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Romulan Dictionary
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SUBJECT: ROM-C: DICTIONARY
DICTIONARY OF RIHANNSU TERMS AND EXPRESSIONS (Page 1)
-A-
aefvadh - "Be welcome."
aehallh - monster-ghost.
Ael - "Winged". Creature that moves quickly
afw'ein - reason, as in use of one's faculties, rather than
as the "excuss" one contrives to explain one's behavior.
Aidoann - proper name, uncommon. "Moon."
aihai - "prairie."
aihr - "this is" Indicative noun prefix or infix.
Areinnye - Rihannsu Hell
Arrhae - proper name, der. "arrhe", q.v.
arrhe - worth-in-cash
au'e - "Oh yes." (Emphatic form of "oh yes!")
auethn - advise me answer a query.
-C-
ch'Havran - Remus - Sister World - Planet of the Travelers
ch'Rihan - Romulus - Homeworld - Planet of the Declared
-D-
daise - prefix; chief, principal, senior, foremost (etc.).
daisemi'in - chief amoung several (choices, candidates).
deihu - "elser"; a member of the Senate; regarded as an
equivalent to the Terran "Senator"; cf. Latin "senex".
Deihu - A member of the Senate
-E-
Eisn - The sun of ch'Rihan and ch'Havran
Eitreih'hveinn - the Farmer's Festival.
enarrain - senior centurion; colonel of infantry, commodore
of Fleet forces. Minimum rank at which the officer may
command more than his own vessel.
erei'riov - subcommander; captain of infantry, lieutenant-
commander of Fleet - usual rank for a First Officer.
erein - antecenturion/subcentturion (translation sources
vary) officer-cadet of infantry, ensign of Fleet forces.
-F-
fvai, fvaiin - child's riding-beast and house-pet
fvillha -Rihannsu analog to Terran "praetor":
-G-
Galae - fleet (Galae Command is equal to Starfleet Command)
-H-
h'ta-fvau - "To last-place, immediate-return!" (Come back
here!)
haerh, haerht - cargo space, cargo hold.
haudet' - fr. haud, writing, and etrehh, machine. Computer
printout: sometime, screen dump as well. Cf. hnhaudr,
"data transfer": direct protocol transfer from one
computer to another.
Havranha - Remulan (single)
Havrannsu - Remulan (plural)
hfai, hfehan - bond-servant; one earning a wage but without
the liberty of changing employers at will.
hfihar, hfihrnn - House(s); noble families, not dwellings.
hlai'hwy, hlai'vna - "held" and "loose" hlai; domesticated
and wild (game) birds.
hlai, hlaiin - large flightless birds farmed for their meat
hna'h - activation-imperative suffix: e.g. "Fire!",
"Energize!", "Go!"
hna'h - Fire!, Go!
hnafirh - "see"
hnafihr'rau, "let me/us see it."
hnafiv - "hear," as above: hnavif'rau (could be a typo,
might be hnafiv'rau) "let me/us hear it."tival.
DICTIONARY OF RIHANNSU TERMS AND EXPRESSIONS (Page 2)
hnoiyika, hnoiyikar - predator, similar to the Terran
weasel mustela frenata
hrrau - at/on/in: a general locative particle or infix.
hru'hfe - Head-of-Household.
hru'hfirh - Head-of-House, euph. "The Lord." Most senior
member of a noble family.
hteij - transporter, transmit.
hwaveyiir - "command-executive center"; the flight bridge
of a ship, as opposed to th combat-control area.
(See oira.)
hwiiy -"You are": sometimes imperative.
-I-
Ie - yes Jolan Tru - Hello, Good Day, Good Night
ie'yyak-hnah - "Fire phasers!"
iehyyak - "multiple" rather than "several" phasers,
especially in reference to shipboard phaser-banks.
-K-
khellian - arch. "hunter"; also the name of a minor
Praetorial house.
khoi - "switch off," "cease," "finish."
khre'riov - commander-general; equivalent to a colonel of
infantry or a commodore of Fleet forces.
kll'inghann - the Klingon people. (However, see
lloannen'mhrahel.)
kllhe - the annelid worm,
-L-
lhhei - "Madam."
llaekh-ae'rl - "laughing-murder"; the practice or kata
forms of a common Rihannsu unarmed combat technique.
Provenance of the name is uncertain.
llhrei'sian - diarrhea as a result of mild food-poisoning;
llilla'hu - that will do, "that's just enough": barely
adequate, sufficient.
lloann'mhrahel - United Federation of Planets
lloann'na - catchall title fo a UFP member, translating
exactly as "a/the fed."
lloannen'galae - Federation fleet, battlegroup, task force
-M-
mnek'nra, mnekha - "well, good, correct, satisfactory."
Inferior-superior and superior-inferior modes, respec-
tively.
mnhei'sahe - the Ruling Passion; a concept or concept-
complex which rules most rihannsu life in terms of honor.
Mnhei'sahe is primarily occupied with courtesy to the
people around one: this courtesy, depending on circum-
stances, may require killing a person to do him honor, or
severely disadvantaging oneself on his behalf.
-N-
na - no
nei'rh - small birds, similar in size and flight character-
istics to thr Terran hummingbird
neth. . . nah'lai - either. . .or.
nuhirrien - "look-toward"; the quality of charisma or mass
attractiveness.
-O-
oira - starship bridge
oria - "
^battle-control", bridge
-P-
Praetor - The Rihannsu Emperor. Leader of the Empire.
-Q-
qiuu, qiuu'n (oaii) - all, everything, "the lot."
DICTIONARY OF RIHANNSU TERMS AND EXPRESSIONS (Page 3)
-R-
Ra'kholh - Avenger. A popular ship-name in the Rihannsu
Fleet.
rekkhai -"sir"; inferior-superior high-phase mode.
rha, rh's - "indeed," "is that so" (colloq. vulg. "oh
yeah?")
Rihanha - Romulan (single) not so common
Rihannsu - Romulan (plural) commonly used
rrh-thanai - hostage-fostering."don't do this, or your son/
daughter will die."
-S-
S'harien - lit. "prierceblood" the name, in Old Vulcan,
chosen by pre-Sundering Vulcan's most famous swordsmith
as a reaction against the teachings of Surak: the name
was also given to his swords.
siuren - "minutes"; or at least, the Rihannsu equivalent,
actually equal to 50.5 seconds.
sseikea - a scavenger, analogous to the Terran hyene
Crocuta crocuta and employed as an insult in the same
way.
ssuaj-ha - "Understood!" (Inferior-superior mode.)
ssuej-d'ifv - "Do you understand?" (Superior-inferior
mode.)
sthea'hwill -"I request (an action) be done at once."
(Superior-inferior, courteous mode.)
-T-
ta krenn - "Look here, look at this."
ta'khoi - "Screen off." Usage for voice-activation equip-
ment and (if used to another person) very explicit super-
iority.
ta'rhae - "Screen on." (See above.)
th'ann, th'ann-a - "a/the prisoner."
thrai, thraiin - predator, analogous to the Terran
wolverine
tlhei - "my word"; occasionally as in "my (given) Word" but
more usually "my command/order/bidding."
-U-
urru - "go to..." A non-mode imperative
-V-
Vor'ta'vor - Rihannsu Heaven
-W-
wagi - a Rihannsu bush with many thorns
