Orcish dictionary

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Anukh!
"Attack!" (Stone Tooth Clan of Vaasa)[1]

arumwon
lit. "beast brother" (animal companion of rangers of the Stone Tooth Clan of Vaasa)[1]

D
dam ul dam
"blood for blood" (Stone Tooth Clan of Vaasa)[1]

dglinkarz
insult used for dwarves[2]

dukhal
"bastard" (insult) (Stone Tooth Clan of Vaasa)[1]

duluk
"beware"[3]

durgreos (pronounced: /ˈdɜːrˈgrioʊzz/ Dur-GREE-ohzz[4])
"No quarrel", a greeting and parting used amongst northern orcs.[4]

G
gareke
"torch"[5]

Garug-Mal
orcs of the Greypeak Mountains[6]

gubuk
derogatory term referring to other humanoids such as humans, elves, and halflings[3],
closely translated as "soft-skinned people".[7]

K
kazaht
"bull"[8]

Kumash damun!
"Taste the blood!" (Stone Tooth Clan of Vaasa)[1]

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M
malwun
lit. "oathbrother" (term for blood brother among the sacred hunters of the Stone Tooth
Clan of Vaasa)[1]

mal karash
"oathbreaker" (Stone Tooth Clan of Vaasa)[1]

Morth al haugh nothok! Bettah al nothokari!

"Your heart is not that of an orc. It is that of a goblin!" (insult)[9]

N
Neyë
"Come here" (Stone Tooth Clan of Vaasa)[1]

nothok
"orc"[9]

nothokari
"goblin"[9]

R
Ragh ala
"Calm down" (Stone Tooth Clan of Vaasa)[1]

T
tekorriikii
A word borrowed from the phoenix language, that in the orcish dialect of the Akanapeaks
meant "stop that awful racket, you feather-bearing nuisance.[10]

terruk-ukl
"giant spider"[11]

U
ugrukh
"broken
[12][4] bones" (used to refer to those too weak lame to be worthy of an orc's attention)

ukrypt
home, "home of" (e.g., "Uruth Ukrypt" meaning "home of Uruth")

ukul
"spider" (pronounced: /ˈuːkʊl/ OO-kul); plural is ukula[13]

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ukurn
"monstrous spider"; plural is ukurna (pronounced: /uːˈkɜːrnɑː/ oo-KUR-nah)[13]

Z
zuwar
sacred hunters of the Stone Tooth Clan of Vaasa, serving the god Malar[1]

Appendix

See Also

Orc language

References

1. ↑ Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 Mark Sehestedt (July 2008). Sentinelspire.
(Wizards of the Coast), chap. "A word to the reader. ISBN 978-0-7869-4937-3.
2. ↑ James Lowder (January 1991). Crusade. (TSR, Inc), chap. 9. ISBN 0-8803-8908-
7.
3. ↑ Jump up to: 3.0 3.1 Stormfront Studios (2001). Designed by Mark Buchignani, Ken
Eklund, Sarah W. Stocker. Pool of Radiance: Ruins of Myth Drannor. Ubisoft
Entertainment.
4. ↑ Jump up to: 4.0 4.1 4.2 Ed Greenwood (August 1992). “The Everwinking Eye: Words To
The Wise”. In Jean Rabe ed. Polyhedron #74 (TSR, Inc.), p. 14–15.
5. ↑ R.A. Salvatore (March 2015). Vengeance of the Iron Dwarf. (Wizards of the
Coast), p. 99. ISBN 0-7869-6570-3.
6. ↑ Mark Anthony (February 1996). Escape from Undermountain. (TSR, Inc.). ISBN 0-
7869-0477-1.
7. ↑ Carrie Bebris (2001). Pool of Radiance: Ruins of Myth Drannor. (Wizards of the
Coast), chap. 4, p. 68. ISBN 0-7869-1387-8.
8. ↑ Mike Mearls, et al. (November 2016). Volo's Guide to Monsters. Edited by Jeremy
Crawford, et al. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 207. ISBN 978-0786966011.
9. ↑ Jump up to: 9.0 9.1 9.2 Mark Anthony (February 1996). Escape from Undermountain.
(TSR, Inc.), chap. 4. ISBN 0-7869-0477-1.
10. ↑ Paul Kidd (November 1996). The Council of Blades. (TSR, Inc.), p. 34. ISBN 978-
0786905317.
11. ↑ James Butler, Elizabeth T. Danforth, Jean Rabe (September 1994). “The
Stonelands and the Goblin Marches”. In Karen S. Boomgarden ed. Elminster's
Ecologies (TSR, Inc), p. 27. ISBN 1-5607-6917-3.
12. ↑ Ed Greenwood (October 2012). Ed Greenwood Presents Elminster's Forgotten
Realms. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 12. ISBN 0786960345.|
13. ↑ Jump up to: 13.0 13.1 Ed Greenwood (2022-01-08). The Word for Spider Across
Languages (Tweet). theedverse. Twitter. Archived from the original on 2022-11-20.
Retrieved on 2023-02-21.

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