ALPHABET qu = royal, royalty, high an / nn = gifted, dexterous, hopeful gh/geh = masculine, strong, capable yh/yeh = feminine, charming, sweet, kind ff = life, spring, energy, warmth li = light, flexible, clear, liquid, water wo = earnings, payment, reimbursement em/m = multiple, several, reinforced, plural are/ari = good, bless, welcome, thanks, free ws = like, love, prefer, want sh = correct, absolute, aligned; yes (that is correct) et = known, knowledge, information ev = protect, shield, shelter ra = chain reaction, tech, work lo = go, move, physically change location alt = introduction, beginning, start t/ti = in order, counted, complete, assembled zh = region, area (zz is akin to “far off/east”) th/tith = variable, random, mixed tj/taj = plan, logistics, plot, think

hye = common, middle, mediocre, average ih = sight, looks, physical, corporeal, detect kh/kah = stone, thick, solid, hard, complex de/deh = measurement, distance/depth us = sound, hear, listening, alert br = grasp, hold, handle, utilize vea/va = smell, gas, vapors, cloud may = same point, redundant, circular ba/bah = hasty, rapid, impatient uh = other(s), opposite, outside v/vh = self, ownership, my, mine ekk = take, grab, consume ai = obstacle, clouding, blockage fri= fat, excess, bulk, full ma = bullish, anger, wrath ee = stout, short, lack, determined to reach tey = ape-like, hunched, crouched, animal doe = spoil, rot, degraded, rust, dirty, perverted kye = make ill, disturb, harm, violence, strike ik = low, least, worst, worthless, poor

AFFIXES / PUNCTUATION sec = the/an/a; thing, this l/el = you, other hm = verb, to make, to do, to use ‘ = [apostrophe, pause] the short pause helps change the direct meaning of a word but can also insinuate stuttering when doubled ral = with, in, together/combined, and, also ess = no, none, not, nothing bh = [quotes, said, saying] ab = is, am, therefore, equal, equal sign sw/sew = one who is, does, performs, works with, associated with it = time ix = intensity dew = yes (affirmative, understood, understand) wed = yes (can do, we have, applicable) ix = intensity; comparative level 1

center/origin = hrye (where front-back meet) up = quiv down = tik (also, at rest, lying) right = hev left = huh front (center front) = heh back/behind = rye

quarter front up = quhe quarter front down = hehtik quarter back up = quirv quarter back down = tikre quarter left down = tik’uh quarter right down = tikhe quarter left up = queh quarter right up = quivah

THE BODY / NUMERALS

NUMBER ETIHUS ‘BODY PART’ NOTES 01 one pec finger, one) 02 two he claw/fingernail 03 three ki knuckle ki as in kick 04 four sivee/hex* wrist Not in original system, slang 05 five siv hand 06 six qusp** wing Not in original system, uncommon 07 seven 08 eight 09 nine 10 ten cun paw 15 fifteen Cue fist

*Sivee = 5-1, short hand; hex = 2^2; was added soon after the system was introduced ** Added later by the Quann and used extensively by them, and generally avoided by others For order (1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc.) the number is added to “t”

EXAMPLE MORPHOLOGY: Etihus = language ET IH US Knowledge physically [manifested into] sounds “Et” starts the concept as the core, it is then modified by “ih”. Et and ih are then both modified by “us”. The morphemes et, ih, and us are all free morphemes (they are words that can stand alone in a sentence). They each have their own grapheme, their own place in the alphabet, and can be utilized as any part of speech based on where any of them are placed in the sentence or how they are attached to a word/phrase. Reversing the placement of any of the semaphonemes changes the meaning by inversing which is the core and which is the modifier. EXAMPLE COMMON WORDS: ut = simultaneous UH ALT T opposite/outside + beginning (or) order/complete altuh = End (of a cycle) ALT UH beginning + opposite/outside ix = intensity; comparative level 1 hyx = medium intensity, raised level; comparative level 2 ralx = consumed by/wholly within; comparative level 3 mix = extreme intensity; superlative (see below) EM IX multiple/several/reinforced/plural + intensity tit = past [tense], before (order, complete/t + time/it) rit = future [tense], will (chain reaction/ra + time/it) ritab = will be, future tense of is (rit/future + is/ab) ritess = never, not in the future (rit/future + no/ess)

EXAMPLE SYNTAX / SENTENCES: ENGLISH: The snow glows white on the mount’n tonight ETIHUS: Sec-ait fesslix frih ihffmay ral hykxm TRANSLITERATION: This night [the] snow [is a]* white [that is] bright [on the] mountain. *pro-dropping verb. Every word in this sentence is a noun or ‘adjective’ representing a base concept. Sec (the/that) describes the specificity of the ait (night). Linking them together (which is done/heard naturally but seen better in writing with a hyphen) indicates that ait is describing what is going on “during this time”. This then makes fesslix (snow) the core/subject. Frih (white) describes snow, which is then described as ihffmay (bright/reflective). This snow that is white and bright is ral (on) the hykxm (mountain). A sentence is an interlocked system of hierarchy where each word that follows adds a descriptive directly to the word before it. Sec (and any word attached to it) as one of the few grammatical rules remains the exception at the start of the sentence. But let’s do something that can really show what Etihus can do:

ENGLISH: You are the essence with which to describe extreme blessings that cannot be counted or measured! ETIHUS: !Arielmix. (Exclamation) ARI EL MIX Blessing + you + extreme superlative intensity Ari (blessing) is being described as el (you-ish), which is described as mix (most extreme of intensity). ENGLISH: The window broke. ETIHUS: Zhkli-kye. (uncommon) ETIHUS: Sec-kye zhkli. (correct) TRANSLITERATION: The window’s breaking. (uncommon) TRANSLITERATION: The-breakage [of the] window. (correct) ENGLISH: The boy was hit by the girl. ETIHUS: Sgh-kye-syh. (uncommon) ETIHUS: Syh kye sgh. (correct) TRANSLITERATION: The-boy’s-strike girl. (uncommon)* TRANSLITERATION: Girl hit boy. (correct) *Etihus does not have a true passive voice. In this example, since Sgh is (sec + gh) the same descriptive rule exception with sec applies. Spoken it can be hard to distinguish, but in writing it is very clear with the use of spacing. A hyphen in sentences does the same thing an apostrophe does for words. Ownership follows the same descriptive path. “boy’s strike” is under ownership/description of “girl”. Could be read as: The girl’s strike of the boy.