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The Wheel of Time Companion

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by Robert Jordan


  arkati—(n.) school

  asa—(pron. & n.) you; also, a concubine in Seanchan

  ascar—(n. & adj.) blue

  asha’man—(n.) guardian/defender; having an implication of siding with justice and right; literally, guard of the blade, a term suggested by Bashere from Old Tongue

  ashan—(prefix) guard

  ashandarei—(n.) Birgitte’s name for Mat’s sword; literally, guard sword

  asmodi—(n.) music

  asmodean—(n.) musician; name of a Forsaken

  aso—(pron.) it

  astai—(n.) belief

  atha—(n.) person

  atha’an—(n.) people/folk; strong implications at the least of nationhood

  Atha’an Miere—(n.) People of the Ocean or Waves; Sea Folk

  Atha’an Shadar—(n.) People of the Shadow, or Darkfriends

  attik—(n. & v.) smile

  aven—(v.) call

  avende—(n.) tree(s)

  Avendesora—(n.) the Tree of Life; chora tree

  Avendoraldera—(n.) an offshoot of Avendesora found outside the Waste

  a’vron—(n.) watcher(s)

  ayashiel—(n.) fowl

  ayend—(n.) refers to the dead, those who have passed, those who have released their mortal coil; a root word related to ayende and allende

  ayende—(v.) release/free

  ayend’an—(prep.) of the fallen or the dead

  azafi—(n.) canvas

  Ba’alzamon—(n.) Heart of the Dark

  ba’asa—(n.) your heart, devoted one

  bachri—(n.) bread

  badan—(n.) bath

  bah(a)—(n.) box(es)

  baichan—(adj.) sticky

  baid—(n. & adj.) self

  baijan—(n.) attack

  Baijan’m’hael—(n.) Leader of the Attack

  bairnu—(v.) crack

  bajad—(n.) spawn

  bak—(adv.) how

  bal—(n.) circle

  balad—(adj.) slow

  balfone—(n.) a musical instrument of the Age of Legends

  balt—(n.) essence, root or heart

  balthamel—(n.) “essence of youth”; name of a Forsaken

  banta—(n.) seat

  baroc—(n.) hour

  basho—(prep., adj. & adv.) under

  bat—(prep.) against

  batthien—(adj.) hard

  bazam—(n.) arm

  beatha—(n.) art

  bebak—(adj.) quiet

  begoud—(adj.) bad

  begrat—(v.) swear

  begratanae—(adj.) sworn

  be’lal—(n.) “desire to have”; the Envious, name of a Forsaken

  belo—(v.) desire

  beratam—(n.) distance

  betakai—(n. & adv.) yesterday

  beulin—(n. & adj.) front

  bhadi—(n.) company

  bhan—(n.) eradication or annihilation

  Bhan’sheen—(n.) a Trolloc band; literally, bringers of annihilation

  bhardo—(n.) building

  bhashan—(n.) hearing

  bhoot—(v.) screw

  bhuk—(n.) doubt

  bideli—(n.) form

  bift—(adj.) still

  bighar—(adj.) conscious

  bijoun—(n.) flower

  binti—(adj.) delicate

  birok—(n.) beet

  blagh—(n.) book

  bloobh—(n.) stomach

  boan—(n.) female ideal of beauty

  bodong—(n.) rhythm

  boesin—(n.) floor

  bokhen—(adj.) ill

  boko—(adj.) fat

  bolar—(adj.) special

  bolga—(v.) talk

  bopo—(n.) baby

  borz—(n.) coal

  botay—(n.) male ideal of beauty

  brett—(n.) letter

  breudon—(n.) suggestion

  brith—(n. & v.) kiss

  brynza—(n.) cheese

  budhvai—(adj.) liquid

  buggel—(v.) play

  buido—(n. & v.) knot

  bumma—(n.) moon

  bunok—(v.) act

  ca—(v. aux.) do; as an intensifier; e.g., Lyet ye means “I come”; Ca’lyet ye means “I do come”

  caba—(n.) horse

  caba’donde—(n.) a horse to ride

  caba’drin—(n.) cavalry/horsemen

  caballein—(n.) horseman; also used to indicate a free man

  cadi—(n.) cloth

  cadin—(n.) clothes

  cadin’sor—(n.) working clothes, worn by Aiel

  cafar—(n.) vicious creatures from the Age of Legends; mentioned by Sammael

  caili—(n.) skirt

  cair—(n. & adj.) gold(en)

  caisen—(adj.) old

  cal—(n. & adj.) red

  calazar—(n.) harbor

  caldazar—(n.) red eagle

  caledon—(n.) metal

  calhar—(n.) red hand

  calichniye—(interjection) welcome

  Callandor—(n.) The Sword That Is Not a Sword, the Sword That Cannot Be Touched

  ca’lyet—(v.) do come

  canant—(n.) news

  cantheal—(n.) train

  capar—(n.) a large, hairy boar-like animal from the Aiel Waste

  car—(n.) chief

  car’a’carn—(n.) chief of chiefs; capitalized, the Aiel name for the Dragon Reborn

  carai—(n.) honor; can be used in the sense of “for the honor”

  carentin—(n.) worth, or, of an equivalent value

  carn—(n.) chiefs

  carneira—(n.) a Malkieri’s first lover

  casgard—(n.) ornament

  cassort—(adj.) married

  cavastu—(adj.) angry

  cemaros—(n.) great winter tempests from Sea of Storms

  cha—(n.) talon, claw

  Cha Faile—(n.) the Falcon’s Talon: name taken by Faile’s followers

  chaki—(adj.) bitter

  chalin—(adj.) sweet

  chalinda—(n.) sweet girl; an Old Tongue name given to Min by Siuan

  chalot—(v.) claw

  chanda—(n.) soup

  chanukar—(n.) island

  chati—(n.) breath

  chatkar—(n.) prose

  chegham—(n.) rate

  cheghar—(n.) credit

  chekrut—(adj.) violent

  chelan—(n.) roof

  chenal—(n.) support

  cheta—(n.) face

  chicaba—(n.) engine

  chiema—(n.) winter

  chinje—(n.) a wheel used in gambling, perhaps like roulette

  chinnar—(n.) body

  chinti—(adj.) small

  chitzi—(v.) sneeze

  choba—(complex word form) used in a formal greeting to the Ogier, meaning “to the humble one before you”

  chora—(n.) a construct from the Age of Legends, a beneficent tree

  choryat—(n. & adj.) five, a quantifier of material objects

  chorye—(n. & adj.) five, descriptive of the immaterial, such as ideas, arguments, or propositions

  choshih—(complex word form) used in a formal greeting to the Ogier, meaning “to the unworthy one before you”

  choss—(n.) something hauled away on farms, i.e., manure; spoken of by Sammael

  choutsin—(adj.) strange

  chukhar—(v. & adj.) shut

  cierto—(adj.) resolute, determined, enduring; in certain contexts, is a temporal reference

  ciyat—(n.) price

  claddin—(adj.) tired

  clomak—(n.) lock

  cloriol—(n.) scale

  con—(n.) a small banner

  conagh—(n.) answer

  concion—(n.) summons

  conde—(n.) walker(s)

  conden—(v.) walk

  conje—(n.) a type of needle, thought of by Sammael

  cor—(n.) night

  Cor Darei—(n.) Night Spears: Aiel warrior society

  corda—(n.) the heart; that which is at the center
/>   Cordamora—(n.) Heart of the People: name of the palace in Maradon

  corea—(n.) musical instrument of the Age of Legends

  coreer—(n.) poisonous snake from the Age of Legends

  Corenne—(n.) the Return; a Seanchan concept

  corlm—(n.) a Seanchan exotic animal, looks like a large flightless bird with fur, a predator

  cosa—(n.) a creature from the Age of Legends that scampers up trees for protection; mentioned by Graendal

  cour—(n.) trap, container

  cour’souvra—(n.) mindtrap; used on the Forsaken

  cova—(n.) owner, one who owns

  covale—(n. & adj.) property; owned; used among the Seanchan for “slave(s)”

  cuande—(n.) a stress-induced condition that is often experienced as chest pain, i.e., anxiety

  cue, cuen—(prefix) refers to the heart

  cuebiyar—(n.) (my) heart; capitalized, it refers to the heart of a nation or people, or the heart of a ruler

  cuendar—(n. & adj.) heart (changes form when combined with other words or word segments)

  cuendillar—(n.) heartstone

  cueran—(n.) a building material; from a Semirhage point of view

  culieb—(n. & adj.) past

  cyn—(n. & adj.) last

  cyndane—(n.) last chance; name given to reincarnated Lanfear

  d—(prep.) of; belonging to; strong implications of ownership, or inferior position

  da—(n.) one; person; individual (neutral gender; male or female)

  daarlot—(n.) crime

  dabor—(n.) picture

  Da’concion—(n.) the Chosen Ones; Seanchan term

  da’covale—(n.) a person who is owned; a slave, according to Seanchan usage; this is the older form, usually replaced now simply by covale or “property”

  dada—(n.) father

  dadaranell—(n.) “father of ranges”; from Mafal Dadaranell, ancient name of Fal Dara

  dae—(adj.) complex; intricate; implications of delicacy; great

  dae’mar—(n.) an intricate or complex game, that requires a delicate touch

  dae’vin—(n.) treaty

  daes—(n.) many people; multitudes; implications of diversity, of milling (not a unified group of individuals)

  Daes Dae’mar—(n.) the Great Game, also known as the Game of Houses; literally, “Many People Game,” or “the Complex Game that Uses Multitudes”; played in southern countries, particularly in Cairhien; some say developed by the Aes Sedai

  daghain—(n.) fear

  dahid—(n.) note

  dai—(n., v. & adj.) battle; struggle; strive

  daien—(n.) dancer of the old days; mentioned by Aran’gar

  Dai Shan—(n.) title for Lan; literally, “(Diademed) Battle Lord”

  daishar—(n.) glory (literally: “battle blood” or “blood of battles”)

  dal—(n.) bowl, basin or vessel

  dalae—(past part.) is paid

  dale—(v.) pay

  dali—(n.) clock

  dam—(v.) leash

  damane—(n.) leashed; used by the Seanchan to mean “leashed one” or “those who are leashed” (technically this would be da’damane, but would compress because of the overlapping sounds, to damane)

  dane—(n.) chance (variant is diane)

  dantor—(n.) theory

  dao—(n.) cord

  daori—(n.) hair cut by a Malkieri’s carneira and saved, woven into a cord

  dar—(adv.) forward (direction)

  dar—(n.) sister

  dar—(suffix) indicates the feminine

  darath—(n.) a type of fierce animal; from a Moghedien point of view

  darei—(n.) spears (plural of dareis); used by Aiel

  dareis—(n.) spear

  darm—(adj.) serious

  darshi—(v.) see

  Da’shain Aiel—(n.) literally: “People to Peace Dedicated” (sometimes shortened to “Da’shain”)

  da’tsang—(n.) despised one; one who is despised; used by Aiel

  de—(prefix) refers to an agent of action; (suffix) denotes negation

  deebo—(n. & adj.) brown

  dekhar—(adj.) political

  demandred—(n.) one who twists the blade; name of a Forsaken

  dena—(n.) song

  der—(n. prefix) master, as in a master of a craft; thus among the Seanchan, der’morat’raken is one who is advanced in the craft/skill of handling raken, one who trains others to handle them, and therefore a trainer of morat’raken; likewise, a der’sul’dam is one skilled enough to train those sul’dam who train and handle damane

  der—(prep.) from

  dera—(suffix) means “derived from”

  deshi—(suffix) denotes hundreds (yat/ye suffix is dropped above the teens); e.g., chor’deshi = five hundred

  deshi—(n. & adj.) one hundred

  desta—(v.) stop

  desu—(n.) bed

  desyat—(adj.) ten; a quantifier of material objects

  desye—(adj.) ten; descriptive of the immaterial, such as ideas, arguments or propositions

  devor—(v.) ask

  devoriska—(rel. pron.) what was asked

  deyeniye—(n.) majesty

  dha—(n.) agony, anguish

  dhai—(adj.) pertaining to war or a great battle

  Dhai’mon—(n.) a Trolloc band; literally, scythes of war

  dhakdi—(n.) cloud(s)

  dhalen—(n.) money

  dhamel—(n.) shade

  Dha’vol—(n.) a Trolloc band; literally, sires of agony

  dhjin—(n.) terror or horror

  Dhjin’nen—(n.) a Trolloc band; literally, those who cause terror

  dhol—(n.) land

  dhub—(n.) ball

  diane—(n.) chance (var. of dane)

  diband—(adj.) dependent

  dibbuk—(n.) interest

  dieb—(n.) wind

  difrol—(n.) waste

  dillar—(suffix) means “stone”

  din—(n.) brother(s)

  din—(suffix) indicates masculine

  dinya—(v.) care

  diutic—(n.) tongue

  dival—(n.) light

  diy—(v.) sound

  diynen—(n.) sounder, one who produces a sound

  djanzei—(n., adj. & adv.) south

  do—(prep.) over

  doko—(pron. & adv.) where

  Do Miere A’vron—(n.) Watchers Over the Waves; literally: Over the Sea/Waves, Watchers

  domashita—(v.) warm(s)

  domorakoshi—(n.) language

  don—(suffix) denotes importance

  donde—(v.) ride; has to do with riding

  doon—(n. & adj.) black or very dark

  doorn—(adj.) thick

  doozhi—(v.) burst

  dor—(n. & adj.) red

  dore—(n.) mountains

  dornat—(n.) a hunting critter thought of by Graendal

  doti—(n.) nut

  dovie—(adj.) relates to luck

  dovie’andi—(n.) dice

  dovienya—(n.) luck

  dred—(v.) twist

  drelle—(suffix) means river; water(s) of

  drenni—(v.) turn

  drin—(n.) man/men/soldier(s)

  drosin—(n. & adj.) green

  drova—(n.) hag, beldam, old woman

  drovja—(adj.) of a beldam

  druna—(v.) push

  duadhe—(n.) water

  Duadhe Mahdi’in—(n.) Water Seekers; an Aiel warrior society

  dudhi—(n.) cow

  duente—(v.) holds/grips; has a hold/grip on

  dumki—(n.) army

  dvoyat—(adj.) two, a quantifier of material objects

  dvoye—(adj.) two, descriptive of the immaterial, such as ideas, arguments or propositions

  dvoyn—(n. & adj.) second

  dyani—(adj.) natural

  dyu—(adv. & prep.) by

  dzigal—(adj.) flat

  e—(conj.) and

  einto—(n.) addition


  el—(prefix) added to the first name of a Malkieri queen; (suffix) denotes “hope,” e.g., Sammael

  ellis—(n.) sun

  Ellisande—(n.) the Rose of the Sun; literally Sunrose

  en—(suffix) makes plural; also, derived from jenn to mean “true”

  era—(suffix) modifier meaning “blue,” as in seiera

  es—(suffix) denotes many, as in daes

  ethaantar—(v.) transport

  evierto—(v.) polish

  fada—(adj.) sad

  faerstin—(n.) adjustment

  faile—(n.) falcon

  fakha—(v.) sail

  far—(prep.) of; also, an indication of mobility

  Far Aldazar Din—(n.) Brothers of the Eagle: Aiel warrior society

  Far Dareis Mai—(n.) Maidens of the Spear: Aiel warrior society

  farhota—(n.) brass

  fear—(n.) night

  feia—(n.) speaker

  feiro—(v.) exchange

  feist—(v.) question

  fel—(poss. pron.) our

  fenter—(n.) verse

  feros—(n.) soil

  ferster—(n.) garden

  finin—(n.) nephew

  fintan—(n.) cup

  folyt—(adj.) able

  fonnai—(n.) place

  for—(n.) herd

  frait—(adj.) strong

  fringfran—(n.) cork

  furthadin—(n.) statement

  ga—(v.) is

  gadhat—(n.) thread

  gadou—(v.) change

  gaen—(prep.) across

  gai—(n.) battle

  gaidin—(n.) brother to/of battle; Aes Sedai use this word for Warders

  gai’don—(n.) battle, but a key battle, that will win or lose a campaign or war

  gai’shain—(n.) Aiel word, meaning “those sworn to peace in battle”

  galamok—(n.) shirt

  gar—(n.) dagger or lethal device

  gara—(n.) a type of poisonous lizard from Aiel Waste

  garan—(adj.) solid

  gashi—(v.) profit

  gavane—(pron., adj. & adv.) what

  gemarisae—(v.) is made

  gemarise—(v.) make

  ghael—(suffix) pertains to brutes, beasts, monsters

  ghal—(v.) curve

  ghani—(n.) purpose

  ghar—(n.) venom or acid

  Ghar’ghael—(n.) a Trolloc band; literally, brutes of venom

  ghazh—(n.) chin

  gheuth—(v.) cry

  gheym—(n. & v.) measure

  ghiro—(adv.) thus

  ghleb—(n.) limit

  ghoba—(n.) the soul

  Ghob’hlin—(n.) a Trolloc band; literally, harvesters of souls

  Gho’hlem—(n.) a Trolloc band; literally, takers of souls

  gholam—(n.) one of the Shadowspawn; means “soulless”

  ghow—(adj.) hollow

  ghraem—(n.) the mighty, the all-powerful

  Ghraem’lan—(n.) a Trolloc band; literally, prized of the mighty

  ghul—(n.) pit or hole

 

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