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Githyanki Vocabulary
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Vocabulary[edit | edit source]
B
- Baht t'Vlaakith
- Commander of Dragons. Vlaakith's Chosen.
C
- Chk
- A term of exasperation. More a sound than a word. Akin to "pff" or "pft."
- Ch'mar, zal'a Vlaakith.
- Vlaakith's will above all.
- Ch'r'ai
- Elite warriors of Vlaakith
- chraith
- Enemy.
- chraith'kan zharn
- "May your enemies know agony."
G
- gh'ath
- Ship or nautiloid.
- ghaik
- A mind flayer, the mortal enemies of the Gith.
- ghustil
- Healer.
- gish
- A military title, a warrior who mixes martial combat with arcane magic.
- githzerai
- Those who spurn Gith; a separate culture split from the Githyanki long ago.
- g'lyck
- An expression similar in meaning to a sigh.
H
- hshar'lak
- A traitor who should be hunted on sight.
- htak'a
- A battle cry. Attack! (imperative)
- hta'zith
- Die! (imperative)
I
- istik
- An outsider. One who is not a Githyanki.
J
- jhe'stil
- A superior (to oneself).
K
- k'chakhi
- Idiot
- kith'rak
- A high-ranking Githyanki title, roughly corresponding to "captain" or "knight". They wield silver swords and ride dragons. Plural kith'raki.
- kaincha
- An expression of dismay or regret.
- kainyank
- Gith curse word, combining kain as in kaincha with yank meaning "child". Potentially along the lines of "ignorant brat".[1]
M
- Mha stil'na forjun inyeri
- May the Comet blaze my path forward.
- mla'ghir
- Liberator.
- mlar
- A Gith term for crafter or artisan.
P
- pa'vrylk
- Stop! (imperative)
R
- ra'stil
- Ally.
S
- Sarevok'cha tsk'in'va
- "Sarevok can eat shit." [2]
- sarth
- A military title, leader of a squad of ten warriors.
- she'lak
- Idealist do-gooder. Benevolent burden.
- shka'keth
- A derogatory term. Roughly "asshole".
- shkath zai
- For honour. Used as a greeting.
- shu'kyani
- The 'egg-layers.' Githyanki who only visit the Material Plane long enough to pass their eggs.
- sa'varsh
- Teacher; instructor.
T
- tas'ki
- An expression of annoyance.
- tsk'va
- An expression of disgust. Vaguely implied to be analagous to "shit".
- tir'su
- The Gith writing system.
- Tu'narath
- "The One in the Void" "The City of Death" The githyanki capital city in the Astral Plane. Built upon the giant, long-dead remains of an ancient six-armed god.
V
- Varsh
- Caretaker of young Githyanki within a crèche.
- Vlaakith
- Death.
- Vlaakith gha'g shkath zai
- For the honour of Vlaakith!
- Vlaakith'ka sivim hrath krash'ht
- Only in Vlaakith may we find light.
- vin'iisk
- Minion, underling.
Y
- yank
- Child, follower; plural yanki. Plural form is sometimes used as a shorthand for the Githyanki as a whole, Githyanki meaning "children of Gith".
Z
- zaith'isk
- "Purifier," or more specifically, a device used to remove mind flayer parasites from infected Gith.
- zech
- Wait! (imperative)
- zhak vo'n'ash duj
- "Source of my bruises." Term of affection.
- zhak vo'n'fynh duj
- "Source of my joy."
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- ↑ From the dialogue files:
Shadowheart: Who put you in charge? I'll trust my own judgement.
Laezel: Kainyank. (Gith curse word, delivered with irritation after Shadowheart pushes back on Lae'zel's authority.) - ↑ It is unclear which parts of the phrase have which functions. "Sarevok" is obvious. tsk'in'va is particularly interesting as tsk'va on its own means "shit" making 'in' an infix, presumably a verb equivalent to either "eat," the auxiliary "can," or a compound of both (in which case 'cha modifies only Sarevok as some form of declination or simple derision of the subject). The suffix 'cha bears resemblance to k'chakhi meaning idiot, lending some credence to the notion that it modifies Sarevok to convey a negative opinion of him. Unfortunately the only other example of the k' prefix is in Crèche K'liir and there are no other examples of the suffix khi, leaving little clue to what role 'cha plays in k'chakhi, or if it is even an independent morpheme in the first place.