Giantkin Lexicon
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Giantkin Lexicon is an Official GemStone IV Document, and it is protected from editing.
Giantkin Lexicon
A list of confirmed words in Giantkin/Saramar. For suggestions/additions, please use the Discussion page and include a link to the relevant document the term is used in (or if it is an in-game item/location, enough information staff can find it for review).
Notes on Language: While many tribes continue to use Pre-Saramar versions of words for their written texts, some segments of the language persist both in Kilanirij and throughout the Giantmen clans. Below is a small selection of those words. Pre-Saramar is noted. If only one type is listed, assume it bridges both written texts. Not surprisingly, some of these variances have borne through into the spoken word.
| Giantkin Term | Translation | Roots | Originating Documentation | Date Introduced | Other Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atsha | Apex of a tower, specifically the one at Kilanirij | Pre-Saramar | Giantkin Clans | 12/1/2023 Addition | - |
| binder | This is the term for a founder of a tribe or clan. | Unknown | Giantkin Clans | 12/1/2023 Addition | - |
| Dadun kindrat | Flame-borne | Pre-Saramar | The Call of The Flame | 3/6/2023 | - |
| harethgraad | A term meaning protective ferocity. | Pre-Saramar | Norallen Tales | 12/1/2023 | - |
| Horngel | This is the name of the mountain where Kilanirji resides. | NA | Norallen Tales | 12/1/2023 | - |
| Ikarrak | Ikarrak, or Vision Rock, is a method of divination employed by certain members of the giantman Araime Sun Clan. | Pre-Saramar | Divination: A Comprehensive Guide | 2010 | - |
| Ikkalon | Arbiter of Kilanirij | Pre-Saramar | Giantkin Clans | 12/1/2023 Addition | - |
| Inama | A solitary female preceptor of Kilanirij. | Pre-Saramar | Giantkin Clans | 12/1/2023 Addition | - |
| Inamor | A solitary male preceptor of Kilanirij. | Pre-Saramar | Giantkin Clans | 12/1/2023 Addition | - |
| Inanirij | Council of Twelve in Kilanirij. | Pre-Saramar | Giantkin Clans | 12/1/2023 Addition | - |
| Ishan | Means vast seeker/wanderer | Pre-Saramar | Grot'karesh Hammer Clan | - | - |
| Kantoran | Among the Wsalmir Clan, this name became known as Battle at the Running Water. Its translation seams to imply that his waters were imbalanced and this is what caused his bloodlust. | Pre-Saramar | - | - | - |
| Kegritsha | Small bands of giantkin travelers, its rough translation is those of vast blood bonds. (Plural) | Pre-Saramar | Giantkin History | - | - |
| Khuzdulym | Also known as the Revered, is a clanswoman who has the Sight. Oracle Urutei Meigeath was a famous one. | Pre-Saramar | Norallen Tales | 12/1/2023 | - |
| Kilanirij | City where the Souls Wait | Blended | - | - | - |
| Kindrat aveh enda nu | Take my flame and live anew | Pre-Saramar | The Call of The Flame | 3/6/2023 | - |
| Kindred | The flame that lives | Blended | Giantkin Clans | 12/1/2023 | - |
| Kireshan | Warchief | Pre-Saramar | - | - | - |
| Kledmondrym | Zohren's Girdle, an ancient artifact lost in the Tower of the Wyvern. | Pre-Saramar | Norallen Tales | 12/1/2023 | It was said to imbue Zohrin with the power of Eonak and that this is how he was able to tame lightning for his weapons. |
| Kor Mikkash Tumul | Located at the center of Stoneharrow Swale, it is a fabled city of giantkin royalty. | Pre-Saramar | Telimnar | - | - |
| Lyturhuurn | A ram's horn skullcap worn by khuzdulym to help them communicate with the dead. | Pre-Saramar | Norallen Tales | 12/1/2023 | - |
| Saramar | Translated to mean High Word, these runes are frequently found upon possessions of the giantkin. | Saramar | - | - | - |
| Sareglon | Chieftain | Pre-Saramar | - | - | - |
| Shartenal | Mountain of the Wolf, this is named Highmount by the humans of the Turamzyrrian Empire. | Pre-Saramar | Giantkin History | - | - |
| Spiral | Always pronounced as a proper noun, the spiral is the term used to mean that two groups move in opposing migration cycles. This came to be when the Wsalmir Clan started to pass sylvans as they came down from the mountains after the winter. | Common | The Tartan Initiative | 12/1/2023 | |
| Uhl-claw | An enchanted device that is worn by giantkin to discourage unwanted admirers. | Pre-Saramar | Norallen Tales | 12/1/2023 | - |
| Yinthorath | The magical case that Yunnag-shir could fill with lightning. | Pre-Saramar | Norallen Tales | 12/1/2023 | - |
| Rim | Modifier for "test/trial" | n/a | Estival, or Summer, Holidays | June 2024 | This is a modifier used to denote the importance of a test or trial |
| Arn | Day or time | n/a | Estival, or Summer, Holidays | June 2024 | |
| Thag | Testing or trial | n/a | Estival, or Summer, Holidays | June 2024 | |
| Ushka | Sun | n/a | Estival, or Summer, Holidays | June 2024 | |
| Vorshan | Freedom, emancipation, liberated | Unknown | Estival, or Summer, Holidays | June 2024 | |
| Ushkarn Thagrim | Roughly "Sun Trials" | From "ushka" (sun), "arn" (day), "thag" (trial or testing), and "rim" (an affix/modifier for a trial's importance) | Estival, or Summer, Holidays | June 2024 | A giantkin holiday |
| Vorshkag | n/a | From "vorshan" (freedom) | Estival, or Summer, Holidays | June 2024 | A giantkin holiday |
| wynyfed | taking its root from the Kannalan word for wandering and drink. | Autumnal Holidays | December 2024 | A giantkin drink |