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INTRODUCTION
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As with all advanced cultures, the Vulcans have a great wealth of literature, including genres similar to Terran science fantasy and science fiction. The Terran television series Firefly® of the 20th Century, later films, and books based on them, have a unique fascination to beings in the Federation. The action and adventure of these materials entertain species across the Alpha and Beta Quadrants.

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

Access -- thro (n.), thro-tor (v.)
Adapter -- rubilau-vel
Adelei Niska -- Ahduhlei Nihskuh
Air processor -- sov-patorayek
Alarm (n.) -- vikayek
Alien -- akan|-| (adj.); akansu (n.)
The Alliance -- Puk'aya
Alliance soldier -- Puk'aya-ask'ersu
Ally (n.) -- puk'ai'la
Ambassador -- kevet-dutar, kevetsu
Amnon Duul -- Ahm'nan Dul
Antenna -- kash-gel
Armor (n.) -- fo-wein
Artificial gravity -- sutor-nu-seshan
Assassin -- to'ankha-stausu
Assassination -- to'ankha-staya
Atherton Wing -- Ahðuhr'tuhn Wing
Atmosphere -- sovtra
Atmospheric reentry -- sovtra-vasvin
Attack -- nashiv (n.), nashiv-tor (v.)
Autopilot -- shati-hashek

Badger -- Bahdzhuhr
Bank (n., building) -- donku-kel
Bank robbery -- donku-kel-snikaya
Bar (n., tavern) -- naliveh-kel
"Barn Swallow" -- >barn-swalo< |kef-hali-svin|
Battery (elect.) -- kipof
Battle (n.) -- faukh
The Battle of Serenity Valley -- Faukh t'Suhrentihti-Vahli |Faukh t'Hayal'es-Ku-Li|
Beaumonde -- Bo'mand
Behavior -- kloshai
Behavioral conditioning -- kloshai-noshan
Belt -- san-zhel
Blast -- thorshaya (n.), thorshau (v.)
Blast door -- thorsh-svep
Blood -- khaf
Body armor -- vukhut-fo-wein
Bomb -- thorshek (n.); thorshkau (v.)
Book (n.) -- dunap
Boros -- Boros
Bridge (command center) -- tash-svitan
Brothel -- dihrf-makaya-kel
Brother -- sa-kai
Browncoat (n.) -- khav-kur to-palsu
Buffer panel -- fukat-wein
Bulkhead -- tvi-temok
Bullet -- mesk-pohshulek
Bullet hole -- mesk-pohshulek-razh
Bullet wound -- mesk-pohshulek-skek
Burnham Quadrant -- Buhrnuhm-Shalat
Button (n.) -- gonaf

Cable (n.) -- elakh
Cage (n.) -- kraisek
Camera -- glayek
Cannibal -- sha'ves-yokulsu
Cannibalism -- sha'ves-yokulan
Cannon -- thorshun
Cannon mount -- thorshun-nentra
Captain Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds -- Khart-Lan Mahl'kuhm >Mahl< Renuhldz
Cargo -- tusla
Cargo bay -- tusla-sutauk
Carrier -- leshek
Central Planets -- Svitan-Ek'tralar
Chain -- naf-elakh (TGV), naflakh (MGV)
Chopsticks -- yokul-pi'feklar
City -- kahr
Civil war -- tvi-ahkh
Civilization -- sutenivaya
Classified information -- mohrnal-ro'fori
Claw (n.) -- spahk
Coat (n., clothing) -- to-pal
Cockpit -- hashsu-shal
Code (n., cypher) -- kiht
Collision -- terkwul
Combat (n.) -- morov
Commander -- khartausu
Commercial (n.) -- svakarbumagaya
Communicate -- sviribau
Communication -- sviribaya
Companion -- besu
Computer -- tum-vel
Container -- tuhlek
Containment -- tuhlaya
Control panel -- tash-math
Convoy -- nik'el
Corpse -- tevik-veh (TGV), tevikeh (MGV)
Corridor -- tvur
Covert operation -- ip'hal-torskrol
Crash -- tevul (n.), tevulau (v.); tevul-tor
Crew (n.) -- |hali-|sutra
Crew member -- sutra-veh
Crossbow -- dvudau-kes-wun

Dagger -- lipitah
Damage (n.) -- zakar
Danger -- tehvar
Darkness -- mu'gel'es
Death -- tevakh
Deceleration -- vohraya
Decompression -- salerakhovaya
Deep space -- glu-stukh
Depot -- laskat
Descent -- tevan
Destruction -- vashaya
Disaster -- koshvar
Disguise (n.) -- pasut
Dock (v.) -- kifau
Docking (n.) -- kifaya
Dr. Simon Tam -- Hassu Saimuhn Tahm
Door -- svep
Durran Haymer -- Duhruhn Heimuhr
Dust (n.) -- grazhiv

Earth (planet) -- Terra
Electromagnetic pulse (EMP) -- raf-seshan-sagaya
Emergency (n.) -- kef-yet
Emitter -- sayek
Engine -- mishu
English (language) -- Eingelsu
Entry -- svin
Entry coupling -- svin-tersayek
Entry sequence -- svin-zehlanaya
Environment -- ek'sitra
Escape hatch -- stron-thro-svep
Evil -- ek'rasahkos (adj.); ek'rasah (n.)
Execution -- tostaya
Experiment (n.) -- spolek
Explosion -- thorshaya
Extrasensory perception (ESP) -- si-kash-ralik pakashogaya

Fang -- wu-zud
Fanty -- Fahnti
Ferocious -- keimen|-|
Fess Higgins -- Fes Hihguhnz
Fierce -- kei|-|
Fire (n.) -- yon
Firefly-class spaceship -- Fair-Flai-mohrn stukh-hali
Flash bomb -- kahat-thorshek
Flight path -- hash-yut
Floor -- lan-tol
Fright -- kolthak
Fuel (n.) -- hal-tukh
Fugitive (n.) -- ak'takitograusu
Fuse (n.) -- shau-vel

Gabriel Tam -- Geibriuhl Tahm
Galaxy -- yel-halek
Galley (kitchen) -- af'tum
Gate (n.) -- temep
Generator -- ferek
Get away -- sa'leprah
Grave (n.) -- shi'vukhut
Gravestone -- ahm-kov
Gravity -- nu-seshan
Gravity-drive -- seshanlan-yeturek
Grenade -- lehm-thorshek
Grief -- tushat
Ground (n.) -- solektra
Guitar -- gitar

Habitable planet -- ha'kiv-yehat-ek'tra
Hacker (n., computer) -- shautumolausu
Hall (n.) -- mav'shal (meeting/performance place); tvur (passageway)
Hallucinate -- nezhazan-tor
Hallucination -- nezhazak
Hammer -- mah-vel (n.), mah-tor (v.)
Haven -- Heivuhn
Hero -- korkarplasu
Heroic -- korkarplak-, korkarplakik
Hoban "Wash" Washburne -- Hobahn >Wash< Wash'buhrn
Holding cell -- potau-tvi-shal
Hole (n.) -- razh
Hologram -- reh-bikuv (object/non-sentient being); reh-bikuvsu (image of sentient being)
Holographic message -- reh-bikuv-skladan
Holographic projector -- reh-bikuv-salehmek
Holographic recording -- reh-bikuv-vipladaya
Home (n.) -- ha-kel
Homeworld -- tveshu-panu
Horror -- ksevat
Hysteria -- ek'vash-nosh

Ice (n.) -- le-suma
Identification card (ID card) -- shasutan-nop
Illegal -- rikatogan-, rikatoganik
Illegal cargo -- rikatogan-tusla
Inara Serra -- Ihnaruh Seruh
Incense -- wilnuhk
Injury -- dash
Invade -- vishasplotau
Invader -- vishasplotausu
Invasion -- vishasplotaya

Jayne Cobb -- Dzhein Kab
Journey -- halovaya (n.), halovau (v.)
Joy -- mak
Jubal Early -- Dzhubal Er'li

Kaywinnet Lee "Kaylee" Frye -- Kei'wihnet Li >Keili< Frai
Key -- tal-muv
Kidnap -- susanem-tor
Kidnapper -- susanemsu
Kidnapping -- susanem
Kill (v.) -- stau
Killed, to be -- pustau
Kiss -- shok (n.), shok-tor (v.)
Knife (n.) -- lipau
Knife wound -- lipau-skek

Ladder -- pu'uth
Landing bay -- fisolekau-sutauk
Landing pad -- fisolekau-nen
Language -- gen-lis
Laser -- ha'zehlek
Laser burn -- ha'zehlek-yontaya
Lawrence Dobson -- Loruhns Dab'suhn
Legal -- katogan-, katoganik
Legal cargo -- katogan-tusla
Lenore -- Lenor
Life support -- ha'kiv-nenikaya
Lilac -- Lai'lahk
Limit (n.) -- grei
Lock -- klachek (n.), klacha (v.)
Love -- ashaya (n.), ashau (v.)
Lovebot -- ashau-sutor-zupek
Loyalty -- fonn'es

Maidenhead -- Meiduhn'hed
Mandarin Chinese (language) -- Dzhung-Wa-Rensu
Map (n.) -- besan
Marcus Grange -- Markuhs Greindzh
Marriage -- kun-ut
Married -- telik
Marrow -- hinek-masu (bone); mero (vegetable)
Marsh -- masu-kastra
Marsupial (n.) -- sa'haf-thas-aushfa
Martial arts -- wehk-pukan
Mask (n.) -- limein
Massacre -- ek'riyeht-staya (n.), ek'riyeht-stau (v.)
Mechanic -- tor-velsu
Medal (n.) -- mokebihk
Medic -- skek-skasausu
Medical doctor -- hassu
Medical kit -- haseret-lesk
Medication -- haseret
Medicine -- has-tal (study); haseret (medication)
Meditate -- kohl-tor
Meditation -- kohl|an|
Memorial -- vokau-kel
Memory -- vokaya
Mercenary -- vlit-ahkhsu
Merchant -- vel-makausu
Message (n.) -- skladan
Messenger -- skladasu
Mine (n.) -- ip-thorshek (weapon); van-razh (source of ore)
Miner -- vansu
Mingo -- Mingo
Mining post -- van-sunena
Miranda -- Muhrahnduh
Missile -- yon-kliton
Mission (n.) -- skrol
Mr. Universe -- Stukhtraan
Monster -- stislak
Monty Reynolds -- Manti Renuhldz
Moon (n.) -- aikum
Mule -- >myul< |solektra-tusla-hali|
Mummified corpse -- psethudatoral-tevik-veh (TGV), psethudatoral-tevikeh (MGV)
Murder -- riyeht-staya (n.), riyeht-stau (v.)
Mutant (n., sentient) -- tselsu

Nathaniel Grange -- Nuh'thahnyuhl Greindzh
Natural (adj.) -- malat-, malatik
Neural stripping -- wel-fleitaya
Newswave -- uzhoro'fori-pral
Normal -- tsuri|-|

Operate (v.) -- el'torau (run); sharusha (med.)
Operation -- sharushan (med.); torskrol (mission)
The Operative -- Torskrolsu
Operator -- el'torausu, el'torayek
Orphan (n.) -- rimekhusu
Outer Planets -- Si-Ek'tralar
Outlaw (n.) -- satolessu
Overboard (adj.) -- sahalit-, sahalitik

Panel (n.) -- wein (cover), |gluvau-|math (display)
Parliament -- Ek'toragakel
Passenger -- tvifausu
Patrol (n.) -- pabelk
Paxilon Hydrochlorate (Pax) -- Paksihlan Haidro'kloreit |Pahks|
Persephone -- Puhrsefuhni
Pilot (n.) -- hashsu
Pipe -- mev
Pistol -- el'ru-pohshayek (TGV), el'ru-pohshek (MGV)
Planet -- ek'tra
Poison (n.) -- gisam
Predator -- skyemayek
Prisoner -- yefansu
Psychic -- nikser-, nikserik (adj.); niksersu (n.)
Psychological disorder -- kloshai-rasnosh
Psychological trauma -- kloshai-khreya
Psychosis -- risanahpilet
Pulse beacon -- sagau-glaribek

Rage -- reshan (n.), resha (v.)
Raid -- absakaya (n.), absakau (v.)
Ramp -- thro-vul
Ranse Burgess -- Rahns Buhrdzhuhs
Reaver -- rivuhrsu
Reaver attack -- rivuhr-nashiv
Reaver spaceship -- rivuhr-stukh-hali
Reaver territory -- rivuhr-tsokal
Reaver transformation -- rivuhr-mesuvulaya
Rebel (n.) -- tehnaspansu
Rebellion -- tehnaspanak
Reconnaissance -- zambelk
Record -- vipladau (v.); vipladaya (n.)
Recorder (device) -- vipladayek
Recover -- vetsau
Recovery -- vetsaya
Reentry -- vasvin
Refuge (n.) -- rau-nol
Regan Tam -- Riguhn Tahm
Relay -- gol'dvun (n.), gol'dvun-tor (v.); gol'dvunek (device)
Rendezvous -- tereragelan (n.), tereragel-tor (v.)
Repair -- teslaya (n.); teslau (v.)
Rescue -- korsaya (n.), korsau (v.)
Rescue mission -- korsau-skrol
Rescuer -- korsausu
Research -- kla-hil (n.), kla-hil-tor (v.)
Researcher -- kla-hilsu
Reservoir -- masu-mesklam
Resist -- tehnau
Resistance -- tehnaya
Rifle (weapon) -- kar-pohshayek (TGV), kar-pohshek (MGV)
Risk (n.) -- dvar
Ritual -- ho-rah
River Tam -- Rihvuhr Tahm
Road -- fau-yut
Rob -- snikau
Robber -- snikausu
Robbery -- snikaya
Rope -- man-elakh

Sacrifice (n.) -- oslauvolaya
Safe word -- ek'man-zhit
Safety (n.) -- ek'man'es
Saffron -- Sahfran
Sanchez Ship Repair and Storage -- Hali-Teslaya eh Tsoraya t'Sahnchez
Science -- ek'tal
Scientist -- ek'talsu
Scream -- she (n.); shei (v.)
Sea -- masutra
Secret (adj.) -- tsatik
Security (n.) -- shar'es
Security breach -- shar'es-vishaya
Security code -- shar-kiht
Security feed -- shar'es-yoksasaya
Security guard -- shar'es-klashausu
Serenity -- °Suhrenihti°
Shelter (n.) -- rau-nol
Shepherd Derrial Book -- Treit-Fulagsu Deriuhl Buuhk
Sheriff -- to-gav-feihan
Sheydra -- Sheidruh
Shield (n.) -- fo-dan
Shuttle (n.) -- shan-hali
Sibling -- kaisu
Signal -- glantokaya (n.), glantokau (v.)
Sino-American Alliance -- Tchainuh-Uhmerikuh-Puk'aya
Sir Warwick Harrow -- Sa-Osu Warihk Hero
Sister -- ko-kai
Smuggler -- ipramakursu
Soldier (n.) -- ask'ersu
Space (cosmos) -- stukh
Spacecraft -- stukh-hali
Spaceflight -- stukh-hash
Spaceship -- stukh-hali
Spacesuit -- stukh-saikhut
Spy -- zamasu (n.); zama-tor (v.)
Star (n.) -- yel
Storage -- tsoraya
Stranger (n.) -- rifainusu
Subliminal message -- nehoknil-skladan
Supervisor -- abruneniwausu
Surprise (v.) -- ak'wikmun
Survival -- rishan
Sword -- shek
Symbol -- sehtebihk

Target -- les (n.), les-tor (v.)
Technician -- tanel'mishek
Telescope (n.) -- irak-zan-vel
Terraform -- ha'kiv-yehat-mesuvulau |ek'tra|
Terraforming -- ha'kiv-yehat-mesuvulaya |ek'tra|
Territory -- tsokal
Terror -- vash
Terrorism -- vash-tor'es
Terrorist -- vash-torsu
Threat -- nan
Tool (n.) -- raul
Torture -- agreibaya (n.), agreibau (v.)
Toxin -- hasam
Train (n.) -- shefek-hali
Train job -- shefek-hali-snikaya
Train station -- shefek-hali-laskat
Training House -- Ranaya-Kelek
Traitor -- sviksu
Trajectory -- vuluhaya
Transfer -- shan (n.), shan-tor (v.)
Transform -- mesuvulau
Transformation -- mesuvulaya
Translate -- mesukh-tor
Translation -- mesukh
Transmission (signal) -- sasaya
Transmit -- sasau
Transmitter -- sasayek
Transport -- ifis-hali (n., vehicle); ifis-tor (v.)
Transportation -- ifis
Trap -- pash (n.), pash-tor (n.)
Truth -- yeht'es

Unification -- wuhtantaya
The Unification War -- Wuhtantaya-Ahkh
Uniform (n.) -- dvin-sai-vel
Uninhabitable planet -- riha'kiv-yehat-ek'tra
Universe -- stukhtra

Valley -- ku-li
Vault -- ras-tsor-shal
Venom -- ausham
Vessel (ship) -- hali
Veteran (n., former military) -- fashi-ahkhsu
Violent -- khrashik
Visitor -- yaretausu

Wall (n.) -- temok
War -- ahkh
Warfare -- ahkhan
Water (n.) -- masu
Weapon -- wun
Whitefall -- Wait'fal
Wind turbine -- salan-mor-dayek
Window -- krani
Windshield -- salan-krani
Wing (n.) -- rala
Witch (female) -- ko-krelsh
World -- panu
Wound (n.) -- skek
Wreck -- kwuhsh (n.); kwuhsh-tor (v.)
Wreckage -- kwuhsh-tukh
Wrench (n.) -- mish|-vel|-raul

Zoë Alleyne Washburne -- Zo'i Alein Wash'buhrn

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