D'KAI/ENGLISH DICTIONARY (Fragmentary, In Progress)
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   Basic
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   Nai				            	No
   Vis						Yes
   Nusental					Thank You
   Ple'dr'os		            		I´m sorry
   	
   Na 				            	One 
   Fa						Two
   Dre						Three
   Tcha						Four
   Chwa                         		Five 
   Ken						Six
   Chen                         		Seven 
   Che						Eight
   Se                           		Nine                                                
   Deka						Ten
   Dena						Eleven
   De'fa					Twelve

  
   General
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   Ahim'Sa					A common vow of pacifism sworn my many D'Kai.
   Anla'Shok      			 	"The application of force" (Rangers)
   De f'hurst    			 	I yield to your authority
   Denn'sha     			 	A ritual duel to the death
   Fanesan de'falen				I know what's coming. 
   Halla los li devani ki'vara  		"Beautiful is the woman who touches the heart of a man."
     li ardu nis ni manse.
   Ima'klana					Eternal love (romantic)
   I'ruth met in'al barku sen ne'tral		"The harder the path, the fiercer the honor."
   Isil'Zha        				future, birth, beginning, dawn of a new age
   Kalen'tha					D'Kai Martial Arts form
   Lo'klani miri'lando la shantih		"The poet is reflected in the verse."
   Lo'sas shona					The search for beauty, in all of its forms, in all places ("I
   						have walked across the battlefield where hope died, and,
						lo, in the rubble, the flowers grew.")
   Mi ashar'lah de'hak				"May the stars sing your name."
   Mor'Din'Na					A killing strike.
   Mora'Dum        				Application of terror (part of Ranger training)
   Mora'Din					Death (as a concret object)
   Mora'nath					Suffering
   Mora'teth					Disease, plague, sickness.
   Nafak'Cha       				Rebirth-ceremony
   Nai Mosh'na		            		Don´t be (don't be sorry)
   Neech sach schnek, slem-ba   		I´m your friend in peace
   Ri'kai          				Appears in all dialects, but never means the same: sand,
   				  		  father, boot
   Sa						An oath.  Also means ones soul.
   Sa'tyagra'ha					"Soul force".  Strength of personality/ka/belief.
   Sechli Sakarr                		Soulsick
   Shaida					A foreign or outworldly belief or tradition (negative
   				 		  connotations; barbaric)
   Shantih					An informal style of D'Kai verse
   Shona'halla					The inestimable beauty of nature
   Shona'manse					The beauty that men and women make with their hands
   Siliji ni mora'nath			  	"Your suffering will not touch my soul."  Combat warning/taunt.   
   Ti'anasa daivam				Acceptance of ones fate.
   T'oh						A debt of honour.


   Titles
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   Anla'shok Na					Ranger One (commander of the Rangers)
   Alyt          			 	military rank, Commander of a space-ship
   Enthil'Zha     				"The Builder of the Future"
   Entil'chan					Justicar One. Appoints new justicars, the final judges in
   						  regards to crime and punishments.
   F'hurs					City Mayor
   F'hursna					Master Teacher
   Hakra					An Accursed One;  whose name has been ritually forgotten
   Sa'ta					one-who-leads
   Satai			            	honorific title for a revered leader
   Sech						Teacher
   Shon'chan					Artist
   Shai Alyt                    		General



   Objects
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   Bhok'arala					A group of cliff-dwelling winged monkey-like creatures (Bhok'aral singular)
   B'Tai					D'Kai fighting staff
   Dhen'rabi					a large marine carnivore, now nearly extinct on D'Kai
   Flarn					D'Kai food vegetable 
   Gok             				a D'Kai pet (catlike)
   Nethai 					A type of rare D'Kai wildflower often used to make tea
   Sawr'ak					A thin light beer-like beverage served cold.
   Se n'kai					type of rare fruit favored by the Warrior Caste
   Scutari					A type of insectoid alien creatures; quick and deadly, but not
   						  very intelligent.
   Sha'k'hachi					a musical instrument
   Sha'neyat					"death destroyer" ceremonial drink (Note: deadly to humans in
   						  any but the smallest quantity. 
   Sleekit					a wormlike creature; a tireless worker
   Te'lah				        home songs
   Temshwee 					D'Kai avian creatures


   Places
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   Al'Dron					Em'Rahn homeworld, destroyed by the Ophidian
   Bat'rol					birth-village of P'Reseiho on Al'Dron.
   G'ran
   Caron T'pasi
   Raraku
   Sialk
   Vin'til basin
   						
   						
   Ship Commands
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   A hel           			 	Continuous fire
   Dra'La'Fe      				Black Star
   Fais en shok                 		Reverse movement 
   Mor'Ashar					A Star-Killer Weapon (regarded as anathaema by the D'Kai)
   Mor'Linden					A Planet-Killer Weapon  (only slightly less reviled)
   Nas'an'fek      				check weapon systems
   Neshala wa zeni 				"Full speed"
   Netala Nesa					"Set course for..."
   Nial 					Class of D'Kai Heavy Fighter
   Nisi du zefann drok				Bring us to primary target
   Roin 					Squadron
   Sharlin			        	D'Kai war-cruiser
                                     


   Untranslated
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   Chen're aral lich'fayle
   Enkar'al
   Fara gel'stai   
   Loshina shona, loshina halla
   Lo luratha lani
   Sa'fel
   Sira'teth