Below is a guide for some of the Snacian words and phrases used in the stories.
| Trephyn |
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(Tre-fin) singular, Dominant race on Synac (Geheran et-all) |
| Trephi |
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(Tre-fi) plural when refering to both Trephyn and Truphan |
| Truphan |
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(True-faan) singular, minority race on Synac (Dariena's race) |
| che |
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(chee) sweetie, love, dear. Can be attached to the end of a name to show affection. |
| sempaatu |
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(sem-pa-two) family through mating, son-in-law |
| rasem |
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(ra-sem) Father |
| rosem |
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(row-sem) Mother |
| semot |
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(sem-oat) Brother |
| semis |
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(sem-iss) Sister |
| shannat |
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(sha-nat) Transport class ship. |
| dra |
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(dr-ahh) Fast, quick, speedy, swift. |
| clut |
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(clue-t) A person of low intelligence. |
| ken |
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(ken) Danger or dangerous |
| toet |
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(toe-et) Excrement. |
| paat |
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(pot) To mate. |
| si |
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(see) Grammatical element that preceeds a question. |
| grah |
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(gra) Grammatical element indicating something near by. |
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