TERMINOLOGY
Zhilikam t'°Daino'topiuh°

As with all advanced cultures, the Vulcans have a great wealth of literature, including genres similar to Terran science fantasy and science fiction. The 20th Century Terran Dinotopia® books by James Gurney and other authorized authors, and the movies and television shows based on them, are a guilty pleasure to younger beings and others in the Alpha and Beta Quadrants. Some reptilian species get a kick out of this material; they admire a world where humans and sentient dinosaurs are equal.

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

Academy for Young Mammals -- Shi'Oren na'Nu'ri-Thas-Aushfalar
Airplane -- sov-hashek
Airplane crash -- sov-hashek-tevul
Ajax -- Eidzhahks
Allosaurus -- alo'sohruhs
Almasaurus -- almuh'sohruhs
Amu River -- Amu-Pilash
Ancestors -- orfikkel
Ancient Library of Dinotopia -- Ma'os-Shi'Dunap t'Daino'topiuh
Ancient Temple of Kahro -- Ma'os-Shi'Kon t'Karo
Andrew -- Ahndru
Ankylosaurus -- ahng'kailo'sohruhs
Antique -- ek'os|-| (adj.); ek'os-vel (n.)
Apatosaurus -- uhpahto'sohruhs
Archaeopteryx -- arki'ap'terihks
Arri -- Ari
Arthur Denison -- Arthuhr Denuhsuhn
Backbone Mountains -- Plat-Suk'kunellar
Bandy -- Bahndi
Binny -- Bihni
Bix -- Bihks
Bongo -- Bango
Booj -- Budzh
Brachiosaurus -- brahki'o'sohruhs
Branko -- Brahnko
Brontotherium -- branto'theriuhm
Camarasaurus -- kahmuh'ruh'sohruhs
Candle (n.) -- ha'fek
Cannon -- thorsh-wun, thorshun
Canoe -- wadi-pi'mashali
Canyon -- spathel
Canyon City -- Spathel-Kahr
Carnivore -- kahm-yokulsu (sentient), kahm-yokulfa (non-sentient)
Carnivorous -- kahm-yokulan-, kahm-yokulanik
Carry (v.) -- lesh
Cart (n.) -- hal (anc.)
Carve -- skram-tor
Carving (n.) -- skram
Cascade -- ash-yumaya (n.), ash-yumau (v.)
Catapult (n.) -- sashizhek
Cataract (n., water) -- rihpret
Catch -- kum (n.), kum-tor (v.)
Caution -- yuzhat (n.), yuzh-tor (v.)
Cautious -- yuzh-bosh|-|
Cave -- tauk
Cavern -- suk'tauk
Ceratosaurus -- serahto'sohruhs
Chalicothere -- tchalihko'ther
Chandara -- Tchahndaruh
Chase (v.) -- zasahr-tor
Chasmosaurus -- kahs'mo'sohruhs
Chipstead -- Tchihp'sted
Cirrus -- Sihruhs
Citizen -- ek'tokahrsu
City -- kahr
Civilization -- sutenivaya
Cliff -- menal
Coast (n., shore) -- gef
Coat (n., clothing) -- to-pal
Companion -- besu
Convoy -- nik'el
Cook -- fassu (n.); fas-tor (v.)
Coral -- koruhl
Coral reef -- koruhl-rif
Cortez -- Kor'tez
Corythosaurus -- korihtho'sohruhs
Council -- shikh-orna
Councillor -- shikh-ornasu
Crash -- tevul (n.), tevulau; tevul-tor (v.)
Crime -- buhshaya
Criminal (n.) -- buhshasu
Cryptoclidus -- krihpto'klaiduhs
Cure -- bohraya (n.), bohrau (v.)
Cyrus Crabb -- Sairuhs Krahb
David Scott -- Deivuhd Skat
Deinonychus -- dai'nanihkuhs
Desert (n.) -- eshikh
Dinosaur -- dainuh'sohr, daino'sohr |fe-vesht-varik vash-ukraluk t'Terra|
Dinotopia -- Daino'topiuh
Dinotopian (n.) -- Daino'topiuhsu
Diplodocus -- dihpluh'dokuhs, dih'pladuhkuhs
Disease -- has
Doctor Koorosh -- Hassu Kurash
Dolphin -- dalfihn
Dragoncopter -- drahguhn-kaptuhr
Dragonfly Coast -- Drahguhn-Flai-Gef
Dryosaurus -- drai'o'sohruhs
Earthquake -- solektra-hutaya
Edaphosaurus -- edahfo'sohruhs
Edmontosaurus -- ed'manto'sohruhs
Egg (n.) -- yu-mur
Eggshell -- yu-mur-fo
Emma -- Emuh
Estemmenosuchus -- estemeno'sukuhs
Eucentrosaurus -- yu'sentro'sohruhs
Fleetfeet -- Flit'fit |Sahr-Ash'yalar|
Fly (v.) -- hash-tor
Fool (n.) -- duhsu
Foolish -- duh-, duhik
Foot -- ash'ya (anc.)
Footprint -- ash'yaidar
Footprint language -- ash'yaidar-gen-lis
Forbid -- zadau
Forbidden (adj.) -- zad-, zadik
The Forbidden Mountains -- Zad-Suk'kunellar
Fountain (n.) -- mashulek (decorative); mon-masuyek (drinking)
Fountain Square -- Mashulek-Gorplosh
Frank Scott -- Frahnk Skat
Gallimimus -- gahlih'maimuhs
Gentle -- Dzhentuhl
Giant ground sloth -- masuk-solektra-slath
Gideon Altaire -- Gihdiuhn Al'teir
Giganotosaurus -- dzhiga'nato'sohruhs
Glyphterodon -- glihf'tero'dan
The Great Desert -- Lo'uk Eshikh
Gryposaurus -- graipo'sohruhs
Gwen -- Gwen
Hadrosaurus -- hahdro'sohruhs, hahdruh'sohruhs
Harmony -- kril'es
Harness (n.) -- kuzhet
Hatch (v.) -- yu-sa'shau
Hatchery -- shi'yu-sa'ashaya
Herbivore -- kastik-yokulsu (sentient), kastik-yokulfa (non-sentient)
Herbivorous -- kastik-yokulan-, kastik-yokulanik
Highnest -- Pid-Ki'an
Hightop -- Pid-Fik
Host (n.) -- farsu
Hostile (adj.) -- rithraht-, rithrahtik
Hot (adj.) -- fal|-|
Hot air balloon -- fal-sov-dukal
Hot spring -- fal-sayumak
Hour -- wadan
Hourglass -- mazhiv-wak-vel
House (n.) -- kelek
Hugh -- Hyu
Hugo -- Hyugo
Hylaeosaurus -- hai'li'o'sohruhs
Ill -- has-bosh|-|
Illness -- has-mar
Island -- vikuvtra
Jack -- Dzhahk
Janet -- Dzhahnuht
Jason -- Dzheisuhn
Joseph -- Dzhosuhf
Kalyptera -- Kahlihptuhruh
Karl Scott -- Karl Skat
Kex Bradley -- Keks Brahd'li
Krista -- Krihstuh
Kurt -- Kuhrt
Lambeosaurus -- lahm'bi'o'sohruhs
Lamp (n.) -- yonet
Lee Crabb -- Li Krahb
LeSage -- Luh'Seidzh
Lian -- Li'ahn
Librarian -- kitalu-potausu
Library -- shi'kitalu Life -- ha'kiv
Life partners -- ha'kiv-tersular
Lifeboat -- rishan-hali
Light -- ha'gel (n.); ta'hal|-| (adj., not heavy)
Lightning -- pahz
Lola -- Loluh
Lorenzo -- Lorenzo
Loro -- Loro
Lost (adj.) -- paki-, pakik
Love -- ashaya (n.), ashau (v.)
Lystrosaurus -- laistro'sohruhs
Magnolia -- Mahg'noliuh
Maiasaurus -- meiyuh'sohruhs
Mammal (n.) -- thas-aushfa
Mara -- Maruh
Marc -- Mark
Marion Waldo -- Meriuhn Waldo
Market (n.) -- ramakurai
Marking (n.) -- ulidaya
Marriage -- kun-ut
Marsh -- masu-kastra
Martino -- Mar'tino
Mask (n.) -- limein
Massacre -- ek'riyeht-staya (n.), ek'riyeht-stau (v.)
Mate (v.) -- katelau
Mating -- katelaya
Matriarch -- pid-kom
Mattress -- yuk-vel
Mature -- vin-, vinik (adj.); vin-tor (v.)
Mayor Waldo Seville -- Kahr-Fulagsu Waldo Suhvihl
Maze -- druhardu
Meadow -- ne-yartra
Message (n.) -- skladan
Messenger bird -- skladan-kushel
Moropus -- moropuhs
Mosasaur -- mozuh'sohr
Muttaburrasaurus -- muhtuh'buhruh'sohruhs
Mysterious -- del-ri-bosh
Mystery -- del-ri
Nest (n.) -- ki'an
Newcomer (n.) -- uzh-sarlahsu
Oasis -- shi'masu |svi'eshikh|
Ocean -- masutra
Office -- tolanshul (elected position); zup-pi'shal (workspace)
Ogthar -- Ag'thar
Oonu -- Unu
Oriana -- Ori'ahnuh
Orphan (n.) -- rimekhusu
Ornithomimus -- ornihtho'maimuhs
Outpost -- pisakahr
Outsider -- s'udishsu
Overlander -- messolektrayek
Oviraptor -- ovih'rahptuhr
Pachycephalosaurus -- pahki'sefuhlo'sohruhs
Paddlefoot -- Pahduhl'fuuht |Felralek-Ash'ya|
Palace -- te'korkel
Parasaurolophus -- paruh'sohro'lofuhs
Parent (n.) -- mekh
Passenger -- tvifausu
Patrol (n.) -- pabelk
Perry -- Peri
Plateosaurus -- plahti'o'sohruhs
Plesiadapis -- plisiuh'dahpuhs Plesictis -- plisihktihs
Plesiosaurus -- plisi'o'sohruhs
Pliosaur Canal -- Plai'o'sohr-Masu-Yut
Pliosaurus -- plai'o'sohruhs
Polongo River -- Polango-Pilash
Pooktook -- Puk'tuk
Portia -- Porshuh
Poseidos -- Posaidos
Postal bird -- sakat-kushel
Prime sunstone -- nen-yel-kov
Protoceratops -- proto'seruh'taps
Pteranodon -- terahno'dan, terahnuh'dan
Pterosaur -- tero'sohr
Quetzalcoatlus northropi -- ketsuhl'ko'atluhs north'ropi
Quetzalcoatlus skybax -- ketsuhl'ko'atluhs skaibahks
Quint -- Kwihnt
The Rainy Basin -- Sov-Masuyanik Eik-Yerak
Raptor -- rahptuhr
Raymond -- Reimuhnd
Razor Reef -- Reizuhr Rif |Hohl-Vel-Rif|
Razouli -- Rahzuli
Razzamult -- Rahzuh'muhlt
Red Rapid Canyon -- Spathel t'Yon-Kur-Sahrpilu
Rescue -- korsaya (n.), korsau (v.)
Rescue party -- korsau-sutravek
Research -- kla-hil (n.), kla-hil-tor (v.)
Rhoga -- Roguh
Ride (v.) -- fau-tor
Rider -- fausu
Roach -- Roch
Rogo -- Rogo
Romana Denison -- Romanuh Denihsuhn
Rosemary Waldo -- Roz'meri Waldo
Ruby (n.) -- yon-ek'zer
Ruby sunstone -- yon-ek'zerik yel-kov
Sabertooth cat -- lipitah-zud-kaht
Sabertooth Mountain -- Suk'kunel t'Lipitah-Zudlar
Saltopus -- saltopuhs
Samantha -- Suhmahnthuh
Sand(s) -- mazhiv
Sand dune -- mazhiv-sef
Sandbar -- mazhiv-zehl
Sandstorm -- mazhiv-sahriv
Saurian -- ukralayik (adj.), ukralasu (n.)
Sauro-partners -- sohro-tersular
Scaphognathus -- skahfag'nahthuhs, skahfag'neithuhs
Scream -- she (n.); shei (v.)
Scribe -- va'akitausu
Scroll (n.) -- murat
Sea -- masutra
Senate -- abu-tospanakel
Senator -- ko-abu-tospanakelsu (female), sa-abu-tospanakelsu (male)
Settlement -- shi'fiferhanaun
Shield (n.) -- fo-dan (anc.)
Ship (n., water) -- masu-hali (TGV), mashali (MGV)
Shipwreck (n.) -- masu-hali-kwuhsh
Shirt -- sav'el
Shoal -- ne'ti-hoknaya
Shoe (n.) -- ash'el
Shop -- klep-kel (n.); klepovau (v.)
Shore (n.) -- gef
Skybax -- skaibahks
Skybax Corps -- Skaibahks-Ek'sutravek
Skybax patrol -- skaibahks-pabelk
Skybax rider -- skaibahks-fausu
Skybax squadron -- skaibahks-hashitra
Spazz -- Spahz
Stegosaurus -- stego'sohruhs, steguh'sohruhs
Stenosaurus -- steno'sohruhs, stenuh'sohruhs
Stinktooth -- Stink'tuth |Vlau-Zud|
Storm (n.) -- sahriv
Struthiomimus -- struthi'o'maimuhs
Sturridge -- Stuhrihdzh
Styracosaurus -- stai'rahko'sohruhs
Subamu River -- Ne-Amu-Pilash
Submersible (n.) -- nu'hal-hali
Sunstone -- yel-kov
Sylvia -- Sihlviuh
Thudd -- Thuhd
Thunder Falls -- Rahm-Nutevaklar
Thunderstorm -- rahm-sahriv
Tina -- Tinuh
Tooth -- zud
Tostri -- Tastri
Tower (n.) -- kispek
Town -- kahr
Trap -- pash (n.), pash-tor (v.)
The Treaty of Oramund -- Pid-Sep-Afikhan t'Oruh'muhnd
Triceratops -- trai'seruh'taps
Trilobite -- trailuh'bait, trailo'bait
Troödon -- tro'uh'dan
Ty -- Tai
Typhoon -- masuk-masutra-eshu'a
Tyrannosaurus rex -- tai'rahno'sohruhs reks
Vegetarian (n.) -- kastik-goh-yokulsu
Vidabba -- Vihdabuh
Volcanium Council -- Shikh-Orna t'Val'keiniuhm
Waterfall -- masu-nutevak
Waterfall City -- Watuhr'fal Sihti |Masu-Nutevak-Kahr|
Wave (n.) -- pral
Weapon -- wun
Will Denison -- Wihl Denuhsuhn
Windchaser -- Wihnd-Tcheisuhr |Salan-Zasahrsu|
Woolly mammoth -- isachu-mahmuhth
The World Beneath -- Ne-Panu
Wound (n.) -- skek
Wounded (adj.) -- skekal-, skekalik
Wreck -- kwuhsh (n.); kwuhsh-tor (v.)
Wreckage -- kwuhsh-tukh
Zipeau/Zippo -- Zihpo

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