The Ultimate Guide On How To Speak Mermish!
written by Zasha Tonks
Have you ever wondered how people like Albus Dumbledore know how to speak Mermish and can easily communicate with Mermaids and Merman; well here is your chance to find out how!
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Mermish Dictionary.
Chapter 4
Of course these are not all the words in the English language but Mermish is very hard to master. Even Albus Dumbledore Could only speak to the Mer Community on Basic Levels. The following word are two have deciphered from certain sources.
1st Order Mermish is the Mer Songs, Prounoucations and Grammar ( This was shown in the previous Chapter)
Second-Order Mermish ( Words to communicate with the basics) -
Words on the left are Mermish; words on the right are English ( Example: The word Ahead is Chi in Mermish - However this is not how it's pronounced to see How it's pronounced read through the previous Chapter)
***A***
Ahead (Swimming Command) - Chi (Chai)
Alcohol - Kiini-beeah
Alive - Hnguloo
Amused (Calmness) - Daahuu
Anger (Describing Behavior/Emotion) - Gahfooruu
Are - Bi
***B***
Bad (Ancient Mer’s Struggle With This Word) - Bett
Beneath (Below - Submerge) - Ghaajii
Bored (Restless) - Affehoo (Ah-feh-oo)
Bright (Very Hot) - Kiini
Bubble - Baabah
***C***
Change - Mhaawhoo
Cheerful (Similar to ‘ffewuu’, but calm) - Hwuu
City - Paaepooh-paash
Confidence (Describing Behavior/Emotions Of Sureness) - Dehooffa
Cold - Jiiii
Cold (True Mermish) - Yeeni
Color - Koohur
Coral (Dead) - Meessuk
Coral (Living) - Messuloo
Crab - Kraah
***D***
Dancer (With Tail or Legs) - Daashu
Dead - Hngukk
Depression - Huumuu
Desert - Toh-chii
Determination - Heehii
Dolphin - Ffeechuvo
Dolphin Mermaid - Ukuk-ffeechuvo
Down - Mmawtt
Dragon - Deeragoh
Dried Up - Uuniigo
***E***
Earth - Vvundra
Excited - Ffuuhii
***F***
Family - Faaraarii
Fear (Behavior/Emotion) - Uuriigo
Feeling (Emotion - Attitude) - Llii
Female (Woman - She - Her -Hers) - Lla
Fin - Feen
Fish - Fees
Fish Eggs (To Spawn - Caviar - Mate) - Bllusu
Food (Edible Plant Or Lower Life Form) - Yyt (yeet)
Forest (Tree - Kelp) - Aah-teeree (Ahh-ter-ree)
Freshwater (Ancient Mer’s Could Not Tolerate For Long) - Bett-wuutaah
Freshwater (True Mermish) - P’chaaoo
Froth (Sea Foam - Small Bubbles) - Apupua
Frustration (Behavioral/Emotional) - Shaahii
***G***
Goddess Of The Sea (High Spirit) - Bavverissi Baveras
Good (Ancient Mers Don’t Understand This Word) - Ghood
Good Bye - Jai-quay’
***H***
Happy (Playful - Fidgety) - Ffewuu
Hard - Haarduuh
Has - Bi
Have - Bi
Healthy (Well) - Haaih (hay-uh) (Sounds like a sigh)
Heart - Hhu-hng
Hello - O-kee’-ya
Hot (Temperature) - Hhu-huu (Pronounced as two sharp pants of breath)
Hot (Taste) - Jeech
Human - Hyuuman
Hungry (For Food) - Hnn-kii
Hunger (Lust - Hunting) - Chuun
Hungry (Wanting Food - Wanting Sex - Wanting Attention) - Oowii
Hurts (Ouch) - Ah-ee (Ahh-ee)
***I***
Ice - Ttheeni
In (Covered - Surrounded By - To Be Inside) - Woolbul
Is (To Be - To Have - To Be With) - Bi
Is Not (Without Existence) - Oosoyyo
It - Lle (lay)
It (Pronoun For Any Inanimate Object Or Thing) - Uhff
It & Its (Person) - Llo
***J***
Jealousy (Describing Behavior/Emotion) - Gahooraa
***K***
Knowing Not (Don’t Know - Don’t Have - Isn’t) - Oosoyyo
***L***
Land - Lleehada
Love (Similar to ‘paaffoo’, but more intense) - Taafoowii
***M***
Male (Man - He -Him - His) - Lli (lee)
Many - Ss (Sounds like a hiss)
Many (True Mermish - Typically added to Nouns and Pronouns) - Uk-uk
Merfolk (Merperson) - Baovveche
Moon - Ttheeni
***N***
Nervousness (Flailing of Limbs and Tail In Water) - Fffeechii
No - Toh
No (True Mermish) - Ungh (quick grunt)
***O***
Our (Ours) - Ffa
Oyster - Mchuuk
***P***
Person (Mermaids) - Ffuegane
People (Humans) - Paaepoohss
Playful (Jumping - Twirling - Splashing) - Chahho
***R***
Rage (Describing Behavior/Emotion) - Gahuuii
Rain (Heavy) - Aagiaag (Ahh-jaag)
Rain (Drops) - Aagii (Ahh-ga)
Reflection - Kiinaagii
Ripple - Ffuen
Roar - Rroo-er
Rock (Platform) - Ciipaa
Rock (Stone) - Hurriff
Rock Shelf Underwater - Wwiigoo
Rocky (Irregular Seafloor) - Ghoontuh
***S***
Sad - Dehffoo
Sand (Grains) - Saahd
Sandy (Smooth Seafloor) - Ffehpaah
Sandy (Lots of Sea-weed) - Haarii
Scale - Scaahoo
Sea - Chii (Chee)
Sea-Dragon - Feenhoom
Sea-Horse - Chuu-ffeenii
Sea-Weed - Cheehuuii
Seal - Cheeoo
Shallows - Kiinaa
Ship - Ssheep
Sick - Huu-iik (Sound of vomiting)
Silver - Shaavoh
Somber (Lazy - Blank Expression - Seclusion) - Haanii
Storm - Ssturm
Sulkiness (Refuse To Swim) - Sshuurii
Sun (Fire) - Echrassa
Surprise (Describing Behavior/Emotions) - Liiffoo
***T***
Thirsty - Hss-tii
Tide - Taahi
Tide (The Movement - Sound - Smell - Sight of the Tide) - Cuua
Tired (Slow) - Sshiiji
Touching (Playfulness - Staring) - Paaffoo
Transgender - Llo
***U***
Unknown (Describing Behavior/Emotions Of Anger) - Dehiifaa
Up - Hekk
Us - Ffa
***V***
Volcano - Echundra
***W***
Water (Evenly Cool in Temperature - Atlantic) - Ruutaroo
Water (Evenly Warm - Tropical) - Meetamaa
Water (Good To Breed In) - Caatuu
Water (Hard Currents - Disturbed or Troubled by Weather) - Chaachiioh
Water (Optimum For Mers) - Saahem
Water (Polluted) - Assuuh (Ahh-sue)
Water (Pretty or Attractive (Also used to label a mermaid)) - Maakeeffaa
Water (Rich In Fish) - Eenii
Water (Surface Cool, Colder Beneath, Barely Tolerable - Arctic) - Sooroo
Water (Surface Cool, Luke-Warm Currents - South Pacific) - Ruunii
Water (Too Cold) - Fuuacho
Water (Traveling Depth) - Tehmoo
Water (Troubled or Churned by Fish) - Feenwaa
Water (Warm on the Surface, Cool Beneath - Lake Water) - Maaroo
Water (Warm on the Surface, Ice Cold Beneath - North Pacific) - Maasoo
Water (Wave - Home - Fluid) - Alassi (Ah-la-see)
Wave (Curl or Tunnel) - Ccuuoo
Wave (Sharp Peaked Wave That Collapses In The Ocean Before Shore) - Sshuuka
Wave (Single Breaker Of Water) - Huuaae
We (Also Used For I) - Ffa
Whale (Mers Refuse To Name Them Although) - Huaool
Whirlpool - Llinoo
Without (Not Existing - Not Having - Not Knowing) - Oosoyyo
Wind - Hhoole
With (Together - Possessing) - Bi
Yes - Eeas
Yes (True Mer) - Heh (quick grunt)
3rd Order Mermish (Words that are more complicated) ~
Beachcomber - Anit (AH-neet)
Want - Antorum (AHN-toe-rume)
You - Dal (DOLL)
Am/Is/Are - Em (EM)
Low Tide - Fan (FAHN)
High Tide - Fimra dom (FEEM-rah-DOME)
Help - Fimra tre (FEEM-rah-TRAY)
Male - Fre (FRAY)
Swim - Hredenu (HRED-eh-noo)
Was/Were - Hron (HRONE)
Female - Ifen (EE-fen)
Many - Kesseni (KESS-seh-ni)
Here - Kila (KEE-lah)
Far Away - Li (LEE)
See - Luron (LOO-rone)
Someone Who Would Fail To See A Mermaid Right In Front Of His Face -Lusa (LOO-sah)
Love - Mortum (MOR-tume)
Storm - Nulma (NOOL-mah)
There - Ohora (O-ho-rah)
Mermaid - Olo (O-lo)
Friends Of Mermaids - Sessa (SESS-sah)
Human - Sesmuna (SESS-moo-nah)
Curious But Harmless Person - Setanim (SEH-tah-neem)
Curious And Dangerous Person - Setannor (SEH-tahn-nor)
Sailor - Setantreya (SEH-tahn-TRAY-yah)
Wave - Setsur (SET-soor)
Hello - Suron (SOO-rone)
I - Tala (TAH-lah)
Beach - To (TOE)
Ship - Torm (TORM)
The common standard dictionary used in Mermish Schools:
Aagiaag - Rain, heavy (droplets splash off the water’s surface)
Aagii - Rain (thing that makes pockmarks on the water’s surface)
Aah-teeree -Forest (‘all tree’ – obviously from the Tharian)
Aasuuh -Water, dirty or polluted
Affehoo -Bored (restless, making random loud sounds)
Ah~ee -Hurts! (an imprecation or exclamation like the human ‘ouch!’)
Alassi -Water (multi-purpose word – ‘wave’, ‘home’)
Alassi -Wave (also means ‘water’ or ‘home’)
Alassi -Home (literally ‘water’ or ‘wave’)
Apupua -Froth (sea-spume, small bubbles)
Baabah -Bubble
Baovveche -Merfolk, Merperson
Bavverissi -Baveras, Goddess of the Sea
Bett - Bad (human term which mer may not fully understand)
Bett~wuutaah Freshwater (which merfolk cannot tolerate for long - Tharian)
Bi (‘bee’) Is (multipurpose word for ‘to be’, ‘to have’, ‘to be with’, etc…)
Bi (‘bee’) Are
Bi (‘bee’) Has
Bi (‘bee’) Have
Bi (‘bee’) With (together, possessing)
Bllusu Fish eggs (spawn, caviar, etc.)
Buuhchii Water, about 20 peds deep or 10 spandar
Caatuu Water, good for breeding in (by any animal including mer)
Ccuuoo Wave (a curling wave that creates a tunnel)
Chaachiioh Water, disturbed or troubled by currents or weather
Chaaihoom Sky-worm (type of dragon)
Chaaishiihuur Sky-swimmer (flying dragon)
Chahho Playful ( jumping, twirling, splashing excessively)
Cheehuuii Sea-weed
Cheeoo Seal
Chi (‘chai’) Ahead (preposition of motion, used when swimming)
Chii (‘chee’) Sea (any open salt water deeper than 20 peds)
Chuu-ffeenii Sea-horse
Chuun Hunger (narrowed eyes, active hunting of food)
Ciipaa Rock wall or precipice underwater
Cuua Tide (the movement, sound, smell, and sight of it, holistically)
Daahuu Amused ( calmness with interest)
Daashu Dancer
Deeragoh Dragon (general human term)
Dehffoo Sad ( downturned face, reluctance to communicate)
Dehiifaa Unknown (word describing behaviour/emotion – characterized by lashing out at inanimate objects or other living things
Dehooffa Confidence? ( characterized by smiles and slight aggression)
Echrassa Sun (also used for ‘fire’)
Echrassa Fire (literally, ‘sun’)
Echundra Volcano
Eeas Yes (from the Tharian)
Eenii Water, rich in fish (either in the present, future, or past)
Faaraarii Family
Feen Fin
Feenhoom Fin-worm (sea dragon)
Feenwaa Water, troubled or churned up by a group of fish
Fees Fish (the generic human word – mer have many species words)
Ffa We (plural pronoun, used to refer to oneself as well)
Ffa Us
Ffa Our (possessive pronoun)
Ffa Ours (possessive pronoun)
Ffa I (actually translates as ‘we’ - mer do not use the singular form)
Ffeechuvo Dolphune
Ffehpaah Sandy, smooth seafloor (preferred by merfolk)
Ffewuu Happy ( playful, fidgety)
Fffeechii Nervousness? (flailing of limbs and tail while in water)
Ffuegane Person, sentient being
Ffuen Ripple (any movement on smooth water’s surface)
Ffuuhii Excited ( fidgety, quick movements)
Fuuacho Water, too cold for mer to swim in
Gahfooruu Anger ( upturned face, fast movement, very aggressive behavior)
Gahooraa Jealousy? (aggressive behavior to a mer in possession of a desirable item)
Gahuuii Rage? (uncontrollable, violent behavior)
Ghaajii Beneath (to be submerged, below water)
Ghood Good (human term which mer may not fully understand)
Ghoontuh Rocky, irregular seafloor
Haaih (‘hay-uh’) Healthy, well (pronounced as a contented sigh)
Haanii Somber? (laziness, blank expression, seclusion)
Haarduuh Hard
Haarii Sandy, smooth seafloor with a lot of seaweed
Haashilu Tryster (the oyster’s more flavourful cousin)
Heehii Determination (direct action, refusing to change course)
Heh (quick grunt) Yes (affirmative, agreement, in Old Mer)
Hekk Up (preposition of motion, used when swimming or moving)
Hhoole Air
Hhoole Wind
Hhu~hng Heart ( primary emotional state, character or personality)
Hhu-huu Hot (pronounced as two sharp pants of breath)
Hngukk Dead
Hnguloo Alive
Hnn-kii Hungry (from the human tongue, to desire food)
Hss-tii Thirsty (from the human tongue, to require bad-water)
Huaool Whale (general human term. Mer refuse to name them)
Hurrff Rock (above or below water)
Huuaae Wave (single breaker of water)
Huu-iik Sick (mimicking the sound of vomiting…)
Huumuu Depression ( similar to ‘haanii’, more noticeable and taken seriously by the mer)
Hwuu Cheerful ( similar to ‘ffewuu’ movements but more calm)
Hyuuman Human
Jeech Hot (generally, as in weather or food, but not in water)
Jiiii Cold (pronounced as a shudder of breath forced through teeth)
Kiinaa Shallows (good for sunning merfolk but poor for boats)
Kiinaagii Reflection (the sun off the surface of the water)
Kiini Bright ( blindingly bright or very hot)
Kiini~beeah Alcohol (any strong drink, particularly beer, which they dislike)
Koohur Color
Kraah Crab
Liiffoo Surprise (shocked look, upturned face, quick reaction)
Lla Female
Lla She
Lla Her
Lla Hers
Lle (‘lay’) It (pronoun for any non-sentient but animate creature)
Lleehada Land
Lli (‘lee’) Male
Lli He
Lli Him
Lli His
Llii Feeling (the word which signifies emotion, or attitude)
Llinoo Whirlpool
Llo Neuter (third gender of the merfolk)
Llo It (third gender pronoun of the merfolk)
Llo Its (third gender possessive pronoun of the merfolk)
Maakeeffaa Water, pretty or attractive
Maaroo Water, warm on the surface but cool beneath
Maasoo Water, surface warm but berg-cold beneath
Mchuuk Oyster
Meessuk Coral (dead)
Meesuloo Coral (living)
Meetamaa Water, evenly warm in temperature
Mhaawhoo Change (verb)
Mmawtt Down (preposition of motion, used when swimming or moving)
Oosoyyo Without (multi-purpose: not existing, not having, not knowing)
Oosoyyo Knowing not (‘don’t know’ – multi-purpose word)
Oosoyyo Having not (multi-purpose word ‘don’t have/don’t know/isn’t’)
Oosoyyo Is not (without existence – multi-purpose word)
Oowii Hungry (wanting food, wanting sex, wanting attention)
P’chaaoo Freshwater (which merfolk cannot tolerate for long – Old Mer)
Paaepooh~paash City (‘people-place’, obviously a quasi-Tharian construction)
Paaepoohss People (humans)
Paaffoo Enamored? ( staring, playfulness, touching)
Rroo~er Roar
Ruunii Water, surface cool, luke-warm currents
Ruutaroo Water, evenly cool in temperature
Saahd Sand
Saahem Water, 7 peds deep, optimum for mer
Scaahoo Scale
Shaahii Frustration ( flailing, downturned face, outbursts of anger)
Shaavoh Silver-coloured
Silffin Swordwhale ( Baveras’ steed)
Sooroo Water, surface cool, colder beneath, barely tolerable
Ss (sibilant hiss) Many (from the Tharian plural – added to nouns or pronouns)
Ssheep Ship (obviously a human term)
Sshiiji Tired (slow movements, drowsy appearance)
Sshuuka Wave ( a sharp, peaked wave that collapses before the shore
Sshuurii Sulkiness / Laziness ? (refusing to do anything, including swim)
Ssturm Storm (a human term. Mer do not seem to mind weather)
Taafoowii Love ? (similar to ‘paaffoo’ but more intense)
Taahi Tide
Tehmoo Water, around 13 peds deep, traveling depth
Toh No (from the Tharian)
Toh~chii Desert (‘no sea’, from the Tharian)
Ttheeni Moon (also used for ‘ice’)
Ttheeni Ice (literally, ‘moon’)
Uhff (a quick grunt) It (pronoun for any inanimate object or thing)
Uk-uk (throaty cough) Many (Old Mer plural – added to nouns or pronouns)
Ukuk~ffeechuvo Dolpholk
Ungh (quick grunt) No (refusal, disagreement, in Old Mer)
Uuniigo Dried-up (once covered with water, but no longer)
Uuriigo Fear (quick movements, loud voice, downturned face)
Vvundra Earth (the underwater embankments that form the roots of islands and continents)
Woolbul In (to be inside, surrounded by, covered)
Wwiigoo Rock shelf underwater (good for mer but bad for boats)
Yeeni Cold (generally, as in weather or food, but not in water)
Yyt (‘yeet’) Food (any edible plant or creature the mer consider non-sentient)
You may be wondering why some words like water have so many different words for them- this is explained because different breeds of Mer live in different seas and lakes and they seem it a privilege to have a specific word of water for there personalized habitat.
1st Order Mermish is the Mer Songs, Prounoucations and Grammar ( This was shown in the previous Chapter)
Second-Order Mermish ( Words to communicate with the basics) -
Words on the left are Mermish; words on the right are English ( Example: The word Ahead is Chi in Mermish - However this is not how it's pronounced to see How it's pronounced read through the previous Chapter)
***A***
Ahead (Swimming Command) - Chi (Chai)
Alcohol - Kiini-beeah
Alive - Hnguloo
Amused (Calmness) - Daahuu
Anger (Describing Behavior/Emotion) - Gahfooruu
Are - Bi
***B***
Bad (Ancient Mer’s Struggle With This Word) - Bett
Beneath (Below - Submerge) - Ghaajii
Bored (Restless) - Affehoo (Ah-feh-oo)
Bright (Very Hot) - Kiini
Bubble - Baabah
***C***
Change - Mhaawhoo
Cheerful (Similar to ‘ffewuu’, but calm) - Hwuu
City - Paaepooh-paash
Confidence (Describing Behavior/Emotions Of Sureness) - Dehooffa
Cold - Jiiii
Cold (True Mermish) - Yeeni
Color - Koohur
Coral (Dead) - Meessuk
Coral (Living) - Messuloo
Crab - Kraah
***D***
Dancer (With Tail or Legs) - Daashu
Dead - Hngukk
Depression - Huumuu
Desert - Toh-chii
Determination - Heehii
Dolphin - Ffeechuvo
Dolphin Mermaid - Ukuk-ffeechuvo
Down - Mmawtt
Dragon - Deeragoh
Dried Up - Uuniigo
***E***
Earth - Vvundra
Excited - Ffuuhii
***F***
Family - Faaraarii
Fear (Behavior/Emotion) - Uuriigo
Feeling (Emotion - Attitude) - Llii
Female (Woman - She - Her -Hers) - Lla
Fin - Feen
Fish - Fees
Fish Eggs (To Spawn - Caviar - Mate) - Bllusu
Food (Edible Plant Or Lower Life Form) - Yyt (yeet)
Forest (Tree - Kelp) - Aah-teeree (Ahh-ter-ree)
Freshwater (Ancient Mer’s Could Not Tolerate For Long) - Bett-wuutaah
Freshwater (True Mermish) - P’chaaoo
Froth (Sea Foam - Small Bubbles) - Apupua
Frustration (Behavioral/Emotional) - Shaahii
***G***
Goddess Of The Sea (High Spirit) - Bavverissi Baveras
Good (Ancient Mers Don’t Understand This Word) - Ghood
Good Bye - Jai-quay’
***H***
Happy (Playful - Fidgety) - Ffewuu
Hard - Haarduuh
Has - Bi
Have - Bi
Healthy (Well) - Haaih (hay-uh) (Sounds like a sigh)
Heart - Hhu-hng
Hello - O-kee’-ya
Hot (Temperature) - Hhu-huu (Pronounced as two sharp pants of breath)
Hot (Taste) - Jeech
Human - Hyuuman
Hungry (For Food) - Hnn-kii
Hunger (Lust - Hunting) - Chuun
Hungry (Wanting Food - Wanting Sex - Wanting Attention) - Oowii
Hurts (Ouch) - Ah-ee (Ahh-ee)
***I***
Ice - Ttheeni
In (Covered - Surrounded By - To Be Inside) - Woolbul
Is (To Be - To Have - To Be With) - Bi
Is Not (Without Existence) - Oosoyyo
It - Lle (lay)
It (Pronoun For Any Inanimate Object Or Thing) - Uhff
It & Its (Person) - Llo
***J***
Jealousy (Describing Behavior/Emotion) - Gahooraa
***K***
Knowing Not (Don’t Know - Don’t Have - Isn’t) - Oosoyyo
***L***
Land - Lleehada
Love (Similar to ‘paaffoo’, but more intense) - Taafoowii
***M***
Male (Man - He -Him - His) - Lli (lee)
Many - Ss (Sounds like a hiss)
Many (True Mermish - Typically added to Nouns and Pronouns) - Uk-uk
Merfolk (Merperson) - Baovveche
Moon - Ttheeni
***N***
Nervousness (Flailing of Limbs and Tail In Water) - Fffeechii
No - Toh
No (True Mermish) - Ungh (quick grunt)
***O***
Our (Ours) - Ffa
Oyster - Mchuuk
***P***
Person (Mermaids) - Ffuegane
People (Humans) - Paaepoohss
Playful (Jumping - Twirling - Splashing) - Chahho
***R***
Rage (Describing Behavior/Emotion) - Gahuuii
Rain (Heavy) - Aagiaag (Ahh-jaag)
Rain (Drops) - Aagii (Ahh-ga)
Reflection - Kiinaagii
Ripple - Ffuen
Roar - Rroo-er
Rock (Platform) - Ciipaa
Rock (Stone) - Hurriff
Rock Shelf Underwater - Wwiigoo
Rocky (Irregular Seafloor) - Ghoontuh
***S***
Sad - Dehffoo
Sand (Grains) - Saahd
Sandy (Smooth Seafloor) - Ffehpaah
Sandy (Lots of Sea-weed) - Haarii
Scale - Scaahoo
Sea - Chii (Chee)
Sea-Dragon - Feenhoom
Sea-Horse - Chuu-ffeenii
Sea-Weed - Cheehuuii
Seal - Cheeoo
Shallows - Kiinaa
Ship - Ssheep
Sick - Huu-iik (Sound of vomiting)
Silver - Shaavoh
Somber (Lazy - Blank Expression - Seclusion) - Haanii
Storm - Ssturm
Sulkiness (Refuse To Swim) - Sshuurii
Sun (Fire) - Echrassa
Surprise (Describing Behavior/Emotions) - Liiffoo
***T***
Thirsty - Hss-tii
Tide - Taahi
Tide (The Movement - Sound - Smell - Sight of the Tide) - Cuua
Tired (Slow) - Sshiiji
Touching (Playfulness - Staring) - Paaffoo
Transgender - Llo
***U***
Unknown (Describing Behavior/Emotions Of Anger) - Dehiifaa
Up - Hekk
Us - Ffa
***V***
Volcano - Echundra
***W***
Water (Evenly Cool in Temperature - Atlantic) - Ruutaroo
Water (Evenly Warm - Tropical) - Meetamaa
Water (Good To Breed In) - Caatuu
Water (Hard Currents - Disturbed or Troubled by Weather) - Chaachiioh
Water (Optimum For Mers) - Saahem
Water (Polluted) - Assuuh (Ahh-sue)
Water (Pretty or Attractive (Also used to label a mermaid)) - Maakeeffaa
Water (Rich In Fish) - Eenii
Water (Surface Cool, Colder Beneath, Barely Tolerable - Arctic) - Sooroo
Water (Surface Cool, Luke-Warm Currents - South Pacific) - Ruunii
Water (Too Cold) - Fuuacho
Water (Traveling Depth) - Tehmoo
Water (Troubled or Churned by Fish) - Feenwaa
Water (Warm on the Surface, Cool Beneath - Lake Water) - Maaroo
Water (Warm on the Surface, Ice Cold Beneath - North Pacific) - Maasoo
Water (Wave - Home - Fluid) - Alassi (Ah-la-see)
Wave (Curl or Tunnel) - Ccuuoo
Wave (Sharp Peaked Wave That Collapses In The Ocean Before Shore) - Sshuuka
Wave (Single Breaker Of Water) - Huuaae
We (Also Used For I) - Ffa
Whale (Mers Refuse To Name Them Although) - Huaool
Whirlpool - Llinoo
Without (Not Existing - Not Having - Not Knowing) - Oosoyyo
Wind - Hhoole
With (Together - Possessing) - Bi
Yes - Eeas
Yes (True Mer) - Heh (quick grunt)
3rd Order Mermish (Words that are more complicated) ~
Beachcomber - Anit (AH-neet)
Want - Antorum (AHN-toe-rume)
You - Dal (DOLL)
Am/Is/Are - Em (EM)
Low Tide - Fan (FAHN)
High Tide - Fimra dom (FEEM-rah-DOME)
Help - Fimra tre (FEEM-rah-TRAY)
Male - Fre (FRAY)
Swim - Hredenu (HRED-eh-noo)
Was/Were - Hron (HRONE)
Female - Ifen (EE-fen)
Many - Kesseni (KESS-seh-ni)
Here - Kila (KEE-lah)
Far Away - Li (LEE)
See - Luron (LOO-rone)
Someone Who Would Fail To See A Mermaid Right In Front Of His Face -Lusa (LOO-sah)
Love - Mortum (MOR-tume)
Storm - Nulma (NOOL-mah)
There - Ohora (O-ho-rah)
Mermaid - Olo (O-lo)
Friends Of Mermaids - Sessa (SESS-sah)
Human - Sesmuna (SESS-moo-nah)
Curious But Harmless Person - Setanim (SEH-tah-neem)
Curious And Dangerous Person - Setannor (SEH-tahn-nor)
Sailor - Setantreya (SEH-tahn-TRAY-yah)
Wave - Setsur (SET-soor)
Hello - Suron (SOO-rone)
I - Tala (TAH-lah)
Beach - To (TOE)
Ship - Torm (TORM)
The common standard dictionary used in Mermish Schools:
Aagiaag - Rain, heavy (droplets splash off the water’s surface)
Aagii - Rain (thing that makes pockmarks on the water’s surface)
Aah-teeree -Forest (‘all tree’ – obviously from the Tharian)
Aasuuh -Water, dirty or polluted
Affehoo -Bored (restless, making random loud sounds)
Ah~ee -Hurts! (an imprecation or exclamation like the human ‘ouch!’)
Alassi -Water (multi-purpose word – ‘wave’, ‘home’)
Alassi -Wave (also means ‘water’ or ‘home’)
Alassi -Home (literally ‘water’ or ‘wave’)
Apupua -Froth (sea-spume, small bubbles)
Baabah -Bubble
Baovveche -Merfolk, Merperson
Bavverissi -Baveras, Goddess of the Sea
Bett - Bad (human term which mer may not fully understand)
Bett~wuutaah Freshwater (which merfolk cannot tolerate for long - Tharian)
Bi (‘bee’) Is (multipurpose word for ‘to be’, ‘to have’, ‘to be with’, etc…)
Bi (‘bee’) Are
Bi (‘bee’) Has
Bi (‘bee’) Have
Bi (‘bee’) With (together, possessing)
Bllusu Fish eggs (spawn, caviar, etc.)
Buuhchii Water, about 20 peds deep or 10 spandar
Caatuu Water, good for breeding in (by any animal including mer)
Ccuuoo Wave (a curling wave that creates a tunnel)
Chaachiioh Water, disturbed or troubled by currents or weather
Chaaihoom Sky-worm (type of dragon)
Chaaishiihuur Sky-swimmer (flying dragon)
Chahho Playful ( jumping, twirling, splashing excessively)
Cheehuuii Sea-weed
Cheeoo Seal
Chi (‘chai’) Ahead (preposition of motion, used when swimming)
Chii (‘chee’) Sea (any open salt water deeper than 20 peds)
Chuu-ffeenii Sea-horse
Chuun Hunger (narrowed eyes, active hunting of food)
Ciipaa Rock wall or precipice underwater
Cuua Tide (the movement, sound, smell, and sight of it, holistically)
Daahuu Amused ( calmness with interest)
Daashu Dancer
Deeragoh Dragon (general human term)
Dehffoo Sad ( downturned face, reluctance to communicate)
Dehiifaa Unknown (word describing behaviour/emotion – characterized by lashing out at inanimate objects or other living things
Dehooffa Confidence? ( characterized by smiles and slight aggression)
Echrassa Sun (also used for ‘fire’)
Echrassa Fire (literally, ‘sun’)
Echundra Volcano
Eeas Yes (from the Tharian)
Eenii Water, rich in fish (either in the present, future, or past)
Faaraarii Family
Feen Fin
Feenhoom Fin-worm (sea dragon)
Feenwaa Water, troubled or churned up by a group of fish
Fees Fish (the generic human word – mer have many species words)
Ffa We (plural pronoun, used to refer to oneself as well)
Ffa Us
Ffa Our (possessive pronoun)
Ffa Ours (possessive pronoun)
Ffa I (actually translates as ‘we’ - mer do not use the singular form)
Ffeechuvo Dolphune
Ffehpaah Sandy, smooth seafloor (preferred by merfolk)
Ffewuu Happy ( playful, fidgety)
Fffeechii Nervousness? (flailing of limbs and tail while in water)
Ffuegane Person, sentient being
Ffuen Ripple (any movement on smooth water’s surface)
Ffuuhii Excited ( fidgety, quick movements)
Fuuacho Water, too cold for mer to swim in
Gahfooruu Anger ( upturned face, fast movement, very aggressive behavior)
Gahooraa Jealousy? (aggressive behavior to a mer in possession of a desirable item)
Gahuuii Rage? (uncontrollable, violent behavior)
Ghaajii Beneath (to be submerged, below water)
Ghood Good (human term which mer may not fully understand)
Ghoontuh Rocky, irregular seafloor
Haaih (‘hay-uh’) Healthy, well (pronounced as a contented sigh)
Haanii Somber? (laziness, blank expression, seclusion)
Haarduuh Hard
Haarii Sandy, smooth seafloor with a lot of seaweed
Haashilu Tryster (the oyster’s more flavourful cousin)
Heehii Determination (direct action, refusing to change course)
Heh (quick grunt) Yes (affirmative, agreement, in Old Mer)
Hekk Up (preposition of motion, used when swimming or moving)
Hhoole Air
Hhoole Wind
Hhu~hng Heart ( primary emotional state, character or personality)
Hhu-huu Hot (pronounced as two sharp pants of breath)
Hngukk Dead
Hnguloo Alive
Hnn-kii Hungry (from the human tongue, to desire food)
Hss-tii Thirsty (from the human tongue, to require bad-water)
Huaool Whale (general human term. Mer refuse to name them)
Hurrff Rock (above or below water)
Huuaae Wave (single breaker of water)
Huu-iik Sick (mimicking the sound of vomiting…)
Huumuu Depression ( similar to ‘haanii’, more noticeable and taken seriously by the mer)
Hwuu Cheerful ( similar to ‘ffewuu’ movements but more calm)
Hyuuman Human
Jeech Hot (generally, as in weather or food, but not in water)
Jiiii Cold (pronounced as a shudder of breath forced through teeth)
Kiinaa Shallows (good for sunning merfolk but poor for boats)
Kiinaagii Reflection (the sun off the surface of the water)
Kiini Bright ( blindingly bright or very hot)
Kiini~beeah Alcohol (any strong drink, particularly beer, which they dislike)
Koohur Color
Kraah Crab
Liiffoo Surprise (shocked look, upturned face, quick reaction)
Lla Female
Lla She
Lla Her
Lla Hers
Lle (‘lay’) It (pronoun for any non-sentient but animate creature)
Lleehada Land
Lli (‘lee’) Male
Lli He
Lli Him
Lli His
Llii Feeling (the word which signifies emotion, or attitude)
Llinoo Whirlpool
Llo Neuter (third gender of the merfolk)
Llo It (third gender pronoun of the merfolk)
Llo Its (third gender possessive pronoun of the merfolk)
Maakeeffaa Water, pretty or attractive
Maaroo Water, warm on the surface but cool beneath
Maasoo Water, surface warm but berg-cold beneath
Mchuuk Oyster
Meessuk Coral (dead)
Meesuloo Coral (living)
Meetamaa Water, evenly warm in temperature
Mhaawhoo Change (verb)
Mmawtt Down (preposition of motion, used when swimming or moving)
Oosoyyo Without (multi-purpose: not existing, not having, not knowing)
Oosoyyo Knowing not (‘don’t know’ – multi-purpose word)
Oosoyyo Having not (multi-purpose word ‘don’t have/don’t know/isn’t’)
Oosoyyo Is not (without existence – multi-purpose word)
Oowii Hungry (wanting food, wanting sex, wanting attention)
P’chaaoo Freshwater (which merfolk cannot tolerate for long – Old Mer)
Paaepooh~paash City (‘people-place’, obviously a quasi-Tharian construction)
Paaepoohss People (humans)
Paaffoo Enamored? ( staring, playfulness, touching)
Rroo~er Roar
Ruunii Water, surface cool, luke-warm currents
Ruutaroo Water, evenly cool in temperature
Saahd Sand
Saahem Water, 7 peds deep, optimum for mer
Scaahoo Scale
Shaahii Frustration ( flailing, downturned face, outbursts of anger)
Shaavoh Silver-coloured
Silffin Swordwhale ( Baveras’ steed)
Sooroo Water, surface cool, colder beneath, barely tolerable
Ss (sibilant hiss) Many (from the Tharian plural – added to nouns or pronouns)
Ssheep Ship (obviously a human term)
Sshiiji Tired (slow movements, drowsy appearance)
Sshuuka Wave ( a sharp, peaked wave that collapses before the shore
Sshuurii Sulkiness / Laziness ? (refusing to do anything, including swim)
Ssturm Storm (a human term. Mer do not seem to mind weather)
Taafoowii Love ? (similar to ‘paaffoo’ but more intense)
Taahi Tide
Tehmoo Water, around 13 peds deep, traveling depth
Toh No (from the Tharian)
Toh~chii Desert (‘no sea’, from the Tharian)
Ttheeni Moon (also used for ‘ice’)
Ttheeni Ice (literally, ‘moon’)
Uhff (a quick grunt) It (pronoun for any inanimate object or thing)
Uk-uk (throaty cough) Many (Old Mer plural – added to nouns or pronouns)
Ukuk~ffeechuvo Dolpholk
Ungh (quick grunt) No (refusal, disagreement, in Old Mer)
Uuniigo Dried-up (once covered with water, but no longer)
Uuriigo Fear (quick movements, loud voice, downturned face)
Vvundra Earth (the underwater embankments that form the roots of islands and continents)
Woolbul In (to be inside, surrounded by, covered)
Wwiigoo Rock shelf underwater (good for mer but bad for boats)
Yeeni Cold (generally, as in weather or food, but not in water)
Yyt (‘yeet’) Food (any edible plant or creature the mer consider non-sentient)
You may be wondering why some words like water have so many different words for them- this is explained because different breeds of Mer live in different seas and lakes and they seem it a privilege to have a specific word of water for there personalized habitat.