TGV/MGV - Lesson 2
Ba-|Iyi-Gol-Vuhlkansu - Tupa 2

INTRODUCTION TO WORDS - SIMPLE WORDS
Ragtaya na'Zhitlar - Veli-Zhitlar

This basic lesson is an introduction to "Simple Words" in Golic Vulcan. These are basically all words in use by Golic Vulcan speakers that are a "single, indivisible unit". These words can be anywhere from very ancient to very new in formation. They also may include words borrowed from other languages. The information on this page works for both Traditional and Modern Golic. The following are selected examples to introduce the student to Golic Vulcan words:


Ancient and Borrowed Simple Words
Ma'os- heh Yahvu-Veli-Zhitlar

Ahkh - borrowed word for "war", appears as 'ahkh in some other Vulcan languages
Ask'er - borrowed word for "soldier"
Balkra - ancient word for a type of aromatic casserole
Batai - ancient word for "sturdy"
D'mallu - ancient word for a type of carnivorous plant
Dzharel - borrowed word for an extinct small, horned, horse-like animal; appears as jarel in some other Vulcan languages
Ek'zer - ancient word for "gem" or "jewel", originally a compound word
Farr - ancient word for "time", now considered obsolete and only used poetically in Golic Vulcan
Fo - ancient word for "shell"
Glozho - ancient word for "elixir"
Haran - borrowed word for a legendary "fire beast"
K'torr - ancient word for the concept of completely lacking something
Ki'haf - ancient word for "basket", originally a compound word
Krahkra - ancient Vulcan-wide term meaning roughly "it is nothing"
La'ash - ancient word for "axe", originally a compound word
Mu'yor - ancient word for "night", originally a compound word
Nikh - ancient word for "eye", now considered obsolete and only used poetically in Golic Vulcan
Orniaga - ancient word for "irritated", often considered obsolete to modern, logical Vulcans
Ro'fori - ancient word for "information", originally a compound word
Seheik - borrowed word for "pilgrims", originally meant "declared ones"
Te'koshif - ancient word for "architecture", originally a compound word
Urozh - ancient word for "crop(s)"
Visak'a - ancient word for "legacy"
Waneti - borrowed word for a type of flowering plant
Ya'akash - ancient word for "to ask"
Zherka - ancient word for "emotions"

True Golic Simple Words
Yeht-Golik Veli-Zhitlar

Aluk - fish (n.)
Ashau - love (v.)
Behsu - neighbor (n.)
Dohn - board, plank (n.)
Ek'an - maximum (n.)
Faka - hernia (n.)
Fonn|-| - loyal
Gehnli - essential
Gonaf - button (n.)
Halek - wheel (n.)
Igen - sky (n.)
Khrash - violence
Mashya - a type of vegetable
Nakarat - endeavor (n.)
Pelakh - filament
Rivak - course (n.)
Shaik - odd
Su'us - number (n.)
Temok - wall (n.)
Vikuvau - encircle, surround
Yerak - bowl (n.)
Zakar - damage (n.)

Notes
Pitohlar

1. Simple Words are always "indivisible", meaning that breaking them apart will not leave two or more stand-alone word roots with a contemporary Golic Vulcan meaning.

2. Older Simple Words may have been a Compound Word at some point in the past, but can no longer be broken down to word roots with separate meanings in Golic Vulcan.

3. Ancient Simple Words may or may not be directly related to Golic Vulcan.

4. Simple Words in Golic Vulcan that were borrowed from another language may still be a valid Compound Word in the other language, but are considered "Simple" to Golic speakers, because the separate parts are meaningless in Golic Vulcan.

5. Simple Words never contain a "hyphen" (pakh) but can contain an "apostrophe" (ulef-pekhaya).

6. Simple Words may be affixed with any combination of a prefix, a suffix or both.


Additional information and examples are provided in following lessons.

This lesson was put online on
January 2, 2001.
And updated on
March 1, 2005 and October 9, 2014.




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