Láadan to English – D


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dáan
word (dan=language) {Dictionary 2nd. Ed.}
dáan i oyi
body language [dáan=word, i=and, oyi=eye] {Dictionary 2nd. Ed.}
dáanashoná
poet {Dictionary 2nd. Ed.}
dáanelom
poem [dáan=word + lom=song] {Dictionary 2nd. Ed.}
dáanoline
word angel [dáan=word + noline=angel] {CF}
dadem
picture {Dictionary 2nd. Ed.}
dademadal
embroidery, to embroider [dadem=picture + adal=sew] {CH}
dahan
bed (short form)
dal
thing {Core Word}
dal waha
anything [dal=thing + waha=any] {AB}
dala
frustration with reason, with someone to blame, which is not futile, to be frustrated (dama, dana, dara, dina= frustration)
dala
plant, any growing thing {Core Word}
dalatham
berry [dala=plant + tham=circle] {Dictionary 2nd. Ed.}
dale
object, any made thing {Core Word}
dalebediwan
desk [dale=object + bedi=learning + -wan=suffix for purpose, in order to] {Dictionary 2nd. Ed.}
dalehale
musical instrument {Grammar Updates}
dalehanawan
bed [dale=object + áana=sleep + -wan=suffix for purpose, in order to] {Dictionary 2nd. Ed.}
dalehebewan
sales table [dale=object + (h)eb=buy,sell + (e)wan=in order to, purpose]
dalemath
warehouse, storehouse [dale=object + math=building] {Dictionary 2nd. Ed.}
daleshun
ceremonial object [dale=object + shun=ceremony] {Grammar Updates}
dalethodewan
writing implement [dale=object + thod=to write + -(e)wan=sufiix for purpose, in order to]
dalewodewan
chair [dale=object + wod=to sit + -wan-suffix for purpose, in order to] {Dictionary 2nd. Ed.}
daleyodewan
table [dale=object + yod=to eat + -wan=suffix for purpose, in order to] {Dictionary 2nd. Ed.}
dam
to manifest, to show signs of some state or emotion, used like English ‘seem’ {Dictionary 2nd. Ed.}
dama
to touch, to feel with the skin. Active touching, feeling. “I am feeling the texture of the yarn.” (see láad oyanan, passive touch) {Dictionary 2nd. Ed.}
dama
frustration with reason, without someone to blame, which is futile, to be frustrated (dala, dana, dara, dina= frustration)
damash
exhibitionisticly demonstrate one’s skill (not a pejorative) [dam=manifest + ash=star] {YML}
dan
language (dáan=word) {Core Word}
dana
frustration with reason, without someone to blame, which is not futile, to be frustrated (dala, dama, dara, dina= frustration)
dara
frustration with reason, with someone to blame, which is futile, to be frustrated (dala, dama, dana, dina= frustration)
dash
tooth {Dictionary 2nd. Ed.}
dashelámála
nibble, caress with teeth [dash=tooth + lámála=caress] {YML}
dashobe
bite, to bite [dash=tooth + obe=through] {SH}
dashobin
to chew {SH}
dath
point {SH}
dathi
needle {SH}
dathidal
pin (noun) [dathi=needle + dal=thing] {SH}
dathim
needlework, to needlework {Dictionary 2nd. Ed.}
dathimemid
spider [dathim=needlework + mid=creature] {Dictionary 2nd. Ed.}
dathimezhub
spider [dathim=needlework + zhub=insect] {YML}
dathimi
conifer, pine tree [dathi=needle + mi=leaf] {SH}
dathimid
hedgehog (American English, porcupine) [dathi=needle + mid=creature] {YML}
dathimithede
amber (the gem) [dathimi=pine + thede=jewel] {AB}
dazh
to be yielding, pliant, soft {Core Word}
dazhéeb
rubber [dazh=yielding + éeb=juice] {YML}
debe
one-hundred (100) {Dictionary 2nd. Ed.}
debe i nede
one-hundred-and-one (101) [debe=100 + i=and + nede=1] {Dictionary 2nd. Ed.}
dedide
story {Dictionary 2nd. Ed.}
dedidebud
costume [dedide=story + bud=clothing]
dedideheril
herstory, the stories women tell of their past, usually based on interpersonal relationships: births, deaths, relocations, marriages, etc.; “Mary was pregnant with her second when…”, “Just about the time the tribe moved to…” Differentiated from “eri=>history” in that “eri” strives for neutral record keeping, whereas both “dedideheril” and “dedideherilid” stress the story of the past. [dedide=story + (h)eril=past] {JLP}
dedideherilid
his-story; the stories men tell of their past, usually based on wars, conquests, major disasters; the way the past is told in most late 20th century “history” books. Differentiated from “eri=>history” in that “eri” strives for neutral record keeping, whereas both “dedideheril” and “dedideherilid” stress the story of the past. [dedide=story + (h)eril=past + -id=male] {JLP}
dedidelom
opera [dedide=story + lom=song] {YML}
dedidethodá
novelist, storywriter [dedide=story + thod=write + -á=doer] {JLP}
dedidewoth
myth, does not mean untruth [dedide=story; woth=wisdom] {Dictionary 2nd. Ed.}
déedan
to interpret [dan=language] {Dictionary 2nd. Ed.}
déela
garden {Dictionary 2nd. Ed.: SH}
déeladáan
sentence [déela=garden + dáan=word] {Dictionary 2nd. Ed.}
déethel
flute {Dictionary 2nd. Ed.}
dehena
friendliness, despite negative circumstances, to be friendly (dena, dina, dona, duna=friendliness) {Dictionary 2nd. Ed.}
deheni
meat {Dictionary 2nd. Ed.}
dehenihá
butcher (of meat) [deheni=meat + -(h)á=suffix for doer]
del
radio {Dictionary 2nd. Ed.}
delin
space (outer) {Dictionary 2nd. Ed.}
delishe
to weep, cry (not said of babies) {Dictionary 2nd. Ed.}
delith
hair {Dictionary 2nd. Ed.}
dem
window {Dictionary 2nd. Ed.}
demá
someone you can see right through [dem=window + -á=suffix for doer] {Dictionary 2nd. Ed.}
demáazh
tractor {Grammar Updates: SH}
demeren
curtain [dem=window + ren=rug, carpet] {Dictionary 2nd. Ed.}
den
help, to help {Core Word}
dena
friendliness for good reason, to be friendly (dehena, dina, dona, duna= friendliness) {Dictionary 2nd. Ed.}
dená
assistant, helper
desh
drug {Dictionary 2nd. Ed.}
desháana
to menstruate early, menstruation [osháana=to menstruate] {Dictionary 2nd. Ed.}
deshara
depression as a side effect of medication {DK}
di
to speak, say, tell, talk {Core Word}
dib
towel {Dictionary 2nd. Ed.}
dibithim
to greet [di=say + bithim=to meet] {CH}
dide
to be early {Dictionary 2nd. Ed.}
didehal
beginning career, early career, the first career you take after college [dide=early + hal=work] (see ruhobeha, shawithehall) {JLP}
dideshá
hours between dawn and rising time {SH}
dihá
speaker [di=to say; -á=suffix for doer] {Dictionary 2nd. Ed.}
diharil
predict; foretell [di=speak + aril=future]
diheril
reminisce; recount past events [di=speak + eril=past] {AB}
dihomedal
panel, convention panel discussion [di=talk + hom=teach + (e)dal=thing]
diídin
holiday {Dictionary 2nd. Ed.}
dim
container {Core Word}
dimidim
cupboard, dresser [dim=container + i=and + dim=container] {Dictionary 2nd. Ed.}
dimil
lavish, luxurious, sumptuous {AB}
dimilin
ornament {Dictionary 2nd. Ed.}
dimod
bag, sack, purse [dim=container + od=cloth] {Dictionary 2nd. Ed.}
dimóowa
stove [dim=container + óowa=fire] {Dictionary 2nd. Ed.}
dina
friendliness for no reason, to be friendly (dehena, dena,dona, duna=friendliness) {Dictionary 2nd. Ed.}
dina
frustration without reason, without someone to blame, which is not futile, to be frustrated (dala, dama, dana, dara = frustration)
dínídin
toy {Dictionary 2nd. Ed.}
dinime
to be beholden {Dictionary 2nd. Ed.}
dishóodal
to tell news [di=tell + shóo=happen; come to pass + dal=thing] {AB}
dith
voice {Dictionary 2nd. Ed.}
dithal
praise, to praise [dith=voice + thal=good] {Dictionary 2nd. Ed.}
dithemid
cow [dith=voice + mid=creature] {Dictionary 2nd. Ed.}
dizh
kettle {Dictionary 2nd. Ed.}
do
to be strong {Core Word}
dob
shelf {Dictionary 2nd. Ed.}
dod
to fast (not eat), fast {Dictionary 2nd. Ed.}
dodel
interface, to interface (It would be appropriate for the interface the linguists used in the Native Tongue trilogy to let their infants acquire Alien languages natively; it would be appropriate for the interface that was used to allow human/dolphin interaction in that area of research. It would be appropriate for those diagrams that show two or more areas with overlapping bits — territory where both or all of the areas overlap.) {Dictionary 2nd. Ed.}
dodi
tray {Dictionary 2nd. Ed.}
dóhada
be funny; be comical {YML}
dóhibeyóo
to fold {Grammar Updates: SH}
dóhin
to create, enact [dó-=cause to + (h)in=exist] {YML}
dóho
wrap, to wrap [dó-=cause to + o=around] {YML}
dol
root {Dictionary 2nd. Ed.}
dolelith
principle [dol=root + lith=thought] {Grammar Updates}
dólhorado
to dominate with evil intent [dórado=to dominate + lh=negative connotation] {Dictionary 2nd. Ed.}
doluth
spine (body part) {Dictionary 2nd. Ed.}
dom
to remember {Core Suppliment}
domesh
rosemary {SH}
domid
elephant [dom=remember + mid=creature] {Dictionary 2nd. Ed.}
don
comb {Dictionary 2nd. Ed.}
dona
friendliness for foolish reasons, to be friendly (dehena, dena, dina, duna=friendliness) {Dictionary 2nd. Ed.}
doni
ground, dirt, earth, soil {Core Suppliment}
Doni
Earth (the planet)
donidan
lovingkindness {Dictionary 2nd. Ed.}
donidaná
lovingkindnesser, one who channels lovingkindness [donidan=lovingkindness + -á=suffix for doer] {Dictionary 2nd. Ed.}
donihum
plow, to plow [doni=ground + hum=knife] {YML}
donili
mud {SH}
donilihud
brick, thing you make walls out of, to brick [donili=mud + ud=stone] {JLP}
donim
shovel [doni=ground + im=travel] {SH}
donithen
earthquake [doni=earth + then=to break] {Dictionary 2nd. Ed.}
dóo
well…. (phrase) {Dictionary 2nd. Ed.}
doól
at last, finally {Dictionary 2nd. Ed.}
doóledosh
pain or loss which comes as a relief by virtue of ending the anticipation of its coming [doól=at last + dosh=burden] {Dictionary 2nd. Ed.}
doólelasholan
alone at last after tiresome experience or people [doól+ela+sholan]
doóleshol
relief [doól=al last + shol=absence-of-pain] {SH}
dóolon
violin {Dictionary 2nd. Ed.}
dóon
to be correct {Dictionary 2nd. Ed.}
dóonenal
correctly
dórado
to dominate {Dictionary 2nd. Ed.}
doroledim
(sublimation with food accompanied by guilt about that sublimation) This word has no English equivalent whatsoever. Say you have an average woman. She has no control over her life. She has little or nothing in the way of a resource for being good to herself, even when it is necessary. She has family and animals and friends and associates that depend on her for sustenance of all kinds. She rarely has adequate sleep or rest; she has no time for herself, no space of her own, little or no money to buy things for herself, no opportunity to consider her own emotional needs. She is at the beck and call of others, because she has these responsibilities and obligations and does not choose to (or cannot) abandon them. For such a woman, the one and only thing she is likely to have a little control over for indulging her own self is FOOD. When such a woman overeats, the verb for that is “doroledim”. (And then she feels guilty, because there are women whose children are starving and who do not have even THAT option for self-indulgence… ) {Dictionary 2nd. Ed.}
dosh
burden {Dictionary 2nd. Ed.}
doth
to follow {Dictionary 2nd. Ed.}
dóthad
to enable, to make possible or easy [dó=cause-to + thad=to be able]
dóthadá
enabler, one who enables, makes things possible or easy [dó=cause-to + thad=to be able + á=suffix for doer]
dóthadelh
to enable another to persist in self-destructive behavior (for instance substance abuse) by providing excuses or by helping that individual avoid the consequences of such behavior [dó-=cause-to + thad=to be able + -(e)lh=pejorative]
dóthadelhá
enabler, one who enables another to persist in self-destructive behavior (for instance substance abuse) by providing excuses or by helping that individual avoid the consequences of such behavior [dó-=cause-to + thad=to be able + -(e)lh-=pejorative + -á=suffix for doer]
doyáanin
oak [do=strong + yáanin=tree] {SH}
dóyom
protect, shield, safeguard [dó- =cause to + yom=be safe] {AB}
doyu
apple [do=strong + yu=fruit] {Dictionary 2nd. Ed.}
dul
to give rest, to refresh {Dictionary 2nd. Ed.}
dumidal
fox [mid=creature] {Dictionary 2nd. Ed.}
dun
meadow, field {Dictionary 2nd. Ed.}
duna
friendliness for bad reasons, to be friendly (dehena, dena, dina, dona= friendliness) {Dictionary 2nd. Ed.}
dush
to have to, to be obliged to
duth
to use {Dictionary 2nd. Ed.}
dutha
to heal {Dictionary 2nd. Ed.}
duthahá
healer [dutha=to heal + -á=suffix for doer] {Dictionary 2nd. Ed.}
duthahod
bandage, to bandage [dutha=to heal + od=cloth] {Dictionary 2nd. Ed.}
duthahoth
hospital [dutha=to heal + hoth=place] {Dictionary 2nd. Ed.}
duthamazh
ambulance [dutha=to heal + mazh=car] {Dictionary 2nd. Ed.}
duthawish
anesthesia [dutha+wish] {Dictionary 2nd. Ed.}
duthesh
herbal remedy {SH}
dutheshara
depression as a side effect of herbal remedy {DK}

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