Category talk:Elothean

At one point, I believe the following was part of Hvairn's shop guide and claimed to have been taken from the book "Elothean, the International Language of Heraldry," by Tiiksa Tabalo. It might be useful both for articles on races, languages and shops.

Blue: sitane
Purple: ainine
Red: maenane
Green: jutialane
Black: ruune
White: nage
Maroon: kalane
Orange: kehtalane
Silver: siikspalune
Gold: peadipalune

Ermine, white with black tails: nagemaruuneki
Ermine, but black with gold tails: ruunemapeadki
Blue and white: sitanemanageki
A colored field with drops of red blood upon it: paanimani

Left side: valitsule
Right side: tomaarasule
Center: maaspeleule

Ordinaries (Riikakonnas): One group of charges. Note that all devices are as
viewed from in front.
A centered vertical line: eduutul
A horizontal line, top third of shield: lehtad
A line from the upper left to the lower right: avat
A line from the upper right to the lower left: avatonis
A thick, centered horizontal line: lehtor
A thin, centered horizontal line: leht
A cross: eduutuleht
An X-shaped pair of lines: olaks
A chevron: pagu
A Y-shaped pair of lines: olaksbaltega

Field Divisions:
A centered vertical line: eduutul
A horizontal line on the top third of a shield: lehtad
A line from the upper left to the lower right: avat
A line from the upper right to the lower left: avatonis
A thick, centered horizontal line: lehtor
Several thin, centered horizontal divisions: leht
An X-shaped line: olaks
A chevron: pagu
Several thin, centered vertical lines: eduu
Star-like eight lines, dividing a shield: koijuun
A diamondlike crosshatch background pattern: ruutlosu

Types of Lines (Pilat):
Wavy: Arenalate
Enarched: Saakalate
Teeth-like: Tullate
Flamelike extensions: Sissalate
Battlement extensions: Tabaaslate
Small bumps: Eesalate
Larger teeth: Kavtullate

Positions of Animals: (Sava mebiks)
Lying but alert: erasto
Walking: petahalo
Lying at rest: rasto
Rearing up: ikkago
About to spring: eikkago
Just standing: rolkemo
Sitting on haunches: motelemo
Facing the sinister side of the shield: avatade
Head facing front: kuitade
Head facing backwards: nuurlanade
Two animals back-to-back, tails entwined: savnurteilatade
Facing one another: karut
Attired: liita
Facing front and cut off cleanly behind the ears: kuitsdav
Facing the Side and cut off cleanly behind the ears: patuuksdav
Cut off at the neck: puumstadav
As if torn off, with jagged skin: blatoksele
If the animal is emerrging from the shield edge or another
charge or division: pabaastemeloos
Half the animal: kiisava
Flying: tegutalgo
Wing tips turned up: inimalaavago

Additional Useful Words:
tali: between
dektaa: beneath

--Basselope 23:58, 6 December 2007 (CST)