Lapine | Plural | Etymology | POS | English |
??? | | | proper noun | Translated by Adams as "Lapine", meaning the language and religion of the rabbits. Whether Lapine actually has a word for Lapine is unknown. [From English lapin n. Rabbit fur, especially when dyed to imitate a more expensive fur.] |
??? | | | proper noun | The Lapine word is unknown, but Adams translates it as "bob stones" and calls it a traditional game among rabbits. |
Crixa | | | proper noun | A crossroads, the center of Efrafa, located at the crossing point of two bridle paths. |
Efrafa | | | proper noun | A warren founded by General Woundwort. |
El-ahrairah | | [< Elil + hrair + rah, "Enemies Thousand Prince" or "The Prince with a Thousand Enemies".] | proper noun | The legendary rabbit folk hero. |
*eli | | [Hypothetical reconstruction of the singular, based on the patterns of other plurals. Could, alternatively, be *ela (as in hombil from homba).] | common noun | Enemy of rabbits. |
elil | | | common noun | Enemies of rabbits. |
embleer | | | adjective | Stinking, as in the smell of a predator, esp. a fox. |
fa | | [Reconstruction from Owslafa.] | common noun | Watcher? Augmentative? |
flay | *flay | | common noun | Food, especially grass or other edible plants. |
flayrah | | [< Flay + rah, "Food Prince" or "The Prince Of Foods".] | common noun | Lettuce, or other unusually good food. |
Frith | | | proper noun | The sun god of the rabbits. |
Frithrah | | [< Frith + rah, "Sun Prince" or "The Lord Sun!".] | exclamation | An exclamation. |
fu | | | preposition | After (later than), afterwards. |
fu inlé | | | phrase | After moonrise. |
*hain | *hainil | [Reconstructed from Nildro-hain, "Blackbird's song".] | common noun | Meaning uncertain: either blackbird or song. Probably song. |
hlao | *hlao-il | | common noun | Any dimple or depression formed in the grass, such as that formed by a daisy plant or a thistle, which can hold moisture. |
Hlao | | | proper noun | The name of Pipkin in Lapine. |
Hlao-roo | | [< Hlao + roo, diminutive.] | proper noun | A nickname of Pipkin. |
hlessi | hlessil | | common noun | An outcast rabbit, living above ground, without a regular hole or warren. |
homba | hombil | | common noun | A fox. |
hrair | | | adjective | Any number over four, a great many, an uncountable number. Loosely translated as "a thousand". |
Hrairoo | | [< Hrair + roo, diminutive.] | proper noun | The name of Fiver in Lapine, so called for being the last in a litter of five or more rabbits. |
hraka | *hrakil | | common noun | Droppings, excretions. |
hrududu | hrududil | | common noun | A motor vehicle such as a car or tractor. |
*hy(z) | | [Reconstruction from Hyzenthlay.] | verb | To shine. |
Hyzenthlay | | [< *hy(z) + *zen(th) + thlay, "Shine Dew Fur" or "Fur Shining Like Dew".] | proper noun | The name of a doe who lived in Efrafa. |
Inlé | | | proper noun | Literally, the moon or moonrise. Figuratively, darkness, fear and death. |
lendri | *lendril | | common noun | A badger. |
li | *lil | | common noun | Head (body part). |
marli | *marlil | | common noun | Literally, a doe. Figuratively, a mother. |
m'saion | | | sentence | "We meet them." |
narn | | | adjective | Pleasant to eat. |
*ni | | [Reconstructed from ni-frith.] | common noun | Time? High or highest? |
ni-frith | | [< ni, "high"? + frith, "sun".] | common noun | Noon. |
*nildro | *nildril | [Reconstructed from Nildro-hain, "Blackbird's song".] | common noun | Meaning uncertain: either blackbird or song. Probably blackbird. |
Nildro-hain. | | [< "Blackbird's Song".] | proper noun | The name of a doe who lived in Efrafa. |
Owsla | | | proper noun | The strongest rabbits in a warren. The elite rulers. |
Owslafa | | [< Owsla + fa.] | proper noun | Council Police. A term only used in Efrafa. |
Pfeffa | *pfeffil | | common noun | A cat. |
Rah | | | augmentative | A prince, leader or chief. Usually suffixed, dropping the 'r' when following an 'r'. |
Roo | | | diminutive | A diminutive, usually affectionate. Suffixed. |
sayn | *saynil | | common noun | Groundsel. |
silf | | | adjective | Outside, not underground. |
silflay | | [< silf + flay, "outside food".] | verb | To go above ground to feed. |
silflay | *silflay | [< silf + flay, "outside food".] | common noun | Food available above ground (outside the warren). |
tharn | | | adjective | Literally hypnotized with fear (think of the "deer caught in the headlights" only with a rabbit), stupefied, distraught. Figuratively, foolish, forlorn or heartbroken. |
Thethuthininang | | [< "Movement of Leaves." | proper noun | The name of a doe who lived in Efrafa. |
thlay | *thlay | | common noun | Fur. |
thlayli | | [< thlay + li, "fur head"] | proper noun | A nickname. |
threar | *threaril | | common noun | A rowan tree or mountain ash. |
Threarah | | [< Threar + rah, "Lord Threar".] | proper name | Lord Threar. |
u | | | definite article | Similar to "the" in English. |
U Hrair | | [< U + Hrair + Elil, "The Thousand Enemies".] | | The Thousand (Enemies) |
vair | | | verb | To excrete. |
yona | yonil | | common noun | A hedgehog. |
*zen(th) | | [Reconstruction from Hyzenthlay.] | common noun | Dew. |
zorn | | | adjective | Destroyed, murdered; suffered a catastrophe. |