Tayledras language

Both Tayledras and the Shin'a'in language are descended from the Kaled'a'in language, and share some cognates.

This page collects terms in the Tayledras language, translations, and (when possible) references.

• Ashke - beloved
• Ekele - "treehouse" home of a Tayledras
• Ke'chara - used affectionately by Moondance to Vanyel, and by Savil to Vanyel, clearly analogous to Kal'e'dain "kechara" - beloved.
• Kes'ten'tayul'mae - accomplishments in action, or "meant to be in motion."
• Leareth - "darkness"
• Leshy'a - spirit. It crops up in reference to Companions. Also see Tayledras "Ti'aeva'leshy'a" on this page. "Leshya'e" is used for Shin'a'in spirit Kal'enedral. Used in Kaled'a'in for Clan k'leshya, the Spirit Clan.
• Seeit mut, kes'sia'kut - No gods have yet disagreed. A joke meaning that since the gods have not expressed disapproval, a concept is apparently okay.
• Shay'a'chern: "'one whose lover is like self,' with a sexual connotation to the word 'self'. Someone attracted to another of the same gender.
  • Shaych: The Valdemaran contraction of it which entered the language around Vanyel's time.
  • She'chorne: the Shin'a'in equivalent.
  • The chern element shows up in the Kaled'a'in word "kestra'chern."
• Shay'kreth'ashke - lifebonded. Note the inclusion of "ashke", meaning beloved.
• Ti'aeva'leshy'a - "forest spirit." Tayledras bondbirds eventually lose their coloring from proximity to node magic. They become snow-white "ghost birds," with markings in faint blue-gray. Note use of "Leshy'a," meaning spirit, or in this case ghost.
• Voorthayshen - equivalent to a clan keep.
• Zhai'helleva: "Wind to thy wings," a greeting or farewell.
  

Undefined terms

• Ai'she'va - Used as an exclamation. no translation, although it is followed by "Holiest Mothers!"
• ash'ke'vriden - Brightstar says this to Moondance, his adoptive father. We know Ashke is "beloved."
• Ge'teva - no translation.
• Hai'yasha - no translation. Moondance says this when he first examines Vanyel. Note that "Hai" in Shin'a'in means "yes."
• Ka'sheeleth - no translation
• Shayana - Savil uses this multiple times, to Starwind and once to Moondance. no translation given
• Shaydra - no translation. Savil calls Starwind this when they meet after many years. She is his Wingsister; it may mean brother, or an affectionate term. See footnote.
• Shethka (or shethke or shaeka) - curse word; used the same way as the Shin'a'in language sheka (horse droppings). The Kaled'a'in language uses sketi.
• Vayshe'druvon: Darkwind called himself this; "Guard, scout, protector, he was all of those."
• Ye’dorkandan k’shulah - vague, see page

See also

• There is a section of Tayledras proverbs in the Shin'a'in proverbs page