"Every new device demands a new word. Over four thousand cycles of the Era of Unity the language grew by eight thousand terms — joining native roots and listening to neighbours."
— Keeper Guild, report on the state of the language, +4,000 Y.E.
Related sections: → see [Volume VI, "Technology"], → see [Volume I, Ch.33, "Fusion Energy"], → see [Volume IX, Ch.02, "Core Roots"]
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5.1 Energy
Sha’Ruun
Translation
Etymology
thar
energy, force
core root (L-000010)
tharen
energetic, energy-related
thar + -en
tharvexen
power generation
thar + vex + -en
thar-khalen
thermonuclear fusion
thar + khal (life) + -en
tharkhal
reactor
contraction of thar-khalen
tharkhalar
reactor operator
tharkhal + ar
khar-thar
solar energy
khar (light) + thar
the-thar
geothermal energy
the (earth) + thar
thal-thar
tidal energy
thal (depth) + thar
tharel
power grid (lit. "unity of energy")
thar + el
tharmor
energy store, accumulator
thar + mor
tharin
cell, battery element
thar + -in
tharven
efficiency, energetic truth
thar + ven
5.2 Transport
Sha’Ruun
Translation
Etymology
morkhal
motion, transport
mor (time) + khal
morkhalar
vehicle
morkhal + ar
thelmor
magnetic suspension, levitation
thel (hovering) + mor
thelmorar
maglev train
thelmor + ar
tormor
hoist, elevator
tor (height) + mor
khar-tormor
orbital elevator
khar + tormor
thalmor
vessel, ship
thal (depth, water) + mor
venmor-khal
navigation
venmor + khal
khar-morkhal
spacecraft
khar + morkhal
elmor
route, trunk line
el + mor
elmorak
transport network
elmor + -ak
morthe
road, overland way
mor + the
5.3 Computing and Communications
Sha’Ruun
Translation
Etymology
xhaven
computation, calculation
xha (mind) + ven
xhavenar
computer, machine
xhaven + ar
xhavenak
computing network
xhaven + -ak
xhamor
memory, data store
xha + mor
xhavex
program, algorithm
xha + vex
xhavexar
programmer
xhavex + ar
shavex
transmission, signal
sha (word) + vex
shavexar
transmitter
shavex + ar
sha-el
communication, link
sha + el
sha-elak
communications network
sha-el + -ak
venmorak
archive, knowledge base
venmor + -ak
xha-venar
artificial mind
xha + venar
shavin
message
sha + -in
5.4 Medicine and Biotechnology
Sha’Ruun
Translation
Etymology
xaven
medicine (lit. "knowledge of life")
xa + ven
xavenar
healer, physician
xaven + ar
xatharen
treatment, therapy
xa + thar + -en
xatorin
illness (lit. "small separation of life")
xa + tor + -in
xatorak
epidemic
xatorin + -ak
xavex
healing, restoration
xa + vex
xamor
lifespan
xa + mor
xa-xhaven
genetics
xa + xhaven
xavexen
tissue regeneration
xavex + -en
xa-venmor
immunity
xa + venmor
xarin-xaven
pediatrics
xarin + xaven
xhavenxa
neuroscience
xhaven + xa
5.5 Materials and Manufacturing
Sha’Ruun
Translation
Etymology
thevex
material, substance
the + vex
thevexak
materials science
thevex + -ak
tor-thevex
metal (lit. "mountain substance")
tor + thevex
khar-thevex
crystal, light-conducting substance
khar + thevex
thar-thevex
composite, structural material
thar + thevex
xa-thevex
biomaterial, living substance
xa + thevex
vexthe
factory, production complex
vex + the
vextharen
automation
vex + tharen
vexin
part, component
vex + -in
elvexen
assembly, integration
el + vex + -en
torvex
extraction, mining
tor + vex
morvexen
recycling, secondary cycle
mor + vex + -en
5.6 Space
Sha’Ruun
Translation
Etymology
kharen-the
orbit
kharen + the
kharthe
space station
khar + the
kharthin
satellite (artificial)
kharthe + -in
khar-morkhalar
astronaut
khar-morkhal + ar
kharven
astronomy
khar + ven
kharvenar
astronomer
kharven + ar
thelven
probe, scout
thel (wanderer) + ven
khar-elmor
interplanetary route
khar + elmor
kharvex
launch, orbital insertion
khar + vex
morkharel
interstellar flight
mor + khar + el
Chapter Summary
Section
Entries
Energy
13
Transport
12
Computing and communications
13
Medicine and biotechnology
12
Materials and manufacturing
12
Space
10
Total
72
Technical vocabulary makes extensive use of native compounds. Borrowings coexist with them, particularly in Kel’vash mining and chemistry. Recognisable word parts help a learner remember a term, but its precise meaning still requires knowledge of the subject.
