Volume IX: Dictionary — Chapter 4: Society — Lexicon
"A people with no word for 'together' is doomed to live apart. The Xha'Ruun have nine such words."
— Lexicographer Ven-Thara, Keeper Guild
Related sections: → see [Volume III, Ch.01, "Government"], → see [Volume IX, Ch.02, "Core Roots"], → see [Volume II, Ch.08, "History of the Guilds"]
Morning at the trading harbor
4.1 Power and Governance
Sha’Ruun
Translation
Etymology
rass-vokh-sha
Council of Unity
rass (unity) + vokh (voice) + sha (word)
rassen
council, assembly
rass + -en (being)
vokhar
delegate, representative
vokh (voice) + ar (bearer)
vokhen
to vote
vokh + -en
thar-khal
executive power
thar (force) + khal (action)
thar-kharen
executive committee
thar-khal + -en
el-ruun
domain, autonomous region
el (unity) + ruun (people)
el-ruunak
the domains (all eight)
el-ruun + -ak (plural)
ruunthe
province
ruun + the (land)
ruunthin
district
ruunthe + -in (diminutive)
ven-khalar
Keeper of Knowledge
ven (truth) + khal (life) + ar
rassar
Chair of the Council
rass + ar
vokh-tor
veto, suspension
vokh + tor (away, from)
4.2 Guilds
Sha’Ruun
Translation
Etymology
kheln
guild
from khal (action) + en
khelnar
guild member, master
kheln + ar
khelnen
guild-related, professional
kheln + -en
kheln-vena
Keeper Guild
kheln + vena (to know)
kheln-thara
Energy Guild
kheln + thara (might)
kheln-xara
Healers' Guild
kheln + xara (living)
kheln-shara
Guild of Speech (communication, diplomacy)
kheln + shara (speaker)
kheln-tora
Builders' Guild
kheln + tora (to rise)
kheln-vexa
Guild of Makers (the arts)
kheln + vexa (to create)
khelnvex
license, guild admission
kheln + vex (to give)
khelntor
expulsion from a guild
kheln + tor (away)
venkhal
apprenticeship, the master's path
ven + khal
venkhalar
apprentice, journeyman
venkhal + ar
4.3 Law and Justice
Sha’Ruun
Translation
Etymology
venar
law (lit. "that which is true")
ven + -ar
venarak
body of law, code
venar + -ak
venar-vena
the Law of Knowledge
venar + vena
venar-xara
the Growth Commandment
venar + xara
sharven
court, proceedings
sha (word) + ven (truth)
sharvenar
judge
sharven + ar
tharven
verdict, judicial decision
thar + ven
venmor
right, authority
ven + mor (genitive)
venmortor
deprivation of rights
venmor + tor
xhavtor
violation, offense
xhav (intent) + tor
rassven
consent, consensus
rass + ven
rasstor
schism, dissent
rass + tor
4.4 Economy and Labor
Sha’Ruun
Translation
Etymology
vexal
labor, work
vex (to create) + al
vexalar
worker
vexal + ar
vexen
production
vex + -en
vexmor
product, artifact
vex + mor
tharvex
energy share (unit of account)
thar + vex
morvex
exchange, trade
mor (cycle) + vex
morvexar
trader, intermediary
morvex + ar
ruunvex
public good
ruun + vex
elvex
distribution, share
el + vex
thevex
harvest, yield of the land
the + vex
khalmor
work cycle, shift
khal + mor
venmorvex
contract, agreement
venmor + vex
4.5 Family and Kinship
Sha’Ruun
Translation
Etymology
xaruun
family (lit. "people of life")
xa + ruun
xarun
parent
xa + run (short form of ruun)
xarin
child
xa + -in (diminutive)
xarinak
children
xarin + -ak
xarsha
sibling (paired kinship)
xa + -sha (dual)
xarel
spouse, union partner
xa + el (unity)
xarelen
union, marriage
xarel + -en
morxarun
ancestor
mor (time) + xarun
morxarin
descendant
mor + xarin
xaruunmor
lineage, bloodline
xaruun + mor
ven-xarin
naming rite
ven + xarin
4.6 Social Roles and Status
Sha’Ruun
Translation
Etymology
xhari
sapient being, citizen
xha + -ri
xhariak
citizens, society
xhari + -ak
venar-xhari
full citizen
venar + xhari
kharen
mentor, teacher
khar (light) + -en
kharenar
student
kharen + ar
torar
elder (lit. "the high one")
tor + ar
shatorar
orator, herald
sha + torar
venar-tor
exile
venar + tor
rassen-xhari
community delegate
rassen + xhari
elruunar
inhabitant of a domain
el-ruun + ar
Chapter Summary
Section
Entries
Power and governance
13
Guilds
13
Law and justice
12
Economy and labor
12
Family and kinship
11
Social roles
10
Total
71
Words of unity and separation recur in political speech. Their meanings do not prove how power is organised: authority and coercion depend on institutions, laws and practice.
