The Wheel of Time Companion

by Robert Jordan

  pochivat—(v.) start

  poldar—(adj.) skinny

  polov—(n.) shelf

  potadi—(n.) debt

  potsa—(n.) collar

  poulam—(n.) boot(s)

  pranent—(n.) tendency

  prashat—(n.) process

  prasta—(n.) idea

  prato—(adj.) such

  pravilam—(adj.) regular

  probita—(v.) drink

  procol—(n.) map

  profel—(v.) test

  proyago—(n.) experience

  ptash—(n.) effect

  punia—(v.) may

  punta—(n.) number

  purtah—(n., adj. & adv.) enough

  purvene—(n.) horn

  pyast—(n.) throat

  qaato—(n.) cake

  qaiset—(pron., adj. & adv.) same

  qamir—(n.) silk

  qen—(adv. & conj.) when

  qinar—(n.) niece

  rabat—(v.) manage

  rabdo—(adj.) sudden

  raf—(v.) fly

  ragha—(adj., adv. & prep.) near

  raha—(n. & adj.) free(dom), having liberty

  rahien—(n.) dawn

  Rahien Sorei—(n.) Dawn Runners: Aiel warrior society

  rahtsi—(n.) authority

  rahvin—(n.) “promise of freedom”; name of a Forsaken

  raia—(n.) air

  rainn—(n.) kennel

  raken—(n.) a large flying exotic animal of the Seanchan

  rakh—(n., adj. & adv.) back

  ramay—(n.) table

  ranell—(n.) mountain range(s)

  ranzak—(n. & v.) guide

  raqit—(v.) shake

  rastra—(n.) road

  ravad—(n.) street

  raya—(poss. pron.) mine; my own

  rema’kar—(n.) energy whip; a weapon from the Age of Legends

  remath—(n. & v.) whip

  rennen—(n.) cook

  renni—(v.) cook

  rensal—(n.) kitchen

  restar—(adj.) medical

  rhadiem—(v.) prepare (insistent)

  rhaul—(n.) rice

  rhiod—(n.) a world or land

  rhub—(n.) a small piece

  Rhyagelle—(n.) Those Who Come Home, or the Homecomers; a Seanchan term

  rieht—(n.) balance

  rimbai—(n.) berry

  risor—(v.) trick

  roban—(n.) oven

  rodinat—(n.) relation

  roedane—(v.) bit (past tense)

  roedna—(v.) bite

  ronagh—(n.) slope

  roscher—(adj.) separate

  rouyte—(n.) mark

  rulli—(adj.) round

  rumpo—(v.) drop

  runyat—(n.) weight

  sa—(prefix) used to indicate the superlative

  sa—(adv. & prep.) in

  saa—(n.) a tiny black fleck that moves across a Forsaken’s eyes when the True Power is accessed; increases the more True Power is used

  saana—(n.) teacher

  sa’angreal—(n.) a device, stronger than angreal, that enhances the power to channel

  saantar—(n.) teaching

  sa’blagh—(n.) library

  safar—(n. & adj.) white

  sag—(n.) time

  sagain—(n.) it is time

  sahlan—(n.) attention

  sai—(adj. prefix) related to power

  saidar—(n.) the female side of the Power

  saidin—(n.) the male side of the Power

  sain—(v.) is

  saizo—(v.) request

  salidien—(n.) humor

  samid—(v.) band

  samma—(n.) destroyer; blinder

  Samma N’Sei—(n.) Eye Blinders

  sammael—(n.) destroyer of hope; name of a Forsaken

  sanasant—(n.) knowledge

  santhal—(n.) industry

  sar—(pron.) she

  sara—(n.) a dance

  sast—(adv.) almost

  scrup—(adv. & prep.) between

  se—(pron.) themselves

  se—(pron.) it(self)

  sedai—(n.) servant(s)

  seel—(n.) amusement

  segade—(n.) spiny leathery plant with white blossoms in Aiel Waste

  seia—(n.) eye(s); in those forms where it combines, becomes sei

  Seia Doon—(n.) Black Eyes: Aiel warrior society

  Sei’cair—(n.) Aiel title for Perrin; literally, “golden eyes”

  Seiera—(n.) name of Min’s mare; name of a flower known in Baerlon as “blue-eye”

  sei’mosiev—(adj.) literally means (of) lowered or downcast eyes, indicates loss of face or honor; used by Seanchan

  sei’taer—(adj.) (of) straight or level eyes; used by the Seanchan regarding having or gaining face

  semirhage—(n.) the promise of pain itself, or one who embodies the promise of pain; name of a Forsaken

  sene—(adv.) as/like; (v.) to like

  seren—(adj.) stubborn; obstinate

  serenda—(n.) stubborn one; also, name of the palace of the King of Amadicia, outside Amador

  serenla—(n.) stubborn daughter; an Old Tongue name given Min by Siuan

  sha—(n.) noise

  shaani—(n.) quality

  shadar—(n.) shadow

  Shadar Logoth—(n.) Shadow’s Waiting, or Where the Shadow Waits; name of the city Aridhol that became tainted with evil

  Shadar Nor—(n.) name given to Latra Posae meaning “Cutter (or Slicer) of the Shadow”

  shae—(n.) dog

  shae’en—(n.) dogs

  Shae’en M’taal—(n.) Stone Dogs: Aiel warrior society

  shaek—(n.) house

  shaendi—(n.) aunt

  shaff—(n.) condition

  shai—(n.) woman

  shaidar—(n. & adj.) dark, as in pitch-darkness of night; indication of evil or wrong

  Shaidar Haran—(n.) Hand of the Dark: name of an “extreme” Myrddraal

  shaiel—(n.) she/the woman who is dedicated; Tigraine’s Aiel name

  shain—(n.) peace

  Shai’tan—(n.) name of the Dark One

  sha’je—(n.) a type of duel in ancient Qal; mentioned by Semirhage

  shak—(pron., adj. & adv.) any

  sha’mad—(n.) literally, “loud noise”; thunder

  Sha’mad Conde—(n.) Thunder Walkers: Aiel warrior society

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

  shambayan—(n.) chamberlain; man in charge of securing provisions and supplies; a Borderlands term

  shan—(n.) lord

  shanna’har—(n.) Saldaean anniversary marriage celebration

  shao—(v.) jump

  shar—(n.) blood; bloodline; refers to descent rather than blood in the veins, i.e., heritage

  sha’rah—(n.) an ancient strategy game consisting of a black and white piece called Fisher, a black and white 13 × 13 square board, 33 red pieces and 33 green pieces

  shari—(n.) plural of shar

  shatayan—(n.) chatelaine; female in charge of ordering servants and running the household; Borderlands term

  shaval—(n. & adj.) linen

  Shayol Ghul—(n.) Doom Pit

  Sh’boan—(n.) empress; Sharan term

  Sh’botay—(n.) empress’s consort; Sharan term

  sheen—(n.) bringers of, or those who exemplify something

  sheikar—(adj.) bright

  shen—(n.) band or group; brother (hood)

  Shen an Calhar—(n.) The Band of the Red Hand; originally a legendary Manetheren fighting force from the Trolloc Wars; name adopted by Mat’s soldiers

  shi—(suffix) denotes multiples of ten (yat/ye suffix is dropped above the teens); e.g., suk’shi = seventy

  shiatar—(n. & adj.) iron

  shin—(n.) journey

  shitak—(adj.) different

  shodet—(n.) comb

  shost—(n.) knee

  shoufa—(n.) dust veil; used by the Aiel


  shuk—(n.) health

  shukri—(adj.) healthy

  sich—(n.) bag

  sidama—(n.) radiance

  sidhat—(n.) example

  simp—(adj.) thin

  sin—(n. & pron.) he or man

  sind—(adv.) never

  siswai—(n.) spear

  siswai’aman—(n.) spear(s) of the dragon; term used by the Aiel

  slagh—(adj.) bent

  sleesh—(n.) dress

  smoog—(n.) steam

  so—(n.) thing or entity

  sob—(conj.) if

  sobel—(n.) button

  soe—(n.) truth

  Soe’feia—(n.) Seanchan Truthspeaker, Speaker of the Truth

  soende—(v.) carry

  soetam—(n.) great rat found in the Drowned Lands

  sofar—(n.) a vehicle having steering planes

  so’jhin—(n.) “a thing of exaltation”; Seanchan hereditary upper servants of the blood; also freely translated as “a height among lowliness” or “both sky and valley”

  soovri—(n.) behavior

  sor—(n. & adj.) work(ing)

  sorbe—(v.) run

  sora—(n.) life

  sorda—(n.) a distinct species of rat found in the Aiel Waste

  sorei—(n.) runner(s)

  soudhov—(n.) cabbage

  souk—(n.) bee

  souvra—(n.) mind

  souvraya—(comb.) literally, “my own mind”

  sovin—(n.) hands; unmodified, “hands that are open and empty”

  Sovin Nai—(n.) Knife Hands: Aiel warrior society

  sovya—(adj.) another/any other

  spashoi—(n.) taste

  spiat—(v.) help

  spillon—(n.) disease

  spondat—(adj.) early

  spotsu—(n.) bridge

  s’redit—(n.) Seanchan name for boar-horses

  staba—(n. & adj.) copper

  staera—(n.) copper scraping stick for the sweat-tent among the Aiel

  stedding—(n.) an Ogier homeland and place of sanctuary

  sterpan—(n.) sex

  stobur—(n.) stem

  straviant—(n.) insurance

  streith—(n. & adj.) a textile from the Age of Legends that changed color according to the wearer’s emotions

  stripo—(n.) wing

  suchan—(n.) growth

  sukyat—(adj.) seven, a quantifier of material objects

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

  sul—(v.) hold

  sul’dam—(n.) leash holder, holder of the leash (literally: hold-leash); a Seanchan term

  sulwed—(n.) substance

  sunatien—(n.) education

  suravye—(n.) peace

  sursa—(n.) sticks used to eat in Arad Doman

  suzain—(adj.) false

  svayor—(n.) soap

  swabel—(n.) glove

  syndon—(n.) birth

  sysyn—(n.) brain

  szere—(adj.) lower

  ta—(n.) related to the Pattern

  ta’maral’ailen—(n.) web of destiny (around those who are ta’veren); literally, pattern destined before; a term used by the Ogier

  taak—(adv.) yes

  taal—(n. & adj.) stone

  taberan—(n.) digestion

  taer—(adj.) straight, level or steady; also forthright, straightforward

  tahni—(adj.) clean

  tai—(adj.) true (plural is tain)

  Tai’daishar—(n.) Lord of Glory (literally, the True Glory or True Blood of Battle); also, the name of Rand’s horse

  tain—(adj.) plural of tai

  Tain Shari—(n.) True Bloods: Aiel warrior society

  tai’shar—(n.) true blood; used, e.g., in Tai’shar Manetheren! True Blood of Manetheren! (a greeting of honor used in the Borderlands)

  taishite—(v.) favor

  tamu—(n.) stamp

  tan—(n. & adj.) sovereign

  tana—(v.) get

  tanilji—(n.) insect

  tar—(n.) tower

  tarasin—(n.) tower of man; name of palace in Ebou Dar

  tarbun—(n.) hat

  tarmon—(adj.) final, last, ultimate

  Tarmon Gai’don—(n.) the Last Battle (has passed into everyday use; no longer italicized); from the Prophecies of the Dragon

  Tar Valon—(n.) literally, “tower that guards”

  tashi—(adj.) ready

  taskel—(n.) reason

  tasu—(v.) make

  tatatoun—(n.) instrument

  tati—(n.) voice

  ta’veren—(n.) those who cause the fabric of the Pattern to bend around them, changing the weave; literally, “pattern, those who alter or are tied to”

  tcheran—(n.) an ancient game, having a board and pieces called High Counselor, Counselors and Spires

  tebout—(adj.) probable

  tefara—(n.) record

  Tel’aran’rhiod—(n.) The Unseen World, World of Dreams; a term used by Aes Sedai

  telio—(adj.) transparent

  ter—(prefix) refers to a limited or specific application

  ter’angreal—(n.) a tool made to perform a specific function using the One Power; some require channeling to energize, others not

  terta—(v.) rub

  tezra—(adj.) gray

  thamel—(adj.) young, or pertaining to youth

  thaz—(prep.) at

  theini—(n.) trousers

  thorain—(n.) loss

  thorat—(n.) coat

  ti—(prep.) to

  tia—(prep.) to; to the

  tiel—(adv. & prep.) about

  tiest—(n.) head

  tiganza—(n.) Tinkers’ dance

  timari—(n.) skin

  t’ingshen—(n.) treebrother; a compound word that is used in a formal address to an Ogier, which literally means “to you—representative of something most important (i.e., the tree)—in brotherhood”

  tinto—(n.) wall

  tipakati—(n.) selection

  tippat—(n.) plate

  tirast—(v.) pull

  t’mat—(n.) a red fruit, from the Aiel Waste

  toh—(n.) obligation/duty; a term used by Aiel

  tolin—(adj.) stiff

  tom—(prep.) among

  tongel—(n. & adj.) secret

  toopan—(adj.) short

  topito—(n.) direction

  to’raken—(n.) a huge, exotic flying animal of the Seanchan

  torian—(n. & adj.) silver

  torkat—(v.) touch

  torm—(n.) Seanchan exotic animal, a cross between a horse-sized cat and a lizard

  torreale—(n., adj. & adv.) north

  totah—(adj. & adv.) far

  toulat—(n.) copy

  tovya—(v.) roll

  trefon—(n.) system

  treyat—(adj.) three, a quantifier of material objects

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

  tsag—(interjection) bollocks; an obscenity uttered by Sammael

  tsang—(adj.) despised

  tsatsi—(n.) bottle

  tsinas—(n. & v.) brake

  tsingu—(n. & v.) honor

  tsorovan—(n.) a storm, or a smaller storm

  Tsorovan’m’hael—(n.) Storm Leader; the name Taim gave Asha’man Gedwyn

  tuatha—(n.) traveler; one who moves from place to place; can be a vagabond

  Tuatha’an—(n.) the Traveling People

  tuhat—(suffix) denotes thousands (yat/ye suffix is dropped above teens); e.g., tre’tuhat = three thousand

  tuhat—(adj.) one thousand

  tumasen—(adj.) safe

  tumerest—(n.) bulb

  tunga—(n.) point

  tyagani—(n.) respect

  tyaku—(v.) keep

  ubriva—(n.) surprise

  ubunto—(n.) animal

  udiya—(adj.) clear

  uglat—(v.) smash


  uiwa—(adj.) good

  uldatein—(n.) division

  umeil—(v.) seem

  undacar—(n.) plane

  ungost—(n.) finger

  unyat—(adj. & adv.) late

  upendar—(n.) net

  urkros—(n.) egg

  ursta—(v.) fix

  urstae—(adj.) fixed

  usont—(n.) tray

  uttat—(v.) slip

  uvaal—(n.) leg

  vaakaja—(n.) sense

  vadin—(n.) bar/barrier

  vaeku—(v.) station

  vaesht—(n. & conj.) while

  vakar—(v.) move

  valdar—(n.) guard

  Valdar Cuebeyari—(n.) the Heart Guard; literally, the Guard of the Heart (of the Nation/People/Land)

  valon—(v.) guard

  varkol—(n.) sheep

  varma—(n.) ray

  vartan—(n.) glass

  vasen—(n.) arrow

  vasen’cierto—(n.) arrow of time; idiomatic phrase which literally means “arrow enduring”

  vastri—(n. & v.) rule

  vavaya—(n.) flight

  veel—(n.) ink

  velach—(n.) receipt

  velin—(n.) feather

  velu—(v.) end

  veren—(n.) those who cause change or are tied to

  veshan—(n.) way

  vesna—(n.) spring

  vetan—(n.) seed

  vezo—(n.) chalk

  vhool—(n.) basket

  viboin—(n.) pocket

  vid—(prep.) with

  vidhel—(n.) law

  vidnu—(v.) sort

  viliso—(v.) fold

  vin—(n.) promise

  vlafael—(n.) government

  vlagh—(n.) field

  vodish—(n. & v.) judge

  vokosh—(n.) hair

  vol—(n.) father(s) or sire(s), specific to a male who has used brutal means, i.e., a rapist

  vovok—(n.) wolf

  vraak—(v.) drain

  vrang—(adj.) cruel

  vream—(n.) shock

  vron—(n.) watcher(s)

  vronne—(v.) watch

  vyashak—(n.) organization

  vyavi—(n.) writing

  vyen—(v.) fade

  vyropat—(n., adj., adv. & prep.) opposite

  wabunen—(n.) connection

  wadlian—(adj.) simple

  wafal—(n. & adj.) hanging

  wagg—(n.) nerve

  wahati—(n.) porter

  waji—(n. & adv.) now

  wakaput—(n.) ship

  wanda—(v.) match

  wansho—(n.) builders; Shienaran term for the Ogier

  wapro—(v.) cover

  warat—(n.) branch

  washdor—(adj.) wise

  wastin—(n.) spoon

  watari—(n.) decision

  wek—(prep.) off

  weladhi—(n.) family

  welakai—(n. & adv.) tomorrow

  werstom—(n.) food

  whado—(adj.) fertile

  whakatu—(v.) increase

  whandin—(n.) event

  whudra—(n. & v.) regret

  widon—(adv., prep. & conj.) after