Terminology
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The Vulcans never had an entertainment form anything like the daytime serial dramas of Earth, often called soap operas. Gothic horror dramas are a uniquely Terran thing, as well, although the Klingons and several other cultures had similar entertainment forms in their pasts. Dark Shadows of 20th Century Earth blended gothic horror with the serial drama format. The unique worlds created by Dan Curtis, in their various incarnations, have fascinated to the peoples of the Federation and beyond. Other beings have learned important things about the human psyche and culture by studying this materal. The Vulcans have intently studied the many hundreds of hours of material and the Klingons thoroughly love it!

Below you will find a sampling of vocabulary that you might find associated with the world of Dark Shadows in print and video. (Names are listed in pure alphabetical order by title, if any, first name then last name, since names are sorted using the Vulcan standard here.)

Abigail Collins -- Abuh'geil Kaluhnz
Abnormal -- ritsuri|-|
Adam -- Ahduhm
Alexander Todd -- Ahluhk'zahnduhr Tad
Amanda Harris -- Uhmahnduh Heruhs
Amulet -- zaibihk
Amy Jennings -- Eimi Dzheningz
Android -- sutorsu
Angélique Bouchard -- Anzheilik Bushard
Animal (n.) -- aushfa
Aristede -- Arihstid
Armor (n.) -- fo-wein
Assassin -- to'ankha-stausu

Barnabas Collins -- Barnuh'buhs Kaluhnz
Bat (animal) -- baht
Belt -- san-zhel
Ben Loomis -- Ben Lumuhs
Beth Chavez -- Beth Shavez
Bill Malloy -- Bihl Muhloi
Bizarre -- nifauli|-|
Blood -- khaf
Blue Whale -- Pla-Kur-Weil
Bob Rooney -- Bab Runi
Buffie Harrington -- Buhfi Hering'tuhn
Burke Devlin -- Buhrk Dev'luhn
Button (n.) -- gonaf
Buzz Hackett -- Buhz Hahkuht

Cage (n.) -- kraisek
Cane (n.) -- lates-fek
Carolyn Stoddard -- Keroluhn Staduhrd
Cave -- tauk
Cavern -- suk'tauk
Cemetary -- vukhut-ker
Chain -- naf-elakh (TGV), naflakh (MGV)
Chris Jennings -- Krihs Dzheningz
Claude North -- Klad North
Claw (n.) -- spahk
Cliff -- menal
Cloak (n.) -- to-sai
Coffin -- tevikeh-natuhn
Collinsport -- Kaluhnz'port
Collinsport Inn -- Kaluhnz'port-Hafa'el
Collinwood -- Kaluhn'wuuhd
Corpse -- tevik-veh (TGV), tevikeh (MGV)
Corridor -- tvur
Count André du Pres -- Sa-Thol'kor Andrei du Prei
Countess Natalie du Pres -- Ko-Thol'kor Natali du Prei
Cowl (n.) -- weinat
Cross (n.) -- tuhs
Crossbow -- dvudau-kes-wun
Crypt -- brag
Crystal Cabot -- Krihstuhl Kahbuht
Cure -- bohraya (n.), bohrau (v.)
Curse -- raspiis (n.), raspiis-tor (v.)
Cursed, to be -- puraspiis-tor
Cyrus Longworth -- Sairuhs Lang'wuhrth

Dagger -- lipitah
Damion Edwards -- Deimiuhn Ed'wuhrdz
Danger -- tehvar
Daniel Collins -- Dahnyuhl Kaluhnz
Daphne Harridge -- Dahf'ni Heridzh
Darkness -- mu'gel'es
David Collins -- Deivuhd Kaluhnz
Deadly -- teval-, tevalik
Deaf (adj.) -- zhu-fam-, zhu-famik
Death -- tevakh
Delusion -- plokh
Deputy Jonathan Harker -- Neto-Gav-Feihan Dzhanuhthuhn Harkuhr
Disembodied spirit -- savukhut-tam'a
Disguise (n.) -- pasut
Doctor Dave Woodard -- Ortrensu Deiv Wuuhduhrd
Doctor Eric Lang -- Hassu Erihk Lahng
Doctor Hiram Fisher -- Hassu Hairuhm Fihshuhr
Doctor Ian Reade -- Hassu Iuhn Riid
Doctor Julia Hoffman -- Hassu Dzhuliuh Haf'muhn
Doctor Peter Guthrie -- Hassu Pituhr Guhth'ri
Door -- svep
Doorbell -- svep-kus-vakh
Doorknob -- svep-elat
Doorstep -- svep-ashef
Doorway -- svep-sharu
Dorcas Trilling -- Dorkuhs Trihling
Dosage -- fimah
Dose -- fim (n.), fimau (v.)
Doubt -- vet (n.), vet-tor (v.)
Dream -- run (n.), run-tor (v.)
Dream curse -- run-raspiis
Dust (n.) -- grazhiv

Edith Collins -- Iduhth Kaluhnz
Elizabeth Collins Stoddard -- Ilihzuh'beth Kaluhnz Staduhrd
Emergency (n.) -- kef-yet
Eternal -- ek'wak-, ek'wakik
Evil -- ek'rasahkos (adj.); ek'rasah (n.)
Execution -- tostaya
Executioner -- tostausu
Experiment (n.) -- spolek
Extrasensory perception (ESP) -- si-kash-ralik pakashogaya
Ezra Braithwaite -- Ez'ruh Breith'weit

Fang -- wu-zud
Fate -- buk
Ferocious -- keimen|-|
Fiend -- shaka
Fierce -- kei|-|
Fire (n.) -- yon
Floor -- lan-tol
Fog (n.) -- ihsek
Forbidden -- zad-, zadik
Forest -- laptra
Frank Garner -- Frahnk Garnuhr
Frenzy -- wihs
Fright -- kolthak
Fury -- kiit

Gate (n.) -- temep
Gem -- ek'zer
Gerard Styles -- Dzhuhrard Stailz
Ghost -- tam'a
Giant (n., person) -- masuksu
Gold (n.) -- kin-tukh
Gregory Trask -- Greguhri Trahsk
Grief -- tushat
Ground (n.) -- solektra

Hallie Stokes -- Hahli Stoks
Hammer (n.) -- mah-vel
Hand -- el'ru
Hannah Stokes -- Hahnuh Stoks
Harry Johnson -- Heri Dzhan'suhn
Haunt (v.) -- pa'tam'au
Haunted (adj.) -- pa'tam'au-, pa'tam'auk
Haunted house -- pa'tam'au-kelek
Haunting (n.) -- pa'tam'aya
Head (n.) -- patam
Heart -- khaf-spol
Henry Evans -- Hen'ri Evuhnz
Hidden (adj.) -- ip-, ipik
Hole (n.) -- razh
Home (n.) -- ha-kel
Hood (n.) -- fash
Hook (n.) -- kik
Horace Gladstone -- Horuhs Glahd'ston
Horror -- ksevat
Horse (n.) -- hors
House (n.) -- kelek
Howl -- vlut (n.), vlur (v.)
Hysteria -- ek'vash-nosh

Ice (n.) -- le-suma
Imaginary -- glenon-, glenonik
Imagination -- glenonaya
Injury -- dash
Inspector Hamilton -- Linikausu Hahmuhl'tuhn
Istvan -- Ihst'van

James Blair -- Dzheimz Bler
Janet Findley -- Dzhahnuht Fihnd'li
Jason McGuire -- Dzheisuhn Muh'Gwair
Jeff Clark -- Dzhef Klark
Jeremiah Collins -- Dzheruh'mai'uh Kaluhnz
Jeremy Grimes -- Dzheruhmi Graimz
Joanna Mills -- Dzho'ahnuh Mihlz
Joe Haskell -- Dzho Hahskuhl
Josette du Pres -- Dzhozet du-Prei
Joshua Collins -- Dzhashuwuh Kaluhnz
Journey -- halovaya (n.), halovau (v.)
Joy -- mak
Judah Zachary -- Dzhuduh Zahkuhri
Judge Hanley -- To-Go-Rasathausu Hahn'li
Judge Isiah Braithwaite -- To-Go-Rasathausu Aizai'uh Breith'weit
Judge Vail -- To-Go-Rasathausu Veil
Julianka -- Dzhuli'ankuh
Justin Collins -- Dzhuhstuhn Kaluhnz

Key -- tal-muv
Kill (v.) -- stau
Killed, to be -- pustau
King Johnny Romano -- Sa-Te'kor Dzhani Romano
Kinsman -- tomasu
Kiss -- shok (n.), shok-tor (v.)

Ladder -- pu'uth
Lake -- suk'muzh
Lantern -- |makh-|yonet
Larry Chase -- Leri Tcheis
Latch (n.) -- kuhr
Laura Collins -- Loruh Kaluhnz
Leg -- mal
Legacy -- visak'a
Legend (tale) -- osos'ehtak
Lesson -- tupa
Library -- shi'murat (ancient term), shi'dunap (old term), shi'kitalu (modern term) Lid -- razhein
Lighthouse -- |masu-|ha'zehl-kel
Lightning -- pahz
Lip -- bru
Lock -- klachek (n.), klacha (v.)
Lost (adj.) -- paki-, pakik
Love -- ashaya (n.), ashau (v.)
Loyalty -- fonn'es

Maggie Evans -- Mahgi Evuhnz
Magic (n.) -- zaipos
Mansion -- suk-kelek
Map (n.) -- besan
Mask (n.) -- limein
Matriarch -- pid-kom
Matthew Morgan -- Mahthyu Morguhn
Maude Browning -- Maad Brauning
Megan Todd -- Meiguhn Tad
Michael Hackett Todd -- Maikuhl Hahkuht Tad
Millicent Collins -- Mihlihsuhnt Kaluhnz
Mirror (n.) -- haulat
Monster -- stislak, ul'esk
Moon (n.) -- aikum
Morgan Collins -- Morguhn Kaluhnz
Mrs. Sarah Johnson -- Tel-Kosu Seruh Dzhan'suhn
Mud -- vrel
Mummy -- psethudatoralsu
Murder -- riyeht-staya (n.), riyeht-stau (v.)
Music -- ralash-tanaf
Musicbox -- ralash-tanaf-natuhn
Mutation -- tselaya

Naomi Collins -- Nei'omi Kaluhnz
Natural (adj.) -- malat-, malatik
Neck (n.) -- talu
Neighbor (n.) -- behsu
Net (n.) -- vis
Nicholas Blair -- Nihkoluhs Bler
Normal -- tsuri|-|

Oath (n.) -- relkoh
Oberon -- Obuhran
Odor -- vil
Omen -- gihlt
Ooze (v.) -- stan-tor
Origin -- tveshu
Orphan (n.) -- rimekhusu

Palm (hand) -- ku
Pansy Faye -- Pahnzi Fei
Passage (n.) -- fabehalan
Passions -- shau-kaush
Path -- yut
Patriarch -- pid-sam
Pendant -- kihsev
Peter Bradford -- Pituhr Brahd'fuhrd
Phenomenon -- stivan
Philip Todd -- Fihluhp Tad
Phyllis Wicke -- Fihluhs Wihk
Pipe -- mev
Pistol -- el'ru-pohshayek (TGV), el'ru-pohshek (MGV)
Poison (n.) -- gisam
Pond -- muzh
Prison -- to-klomak
Prisoner -- yefansu
Professor Michael Woodard -- Yigasavensu Maikuhl Wuuhduhrd
Professor Timothy Elliot Stokes -- Yigasavensu Tihmuhthi Eliuht Stoks
Projectile -- pohshulek
Prophet -- fa-wak-glansu

Quentin Collins -- Kwentuhn Kaluhnz

Randall Drew -- Rahnduhl Dru
Refuge (n.) -- rau-nol
Relic -- za-vel
Revelation -- ahklavaya
Reverend Amos -- Dvaribsu Eimos
Reverend Trask -- Dvaribsu Trahsk
Richard Garner -- Rihchuhrd Garnuhr
Rifle (weapon) -- kar-pohshayek (TGV), kar-pohshek (MGV)
Ring (n.) -- mokuv
Risk (n.) -- dvar
Ritual -- ho-rah
Road -- fau-yut
Robe -- pelal
Roger Collins -- Radzhuhr Kaluhnz
Rope -- man-elakh
Roxanne Drew -- Raksahn Dru

Sabrina Stuart -- Subrinuh Stu'uhrt
Sack (n.) -- sa'haf
Sacrifice (n.) -- oslauvolaya
Sam Evans -- Sahm Evuhnz
Samantha Drew Collins -- Suhmahn'thuh Dru Kaluhnz
Sand -- mazhiv
Sarah Collins -- Seruh Kaluhnz
Scarred (adj.) -- ulidal-, ulidalik
Scream -- she (n.); shei (v.)
Sea -- masutra
Search -- psthan (n.), pstha (v.)
Secret (adj.) -- tsatik
Servant -- dvinsu
Shadow (n.) -- duv
Shelter (n.) -- rau-nol
Sheriff Davenport -- To-Gav-Feihan Dahvuhn'port
Sheriff George Patterson -- To-Gav-Feihan Dzhordzh Pahtuhr'suhn
Sheriff Jonas Carter -- To-Gav-Feihan Dzhonuhs Kartuhr
Siege (n.) -- tvifostan
Sign (n.) -- glat
Signal -- glantokaya (n.), glantokau (v.)
Skeleton -- hinek-teraya (TGV), hinektra (MGV)
Skull -- grat
Sky Rumson -- Skai Ruhm'suhn
Smoke (n.) -- vuzh
Snow (n.) -- izh
Sophia Loomis -- Sofiuh Lumuhs
Sorcery -- ruboch-tanaf
Soul -- |tvi-|katra
Spear (n.) -- tilek
Spirit (n.) -- tam'a (ghost); |tvi-|katra (soul)
Stain -- kuraya (n.), kurau (v.)
Stained (adj.) -- pukural-, pukuralik
Stairs -- kaiden
Stella Young -- Steluh Yuhng
Sting -- rakus (n.), rakusau (v.)
Storm (n.) -- sahriv
Strange -- flekh-, flekhik
Stranger (n.) -- rifainusu
Suki Forbes -- Suki Forbz
Surprise (v.) -- ak'wikmun
Survival -- rishan
Swamp (n.) -- flash
Sword -- shek
Symbol -- sehtebihk

Tail (n.) -- harr
Talon -- tsa-spahk
Teacher -- |o|savensu
Terror -- vash
Tessie Kincaid -- Tesi Kihn'keid
Thing -- vel
Thomas Findley -- Tamuhs Fihnd'li
Threat -- nan
Thunder -- rahm (n.), rahm-tor (v.)
Time (n.) -- wak
Time travel -- wak-halovaya
Time traveler -- wak-halovausu
Tomb -- brag
Tooth -- zud
Tower (n.) -- kispek
Toxin -- hasam
Toy (n.) -- leitri
Trap -- pash (n.), pash-tor (n.)
Travel -- halovaya (n.), halovau (v.)
Treasure (n.) -- odon

Undead, The -- Ri-Tevanu
Unexplained -- ridanal-, ridanalik (adj.); ridanalu (n.)
Unknown (n.) -- ri-fainu
Unusual -- ritsuri|-|
Urgent -- akali|-|
Usual -- tsuri|-|

Vampire (n.) -- khaf-monsu
Venom -- ausham
Victoria Winters -- Vihk'toriuh Wihntuhrz
Violent -- khrashik
Voyage -- halan (n.), hal-tor (v.)

Wall (n.) -- temok
Water -- masu
Wave (n.) -- pral
Weapon -- wun
Web -- vis
Weird -- flekh-, flekhik
Werewolf -- ushgul
Willie Loomis -- Wihli Lumuhs
Witch -- krelsh
Worm (n.) -- ukram
Wound (n.) -- skek
Wrist -- kar-nik

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