[] = vague notes about the taxon it refers to

~ = I've designed the char glyph for this one

a, i, o, u, e, ei, eu, m, n, ng, k, v, z, l, y, th, tx, sh, zh, ch, j

a

ainje ~ 1

alai ~ see, visible, awake, aware, surroundings, the tangible world / boring, childish

azhom ~ continue to, continue until / unmoving / dream / bad poetry

i

inme ~ a (indefinite article) / (modifies name to confer disrespect)

ingthi ~ hello, find, familiar / dig, shovel, to plant, major renovation of the landscape (especially installing electronics within natural systems)

ijo ~ [poisonous lizard] impact, fire, spark / assassin

o

omve ~ [shell-hiding crustacean] weak, coward, to submit to something, to be less important than something, to not impede something

oye ~ the (definite article) / (modifies name to confer respect) / him, her, them (polite) / sir, ma'am

ocha ~ [octopus with colorful ink] determination, quiet, skill (especially martial/sports) / paint, color (root of all color terms)

u

ulozhe ~ Hunt Coven, hunting party, die, kill, corpse, fur, eat, cancel, quit, forgotten memory

^ ulozhe / eimek – war, huge battle, large-scale disagreement or rivalry (used hyperbolically on small scale)

e

eliche ~ build, artificial / perfect, whole, round, elegant (programming) / imaginary

ei

eilsh ~ 3

eik ~ 5 / parts, take apart, scatter, to divide an object equally

einume ~ very unlikely / fear, formidable, monster / sexy

eimek ~ [colony bugs] enormous, many (people), popular, era

eu

eumnon ~ mouth, tooth, tongue, throat, voice / loud, indiscreet / air / pocket

eucho ~ keep, to proudly have a trait, to have an illness / secret

m

michi ~ fairy, person, someone, character, faethropomorphic / mood, behave / grow up / play, prank / fashionable / dialect, contextual mode of behavior / group singled out from a bigger group

^ michi / theizhe – tree sprite, spirit, angel

munin ~ very likely / hard substance like wood, stone, metal, plastic / obscured sky, roof

mlin ~ 0

n

nanshi ~ [superclass of deep-sea creatures] (question), mystery, hidden, mist / detective, search / white

ng

nga ~ me, I, us, we / center / ground, forest, nature / community, city

ngo ~ Speech Coven, language, performance, public image, art, essay, post (online), sign, costume, draw, write, wear (as fashion)

k

kolek ~ 4

kulau ~ [cattish] see, clear, bright light / water / run, escape / flaky (person)

kui ~ [dog, jackal-like family] short time, soon, quick / trivial

v

vuyui ~ [tree that drops spiraling leaves] dance, fly, eloquent / autumn / persuasion, flirting

vueith – [mold] kiss, touch gently / date casually / swim, damp

vonga ~ [tentacled whale] impossible / opposite, non, void, nothing, without / sea (especially deep sea) / body fat

z

zath ~ [long-lived turtles] future, will happen, not yet / long / flat / treasure / safety

zuni ~ [animals] you, him, her, them (second or third person pronoun) / family, close friend, one's own coven

zochna ~ count, amount, number / specific (suggests something is countable on hands or in a short time; also used figuratively on uncountables)

l

luli ~ crime / mistake / laziness / unnatural

^ luli / ulozhe – punishment, revenge, comeuppance, karma (aggressive; may imply punishment is too harsh)

lolo ~ need, hunger, gap, poverty / delinquency / cliff

leing ~ do, make, change, become, remember, say, write, seek, function

^ (person) leing vonga – to have amnesia, to forget something important, to be forgetful or unreliable

y

yalji ~ 2, double

yuyo ~ [round, white, moon-looking night birds] moon, month, artificial satellite / marble, dot / quiet

yoshatx ~ Rot Coven, doom, decay, loss, (slow) death, death (abstract) / bad luck, harsh reality / food, fertilizer / idea, seed

yein ~ [superclass of flying bugs] precise / needle, quill, arrow / persistent, repeated / rude

th

theing ~ [hunting plant that mimics a raccoon] lie, cheat, charlatan / excellent actor

theizhe ~ [plants] tree / home, building / fundamental, institution

thiviz ~ bake, pastry, clay, build (small-scale) / burn oneself accidentally / falsehood

^ thiviz / yalji – repair, recreate, replace

thomojo ~ hat, hairstyle, raincoat, canopy / underlying logic of a system

tx

txun ~ maybe, possible / suggestion / birthday, age, party

txel – [leaf-looking bug] leaf, paper, page / thin / carte blanche / apparent, ‘open book' / to put down in writing, to organize a shared routine

txeik – [dragonflyish] angel, deity / beautiful (art, nature, objects), ethereal, special / difficult

sh

shevi ~ [tree with extensive roots] past, to happen X time ago / collection, reservoir, database / roots, underground

shinsei ~ name, meet / road / specific tree / remember something long forgotten

zh

ch

chili ~ [superclass of big, thick trees] true, definite, solid, metal / still / translucent / rainbow

^ chili nanshi – definitely unknown, I don't know, search me, don't be so sure, be careful

choai ~ [frog things that all transform to female later in life] female, birth / beauty, color

^ choai / vong(a) – male

j

jiji ~ [high-strung wasps] angry, offended, judgmental, frustrated / hard-working / bite, hit, insult

junai – sorry, apology / false / debt, payback, comeuppance, karma

jochen ~ Slurry Coven, body, science, biology, invention, soup, medicine, microbiota / imagination

^ jochen / eik – body part(s)

^ jochen / thiviz – machine, robot, technological art project

jeusheu ~ slow, long time, ancient, wait, patience / natural