LAADAN GRAMMAR & DICTIONARY

VOCABULARY UPDATE

June 2003

In the years since A First Dictionary and Grammar of Láadan: Second Edition was published by SF3, many new words have been added to the vocabulary. Because there are no plans for a third edition, they are listed below; that will let those of you who have the book bring it up to date as far as possible. (That is, there may be many more new words that I know nothing about or that I have not been asked to add.) The items on the list are (a) words that have been sent to me to be added, followed by the initials or name of the person who should be credited for them, or (b) words I've constructed because someone requested them, or (c) words that I constructed because I needed them for something I was working on. The key to the initials: SH, Sharla Hardy; AH, Anne Hatzakis; CF, Carole Fontaine; JP, Julia Penelope (or Dr. Penelope and her students working together); TB, Tina Black; DK, De Kanel; EB, Elizabeth Baronowsky; and MLM, M. Lynne Murphy. Items that appear without a credit are mine. Because some of your browsers won't support the characters for the vowels with tone markers over them, words having such vowels are repeated in a separate column with the high-toned vowel written as a capital letter. Any errors below are my responsibility; I apologize for them in advance.

— Suzette Haden Elgin

A
absence	mar (SH)
to abort, have an abortion	wírabanenath (CF)	wIrabanenath
accountant	lamithá	lamithA
acoustics (the science)	ezho
aeronautics	ezhazh
agar (a seaweed)	analel (SH)
alcoholic	ranahalh
algae	lelith (SH)
alone and glad of it	elasholan
alone at last, after tiresome people	doólelasholan	doOlelasholan
alone in a crowd of people	sholalan
alone "in the bosom of your family"	búsholan
alone with grief	óosholan	Oosholan
alone with terror	héeyasholan	hEeyasholan
also	íi	Ii
altar	obeham (SH)
anarchy	ralod
anatomy (the science)	ehoba
animal husbandry	ewomil
anthropology	ewith
arc	thamewud (SH)
to "art," to make art	alehala
assistant, helper	dená	denA
astronomy	ehash
attacker, aggressor	rashonelha
attention	hil
B
baker	ebalá	ebalA
banker	loshá	loshA
bark (as, bark of tree)	boshoya (SH)
basket	boóbidim (SH)	boObidim
bean	edeni (SH)
beaver	eduthemid (SH)
because (short form)	dahan
beekeeper	thuhá	thuhA
to become	nahin (SH)
between	shinenil
to body-remember [like remembering how to ride a bicyle]	obadom (SH)
believer	edeláada	edelAada
biology	emid
birch tree	meláanin (SH)	melAanin
birth-blood	luwili (SH)
birthgiver	wóobaná	wOobanA
to bite	dashobe (SH)
blessing	nayadi
blood	luhili (SH)
blood vessel	iluli (SH)
bodily secretion	obahéda (JP)	obahEda
bookstore	áabewehe (SH)	Aabewehe
botany	edala
breath	wíyuleth	wIyuleth
to breathe	wíyul (SH)	wIyul
to bring to birth	wóbáan	wobAan
breeder of animals	womilá	womilA
brewer	webehá	webehA
burnout	iboshara (DK)
to bury	rumadoni (SH)
business (the science)	ehohel
butcher (of meat)	dehenihá	dehenihA
buyer or seller	ebá	ebA
buyer (professional)	nathá	nathA
C
to caress with the lips, kiss	odámála (SH)	odAmAla
to caress with the tongue	odithámála (SH)	odithAmAla
caretaker (of people)	nayahá	nayahA
cartology	eluben
to carve, sculpt	lámáhel
ceramics	ebod
ceramist, potter	ebodá
ceremonial clothing	budeshun
ceremonial objects	daleshun
to chatter	ishidi (SH)
charm, charisma	thuhul
chemistry	eshishid
to chew (SH)	dashobin
child-science	ehawith
city dweller	miwithá
clitoris	abatheda (Rae Bene and Baer Gewanter)
clitoris	nemeháalish (RB/BG)	nemehAalish
clover	boómi (SH)	boOmi
clown	emethá (AH)	emethA
to clown	emeth
color science	eliri
computer science	ehinehal
comset technician	óozhá
conifer	dathimi (SH)
contract (noun and verb)	bédim (SH)	bEdim
cook, chef	anadalá	anadalA
cooking (the science)	emahin
correctly	dóonenal	dOonenal
to count	lamith (SH)
couple (noun)	shinishidi (SH)
coven	óoletham (CF)	Ooletham
to cover, hide	rumad (SH)
creative urge	mahela (SH)
creator, maker	elá	elA
criminology	ehib
curl (noun)	aále (SH)	aAle
to cuddle	lemadama (AH)
to cut	humesh (SH)
D
dandruff	adelith (JP et al.)
to be dark-colored	loyu (AH)
dawn	nasháal (SH)	nashAal
to decrease	náheb (EB)	nAheb
deer	lemanid
deity (male)	ebahóol (CF)	ebahOol
depression as a side effect of medication	deshara, dutheshara (DK)
depression as result of major trauma	olobeshara (DK)
depression as result of small event	uhudeshara (DK)
diaper	áwod (SH)
diminutive suffix,  affectionate	-i (SH)
direction	wethene (SH)
E
echo	zharumi (SH)
edge (sharp)	hubod (SH)
edge (non-sharp)	nodal (SH)
to enable	shóoban (SH)	shOoban
to enable	dóthud	dOthud
enabler	dóthudá	dOthudA
to encourage	nayadithal
et cetera	minidibi (SH)
evening	háanáal	hAanAal (SH)
F
to fall	háda	hAda
fat, grease	zhebom (SH)
feather	yulish (SH)
to be female	ludi (SH)
female (noun)	ludihá (SH)	ludihA
feminist-angel	anahelilith (CF)
to be fertile, creative	shinóoya (SH)
field (noun)	abedun (SH)
fist	thahoma (SH)
to fly	shumáad (SH)	shumAad
fog	úushili (SH)	Uushili
to fold	dóhibeyóo (SH)	dOhibeyOo
fraction marker	-yi- (SH)
frog	ríibib (JP)	rIibib
furniture	mo
G
gap, hole	maradal (SH)
to give-and-take	báanibel (SH)	bAanibel
genitalia (female, outer)	wodama (SH)
genitalia (female, all)	wohóol (SH)	wohOol
glory	hohama
Goddess	Lushede (CF)
guinea pig	humazhomid (SH)
H
heartbeat, pulse	óoyaáláan	OoyaAlAan
helper	dená	denA
to hem	nohadal (SH)
herbal remedy	duthesh (SH)
hide (noun)	shoya (SH)
to hide an emotion or aspect of self	mad (JP)
to hide	rumad(SH)
hole, gap	maradal (SH)
to hold	widon
hops (the plant)	webesh (SH)
hose (for liquids)	ilu
I
illusion	búláa	bUlAa
to increase	náraheb (EB)	nAraheb
to be infinite	ranonede (EB)
interacting	ladinime
interruption	theni (SH)
intuition	loyan (SH)
to itch	oyada (SH)
ivy	boóbil (SH)	boObil
J
[no new items]
K
to keep track (of)	riweth
kelp	yáalin (SH)	yAalin
knick-knack, useless object	mathom (SH) [Tolkien loanword]
kudzu	huthil (SH)
L
labia	owo (SH)
labia	liliháaláa (JP)	lilihAalAa
lava	udólo (SH)	udOlo
to learn a skill, to body-learn	obedi (SH)
lesbian	lushimá (SH)	lushimA
lesson	bedina (AH)
[knowledge-lesson]	bediloth (AH)
[useless-knowledge-lesson]	bedilhoth (AH)
[wisdom-lesson]	bediwoth (AH)
lexical gap	édáan	EdAan
linguist	edaná**	edanA
lip, lips	odama (SH)
list (noun)	wilibod
lover	azhur (AH)
lovingkindness	donidan
M
magic-maker, with	yahaneshá (CF)
male-identified	withidetho (SH)
marsh, swamp	alu (SH)
mask	onabel
massage (noun and verb)	lilathun (CF)
mathematics	elamith (AH)
matrix (in geology)	wodazhud (SH)
to meet, meet with	bithim
menstrual blood	óolewil(SH)	Oolewil
to menstruate in sync with another woman	zhesháana	zheshAana
metaphor, simile	zhedal (SH)
middle	shiniledal (SH)
mist	shili (SH)
morning	háasháal (SH)	hAashAal
morning glory	elathil (SH)
morpheme	yudáan	yudAan
moth	óoloó (SH)
motivation	nédashubel (SH)	nEdashubel
mouth	óoyo	Ooyo
mud	donili (SH)
musical instrument	dalehale
N
needle	dathi (SH)
never	rahath
to not-heal	radutha (SH)
not-healer	raduthahá (SH)	raduthahA
number	lami (AH)
nut	yumal
O
oak	doyáanin (SH)	doyAanin
on, upon	nol
ore	badazhud
otter	elalimid (SH)
outline, silhouette	oyabod (SH)
P
page (of book)	miháabe (SH)	mihAabe
palm (of hand)	óoyaha oma	Ooyaha oma
pansy	mahina (SH)
parsley	aálesh (SH)	aAlesh
peel, peeling (noun)	yuhoya (SH)
to perform, act	wilomina (SH)
persona	zheledam (SH)
perverse, quirky, odd, hard to understand	bú	bU
pin (noun)	dathidal (SH)
to plant	madoni (SH)
to play	elash (SH)
pleasure	méesh [not said of sexual pleasure]
pleasure (sexual)	méeshim
poem	lalidáan	lalidAan
poet	lalidáaná	lalidAanA
point	dath (SH)
portentous	éeba	Eeba
potential	é-	E-
to practice	olanin (SH)
principle	dolelith
to promise	bedi (MLM)
pulse, heartbeat	óoyaáláan (SH)	OoyaAlAan
to purr	rulelo (AH)
to purr	thenazho (AH)
Q
to quest for truth --	sháadoni (SH)	shAadoni
to quest internally	nárilim (SH)	nArilim
R
rake	heshedon (SH)
rape (noun and verb)	ralh
rapport; also, to experience rapport	othadama (AH)	Oothadama
to recognize	láadom (SH)
rectum	nohodáath (SH)	nohodAath
redwood	óowáanin (SH)	OowAanin
relief	doóleshol (SH)	doOleshol
reservoir	wilidunedal (SH)	wIidunedal
respiration rate	wíyáaláan (SH)	wIyAalAan
rind	yushoya (SH)
road	weth
rosemary	domesh (SH)
rhythm	alehaáláan (SH)	alehaAlAan
rhythmic-water-flow-noises	áalilomáa (SH)	AalilomAa
rhythmic-wave-noises	áalilomáan (SH)	AalilomAan
S
sage (the herb)	wothesh (SH)
salt marsh	malu (SH)
sanitary napkin	óolewod (SH)
savory (the herb)	edenesh (SH)
scene, view, experience of a place	wohóoha	wohOoha
scissors	muhum (SH)
scratch	(noun)	iboth (SH)
to scratch	ibath (SH) [not said of scratching an itch]
to scratch an itch	ubath (SH)
self, identity	zheledal (SH)
to sense, be aware of	loláad óoyanan	lolAad Ooyanan
sewage plant, waste water plant	waludal (SH)
to be sharp	huma (SH)
shell, carapace, hull	udoya (SH)
shovel (noun and verb)	donim (SH)
to sing	lalom
skill (noun)	oloth (SH)
to smell (active)	shu
sorrel (the herb)	thezh (SH)
sound-of-rain-on-roof	lalilom
spiral	bretham (SH)
to squeeze	thamehib (SH)
squirrel	elashemid (SH)
to spray (as water)	áalá (SH)	AalA
sunset	nanáal (SH)
to surpass	hesho [used in comparatives]
T
tail	hoyo (SH)
tampon	nilewod (SH)
tarragon	abash (SH)
to taste (active)	lóoyo	lOoyo
thyme	háami (SH)	hAami
to tickle	adama; also adadama (AH)
tongue	odith (SH)
tower (noun)	shumath
tractor	demáazh (SH)	demAazh
tribe	shonida
U
until	hathobéeyo	hathobEeyo
urine	iliyeb (JP)
V
to visualize	umeloláad
vividly	lishenal
W
walk (noun and verb)	thibá	thibA
to watch internally	lohil (SH)
wing	yuloma (SH)
with-regard-to	shé	shE
womb	wóoya	wOoya
word angel	dáanoline (CF)	dAanoline
work identity	zhlehal (SH)
work that is constantly being interrupted	halehadihahal (Sterling)
to wrap	thamesho (SH)
to wring, wring out	thamerili (SH)
X
[no items]
Y
to yearn, yearn for	loyada (SH)
Z
[no items]
** This is not a new word; it's a correction of a typographical error.

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