Old Arram Translator
Old Arram is the first tongue of Elshore, the language of the Iru, now kept only in liturgy and inscription. This is an honest gloss between Old Arram and your site language, drawn word by word from the surviving lexicon.
6 / 7 words (86%). Not in the lexicon: chona.
A word-by-word gloss, not fluent translation. Old Arram word order (subject-object-verb) and its suffix grammar are not reshaped here. Use the grammar reference below to build real sentences.
Grammar and phonology
- Word order
- Subject - Object - Verb (SOV)
- Type
- Analytic-agglutinative
- Stress
- On the second syllable by default
- Syllable
- CV(C); the glottal mark ( ’ ) shows a morpheme boundary
- Script
- The Ilso Script (grid-disciplined, engineered calligraphy)
Derivational suffixes
Old Arram builds meaning by adding productive suffixes to a stem. Stem mutation is rare.
| -d | Verbaliser (feel → feelid, to depict) |
|---|---|
| -e / -le | Nominaliser (isuu → isuule, corpse) |
| -nio | Bearer of a quality, scion of |
| -foo | Of the, originating from, possessing |
| -nno | Basic adjectival suffix |
| -nni | Comparative degree |
| -nin | Superlative degree |
| -ii | Intensifier or pluraliser |
| -oo | Masculine marker (names, gendered forms) |
| -aa | Feminine or abstract nominal suffix |
| -la | Motion or wave-associated noun/aspect |
Tense, aspect, and mood
Time is marked by prefixes (past) and a suffix (future); aspect by particles before the verb.
| nih’- | Past tense (aelid → nih’aelid, moved) |
|---|---|
| lihe’- | Poetic or emphatic past |
| ofi | Perfect: has/have done |
| ofi’ele | Stative/passive perfect: has been done |
| -ifo | Future (ill → ill’ifo, will work) |
| tam | Distant, uncertain, or fated future |
Modality
Built around a content verb (here kohta, to build). The modal word precedes it.
| taanud | want to (desire) |
|---|---|
| hiki | can (ability) |
| enle | may (permission) |
| tarvi | must (obligation) |
| paha | will probably (speculation) |
| sen | maybe (hypothetical) |
Numerals
A transparent base-10 system. Numbers above ten are right-headed compounds joined with the glottal mark.
| dun’ash | 11 (ten and one) |
|---|---|
| ner’dun’sur | 23 (two tens and three) |
| val’dun | 40 (four tens) |
| terun’hil | 105 (hundred and five) |
| sur kena ner ele tem | three times two equals six |
Intentional homophonies
Three meanings the Iru kept fused rather than split apart.
| sur | winter AND three |
|---|---|
| iha | I AND strength |
| lisa | and / also AND add AND plus |
Sample sentences
Dho Thelian naave feelid.
Literal the Thelian window depicts
Natural Thelian depicts the window.
Lii i’dho grel, chona uud’i hro seellanno.
Literal if you (are) the grel, do not cast yourself from wisdom
Natural If you are the grel, do not die stupid.
Iha ti’safad era selod’ifo.
Literal I that-say he/she go-will
Natural I say that he will go.
I’han isk gaste.
Literal my head affliction
Natural My head is in pain.
The lexicon
Showing 80 / 728 (728 words).
| Old Arram | Class | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| a'aera | particle | when? |
| a'aitia | particle | why? |
| a'inim | particle | how? |
| a'iru | particle | who? |
| a'iru'na | particle | whose? |
| a'itu | particle | which month? |
| a'ki | particle | where? |
| a'ki'hro | particle | where from? (whence) |
| a'ki'nam | particle | which (place/thing)? |
| a'ki'oon | particle | where to? (whither) |
| a'liin | particle | what day? / when? |
| a'nam | particle | what? (thing) |
| a'nam'ele | particle | what is it? |
| a'sam | particle | which level? / which one? |
| a'telos | particle | what result? / outcome? |
| aa | noun | arm |
| aalaan | noun | child |
| aar | verb | to roam, to discover |
| aare | noun | a roaming, a discovery |
| abu | noun | father |
| abu'lec | noun | uncle (paternal) |
| abu'nin | noun | aunt (paternal) |
| aci | verb | reach, get, arrive |
| acile | noun | a reach, extent |
| addu | noun | lightning (far away) |
| ae | noun | movement |
| aelid | verb | to move |
| aelud | verb | to live, to exist |
| aer | noun | air, wind |
| aera | noun | time, moment, interval |
| aerade | noun | measured time |
| aeradid | verb | to delay or measure time |
| aes | noun | prime |
| agi | noun | job, wage labour |
| ago | noun | business, activity |
| ah'ino | adverb | bad |
| ah'oial | adverb | true |
| ah'opio | adverb | young |
| ahil | adverb | poor |
| ai | interjection | exclamation of pain, shock, or awe |
| aitia | noun | reason, cause, sin |
| ak | noun | meat |
| akaka | adverb | clear |
| akakad | verb | to clean |
| akakale | noun | a cleaning, a washing |
| ake | noun | a cut, butchered piece |
| ake'elaer | noun | thunder (cutting the sky) |
| akea | adverb | general |
| akele | noun | a cutting, that which divides |
| akid | verb | to cut or butcher |
| akkul | noun | mushroom, fungus |
| alah | adjective | exalted, imperial |
| alar | noun | low-lying, flat, depressed |
| alka | verb | begin, start |
| almar | noun | shovel, digging tool |
| alum | adverb | local |
| ama | noun | grandmother |
| amar | noun | grandfather, elder, city elder |
| amare | noun | fatherhood |
| amarid | verb | to father |
| amma | noun | factory |
| an | adjective | tiny, minuscule |
| anaa | verb | to nurture |
| anaale | noun | nurturing |
| anga | noun | narrow passage, strait |
| annil | noun | servant |
| annum | adverb | current |
| ansa | adverb | bitter |
| anta | verb | offer |
| anu | noun | mother |
| anu'lec | noun | uncle (maternal) |
| anu'nin | noun | aunt (maternal) |
| aor | particle | what? (immaterial) |
| ar | noun | foremost, projecting, outer |
| arad | noun | attendant |
| arad-du | noun | service, servitude |
| arkum | adverb | early |
| arn | noun | fact |
| ash | numeral | one |
| ash | noun | number |