Thexar-X: The-Ak — Sha-El 05: Sha-Ruun Khar-El — Complete Glossary

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

Ruun-ak rass: → rhu [Thexar-IX, Sha-El 02, "Thel-ak Ruun"], → rhu [Thexar-IV, Sha-El 08, "Sha-Ven The"], → rhu [Thexar-IX, Sha-El 13, "Mor-El"] Mor-ven: The map's legend: sixty-four key terms drawn from all ten volumes — linguistics, geography and cosmology, biology, politics and society, technology. Only terms that recur in three or more volumes, or bear special significance for understanding Xha'Ruun civilization, are included.

05.1 Entry Structure

Each glossary entry follows the format:

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

05.2 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]

05.3 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]

05.4 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.

05.5 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]

05.6 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]

05.7 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.

Ruun Ven

1. 64 key terms across five alphabet groups.
2. Entry format: term (source) — definition → see [Volume, Chapter].
3. Terms by group: A–E 18, F–K 14, L–P 10, Q–T 16, U–Z 6.
4. 31 Kel'vash + 26 Moryn loans; məlkhar "adit" a Kel'vash loan.
5. Pantheon = the Seven Voices: Khar-Vex, Thar-Mor, The-Xa, Ven-Ash, Rass-Ul, Ghal-Thar, Nur-Vek.

Rass-Ven (CANON):

• 64 terms ✓
• groups A–E / F–K / L–P / Q–T / U–Z ✓
• entry format: term — definition — cross-ref ✓

Thexar-X: The-Ak mor-el. Sha-El 05. CANON.md v1.0.0-ak ven-an-ven.