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The language of the krolvin, both spoken and written, is referred to as krolgeh.
To make a krolvin term past tense, add ‘kt’ at the end. For example, ungbok means “fight” and ungbokt means “fought.” Junda means “to spit” (or, more correctly, to expel a bodily fluid) and jundakt means “spat.”
Future tense is denoted by ‘tik’ preceding the term. Therefore tik’ungbok means “will fight” and tik’junda means “will spit.”
Negatives
The addition of ‘te’ to the end of a krolvin term may indicate the negative of that term. In effect, ‘te’ can be interpreted as “not.” For example, tuz means “can” and tuzte means “cannot.” Similarly, gno means “belongs to” or “is of” and gno’te means “does not belong to” or “is not of.” When the term ends in a vowel (as in the previous example) an apostrophe is used to denote the separate sound of ‘te.’
Opposites
An opposite (as opposed to a negative) condition is commonly indicated by the addition of the suffix ‘kra’ at the end of a term. For example, kref means “before” and krefkra means “after” or “behind.” Similarly, vosk means “up” and voskra means “down.”
Opposition terms tend to be relational or comparative (this is related or can be compared against that). Negative terms tend to be conditional (not this is the negative condition of this). Front is the opposite of back, not the negative of it.
As in Common, there are separate Krolgeh terms for many opposing concepts, such as night and day, long and short. However, the implications of the Krolgeh use of grammatical opposites offers some insight into Krolvin psychology. Opposites suggest a there is a default view. In Common there is a word for “up” and a word for “down.” In Krolgeh the word for “up” (vosk) has an expression that means “the opposite of up” (voskra) which can be interpreted as “down.” Therefore the default view of the Krolvin world is “up.” “Down” is only relevant in terms of its relationship to “up.”
Interrogatory
A question is often identified by the expression k’pla at the end of a sentence. For example, the phrase Jod tikte tschok means “We will not stop” whereas Jod tikte tschok k’pla? means “Will we not stop?”
Possessive
For the most part Krolgeh doesn’t recognize possessive terms. There is, for example, no distinction between “you” and “your,” both are q’ap. Nor is there any distinction between ‘he,’ ‘him’ and ‘his’ or ‘she,’ ‘her’ and ‘hers.’ The only clear exception is the personal possessive gno’ap (mine).
Attribution
To indicate one who engages in an action, the prefix cz is added. For example, zag means “bring” (or to bring) and czag means “one who brings” or bringer. Similarly, falz means “lose” (or to lose) and cz’falz means “one who loses” or loser.
Gender
Gender is applied to a krolvin term through the addition of ‘do’ to refer to male and ‘so’ to refer to female. For example, apdo means ‘he’ and apso means ‘she.’ Similarly clezag means “parent” but clezagdo refers to a male parent whereas clezagso refers to a female parent. Dush refers to a sibling; dushdo refers to a male sibling and dushso to a female sibling.
Emphatic
The expression to (pronounced toe) at the end of a sentence is a verbal indication of emphasis. Since krolgeh is often spoken in barking tones, it’s sometimes necessary to include an aural indicator of exclamation. For example, Q’ap tikte means “You will not” whereas Q’ap tikte to would be interpreted as “You most definitely will not!” Similarly, Sto kak tuug goort means “That’s a good ship” but Sto kak tuug goort to would indicate “That’s a damned fine ship!” And Sto kak gno'ap simply means “That’s mine” whereas Sto kak gno'ap to would be translated as “That’s mine and you’d best keep your knobby hands off it!”
Common to Krolgeh
A
Common
Krolgeh
Notes
above / below
lut / lutkra
after / before
krefkra / kref
alley
aun'terokt
am / are (am not / are not)
tezt (tezte)
and
t’
appreciate
onnag
Enjoy
B
Common
Krolgeh
Notes
bad
tuugkra
Statement of quality, not a moral stance.
before / after
kref / krefkra
belonging to
gno
below / after
lutkra / lut
big
enoork
blue
lalk
boot(s)
klot
brave
moradg
bright
pritz'to
Very light
bring
zag
bringer
czag
building
currarik
C
Common
Krolgeh
Notes
can / cannot
tuz / tuzte
care
hoont
cause
pluuk
to make happen
cemetary
moradg burzarik
Cemetary for those who died from battle.
cemetary
burzarik
Cemetary for those who died of natural causes.
central / middle
quozlav
change
f’ploak
chop
pulct
chopsticks
pul'crigzta
literally "food stick"
come / go
karzkra / karz
corpse
burzka
coward / cowardly
arrorak
cower
rroak
cry / weep
brefta
D
Common
Krolgeh
Notes
dark
pritzkra
in terms of illumination
day
lup
die
burzmorad
to die while fighting
die
burzgafk
to die any other way.
dead
burzmokt
dead from fighting.
dead
burzgafkt
dead from other causes.
death
quoab prozd
"The Long Night"
dim
pritz'tokra
not bright (in regard to light)
do (does) / did / will do
dur / durkt / tik’dur
do not / did not / will not do
dur’te / durkte / tik’durte
does not
dur’te
down / up
voskkra / vosk
E
Common
Krolgeh
Notes
enjoy
onnag
everybody / nobody
tulg / tulgte
F
Common
Krolgeh
Notes
family
pla’dush
fear
mordg
fester
d’ton
Festival of the Dead
Burzkailt
fight
ungbok
flee
akril
food
pulta
foot (feet)
ispuk
G
Common
Krolgeh
Notes
get
tor
give
ep
go / come
karz / karzkra
good / well
tuug
statement of quality, not a moral stance.
goodbye
urgha
word of leaving
H
Common
Krolgeh
Notes
he / him
apdo
hello (word of greeting)
irkuk
how
leb
I
Common
Krolgeh
Notes
I / me
ap
in / out
av / avkra
intelligent / intelligence
awrda
internal organs
grawel
is-was / is not-was not
kak / kakte
it / that / this
sto
K
Common
Krolgeh
Notes
kill
ilburz
kill (in a blood feud)
mrodburz
kill (in a war)
d’braburz
L
Common
Krolgeh
Notes
large
enoork
laugh
b’rua
leave / stay
d’karzte / d’karz
light
pritz
in terms of illumination
little
enoorkra
long
quoab
lose
falz
loser
cz’falz
M
Common
Krolgeh
Notes
make happen
pluuk
Cause to happen.
market (place)
mizklog
me
ap
meal / food
pulta
and
t’
merchant (male)
mizklog'do
middle / central
quozlav
my / mine
gno'ap
N
Common
Krolgeh
Notes
night
prozd
no / yes
bilte / bil
nobody / everybody
tulgte / tulg
non-krolvin
grarrog
O
Common
Krolgeh
Notes
of (belonging to)
gno
on
ik
oppose
jirwawk
or / nor
pra
out / in
avkra / av
over / under
lut / lutkra
P
Common
Krolgeh
Notes
pain
gzadmor
parent (male / female)
clezag (clezagdo / clezagso)
pig
etka
put
melg
putrefy
d’ton
Q
Common
Krolgeh
Notes
quick (quickly)
fut
R
Common
Krolgeh
Notes
rot
d’ton
S
Common
Krolgeh
Notes
sea (ocean)
v’koort
see
koask
she / her
apso
ship
goort
(warship = goort dubra)
short
aun
sibling (male / female)
dush (dushdo / dushso)
skin
renqua
slave
p'tuu
sleep
burz'dalep
slow (slowly)
futkra
small
enoorkra
smell
hrusk
spit/urinate/expel bodily fluids
junda
square
cridluzk
star(s)
herndrok
stay / leave
d’karz / d’karzkra
stick
crigzta (similar to criga, thorn
stop (halt or cease)
tschok
stop (prevent)
pluukte
street
terokt
suffer
morgil
T
Common
Krolgeh
Notes
take
shkela
they / them
jodte
thorn
criga
U
Common
Krolgeh
Notes
understand / do not understand
plisk / pliskte
under / over
lutkra / lut
up / down
vosk / voskkra
us / we
jod
W
Common
Krolgeh
Notes
war
dubra
was-is / was-is not
kak / kakte
we / us
jod
what
olt
when
huup
where
sunt
who
q’ri
will / will not
tik / tikte
with
tra
Y
Common
Krolgeh
Notes
yes / no
bil / bilte
you /your
q’ap
Krolgeh to Common
A
Krolgeh
Common
Notes
akril
flee
ap
I / me
apdo
he
apso
she
arrorak
coward / cowardly
aun
short
aun'terokt
alley
av / avkra
in / out
awrda
intelligent / intelligence
B
Krolgeh
Common
Notes
bil / bilte
yes / no
brefta
weep
brakakt
insulting term
(literally: a slug that mates with itself)
b’rua
laugh
burz'dalep
sleep
burzarik
cemetary
For those who died of natural causes.
burzka
corpse
burzgafk
die
Ti die by anything else but fighting.
Burzkailt
Festival of the Dead
burzmorad
die
To die while fighting.
C
Krolgeh
Common
Notes
criga
thorn
crigzta
stick
currarik
building/structure
clezagdo / clezagso
parent (male / female)
cridluzk
square
czag
one who brings
D
Krolgeh
Common
Notes
d’braburz
kill
to kill in combat.
d’karzte / d’karz
leave / stay
doitro
plant used to cure worms
These being Sankir's mind control worms from War of Nations, specifically used by the Archipalego Half-Krolvins.
d’ton
fester / putrefy / corrupt / rot
dubra
war
dur / durkt / tik’dur
do / did / will do
dush
sibling
dushdo / dushso
sibling (male / female)
E
Krolgeh
Common
Notes
enoork / enoorkra
big / small
ep
give
etka
pig
etka grarrog
domesticated pig
As opposed to feral pigs – often a derogatory term.
F
Krolgeh
Common
Notes
falz
one who has been defeated
Often derogatory.
f’ploak
change
ut / futkra
quickly, speedily, with alacrity / slowly
G
Krolgeh
Common
Notes
gno'ap
my
gno
of/belonging to
goort
ship (warship = goort dubra)
grarrog
non-krolvin
grawel
guts/internal organs
gzadmor
pain
H
Krolgeh
Common
Notes
herndrok
star(s)
hoont
care
huup
when
I
Krolgeh
Common
Notes
ik
on
ilburz
kill
To kill in any way other than combat or blood feud.
irkuk
hello
A word of greeting.
ispuk
foot (feet)
J
Krolgeh
Common
Notes
jirwawk
oppose
jod
we / us
jodte
them / they
junda
spit/urinate/expel bodily fluids
K
Krolgeh
Common
Notes
kak / kakte
is-was / is-was not
karz
go
klot
boot(s)
koask
see/view
kref / krefkra
before / after
krol
generic term for all krolvin peoples
krolgeh
the krolvin language
L
Krolgeh
Common
Notes
lalk
blue
leb
how
lup
day
lut / lutkra
above (over) / below (under)
M
Krolgeh
Common
Notes
melg
put
mizklog
market (place)
mizklog'do
merchant (male)
mordg
fear
moradg
fearless/brave
moradg burzarik
cemetary
For those who died in battle.
morgil
suffer
mrodburz
kill
To kill in a blood feud)
O
Krolgeh
Common
Notes
olt
what
onnag
enjoy, appreciate
P
Krolgeh
Common
Notes
p'tuu
slave
pla’dush
family
plisk / pliskte
understand / do not understand
pluuk / pluukte
cause (make happen) / prevent
pra or / nor
pritz'to bright (very light)
pritz'tokra
dim (not bright)
pritz
light
pritzkra
dark
prozd
night
pul'crigzta
chopsticks
Literally "food stick"
pulct
chop
pulta
meal / food
Q
Krolgeh
Common
Notes
q’ap
you
q’ri
who
quoab
long
quoab prozd
death
"The Long Night."
quozlav
central / middle
R
Krolgeh
Common
Notes
renqua
skin
rroak
cower
S
Krolgeh
Common
Notes
shkela
take
sto
it / that / this
sunt
where
T
Krolgeh
Common
Notes
t’
and
tschok
halt (stop, cease)
terokt
street
tezt
am / are
tik / tikte
will / will not
tor
get
tra
with
tuug / tuugkra
good / bad
Statement of quality, not a moral stance.
tulg / tulgte
everybody / nobody
tuz / tuzte
can / cannot
U
Krolgeh
Common
Notes
ungbok
fight
urgha
goodbye
Word of leaving.
V
Krolgeh
Common
Notes
v’koort
ocean (sea)
vosk / voskkra
up / down
Common Krolgeh Phrases and Sayings
Common Krolgeh Phrases
Krolgeh
Common
Notes
Ap junda ik burzka!
I spit/piss on your corpse!
Morgil, brakakt!
Suffer, slug!
Q’ap tik burzmorad av gzadmor!
You will die in pain!
Q’ap tik burzmorad breftark!
You will die weeping!
Ap b’rua q’ap morgil!
I laugh at your suffering!
Q’ap ungbokt tuug.
You fought well.
Common Krolgeh Sayings
Krolgeh
Common
Notes
Herndrok brefta q’ap.
The stars weep for you.
A rare expression of sympathy.
Prozd gno tulgte
The night belongs to nobody.
You can’t have everything.
Krol tra klot hoonte sunt apdo melg apdo ispuk.
The krolvin with the boots doesn’t care where he puts his feet.
