The following are detailed parses and translations for all the prior Scarlet Lark posts; further translations will be provided as footnotes to new posts.
| Feneng |
| fene<n>g |
| rest comfortably<INE> |
| place where one rests comfortably; refuge |
| She Who Runs |
| Mudjavíniak | ya | Rí |
| mudjw-rV-híniak | ya | rí |
| run away, flee-3s-PRS.PROG | REL | she[NOM.s] |
| she that flees; she that runs away |
| Finds-Comfort-in-Law |
| Sílire | Yinyísj-mí | Háthaíyen |
| síli-rV | yinyí-sj=mí | háthaí-én |
| find-3.s | law-ESS.s=in | comfort-ACC.s |
| Takes-Refuge-in-Beauty |
| Fénegwe | Duthueísj-mí |
| féneg-rV | duthueí-sj=mí |
| rest comfortably-3.s | beauty-ESS.s=in |
| Immeasurable-Dagger-of-Brotherhood |
| Tefúnwettzja | Róm'z | Kothás |
| tefa-ún-wédj-rV | rózb-n | kothás |
| measure-NEG-able to undergo-3.s | brotherhood-GEN.s | dagger[NOM.s] |
| Tarag Thán |
| tarag | thán |
| embrace | flame |
| Lit. "embrace flame"; archaic. Traditionally read as "Embraced by Flame" or "The Embracing Fire". Alludes to the fire curse of Ulmemr Yár, which surrounds the central islands of the city. |
| Kévezem Pillar-of-Sky |
| Kévezem | Táyn'an | Povu |
| kéve-sem | táyan-n | povu |
| sharp-eye[NOM.s] | sky-GEN.s | pillar |
| Keen-Eye Pillar-of-Sky |
| Red Cliff |
| Sáya | Tháya |
| red | shoulder; cliff |
Léhes Lizb Lit. "Flesh mountain."
| Hararo Páisí |
| hararo | páisí |
| harar-o | pái-sí |
| opinion-VOC.s | flower-DAT.p |
| flowers have an opinion; opinion becomes flowers |
| Flowing Serpent |
| Ulmemr | Yár |
| ulmem-r | yár |
| flow-PROG | serpent[NOM.s] |
| Flowing Serpent; archaic. Modern form, kédeniakwe yár. |
| Hospitable Spear |
| Thénde | Péle |
| hospitable | spear |
| Tangled Root of Heroism |
| Hujhul Kún'dh-mí Harástechhó |
| hujhul | kúdh-n=mí | haráste-s-chó |
| tangled | root-GEN.s=in | hero-ABSTRACT-INS.s |
| Lit. "Tangled by/among the heroism of root"; archaic or poetic. Root is likely an allusion to ancestors. |
| pái chweng |
| pái | chweng |
| flower | black |
| "Black flower", refers to the black petals of holy saffron. Chweng is a foreign borrowing from the language of sorcerors. The borrowing is also the source of the non-standard word order. |
| Yetyem Lédh |
| ye<t>yem | lédh |
| hand<EARTH> | black; dark |
| Lit. "Black Hand"; the EARTH infix indicates that the hand is not fleshly, but made of some unliving material; a roundabout way of saying "iron hand". |
| Míkhi Nén'dh |
| míkhi | nédh-n |
| spindle | mist;vapour-GEN.s |
| Lit. "Vapour Spindle". |
| Phalai Pí |
| falai | pí |
| floor; platform; earth | tide; flowing water |
| Lit. "Tide Floor". |
| O mists, that you would clear! |
| Nédhhiul, | methne | kirikkíssne | lésesen! |
| nédh-siul | methe-ne | kirig-hís-sne | lé-se-sen |
| cloud-VOC.p | wish-1s | clear-IRR-2p | you-NOM.p-ACC.p |
| Overdeclination rules! Lit. "O clouds, I wish it were that you were clear!" |
| She-Rips-Error-to-Pieces |
| Resmeváracje |
| resm(e)-várath-rV |
| mistake-rip to pieces-3.s |
| The way of cutting fingers |
| káaládh |
| káa-ládh |
| move violently-finger |
| Lit. "fingers moving violently". Often misinterpreted as "stiff fingers" from káá-ládh. |
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