A Comprehensive Guide to the Ancient Language of Tashokia
Tashokian is an ancient language spoken by the people of Tashokia, a land rich in tradition and mystery. This dictionary serves as your guide to understanding this beautiful and complex language.
Tashokian is characterized by its flowing sounds and rhythmic structure. Most words end with "eh" or "ah" sounds, giving the language its distinctive musical quality.
The "zh" ending (pronounced like the Je in the French "Je Suis") indicates a plural form, though there are a small number of notable exceptions highlighted throughout this guide.
The sylables are fairly evenly balanced, with a slight push on the first sylable. Example Tovah is pronounced TOE-vah. Leneyeh is pronounced LEN-eh-yeh.
S's are proounced with a lisp on account of the Tashokian pointy teeth. So Sorleh (to drink) is almost pronounced "THOR-leh"
R's at the the begining of a word are slightly trilled. Rezh! pronounced "RRREH-zh!"
| Singular | Plural | English | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | Azhezh | I/Me, We/Us | |
| Aneh | - | She | |
| Anoh | - | He | |
| Azheh | Azhezh | Mine, Ours | |
| Balteh | Baltezh | Brother, Brothers | |
| Boboh | - | Bob (name) | From English |
| - | Dazhan | They/Those Others | Plural form (unusually doesn't have zh ending) |
| Kedeh | Kedezh | Son/Boy, Boys | |
| Kemedeh | Kemedezh | Baby/Child, Children | |
| Lanyoh | - | Loved one | Can be a Tashokian name |
| Lonteh | Lontezh | Teacher, Teachers | |
| Medeh | Medezh | Daughter/Girl, Girls | |
| - | Naleh | All/Everyone | Plural form (unusually doesn't have zh ending) |
| Nehnaleh | - | Nobody | |
| Poh | - | Paul (name) | From English |
| Selteh | Seltezh | Sister, Sisters | |
| Shehreh | - | Sarah (name) | From English |
| Tovah | - | King/Male ruler | |
| - | Tovazh | King-Queen unit/Rulers | |
| Toveh | - | Queen/Female ruler | |
| Toveneh | Toveneh | Princess/Queens guards | Can be plural or singular |
| Tovreleh | Tovreleh | Prince | From Tovah (king) + releh (small). Can be plural or singular |
| Voleteh | Volezh | Family, Families | |
| Zhen | Zhezh | You, You (all) | Kazh'zhen would be a contraction of Kazho and Zhen – meaning Kazho and Zhenah as a single entity |
| Zhenzheh | Zhenzhezh | Yours, Yours (plural) | |
| Zonteh | Zontezh | Friend, Friends |
All verbs except for 'stand' and 'sit' can be negated by replacing final 'eh' or 'ah' with 'nah'.
Example: Fereh (To do) negated is Fernah (To not do).
Past tense negation, use 'noh'. So Fernoh means 'Did not'.
Negation can also be done by putting 'Neh' at the beginning. Nehfareh (Don't), Nehferoh (Didn't). This is more common.
Putting 'nah' or 'noh' at the end is more formal "Do not/did not".
Putting 'Neh' at the start is more informal like the contracted "don't/didn't" in English.
For Stand and Sit, 'Bah' means 'stand' and 'Nehbah' means 'sit' (literally 'not stand').
For verb plural (as in 'We see'), replace the final 'h' with 'zh'. So 'To see' is Vedeh, therefore 'We see' is Vedezh.
| Present | Past | Future | English | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bah | Badoh | Vabadeh | Stand, Stood, Will stand | |
| Donteh | Dontoh | Vadonteh | Find, Found, Will find | |
| Dorteh | Dortoh | Vadorteh | Sleep, Slept, Will sleep | |
| Fereh | Feroh | Vafereh | Make/Create/Do, Made/Created/Did, Will make/create/do | |
| Hahzeh | Hahzoh | Vahahzeh | Help, Helped, Will help | |
| Hareh | Haroh | Vahareh | Listen, Listened, Will listen | |
| Karesh | Karoh | Vakaresh | Run, Ran, Will run | |
| Lemeh | Lemoh | Valemeh | Must/Have-to, Had-to, Will have-to | |
| Leneh | Lenoh | Valeneh | Want, Wanted, Will want | |
| Leneyeh | Leneyoh | Valeneyeh | Eat/Consume, Ate, Will eat | |
| Menteh | Mentoh | Vamenteh | Feel, Felt, Will feel | |
| Menseh | Mensoh | Vamenseh | Know/Think/Understand, Knew/Thought/Understood, Will know | |
| Nehbah | Neboh | Vanehbah | Sit, Sat, Will sit | |
| Paleh | Paloh | Vapaleh | Speak/Talk, Spoke/Talked, Will speak | |
| Ponteh | Pontoh | Vaponteh | Answer, Answered, Will answer | |
| Ren | - | - | Come together (or meet up) | |
| Reneh | Renoh | Vareneh | Come, Came, Will come | |
| Rezh | Rezoh | Varezh | Let's Go/We go, Went, Will go | |
| Shonteh | Shontoh | Vashonteh | Walk, Walked, Will walk | |
| Solzeh | Solzoh | Vasolzeh | Ask, Asked, Will ask | |
| Sorleh | Sorloh | Vasorleh | Drink, Drank, Will drink | |
| Tamvaleh | Tamvaloh | Vatamvaleh | Stay, Stayed, Will stay | From 'tam' (here) |
| Teneh | Tenoh | Vateneh | Take, Took, Will take | |
| Val | Valoh | - | Are/Am/Be/Is/Will be, Was/Were | Val also expresses Will be |
| Vedeh | Vedoh | Vavedeh | See/Look, Saw/Looked, Will see/look | |
| Zoneh | Zonoh | Vazoneh | Give, Gave, Will give |
| Form | Adjective Form | English | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| - | Dortih | Tired | Related to dorteh (sleep) |
| Lanyah | - | Love (verb) | |
| Lanyeh | Lanyih | Love (noun), Lovely (beautiful) | Related to lanyah (to love) |
| Netleh | Netlih | Sick, Sickly | |
| - | Nehzakih | Sad/Unhappy/Dislike | With negation |
| Nehvolzeh | Nehvolzih | Weak, Weakness | |
| Trezeh | Trezih | Fear, Afraid | |
| Vohteh | Vohtih | Anger, Angry | |
| Volzeh | Volzih | Strong, Strength | |
| Zakih | - | Happy/To like | |
| Zakihda | - | Happy-that…/To like it that… | |
| Zakneteh | - | Healthy | From zakah (good) + neteh (health) |
| Zenteh | - | Calm | |
| Zentezh | - | Peace (calms) | As plural |
| Singular | Plural | English | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bashen | Bashezh | Bull-like creature with large teeth | Black fur with cobalt blue eyes |
| Beneh | Benezh | Water, Waters | |
| Bentareh | Bentarezh | River, Rivers | From beneh (water) + tareh (land) |
| Benzeleh | Benzelezh | Lake, Lakes | From beneh (water) + releh (container) |
| Deteh | Detezh | Stone/Rock, Stones/Rocks | |
| Detneh | Detnezh | Mountain, Mountains | Related to deteh (stone) |
| Kateh | Katezh | Vegetable, Vegetables/Vegetation | |
| Loreh | Lorezh | Grass (tall yellow), Grasses (tall yellow) | The tall yellow grasses of East Tashokia |
| Meneh | Menezh | Grass (short green), Grasses (short green) | |
| Tareh | Tarezh | Land/Earth/Ground, Lands | |
| Tishen | Tishezh | A type of sabre-toothed tiger | Beige in colour with cobalt blue eyes |
| Vihdah | - | Sky | Related to vihdah (light) |
| Weleh | - | Air/Wind | |
| Zehteh | Zehtezh | Seed, Seeds |
| Singular | Plural | English | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biyedeh | - | Beard | From English |
| Domeh | Domezh | Home, Homes | |
| Domteh | Domtezh | Tent, Tents | Related to domeh (home) |
| Feneh | - | Door/Portal | |
| Ferleh | Ferlezh | Tool, Tools | From fereh (make) |
| Gitareh | - | Guitar | Borrowed from English |
| Medzeh | - | Cloth/Clothing | |
| Musikeh | - | Music | From English |
| - | Nahdazh | Magic (darks) | |
| Netreh | Netrezh | Food | Related to neteh (eat) |
| Ropeh | Ropezh | Rope, Ropes | |
| Tenleh | Tenlezh | Bag/Pouch, Bags/Pouches | From teneh (take) |
| Trezleh | Trezlezh | Spear, Spears | |
| Zhanseh | Zhansezh | Name/Called, Names | |
| Zonleh | Zonlezh | Bowl, Bowls |
| Form | Negative Form | English | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benzeh | Nehbenzeh | Wet, Dry | From beneh (water) |
| Da | - | This/That | |
| Danereh | Nehdanereh | Something, Nothing | |
| Denleh | Nehdenleh | Tall, Short | Height |
| Denzeleh | Nehdenzeleh | Long, Short | Length |
| Dteh | - | With | |
| Dzhah | - | Yes | |
| Leneteh | - | Hot | |
| Na | - | The/Of/From/In | |
| Nah | - | Negation of a verb | By concatenation |
| Nahneteh | - | Cold | |
| - | Nehdazhan | Alone/Only | Literally: not others |
| Nereh | - | Thing | |
| Releh | - | Small | |
| Teh | - | And | |
| Toh | - | Or | |
| Va | Vanah | Will, Will not | A prefix for future tense. Vamenseh = Will think |
| Valvareh | Nehvalvareh | Can-be/Maybe/Possibly/Possible, Impossible | |
| Vareh | Nehvareh | Can/Able to, Can not/Unable | |
| Vardah | Nehvardah | Correct/True, Incorrect/False | |
| Veh | - | So (So much) | |
| Veleh | - | Big/Large | |
| Veldeh | Nehveldeh | Old, Young | |
| Vetzeh | Nehvetzeh | Hard, Soft | |
| Zakah | Nehzakah | Good, Bad | |
| Zentazeh | - | New | |
| Zenteh | Nehzenteh | Quick/Fast, Slow | |
| Zhan | - | Centrality/The context/Target/Focal point/Desired thing | |
| Zorlih | Nehzorlih | Warm, Cool |
| Tashokian | English | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Vidahzeh | Orange | From vidah (sky) |
| Lorzeh | Yellow | From loreh (tall grass) |
| Menehzeh | Green | From meneh (grass) |
| Nahdazeh | Black | From nahdah (dark) |
| Benehzeh | Blue | From beneh (water) |
| Vihdazeh | White | From vihdah (light) |
| Benvidzeh | Red | from beneh (water) and vidah (sky) - the reflection of sky at dusk looks red on the lakes |
| Form | English | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Daleh | Far | |
| Dentareh | North | |
| Denteh | Up | |
| Denzen | Later | |
| Ktehleh | There | |
| Lortareh | East | From loreh (tall grass) + tareh (land) |
| Nahdah | Night/Dark | |
| Nahdah-vihdah | Dark-light | A time on the Tashokian calendar when the large moon makes its only appearance. It signifies hope to Tashokians as "a light in a dark place". |
| Nahtareh | West | From nahdah (dark) + tareh (land) |
| Nehdenteh | Down | Negation of up |
| Nentareh | South | |
| Neteh | Right | |
| Renvihdah | Yesterday | From renoh (came) + vihdah (day) |
| Tam | Here/Near | |
| Tamvihdah | Today | From tam (here) + vihdah (day) |
| Tamzeh | Now | From tam (here) applied to time |
| Var | Soon/Will soon be | |
| Vavihdah | Tomorrow | From va (will) + vihdah (day) |
| Vihdah | Day/Light | |
| Zenteh | Left | |
| Zu | To/Towards/Bring/Brought |
| Tashokian | English |
|---|---|
| Neh | Zero |
| Saleh | One |
| Donleh | Two |
| Benleh | Three |
| Voleh | Four |
| Zenleh | Five |
| Netleh | Six |
| Botleh | Seven |
| Morleh | Eight |
| Tohleh | Nine |
| Saleneh | Ten |
| Salenehsaleh | Eleven |
| Salenehdonleh | Twelve |
| Doneneh | Twenty |
| Beneneh | Thirty |
| Rehsaleh | Many |
| Reh | Again/And-yet/But/Once-more/Repeat/So…/Then…/Because/Hello |
| Relnah | Few |
| Tashokian | English | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Ktah | Who | |
| Kteh | Where | |
| Ktih | Which | |
| Neh | What/Not/No/Wait/Stop/Zero | Usually an expression of surprise. Neh?! Also used for negation or absence in front of a word – example: nehdazhan = no others (alone) |
| Nehmah | Why | |
| Nehlah | When | |
| Nehtah | How |
A lanyah veh zhen
I love you so
Literally: I love so you
Kteh valnah zhen
Where are you
Literally: Where 'are not' you? (polite form)
Zhan zu tam, reh Kazh neh
My desire is brought near – yet not I (I cannot take/quite reach)
Expresses the frustration of not being able to take what is right in front of you. Here Kazh is a concatenation of Kazho (who in this case is speaking). In Tashokian you can use your own name in place of 'I'.