Kardasi’Uq’Torrya / Kardassi’Uq’Lakariya Dictionary of Colors

This series is an introduction to Kardas'iUq'Torrya, also referred to as "service-class Kardasi", and to the closely-related dialect Kardass'iUq'Lakariya. The Kardasi used in this series is primarily Kardasi'Uq'torrya, "the Kardasi of Torr Sector", usually referred to by the Federaji as "service-class Kardasi". Some words are from the closely-related dialect Kardassi'Uq'lakariya, "the Kardassi of Lakari'or".

Notes:

Kardasi'Uq'Torrya and Kardassi'Uq'Lakariya are based on the Kardasi from Tinsnip and Vyc's English-Kardasi Dictionary and from Galileo Ace's Cardassian Language, with additional vocabulary and grammar by RisalSoran and suggestions and contributions by BardicRaven.

Chapter 1: Kardasi’Uq’Torrya / Kardassi’Uq’Lakariya - English Dictionary of Colors

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Tl'irici / Colors

Kardasi / Kardassi	English
garI	light-in-color, white, bright
irc	light
iric	of-light
jiv	red
jiv'garI	pink
jiv'ct'va	purple
jiv'ct'va'garI	lavender
jiv'ct'va'kut	dark purple
jiv'ith'iric	ember-glow (red-light-heat)
jiv’ith’tl’iric	warm-red
jiv'kut	dark red
jiv'tl'emzli	red-brown
jiv'tl'emzli'ss'iv	copper (color) (red-brown-shiny)
jiv’Uq’p’vac’Uq’kerreth / jiv’Uq’p’vas’Uq’kerreth	red ochre (red-of-rock-powder)
jiv'Uq'ss'le'gatli	Red-of-dominance/control ('Command red'); (this is a translation of a Federation Standard term)
k'tlo's'iric	Without color, colorless
kut	black, dark
kut'jiv'ctva'kut	ultraviolet (dark dark-purple)
mar	green
mar’garI	bright, light green
mar’kut	dark green
mar’ss’iv	shiny green
maract'garI	azure, light-blue
maract / maract or marat	blue
maract'jiv'ct'va'kut maract'kut	indigo, dark purple-blue dark blue, navy blue
maract'mar	green-blue
maract'mar / marat'mar	blue-green
maract'mar'garI	light blue-green, sea green
maract’ss’iv	shiny-blue
maractUq'j'lat	blue-of-wanting/desire/arousal (metaphorical/idiomatic)
maract’Uq’ss’arac’ya’k’harit’khove	blue-of-a-sea-where-the-water-is-deep
maract’Uq’ss’arac’ya’s’ya’emzli	blue-of-a-sea-near-the-shore
maract'Uq'ss'arit	blue-of-interest/fascination (metaphorical/idiomatic)
maract’Uq’tli’ja’em’zlya’ju’pA’rec	blue-of-a-sky-during-a-rain
maract’Uq’tli’ja’em’zlya’tl’avi’p’vac	blue-of-a-dust-filled-sky
maract’Uq’tli’ja’em’zlya’to’pA’rec	blue-of-a-sky-after-a-rain
maract’Uq’tli’Uq’harit’tas’ss’i’en	blue-of-a-place-of-still-water
maractUq'v'rec	Blue-of-essence/seed/rain (metaphorical/idiomatic)
mar'garI	light-green
mar'itzik'garI	yellow-green
mar'kut	dark green, forest green
mar'tl'em'zli	green-brown (olive)
mar'tl'emzli'kut	dark green-brown
ss'iv	shiny
ss'vath	grey
ss'vath'garI	light-grey
ss'vath'garI'ss'iv	pearlescent (shiny white-grey)
s'vath'ss'araca	slate (sea-grey)
ss'vath'ss'iv	silver (shiny-grey)
tas'ss'iv	dull (without-a-shine)
tl'emzli	brown
tl'emzli'garI	beige
tl'emzli'jiv'ctva'garI	mauve, light brown-lavender
tl'emzli'kut	dark brown
tl'irc'ss'iv	iridescent (description-of-shiny-light)
tl'iric	color
tl'iric'k'tlavi'p'ne'irc	hue
tl'iric'k'tlo'p'ne'irc	color-variation
tl'iricUq'cev'arissen	the color of movement (metaphor, idiom)
tl'iricUq'kerrethUq'khas	sandstone, tan (color-of-(the)stone-of-sand)
tl'iric’Uq'ol'lo	the color of life (metaphorical/idiomatic)
tl'ir'iric'ss'iv	opalescent (description-of-many-shiny-colors)
tl'itzik'em'zli	yellow-brown
tl'itzik'garI	yellow
tl'itzik'garI'mar	green-yellow
tl'itzik'garI'ss'iv	gold (shiny-yellow)
tl'itzik'jiv	orange (yellow-red)
tl'itzik'k'tlavi'jiv	yellow-with-the-characteristic-of-red (orange)
tl'itzik'mar'garI	chartreuse (bright yellow-green)
tl’itzik’Uq’p’vac’Uq’kerreth / tl’itzik’Uq’p’vas’Us’kerreth	yellow ochre (yellow-of-rock-powder)
tl'jiv'ith	infrared (description-of-red-heat)
tl'Uq'ir'irici	multi-colored

Chapter 2: English - Kardasi'Uq'Torrya / Kardassi'Uq'Lakariya Dictionary of Colors

Summary:

This series is an introduction to Kardas'iUq'Torrya, also referred to as "service-class Kardasi", and to the closely-related dialect Kardass'iUq'Lakariya. The Kardasi used in this series is primarily Kardasi'Uq'torrya, "the Kardasi of Torr Sector", usually referred to by the Federaji as "service-class Kardasi". Some words are from the closely-related dialect Kardassi'Uq'lakariya, "the Kardassi of Lakari'or".

Notes:

Kardasi'Uq'Torrya and Kardassi'Uq'Lakariya are based on the Kardasi from Tinsnip and Vyc's English-Kardasi Dictionary and from Galileo Ace's Cardassian Language, with additional vocabulary and grammar by RisalSoran and suggestions and contributions by BardicRaven.

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Colors / tl’irici

English	Kardasi/Kardassi
azure, light-blue	maract'garI
beige	tl'emzli'garI
black, dark	kut
blue	maract
blue-of-a-dust-filled-sky (literal & metaphor/idiom)	maract’Uq’tli’ja’em’zlya’tl’avi’p’vac
blue-of-a-place-of-still-water	maract’Uq’tli’Uq’harit’tas’ss’i’en
blue-of-a-sea-where-the-water-is-deep	maract’Uq’ss’arac’ya’k’harit’khove
blue-of-a-sea-near-the-shore	maract’Uq’ss’arac’ya’s’ya’emzli
blue-of-a-sky-after-a-rain (metaphor/idiom)	maract’Uq’tli’ja’em’zlya’to’pA’rec
blue-of-a-sky-during-a-rain (stormcloud-grey-with-blue)	maract’Uq’tli’ja’em’zlya’ju’pA’rec
blue-of-wanting/desire/arousal	maract'Uq'j'lat
blue-of-essence/seed/rain	maractUq'v'rec
blue-of-interest/fascination	maract’Uq’ss’arit
blue-green	maract'mar
brown	tl'emzli
chartreuse (bright yellow-green)	tl'itzik'mar'garI
color	tl'iric
color of comfort (metaphor/idiom) (purple)	tl'iricUq'h'sst'va'tas'bechav'tas'zl'chav (jiv'ctva)
color of desire/wanting/arousal	maract'Uq'j'lat
color of life (metaphor/idiom)	tl'iric’Uq'ol'lo
color-variation	tl'iric'k'tlo'p'ne'irc
copper (color) (red-brown-shiny)	jiv'tl'emzli'ss'iv
dark, black	kut
dark blue, navy blue	maract'kut
dark brown	tl'emzli'kut
dark green, forest green	mar'kut
dark green-brown	mar'tl'emzli'kut
dark purple	jiv'ct'va'kut
dark red, maroon	jiv'kut
dull (without-a-shine)	tas'ss'iv
ember-glow (literary/poetic term for 'infrared')	jiv'ith'iric (tl'jiv'ith)
gold (shiny-yellow)	tl'itzik'garI'ss'iv
green	mar
green-blue	maract'mar
green-brown (olive)	mar'tl'emzli
green-yellow	tl'itzik'garI'mar
grey	s'vath
hue	tl'iric'k'tlavi'p'ne'irc
indigo, dark purple-blue infrared (description-of-red-heat)	maract'jiv'ct'va'kut tl'jiv'ith (also jiv'ith'iric, or 'ember-glow')
iridescent (description-of-shiny-light)	tl'irc'ss'iv
light-blue, azure	maract'garI
light	irc
light-green	mar'garI
light-grey	s’vath’garI
light-purple, lavender	jiv'ct'va'garI
light, white	garI
maroon	jiv'tl'emzli'kut
mauve	tl'emzli'jiv'ctva'garI
multi-colored	tl'Uq'ir'irici
opalescent (description-of-many-shiny-colors)	tl'ir'iric'ss'iv
orange (yellow-red, yellow-with-the-characteristic-of-red	tl'itzik'jiv, tl'itzik'k'tlavi'jiv
pearlescent	ss'vath'garI'ss'iv
pink	jiv'garI
purple, violet	jiv'ctva
red	jiv
red-brown	tl'jiv'emzli
red-of-aggression	jiv’Uq’ss’khar
Red-of-dominance/control ('Command Red' (a translation from Federation Standard)	jiv'Uq'ss'le'gatli
red ochre (red-of-rock-powder)	jiv’Uq’p’vac’Uq’kerreth / jiv’Uq’p’vas’Uq’kerreth
sandstone (color-of-[the]-stone-of-sand), tan	tl'iricUq'kerrethUq'khas
shiny	ss’iv
silver	s'vath'ss'iv
slate (sea-grey)	ss’vath’ss’araca
tan, sandstone	tl'iricUq'kerrethUqkhas
ultraviolet (dark dark-purple)	kut'jiv'ctva'kut
white, light-in-color, bright	garI
yellow (star-colored)	tl'itzik
yellow	tl'itzik'garI
yellow-brown	tl'itzik'emzli
yellow-green	mar'itzik'garI
yellow ochre (yellow-of-rock-powder)	tl’itzik’Uq’p’vac’Uq’kerreth / tl’itzik’Uq’p’vas’Uq’kerreth

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Garaks_gay_garderobe on Chapter 1 Wed 28 Sep 2022 01:58AM UTC

It is I, from the Terok Nor AU fic, hehe. I have a question. Do you maybe have a Kardasi word of endearment, like sweetheart, darling, lover, etc?
Asking for a friend ;)

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1. BardicRaven on Chapter 1 Wed 28 Sep 2022 05:30AM UTC
  
  'allo!
  That is an awesome question, and I'd love to know also what Garak's 'my dear' would translate as.
  Loving your story and how you weave the bits of language in!
  Btw, it's been the kind of day where I look at your handle and get this extremely interesting crossover of DS9 and Disney's Beauty and the Beast'. An interesting combination, for sure!
  
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2. 1. RisalSoran on Chapter 1 Wed 28 Sep 2022 07:40AM UTC
    
    'Allo!
    There are several possible variants of 'my dear'!
    I would translate his canonical "my dear" as "nU ess'ik" ('my loved one', 'my dear') or the more casual version "ess'ik". In fanfic, he could use nU e’zAr’ik (' my beloved', 'my dear') or the more casual version "e'zAr'ik"- both are more intense versions that would be used only with someone like a husband, wife, spouse, fiance(e).
    
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3. RisalSoran on Chapter 1 Wed 28 Sep 2022 07:30AM UTC
  
  Hi!
  I've got a few - but I suspect you don't want the translation of 'sweetheart'; jiv'burUt jem translates literally, as 'heart [that’s] sweet-to-the-taste' – most likely not what you’re looking for!
  I'll have them posted soon, but need to double-check spelling and translations first. In the meantime, here are two variants of two of them:
  itzik’ess’ : beloved star
  nU itzi’ik’ess’ : my beloved star (which can be shortened to itzi'ik'ess' , in which the 'my' is implied (a less formal version)
  nU ess’ik : my loved one; my dear
  ess'ik : also 'my loved one' or 'my dear', but the 'my' is implied (this is a less formal version)
  
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4. 1. Garaks_gay_garderobe on Chapter 1 Wed 28 Sep 2022 09:13AM UTC
    
    THANK YOU SO MUCH THIS IS GOLD WORTH!
    
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  2. 1. RisalSoran on Chapter 1 Wed 28 Sep 2022 01:42PM UTC
      
      You're very welcome! : )
      
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Garaks_gay_garderobe on Chapter 1 Thu 29 Sep 2022 01:26PM UTC

Hello there!
I have another phrase I need to translate. I need something like “May you live” or “May we live”. Do you maybe have any ideas? If not, I’ll just do a little keysmash XD
Thank you!!

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1. RisalSoran on Chapter 1 Thu 29 Sep 2022 01:31PM UTC
  
  I've got the pronouns and 'to live'; I'll just need to figure out the 'may'.
  Does the 'we' include the speaker and one other person, or several others?
  
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2. RisalSoran on Chapter 1 Thu 29 Sep 2022 01:59PM UTC
  
  I think Kardasi actually doesn’t have a conditional verb, so ‘may’, ‘might’, ‘would’, etc. wouldn’t translate exactly.
  One could say something like “nU j’latI cek qa olliv” (‘I want/wish/desire that you continue-to-live’); by leaving out the subject pronoun, “j’latI cek qa olliv” would add some ambiguity-of-subject, and would probably be the closest I can come up with.
  So, without the subject pronoun:
  j’latI cek qa olliv (‘[it is] wanted/wished/desired that you continue-to-live’)
  j’latI cek nU’qa olliv (‘[it is] wanted/wished/desired that we (‘I-and-you (singular) continue-to-live’)
  j’latI cek nU’qa’i olliv ( (‘[it is] wanted/wished/desired that we (‘I and you (plural) continue-to-live’)
  
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3. 1. Garaks_gay_garderobe on Chapter 1 Thu 29 Sep 2022 04:38PM UTC
    
    this will do very nicely! I actually like "it is desired" much better than "may" when I think about it. Thank you very much! I'll definitely use this in my fic ;) with citation of course!
    
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  2. 1. RisalSoran on Chapter 1 Fri 30 Sep 2022 01:18PM UTC
      
      I'm glad it will work!
      You're very welcome, and thank you!
      : )
      
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