Ideogrammatic Orc

Ideogrammatic orc is a writing system used for Orcish. It is an ancilliary script to Lectogrammatic Orc, consisting of ideograms denoting core ideas in Orc philosophy.

Fundamentals

Classical orc philosophy sees certain concepts as central, foundational truths of the universe. Known as the fundamentals, they are linked to the basic nature of the world as it was when the The Primeval Gods created it.

Word	Meanings	Word	Meanings
Cardinals
khich	Fire, north	whuzh	water, south
shai	air, east	rao	earth, west
Ordinals
clayr	red, blood, animals	zeru	blue, ocean
obon	white, breath	jhenk	black, stone
Celestials
shuk	gold, sun	druk	silver, moon
imbok	light	bokim	darkness
Existentials
vas	life	vask	living, one who is alive
gazh	death	gazha	dead, one who is dead
vasak	mortal, person	shakhar	spirit, ghost
gazakh	ancestor	Mogazakh	the ancestral unity
Banners
ehat	duty, service, virtue	vrash	honesty, truth
oraku	rebellion, resistance, deception	kizha	destiny

Manifestations

While the fundamentals are the pure nature of Existence, manifestations are the ways in which that nature appears in the World.

Word	Meanings	Word	Meanings
Temporals
akshal	day	shalka	night, star
shuksha	dawn, beginning	shuknai	dusk, ending
shukha	midday	shalkai	midnight
Naturals
mokh	world	vosh	green, soil, plants
klazh	storm	shaiar	wind
barash	thunder, cloud	barakul	lightning (lit. thunder spear)
ra	hand	ira	fist
ilgo	wolf/wolves, cooperation	ypai	bat/bats, mobility
hrunth	boar/boars, strength, also elephant	kruzh	mountain
Positions
haj	zenith, apex	horo	nadir
nai	fall	sha	rise
aev	large	vae	small
Artifices
daram	shield, armour	kop	helmet, head
mahsh	sword	kula	spear
jah	axe	tral	bow
shahm	knife	lexel	book, scroll, tablet (lit. read and write)
khrasmak	tribal artwork, lineal totem
beriz	farm	khavizh	town, city (originally, any walled settlement)
alkhav gazhak	tomb, lit. house of the ancestor	khras gazhak	shrine, lit. gathering of ancestors
raodul	monument, lit. memory stone	akhto	camp, shelter
Lexicals
lex	read	exel	write
kar	speak, message, messenger	ark	listen
uldu	think	dulu	remember
arkar	language
arakar exelex	Lectogrammatic Orc	arakar dulud	Ideogrammatic Orc
Tempers
bakam	war, conflict	mabak	peace, harmony

Personals

The next group of ideograms describes individuals. Various minor personals exist for other species or occupations, used locally by small subsets of the orc culture, and on very rare occasions one of these will achieve broad acceptance and be added to the greater lexicon.

Word	Meanings	Word	Meanings
Lineals
arak	orc, colloq. the listeners
bili	goblin	mahili	hobgoblin
rogili	bugbear	ahzag	undead
khavask	elf/elves, lit. city dwellers	vasakruzh	dwarf/dwarves, lit. people of the mountain
vaegalas	kobold or dragonborn, lit. little dragons	galas	dragon
aevasak	giant or titan, literally, big people, also used of ogres and other giant-kin	vaevasak	little people, can be applied to goblins, halflings or gnomes
Vocationals
uruk	hunter, male	orok	warrior, female
olog	speaker	gluk	sage
harok	king	haruk	queen
ologazhak	speaker for the dead	ologvask	speaker for the living
iagdak ix	purifier, lit. against divine magic	gaivas vosh	woodcutter, lit. for the life of plants
berizakh	civilian, lit. farmer	zhata	thrall
azh	captain
Relational
cheg	parent	rak	child
chedesh	family	khras	tribe
reig	kingdom

Absolutes

These ideograms name key historical and geographical points which anchor orc culture.

Word	Meanings	Word	Meanings
Historical
Okorakula gai Dakazh	The Uprising (lit. one thousand spears for the death of gods)	Kizha ul Hu Shaiar	The Diaspora (lit. destiny in the four winds)
dakazhta	godkiller	Bokimreig	Darklands

Adversarials

This group of ideograms describes the ancient order and enemies of the orcs as a culture. They are sacred, that status sealing the concepts they describe against doing harm.

Word	Meanings	Word	Meanings
dak	god	raka	enemy
akhor	Legion	rato	maniple
shrak	cohort	okore	hundred (military)
okoe	ten (military), squad	iraza	manus, lieutenant
akhzhat	horde	khavizhreig	Regime, lit. the Domain of Cities