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	262	+	tags:
	263	+
	264	+	- language
	265	+	- karakeel status: working list
	266	+
	267	+	---
	268	+
	269	+	# Karakeel Lexicon (working list)
	270	+
	271	+	Netzhar (Hebrew) roots, Balto-Finnic affixes, Estonian vowel shaping. Sound rules used: b > p, q > k, ch > h, z > s (dz kept for the beard marker), tz > ts, sh written š, v written w, ayin drops, initial aleph carries its vowel, first-syllable stress.
	272	+
	273	+	Status: C canon, S stated by Rook, P proposed. Everything not marked C or S is P.
	274	+
	275	+	## Qualities (adjectives and descriptors)
	276	+
	277	+	\|Karakeel\|Root\|Meaning\|Status\|
	278	+	\|---\|---\|---\|---\|
	279	+	\|Pah-\|b-h-r (bahir)\|bright\|C (Platinum epithet)\|
	280	+	\|Raam-\|r-w-m\|high, exalted\|P\|
	281	+	\|Yak-\|y-q-r (yaqar)\|precious\|P\|
	282	+	\|Gipor\|g-b-r\|mighty, warrior\|P\|
	283	+	\|Hasak\|ch-z-q\|strong\|P\|
	284	+	\|Amits\|a-m-tz\|brave\|P\|
	285	+	\|Yašar\|y-sh-r\|upright\|P\|
	286	+	\|Hakam\|ch-k-m\|wise\|P\|
	287	+	\|Parak\|b-r-k\|blessed\|P\|
	288	+	\|Dawit\|d-w-d\|beloved\|P\|
	289	+	\|Šalom\|sh-l-m\|whole, at peace\|P\|
	290	+	\|Katul (orc-shaped)\|g-d-l\|great\|P\|
	291	+	\|Odem\|a-d-m\|red, ruddy\|P\|
	292	+	\|Riš-\|r-a-sh (rishon)\|first\|P\|
	293	+	\|Kol-\|k-l (kol) / q-w-l (qol)\|all / voice\|P\|
	294	+
	295	+	## Hair (for -ser clan names)
	296	+
	297	+	\|Karakeel\|Root\|Meaning\|Note\|
	298	+	\|---\|---\|---\|---\|
	299	+	\|-ser\|s-'-r (se'ar)\|hair\|Apostate clan marker, in place of -dza (beard). P\|
	300	+	\|Pera-\|p-r-'\|loose, unshorn hair\|The Nazirite's uncut hair, a vow (Numbers 6:5). P\|
	301	+	\|Tal-\|t-l-l (taltalim)\|curled, wavy locks\|Song of Songs 5:11. P\|
	302	+	\|Tsem-\|tz-m-r (tzemer)\|wool, woolly\|Daniel 7:9, hair like pure wool. P\|
	303	+	\|Gas-\|g-z-z\|shorn\|P\|
	304	+	\|Yak-\|y-q-r\|precious (jewel)\|Yakser, Jewelhair. S\|
	305	+
	306	+	## Peoples and polity
	307	+
	308	+	\|Karakeel\|Meaning\|Status\|
	309	+	\|---\|---\|---\|
	310	+	\|Kara; karalane, karalased\|the dwarves (k-r-h dig / q-r-a call out); one dwarf; dwarves\|P\|
	311	+	\|Kord\|a beard braid: founding line and its strands\|C (braid sense S)\|
	312	+	\|-dza\|beard, blood (zaqan)\|C\|
	313	+	\|Koda\|hall; the seat and its government\|C\|
	314	+	\|patkoda, patkojad\|daughter hall(s) (b-t daughter)\|P\|
	315	+	\|noun + s + koda\|daughter hall named for its work (Raudskoda, Raamskoda)\|P\|
	316	+	\|-la\|sept settlement\|P (codex)\|
	317	+	\|-maa\|realm, country (Estonian maa)\|P\|
	318	+	\|Hepel\|allotted range, scriptural or legal (chevel)\|P\|
	319	+	\|Koldza; Koldzakond\|the Rainbow-beard; the order as a body\|P (R6)\|
	320	+	\|Riškol\|the First Voice\|P\|
	321	+	\|Sar\|jarl, lord under a sovereign (s-r-r)\|P\|
	322	+	\|Saride Sar\|Sar of Sars (Daniel 8:25)\|P\|
	323	+	\|Rossor\|elected head of the Sars (rosh + sar)\|S\|
	324	+	\|Hošen\|the breastplate (choshen)\|P\|
	325	+	\|Naddzarah\|wanderers of the blood\|C\|
	326	+	\|Tahmelek\|Underking (tachat + melekh)\|P (codex)\|
	327	+	\|gerlane\|freed outsider thralls, gith analog (ger)\|P\|
	328	+
	329	+	## Time
	330	+
	331	+	\|Karakeel\|Meaning\|Status\|
	332	+	\|---\|---\|---\|
	333	+	\|-aeg\|age, era (Estonian aeg)\|P\|
	334	+	\|Riškolaeg\|the Age of the First Voice (Age of Myth)\|S (name), P (form)\|
	335	+	\|Kordade aeg\|the Age of Kords\|S (name), P (form)\|
	336	+	\|-kuu\|month (Estonian kuu, moon)\|P\|
	337	+	\|the Lighting / the Darkest Night\|New Year, south / north\|S\|
	338	+
	339	+	## Months (breastplate order from the Lighting)
	340	+
	341	+	\|#\|Month\|Stone (Hebrew)\|
	342	+	\|---\|---\|---\|
	343	+	\|1\|Odekuu\|odem, carnelian (red)\|
	344	+	\|2\|Pitdakuu\|pitdah, peridot or topaz\|
	345	+	\|3\|Parekuu\|bareqet, emerald\|
	346	+	\|4\|Nopekuu\|nofekh, turquoise or garnet\|
	347	+	\|5\|Sappikuu\|sappir, lapis or sapphire\|
	348	+	\|6\|Yahakuu\|yahalom\|
	349	+	\|7\|Lešekuu\|leshem, jacinth or amber\|
	350	+	\|8\|Šewokuu\|shevo, agate\|
	351	+	\|9\|Ahlakuu\|achlamah, amethyst\|
	352	+	\|10\|Taršikuu\|tarshish, chrysolite or beryl\|
	353	+	\|11\|Šohakuu\|shoham, onyx\|
	354	+	\|12\|Yašpekuu\|yashfeh, jasper\|
	355	+
	356	+	All P.
	357	+
	358	+	## Personal names (male)
	359	+
	360	+	Craft: Haraš (smith), Pitah (engraver), Hatsep (stonecutter, S as the Rossor's name), Pana (builder), Epen (stone), Tsur (rock), Parsel (iron). Virtue: Gipor, Hasak, Amits, Šamar (guardian), Yašar, Hakam, Eser (help). Blessing: Natan (gave), Parak, Dawit, Šalom, Rapa (healer), Šapat (judge). Devout forms add Korb front or back (Korbnatan, Natankorb). Apostates drop it.

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