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Southern Proto-Orkish

RedJanuary 23, 2026

Tenses:

-gʷaž: future tense

-gʷñ: future plural tense

-ķʷûð: past perfect

-ķʷuž: past tense

-ǰaʷķ: present tense

-kʷân: verb past tense

Lexicon:

äʷ: away

abʷë: flea, pest, insect

abëkʷar: to pursue

aⁿdã: a living being

æĝa: and

ãʷk: to cut

ãᵐbwë: mother

awⁿga: iron

awⁿgabʷãnðu: Angband

abʷãx₂ř: follow

aʷãrķwâ: foe

àʷēš: one

ãʷþař: to appoint

aʷyanwõ: a god

aʷttwõ: father

aʷzĝ: zero

bʷãg: to torture

bʷãgæw: to whip

bʷãnðu: prison

bʷãywřķ: clan

bʷã: substantial, large

bʷuñwæš: better

bʷúřgwæl: shadow

bʷúřz: dark

bʷúřzⁿdwæĝ: night

bʷūřzǰwūm: darkness

bʷūĵwžb: maggot

bʷól: pain

bʷūř: is

bʷıřãw: castle

dʷæĝ: time

dʷæř: to be situated

dʷæřōlô: to lie down

dʷãř: to be hungry

dʷæšʷô: Middle-earth

dʷæūb: agony

dʷõlo: island

dʷřaⁿg: ogre

dʷœn: can

dʷœnⁿĝa: cannot

dʷúřb: rule

dʷãħaʷn: high

dʷošœmð: to mar

fʷãñ: bright

ĝwæ.ãþ: master

ĝwæ.ãþbʷúřz: dark master

ĝwæř: day

ĝwíᵐb: find

ĝwœl: wraith

ĝwœldʷôř: sorcery

ĝwôⁿd: stone

ħʷõñ: to see

ħʷōñkʷõt: eye

Îwbʷřë: silver

kwōřë: arise

kwōřô: arising

ᵐbwęlēķ: might

ᵐbweļëk.ķwōřõ: Melkor

ⁿĝwa: negative, not

ⁿgwælāʷg: Elf