Romulan-English Dictionary

Rihannsu-English Dictionary

A

-a - plural (suffix)

aefvadh - welcome

aehallh - poltergeist, nightmare

ael - wing

afw'ein - reason

a'hriah - brig

a'hyan - make ready

aidoann - moon

aihai - plains country

aihr - introduce

Akhh - Exclamation of surprise

Areinnye - the Rihannsu Hell

Arrhae - proper name, der. "arrhe", q.v.

arrhe - value

a'thllen - results

au'd - do

au'e - Oh yes!

au - angel

auethn - answer

B

bou'qwer - Flying animal that could be compared to a condor of Earth

C

ch' - planet

ch'Havran - Planet of the Travelers (Remus)

ch'Havranha, ch'Havranssu - native(s) of the planet.

ch'Lloann'na - Planet of the Federation (Earth)

ch'Rihan - Planet of the Declared (Romulus)

D

Daise - chief, principal, senior, (used as a prefix)

Daise'Enarrain - Fleet Captain

Daise'Erein - Lieutenant junior grade.

Daise'Erei'Riov - Commander

Daise'Khre'Riov - Admiral

daisemi'in - superior

Daisemi'Maenek - Chief Medical Officer

deihu - elder

Deihu - Senator

dev - ten

dinglh - restaurant

diserhn - assistant

Diserhn'Maenek - Assistant Medical Officer

E

Eisn - 128 Trianguli, Romulus' & Remus' sun

Eitreih'hveinn - the Farmer's Festival

Enarrain - Captain

enushmi - excrement

Erei'Riov - Lieutenant Commander

Erein - Subcenturion (equiv. Ensign)

etrehh - machine

etr'hh - computer

F

fiv - know

fvai - house pet (Similar to the terran dog.)

Fvillha - Praetor

fvillhaih - praetorate

fvau - here

G

galae - fleet

gker - self

gletten - thin soup

H

haerh - cargo

haerht - cargo hold

hann'yyo - Thank you

haud - writing

haudet' - computer printout

havra - traveler

Havranha - native of ch'Havran

Havrannsu - population of Remus

hei-ya-hai - cheer of success

Hellguard - 872 Trianguli V, a failed colony planet hastily and incompletely evacuated after "the Second Federation Encroachment."

hfai - servant

hfehan - bond-servant

hfihar - house

hfihrnn - Houses (noble families)

hlai - large flightless bird used for its meat

hlai'hwy - domesticated hlai hlai'vna - wild hlai.

hna'h - go

hnafirh - see

hnafiv - hear

hnhaudr - data transfer

hnoiyika - predator (similar to the Terran weasel)

hrrau - at, on, in (a general locative particle)

hru'hfe - Head-of-Household. The senior servant among domestic staff, appointed as overseer and servants' manager.

hru'hfirh - lord, Head-of-House

h'ta - come

h'ta-fvau - "To last-place, immediate-return!" (Come back here!)

hteij - transporter

hwaveyiir - bridge

hwiiy - you are

hwy - domestic

I

i' - me

ie - yes

ie'yyak-hnah - "Fire phasers!"

iehyyak - "multiple" rather than "several" phasers, especially in reference to shipboard phaser-banks.

io - one

J

jolan - good

jolan tru - Good Day

K

Kah'tan - Caitan

kaleh - dagger

kali-fal - Romulan Ale

ke'rhin - friend

Ketrakath - Kamikazee (lit. suicide run)

khavas - coffee

kheh - grain used to make Romulan Ale

khellian - hunter

khi - four

khlenai - replicator

khoi - turn off

khre'riov - commander-general; equivalent to a colonel of infantry or a commodore of Fleet forces.

kllhe - a worm that digests hlai dung. an insult

Kll'inghann - Klingon

krenn - here

L

lagga - flower

Lavaeri V - fifth planet of the Levaeri system (identified with 113 Tri): site of an orbital station at which various bilogical researches were conducted until the destruction of the base by Federation forces and the renegade ship Bloodwing.

lehe'jhme - a fruit that is used to make wine

lhhei - Madam

ll'anha - away team

llaekh-ae'rl - "laughing-murder"; the practice or kata forms of a common Rihannsu unarmed combat technique. Provenance of the name is uncertain.

lle - eight

lleiset - freedom

llhrei'sian - severe form of diarrhea

llilla'hu - sufficient

Lloann'mhrahel - The United Federation of Planets

lloann'na - federation

Lloannen'galae - Starfleet

lo - to be

M

melakol - unit of measure for pressure

menkha - well

mnek'nra - satisfactory

mnhei'sahe - the Ruling Passion: a concept or concept-complex which rules most of Rihannsu life in terms of honor. Mnhei'sahe is primarily occupied with courtesy to the people around one: this courtesy, depending on circumstances, may require killing a person to do him honor, or severly disadvantaging oneself on his behalf. There are many ramifications too involved to go into, but generally mnhei'sahe is satisfied if all the parties to an agreement or situation feel that their "face" or honor is intact after a social (or other) transaction. NB: The concept has occasionally been mistranslated as implying that a given action is done "for another person's good." This is incorrect: such a concept literally does not exist in Rihannsu. One does things for one's own good - or rather, the good of one's honor - and if properly carried out, the actions in question will have benefited the other parties in the transaction as well.

N

nah'lai - or

neh - nine

nei'rrh - small birds, similar in size and flight characteristics to the Terran hummingbirds (fam. Trochilidae), with a poison-secreting spur on the upper mandible of the beak. Also an insult, refering to a person annoying or dangerous out of all porportion to their size, status, or (usually) worth.

ne - take

neth - either

nuhirrien - "look-toward"; the quality of charisma or mass attractiveness

O

oaii - everything

oal'lhlih - announcing

oira - bridge of starship

onkian - unit of temperature (12 onkians is roughly equilivent to 35 F)

P

pintale - A Place of Higher learning Ex. University

Q

qiuu - all

qiuu'n - everyone

R

Ra'kholh - Avenger. A popular ship-name in th Rihannsu Fleet.

re - two

reh - seven

rehei - nickname

Rei'karanha - Imperial Legionarre

rekkhai - Sir

rh' - is

rha - indeed

rhae - turn on

rhi - five

rihan - declare

Rihanha - Romulan

Rihannsu - Romulan (plural)

rrh-thanai - hostage-fostering. Sometimes the making of peace by the exchange of children, each to be brought up in the other's tradition to further understanding and harmony; sometimes the exchange is to simply provide leverage and a surety of good behaviour: "Don't do this, or your son/daughter will die." Fosterings often start in one context and wind up in another.

S

S'harien - lit. "pierceblood"; 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 - minute equal to 50.5 standard seconds

sesketh - candy

sseikea - scavenger (similar to the Terran hyena.) Also an insult

ssuaj-ha - "Understood!" (Inferior-superior mode.)

ssuej-d'ifv - "Do you understand?" (Superior-inferior mode.)

st'hwill - request

T

ta' - screen

ta krenn - "Look here, look at this."

ta'khoi - "Screen off." Usage for voice-activation equipment and (if used to another person) very explicit superiority.

ta'rhae - "Screen on." (See above.)

taelk - true

Tal Shiar - Romulan Imperial Intelligence Service

th'ann - prisoner

thi - three

tho - six

thrai - predator (similar to the Terran wolverine)

tla' - you

tla'gker - yourself

tlhei - honor, "my word."

t'liss - Romulan Bird of Prey, emblem of the Romulan Star Empire

Trayatik - a dice-throwing game

tru - day

turath - poison pills

U

udt - what

uhlan - junior rank in the Romulan Guard

urru - "go to . . ." A non-mode imperative, which (if circumstances permit) can be used from low to high as well as the more usual vice versa.

V

vah - rank

vaed'rae - "Hear me/attend me." More imperative than "listen," and more formal.

vah-udt - "What rank?" "Who are you (to be asking/doing this)?"

veruul - fool

viinerine - food

vriha - highest, most superior

Vriha'Erein - lieutenant

Vorta Vor - Romulan heaven

vraed'rae - attention

W

wagi - Romulan shrub with many thorns

X

Xantherope - Large city on the West Continent

Y

yaie' - armed

yakk - fire (v)

yhfi-ss'ue - travel tubes (the Romulan public transport system)

Z

Zwer'anther - A Name for a wild beast that could be compared to a kangaroo.