Shu is the language commonly spoken by the inhabitants of Shu Han.
Known phrases[]
Shu phrase
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English translation
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yuyeh sesh
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lit. "despise your heart", but meaning "do what needs to be done—be cruel if you have to"[1]
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ni we sesh
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I have no heart[1]
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ye zho[2]
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you ass; scum[3]
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Shi weh yenua Suli
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Suli is a dead language.[4]
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Ju weh. Eh ye bat e’yuan.[5]
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Taban yenok-yun
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the storm that stayed[6]
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Known words[]
Shu word
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English translation
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Possible language inspiration
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sheyao[7]
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shé yāo/蛇妖, "snake ghoul/monster" (Chinese)
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parem
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without pity[8]
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sesh-uyeh
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heartsick[9]
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xin1 sui4 心碎; "heartbreak" (Chinese)
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sesh
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heart
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ye
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you
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yeh
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your
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uyeh
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sick
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we
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I
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wǒ/我 (Chinese)
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ni
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not
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Romance languages
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yu
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despise
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yuyan
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language
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yŭyán/语言 (Chinese)
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shi
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is
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shì/是 (Chinese)
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si
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dead
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sǐ/死 (Chinese)
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zho
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ass
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(Russian, Mongolian)
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wen ye
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Coin of Passage[10]
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yul
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son (the prefix in masculine Shu surnames; e.g. Kuwei Yul-Bo meaning Kuwei son of Bo)
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уул (Kyrgyz, Proto-Turkic)
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kir
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daughter (the prefix in feminine Shu surnames; e.g. Mayu Kir-Kaat meaning Mayu daughter of Kaat)
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кыз, "girl" (Kyrgyz, Uzbek, Proto-Turkic)
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nhaban
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rising phoenix[11]
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neshyenyer
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relentless (a famous sword made by Sankta Neyar)[12]
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keb/kebben
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twin; close kin; someone bound to one's heart[13]
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Kebben’a
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My Dear; My Kin; My Only (a Shu poem; no direct translation into Ravkan)[13]
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Tavgharad
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lit. "stone-fisted" (the elite guard of the Shu royal women)[14]
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Influences[]
- The Shu language is derived from Chinese Pinyin, Mongolian, Russian and several Central Asian languages such as Kazakh, Uzbek, and Kyrgyz.
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ruin and Rising, chapter 5
- ↑ Siege and Storm, chapter 2
- ↑ "Scum" Leigh Bardugo on a Q&A on Goodreads
- ↑ Shadow and Bone, chapter 9. In earlier editions of the book this phrase was written as: "Shi si yuyan Suli".
- ↑ Ruin and Rising, chapter 13
- ↑ Rule of Wolves, chapter 1
- ↑ Crooked Kingdom, chapter 32
- ↑ Six of Crows, chapter 42
- ↑ Six of Crows, chapter 8
- ↑ Six of Crows, chapter 20
- ↑ King of Scars, chapter 7
- ↑ The Lives of Saints, Sankt Kho and Sankta Neyar
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 King of Scars, chapter 23
- ↑ King of Scars, chapter 16