This page contains a small but useful number of words from the Rihannsu language. Most are from Diane Duane's The Romulan Way, some are from other semi-official sources, and some were made up for the MUSE. To reference the words starting with a particular letter ot topic, scroll down to that letter or topic or just select it from the meny below. For convenience, the Rihannsu curses are collected under one topic, "curses."

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Example:
D'laire is a cheating fool.
This translates to "D'laire she is cheating'fool:"
D'laire hwiiya vagram'veruul.
Example:
Maec killed three short, white fvais twelve days ago.
This translates to "Maec he killed three small-white'fvais twelve days ago:"
Maec lh'yy'ala sie lacendt-aye'fvaiin dev'til tel-a lhai.
Example:
Jaeih slowly targetted the Ferengi cargo hold.
This translates to "Jaeih she slowly'targetted cargo hold of the Ferengi."
Since the verb target already needs the lh' prefix for being past tense, it
will read "Jaeih she lh'targetted-slowly the cargo hold of the Ferengi:"
Jaeih lh'rjudhela-rawn haerht nnea Feh'rengi.
For verbs ending in a or e add the following to the end of the verb:
singular plural
I lo/llo loi/lloi we
you l/ll l-a/ll-a you (plural)
he/she/it la/lla lar/llar they
For verbs ending in i or o add the following to the end of the verb:
singular plural
I yo/yyo yoi/yyoi we
you y/yy y-a/yy-a you (plural)
he/she/it ya/yya yar/yyar they
For verbs ending in u add the following to the end of the verb:
singular plural
I hy/hhy hy-a/hhy-a we
you hyai/hhyai hyaiin/hhyaiin you (plural)
he/she/it hya/hhya hyar/hhyar they
For verbs ending in a consonant add the following to the end of the verb:
singular plural
I -ao/-aao -aoi/-aaoi they
you -ay/-aay -ay-a/-aay-a you (plural)
he/she/it -aya/-aaya -ayar/-aayar they
For example, we will now conjugate the verb "to be," or hwii:
singular plural I am - hwiiyo we are - hwiiyoi you are - hwiiy you are - hwiyy-a he/she/it is - hwiiya they are - hwiiyar
lh' - verb prefix denoting past tense
v' - verb prefix denoting future tense
first: tie-hh
second: til-hh
eighth: yil-hh