Volume X: Appendices — Chapter 5: Complete Glossary

"Language is a map of the world. A glossary is the map's legend." — Keeper Guild

Related sections: → see [Volume IX, "Dictionary"], → see [Volume IV, Ch.08, "Lexicon"]

Entry Structure

Each glossary entry follows the format:

term (source) — definition. → see [Volume, Chapter]

A–E

Ablative (ling.) — case of motion from a source (-tor). → see [Volume IV, Ch.04]

Adit (mining) — horizontal working; məlkhar in Xha'Ruun, a loan from Kel'vash. → see [Volume IX, Ch.09]

Agglutination (ling.) — word formation via suffixes that retain form and meaning. → see [Volume IV, Ch.03]

Allative (ling.) — case of motion toward a goal (-khar). → see [Volume IV, Ch.04]

Anthroponym (ling.) — personal name; in Xha'Ruun: two roots joined by hyphen. → see [Volume IX, Ch.08]

Base roots — the 16 roots of Xha'Ruun (xa, xha, ruun, khar, the, sha, ven, mor, rass, thar, khal, tor, vex, el, en, sha) from which the entire lexicon is generated. → see [Volume IX, Ch.02]

Bioluminescence (biol.) — light emission by living organisms; the basis of Moryn language. → see [Volume VII, Ch.07]

Carbon-water life — the biochemistry of the Xha'ruun and most Théxar lifeforms. → see [Volume I, Ch.11]

Case (ling.) — grammatical category; 14 cases in Xha'Ruun. → see [Volume IV, Ch.04]

Chemoautotrophy (biol.) — Kel'vash metabolism, obtaining energy from inorganic reactions. → see [Volume VII, Ch.06]

Comitative (ling.) — case of accompaniment (-rass). → see [Volume IV, Ch.04]

Cosmonym (ling.) — name of a celestial object (Khar'Vex, Théxar). → see [Volume IX, Ch.08]

Council of Unity — Rass-Vokh-Sha, the supreme governing body (49 members). → see [Volume III, Ch.02]

Dative (ling.) — case of the recipient (-ven). → see [Volume IV, Ch.04]

Deep Lexicon — compendium of Moryn loans, +2,400 Y.E. → see [Volume IX, Ch.10]

Domain — administrative-territorial unit; 8 in total. → see [Volume III, Ch.05]

Dual (ling.) — dual number (-sha), obligatory for paired objects. → see [Volume IV, Ch.03]

Evidentiality — obligatory grammatical category: source of knowledge (-ven, -zal, -mor, -thar). → see [Volume IV, Ch.06]

F–K

Evidential (ling.) — see Evidentiality.

Executive Committee — 12 members of the Council of Unity. → see [Volume III, Ch.02]

Fusion energy — thermonuclear energy, the primary source since +1,200 Y.E. → see [Volume VI, Ch.01]

Genitive (ling.) — case of possession (-mor). → see [Volume IV, Ch.04]

Gharra — Southern Ocean, habitat of the Moryn. → see [Volume I, Ch.13]

Guild — professional association; 12 in total. → see [Volume III, Ch.04]

Helium-3 — He-3, principal thermonuclear fuel, mined from Thel. → see [Volume VI, Ch.01]

Inessive (ling.) — case of location in (-the). → see [Volume IV, Ch.04]

Instrumental (ling.) — case of the instrument (-khal). → see [Volume IV, Ch.04]

K2V — spectral class of Khar'Vex, an orange dwarf. → see [Volume I, Ch.02]

Kel'vash — silicon-organic sapient species of the highlands. → see [Volume VII, Ch.06]

Khar'Vex — the home star (class K2V, 0.82 M☉). → see [Volume I, Ch.02]

Kharak — northern continent (65.721 million km²). → see [Volume I, Ch.13]

Kharak-Thar — Domain of Light-River, administrative center. → see [Volume VIII, Ch.09]

L–P

Lexeme — full paradigm of a word. → see [Volume IX]

Loanword — 31 from Kel'vash, 26 from Moryn. → see [Volume IX, Ch.09, Ch.10]

Maglev — thelmorar, magnetic levitation, principal ground transport. → see [Volume VI, Ch.02]

Moryn — carbon-water sapient species of the ocean depths. → see [Volume VII, Ch.07]

Mormor — Théxar year (202.7025 Earth days, 14 months). → see [Volume I, Ch.34]

Nominative (ling.) — case of the sole participant of an intransitive predicate (-∅). → see [Volume IV, Ch.04]

Orbital elevator — khar-tormor, commissioned +3,000 Y.E. → see [Volume VI, Ch.02]

Pantheon — the Seven Voices (Khar-Vex, Thar-Mor, The-Xa, Ven-Ash, Rass-Ul, Ghal-Thar, Nur-Vek). → see [Volume V, "Mythology"]

Phonotactics (ling.) — rules for organizing sounds into syllables. → see [Volume IV, Ch.02]

Proper name — see Anthroponym, Cosmonym, Toponym.

Q–T

Rass-Vokh-Sha — see Council of Unity.

Reactor — tharkhal, thermonuclear reactor. → see [Volume VI, Ch.01]

Rhuval — central continent (42.249 million km²). → see [Volume I, Ch.13]

Root — word stem; Xha'Ruun has ~500 roots. → see [Volume IX, Ch.02]

Senary — base-6 numeral system, the basis of Xha'Ruun mathematics. → see [Volume IV, Ch.09]

Serrin — large moon (425 km, 31.4 days). → see [Volume I, Ch.24]

Seven Voices — see Pantheon.

Sharuu — syllabic script of Xha'Ruun (326 glyphs). → see [Volume IV, Ch.07]

Silicon-acid life — biochemistry of the Kel'vash (silicon + H₂SO₄). → see [Volume VII, Ch.06]

SOV — Subject-Object-Verb word order. → see [Volume IV, Ch.03]

Superessive (ling.) — case of location on (-vex). → see [Volume IV, Ch.04]

Thel — small moon (178 km, 78.2 days, captured asteroid). → see [Volume I, Ch.24]

Théxar — the home planet (0.88 M⊕, 0.93 R⊕). → see [Volume I, Ch.03]

Thermochromadae — class of organisms with six-letter DNA. → see [Volume I, Ch.11]

Toponym (ling.) — geographical name (Kharak, Gharra). → see [Volume IX, Ch.08]

Translative (ling.) — case of transformation into (-el). → see [Volume IV, Ch.04]

U–Z

Unity — Rass, the central concept of political philosophy. → see [Volume III, Ch.01]

Vexar — southern continent (37.555 million km²). → see [Volume I, Ch.13]

Vowel harmony (ling.) — fronting/backing assimilation of vowels. → see [Volume IV, Ch.02]

P-X pair — additional DNA base pair, unique to Théxar. → see [Volume I, Ch.11]

Xha'Ruun — autonym of the species and language; literally "mind-people." → see [Volume I, Ch.05]

Xharuun — alternative Latin transcription (without apostrophe). → see [Volume IV, Ch.01]

Chapter Summary

The glossary covers key terms from all 10 volumes. The full lexicon (50,000+ words) requires a separate reference; here only terms that occur in three or more volumes or bear special significance for understanding Xha'Ruun civilization are included.