Stealing this from my Severator account.

A note about names: names are typically built using the language itself, rather than assigned through birthrights and honors. Therefore, very few names are the same.

If a verb should be added into a name, such as the verb mer (to build), then it will be typically added without the strong "-er" denomination. Ex., Silmetinu - "Light built (by) river". It's an understood "built by" once it is introduced in name format. Otherwise, it's conjugated normally.

Plural forms of words end exclusively with an "-i" following the singular pronunciation of the word itself.

In a name, when referring to a place or people, the plural form is usually silenced such as Gondor "Castle of Men" instead of Gonidore (Goni being plural "Men" and Dore being "Castle of", with an added "r" to avoid a blunt vowel conjunction - the confusion with the verb form is noted). A better example would be Rohan instead of Rohiani. As one might notice, adjectives are usually put before a personal noun. This last bit does not apply to titles, apparently, as if one were to say Sartherian, it still means "Lord of Sea-Elves" or "Lordly Sea Elf".

Forms of Conjugation

The seafolk language is binding and strange for outsiders, but follows similar guidelines. There are different tenses for the verbs that dictate when and how a verb is used.

However, verbs are used in context and often with body language. Sweeping gestures to the sun, moon, or stars, indicate past tense, to things that have been pre-established and eternal. While hard hand signals to the chest or ground are for the present tense, where the speaker is rooted. Future tense is dictated by broken eye contact, or gestures behind the speaker's partner, to indicate something they cannot see yet.

Present-tense:

Past-tense:

Future-tense:

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A

Adjacent - Ne.

And - U. Ex, the name Enusil: "En-" (raindrop) "-u-" (and) "-sil" (light).

As - O. Ex., the name Barothon: "Bar-" (to stay) "-o-" (as) "-thon" (stone).

B

Battle - Dag.

Beast - Lagon.

Beauty - Tena.

Belief - Dyne.

Bell - Dond.

Blacksmith - Bele.

Blessed - El. Commonly used in names ending with an unwanted vowel to prevent a long vowel sound at the end. Means the same as the "love" El, but used more personally as in "this name or person bearing this name is loved/blessed".

Blood - Tiru. Closely related to the word for river "Tinu" as well as the word for tear, as in the tears from an individual's eyes, "Tivu". All of this means sorrow, or fond remembrance, though the context often dictates whether it is used bitterly or not.

Bright - Va.

Brutal - Dal.

Building - Me. Usually meant as a fortress definition, but other beautiful houses can be referenced such as seaside mansions or temples.

C

Castle - Do.

Conqueror - On. Also a common ending to a male name, though in this context it is often not used in a warrior or military sense - at least not at first. In this way it simply means that the individual is destined to go on to do great or memorable things.

D

Daughter - Li.

Demon - Morg.

Descendant - By.

Destiny - Fea.

Destruction - Te.

E

Earth - Ul.

Elf - Ther. Usually used to describe the seafolk and hardly ever used in names, except in the cases of the titles Ultherian and Sartherian which mean Lord of Sea Elves and Lord of Earth Elves, respectively.

F

Fire - Anca.

G

Great - Onle.

Grief - Ti.

Gold - Mere.

H

Hair - Cel.

Halfling - Gol.

Heart - Bron.

Holy - Illu.

Horse - Roh.

Hound (tamed) - Krell.

Hound (untamed) - Kron.

I

Immortal - Mar. Often used interchangeably with the definition of Mar meaning "sky" as the seafolk believe that two things are truly immortal in their lives, the sea and the sky which both reflect the eyes of their gods and their angels in the stars.

Inferno - No.

Iron - Fere.

J

Jewel - Limrh.

K

Kind - Careh.

L

Light - Sil.

Lord - An.

Love - El.

M

Man - Gon/Tel. This word changes into Tel, which also means sailor, when there is a man at sea as opposed to on solid ground. It's an interchangeable word with men and women, perhaps even meaning "human" altogether.

Master - Cal.

Mountain - Lin.

N

Navigator - Ciri.

O

Of - E. Ex., the name Telebreth: "Tel-" (sailor/man of the sea) "-e-" (of) "-breth" ([a] ship).

One (personal, as in a deity) - Tar. This seems to be one of the few examples of a verbal form used as a noun, perhaps to denote a godly figure in the mythos of the seafolk. If it were to be used as a verb, it would simply be translated as "to be".

P

Pearl - Se.

Pride - Ille.

Q

R

Rain storm - Enna

Raindrop - En

River - Tinu. Closely related to Blood "Tiru" and Tears "Tivu", ultimately owing the root word to Grief "Ti".

Rock - Thon. In the context of a conjunction meant to be insulting, such as Thonkron, it means the subject is as stubborn or as stupid as a rock as well as being beastly like an untamed dog.

Ruin - Grada.

S

Sailor - Tel.

Sea - Sar. It's unknown why Sar is one of the few words ending in an "-r" in the language of the seafolk that isn't a verb. Perhaps Sar is also meant to be used for "to sail (the sea)" or something similar. It's used almost exclusively when talking about large bodies of water, so this might be the case.

Shadow - Brax.

Ship - Breth.

Silver - Tere.

Sky - Mar.

Son - Lo.

Spirit - Wen.

Star - Lum.

Storm - Voth.

T

Tear - Tivu. Songs of Blood "Tiru" and Rivers of Grief "Tinuve e Ti" are close and binding to the seafolk culture, as they are bound to the sea as a people. Rivers return to the sea, and they embark their dead on great ships running on those watery roads back home.

Throat - Thu.

Tidal wave - Fin.

To be - Tar.

To be bright (with light) - Var.

To be dark (within shadow) - Braxar.

To be descended from - Byr.

To be destroyed - Terir.

To be proud - Iller.

To believe in - Dyner.

To build - Mer.

To crash - Dacar.

To destroy - Ter.

To divine one's destiny - Fear.

To encrust (as with jewels) - Limbohr.

To fight - Dagher.

To forge - Beler.

To forget - Minir.

To fortify - Dor.

To glitter - Fadar.

To grieve - Tirar.

To hide - Or.

To kindle a fire - Nor.

To love (someone) - Elar.

To love (something) - Elir.

To navigate - Cirir.

To place by - Ner.

To ring - Dondar.

To set ablaze - Ancar.

To stay - Bar.

To terrorize - Lagur.

To water - Aer.

To wave (in wind or water) - Thur.

To whisper - Urer.

Tower - Lindoth.

Treasure - Ill. Very close to "holy", or Illu. It is believed that the two words were derived in the same moment as when the seafolk first laid their eyes on the material known to humans as gold. They treasured it and thought of it to be close to their distant creators.

U

Undead - Sekh. It is entirely possible that the seafolk know only of the living dead through song and of portents from long ago. This word is so ancient that few know of its origins, perhaps dating back before even written human languages existed.

Unholy - Um.

V

Voice - Rem.

W

Water - Ae.

Wave (ripple) - Thu.

Whisper - Ure.

With - A. Ex., the name Maravoth: "Mar-" (sky) "-a-" (with) "-voth" (storm).

X

Y

Z

Unique Words/Phrases

"Next to the sea, a singular lament of days long gone" - Then.

The precious jewels of the seafolk, made from unknown materials and said to reflect the light of every star in the sky within their unbreakable forms - Silmarilli