ram: Rum
Rangurang: *To Perform an Unspecified Verb*
Rejisha: *Cash Register (not to be found in Crescentia until very recently (invented E9 978 by Quegglewump inventor, Sana-Ja-Omae-Kan ; refined in E9 980 by Trollish engineer, Karam Jatiki ; further refined and popularised in E9 989 by Trollish merchant, Zha'apa Topin) , and even then it was called the Dora-Kuna, "profit box" ; Rejisha is really only used for the example directly below)*
Rejishatil: Cashier (as evidenced  above, this is not true canon, but rather an example to show that -til and -ndil are not always interchangeable,as one might assume by seeing words for professionals that use -ndil)
  -	 Ren (-Len): General Personal Suffix
Roha: Horse/Steed
Roko: Bend, Loop
Rokurang: To Bend, Loop

## S/Sh
Shali: *Pretty/Beautiful ; Common Feminine First Name*
Shamberang: To Stand Up, Rise
Shasha: Magic (general)
Shashandil: Mage
Shat: State, Condition, Welfare
Shaterang: To Fare
Sheje: Sweet
Shelaromen: Billion
Sher: *Old Fashioned Masculine Title ; A touch more formal than Mister*
Sheya: Old Woman
Sheya-Pochka: The Old Maiden
Shidhurang: To Kill
Shinerang: To Die
Shnaggu: My Trollish Name
Shnaggurang: To Soften (a blow)

## T
Tal: Chief, Boss
Tal: *Four ; I notice that this and the word for Chief/Boss are both 'Tal' and I wonder if I should change one or let them be homophones*
Tarang: To Be
Tata: Problem, Worry
Tish: Poop, Excrement, Shit, Etc.
Telurang: *To Flow Away, Flow Down, Get Carried Away With, Go Off on a Tangent*
  -	 Til: *Vocative Suffix (eg Avotil = Lumberjack)*
Toto: Familiar (as in a mage's pet)

## Th
Thaji: (adj) Odd/Rare/Curious
Thaji: *(used like noun) Oddity/Rarity/Curio*
Thakarang: To Draw In
Thwenge: *Common Last Name ; Last Name of the 7th President of the United Republic of Toromar (858-868)*
Thwengerang: *To Throw (a spear, a harpoon)*

## Tl
Tlatl: Explative (like Damn! or Shit!)

## U
  -	 (')Uchi: Plural Suffix (unquantified or unquantifiable)
Uccherang: To Fling, Distribute
Uka: *Three ; I notice that both this and the word for Wave are 'Uka' and I wonder if I should change one or let the words be homophones*
Uka: Wave
Un: Where

## V
Vala: Greater Spirit
Vi- : *Prefix denoting "New" when used on inanimate things, but when used on people denotes "step-" *


## W
Wae: Good (adj)
Wal: Good (noun)
Wang: Why
Wehaa: *The Sound of a Braying Donkey*
Wodan: How Much/Many
Worang: To Echo
Wowo: Echo

## Y
Ya- : Personal prefix denoting "in-law"
Ya'eri: *Minority Language Spoken by the Ingang Tribe on Hiyaule Island)*
Yan: Who
Yele: (adj) Twinkle
Yele: (used like noun) Star
Yona: *Moon ; Common Feminine First Name*

## Z/Zh
Zhire: Absent
Zhiro: Advance