Jel is the language of the Argonians. According to them and to scholars, it does not have a system of tense, referring only to something in the past or in the future if needed.
The vast majority of these words originate from the Elder Scrolls Online.
A
ajum — (n.) a traditional woven tray with netted lid.
Source: A Culinary Adventure
Aojee-Sakka — (n.) a traditional Argonian dish consisting of a Aojee toad roast and soup, both of which are poisonous if not eaten in exactly the correct amount to counteract each other.
Source: A Culinary Adventure
B
beeko — (n.) friend.
Source: The Sharper Tongue
beek-ojel — (n.) outsider friend.
Source: The Sharper Tongue
bijum — (n.) a style of door-release, which, if pulled rather than pushed, colapses the floor around the door.
Source: Famia Mercius
bok — (n.) a bowl; deep, round dish; a rounded, cuplike hollow.
Source: The Sharper Tongue
buseek — ???
Source: Jekka-Wass Vozei
C
Chukka-sei — (n.) a trial of maturation, at the successful completion of which young Argonians prove themselves worthy of being called adults and are given full tribal membership.
Source: The Seasons of Argonia
D
Daril — (n.) a poison which acts as a synesthetic drug for Argonians.
Source: The Infernal City
deek — (n.) sapling.
Source: The Seasons of Argonia (own translation)
deek-beeko — (n.) young friend.
Source: The Sharper Tongue (own translation)
deelith — (n.) one who passes wisdom to another, a teacher.
Source: The Sharper Tongue
delaw — ???
Source: Jekka-Wass, Shuxaltsei
dimik — (adj.) vivid.
Source: Xukas
dooka — (n.) mature, fully grown.
Source: The Seasons of Argonia (own translation)
E
eenu — ???
Source: Jaxsik-Orrn
ei — (n.) eyes.
Source: Hides His Eyes (own translation)
F
fek — (n.) plant.
Source: Waku-Mat
G
gah — (n.) basket.
Source: The Seasons of Argonia
Gee-Rusleel — (n.) Miredancers, a tribe in Murkmire.
Source: Tribes of Murkmire: Miredancers
geel — ???
Source: Famia Mercius
greel — (n.) outsider, hostile creature, enemy.
Source: The Sharper Tongue
gulvo — ???
Source: Kassandra
gulweet — ???
Source :Beehuna
H
haj — (v., adj.) hides, hidden.
Source: The Sharper Tongue
haleel — (n.) throat
Source: Tribes of Murkmire: Bright-Throats
Hee-Tepsleel — (n.) a tribe in Murkmire.
Source: Tribes of Murkmire: Tribal Connections
hej — (adj.) vaporous.
Source: Kyne’s Challenge: Black Marsh
hejsetha thtitleel — (n.) wisp (literally: vaporous floating sphere)
Source: Kyne’s Challenge: Black Marsh
hejsetha thtithik — (n.) wipsmother (literally: vaporous floating egg hatcher)
Source: Kyne’s Challenge: Black Marsh
hewei — (adj.) odd.
Source: Jaxsik-Orrn
hosh — (n.) a traditional dark and viscous soup.
Source: A Culinary Adventure
hoto — ???
Source: Jaxsik-Orrn
huptal — ???
Source: Famia Mercius
I
iuheez — (n.) a butterfly wing folding technique in Argonian cooking.
Source: A Culinary Adventure
ixtaxh — (adj.) exact.
Source: Famia Mercius
J
jeke — (adj.) stinging.
Source: Kyne’s Challenge: Black Marsh
jekka-wass — (n.) the title of the keeper of the Argonian calendar monument.
Source: Jekka-Wass Vozei
K
ka — (n.) war, battle.
Source: Elder Scrolls Online
kaal — (n.) war captain.
Source: The Sharper Tongue
kai — ???
Source: Dradeiva
kaj — (adj.) ample.
Source: Kyne’s Challenge: Black Marsh
kaj-jeke thota — (adj.) giant wasp (literally: ample stinging insect)
Source: Kyne’s Challenge: Black Marsh
kajthux— (adj.) ample serpent.
Source: Kyne’s Challenge: Black Marsh
kaju— (n.) a beast chosen by the tribe leader that must be defeated by Naga youth as part of their coming of age ceremony.
Source: Jaxsik-Orrn
kaoc‘ — a swear and exclamation.
Source: The Infernal City
Keshu — a name meaning “stands apart”.
Source: Keshu: From Egg to Adolescence
kis — (n.) doll.
Source: Tribes of Murkmire: Bright-Throats
kot — ???
Source: Shuxaltsei
kota — (adj.) black
Source: Tribes of Murkmire: Black-Tongues
krona — (adj.) big, colossal.
Source: The Sharper Tongue
krona-kaal — (n.) big war chief.
Source: Jaxsik-Orrn
kronkassa — ???
Source: Shuxaltsei
kronka-thatith — (n.) everything-egg, an Argonain way of refering to Argonia.
Source: Jee-Lar
kuhupwo— (n.) a way for the Hist to communicate with Argonians using words, literally “mouth-talk”
Source:Xukas
ku — (n.) that which leads to but does not cause change.
Source: Ku-Vastei: The Needed Change
kuuda — (n.) an idiot.
Source: Nurhei
ku-vastei — (n.) catalyst or agent of needed change (literaly: “the catalyst of needed change,” “that which creates the needed pathway for change to occur” or “the spark which ignites the flame which must come into being.”)
Source: Jekka-Wass Vozei, Ku-Vastei: The Needed Change
L
lukiul — (n., adj.) an Argonian assimilated into Imperial culture, or born away from the swamp.
Source: The Infernal City, The Sharper Tongue
M
malgai — ???
Source: Dradeiva
masu — (n.) Argonian grouping of animals meaning “big mouthed reptile” (ex. the crocodile or wamasu).
Source: Xukas
maxeem-urto — (n.) a type of river clam.
Source: Xukas
meht — (n.) cracker.
Source: Famia Mercius
mota — (n.) hunt.
Source: Bolu (own translation)
N
Nagahssee — (n.) snake roll, snake stocking; a traditional Argonian dish in which a snakeskin is stuffed with vegetables and a live mouse.
Source: A Culinary Adventure
naheesh — (n.) tribal elder.
Source: The Sharper Tongue
nalpa — (adj.) rotten, poorly made, vile of character, bad.
Source: The Sharper Tongue
nisswo— (n.) an Argonian priest of Sithis
Source: Jekka-Wass Vozei
norg — (adj.) forbidden.
Source: The Sharper Tongue
norg-vos — (n.) a Naga warning stone.
Source: Jaxsik-Orrn
norgsa — ???
Source: Shuxaltsei
nushmeeko — (n.) 1. lizard. 2. The ninth month of the Argonian calendar.
Source: The Seasons of Argonia
O
oj — ???
Source: Shuxaltsei
ojel — (n.) outsider, not of a tribe (literally: not of Argonian tongue, non-speaker of Jel).
Source: The Sharper Tongue
P
pah — ???
Source: ESO dialog.
Pahnjee — (n.) a Naga fumer: a rack of spoiled meat whose fumes are meant to block scents.
Source: Jaxsik-Orrn
R
raj’beeko — (n.) elder friend.
Source: The Sharper Tongue
raj-deelith — (n.) elder teacher.
Source: Keshu: From Egg to Adolescence
raj-kaal — (n.) elder war chief. Likely ranking above the kaal.
Source: Letter to Bhoki
raj-nassa — (n.) elder leaders, those who lead the community.
Source: Keshu: The Rites of Maturity
rajpu — (n.) an insult.
Source: An Orc Weaponsmith In Murkmire, Part 3
reel-ka — (n.) warrior.
Source: The Sharper Tongue
reelsh — ???
Source: Jekka-Wass Vozei
rormasu — (n.) crocodile (literally “big-mouthed reptile that blinks above the water)
Source: Kyne’s Challenge: Black Marsh
ruheeva — ???
Source: Jekka-Wass Vozei, Shuxaltsei, Meewulm
S
sa — ???
Source: Shuxaltsei
Saxhleel— (n.) Argonian.
Source: The Sharper Tongue
seizo — an exclamation or interjection.
Source: Xukas
setha — (adj.) floating.
Source: Kyne’s Challenge: Black Marsh
shaja — (adj.) semi-humanoid.
Source: The Seasons of Argonia
shaja-nushmeeko — (n.) 1. semi-humanoid lizard. 2. The ninth month of the Argonian calendar.
Source: The Seasons of Argonia
shap — (n.) frog.
Source: Infernal City (own translation)
shu — ???
Source: Shuxaltsei
shunatei — (n.) the pain caused by holding on too tightly to that which has come to pass (literally: regretful stomach)
Source: Talen-Jush
Shuxaltsei — (n.) a name meaning “devours-the-sun”.
Source: Nisswo Xode
sisei — (n.) 1. sprout, possibility. 2. The third month in the Argonian calendar.
Source: The Seasons of Argonia
stohu — ???
Source: Jaxsik-Orrn
T
tar-sakka — ???
Source: Jekka-Wass Vozei
teeba-enoo — (n.) a traditional Argonian sport with two teams and at least one ball.
Source: Famia Mercius, Luzwug
teeba-hatsei — (n.) a traditional Argonian sport, also known as “hip and tail ball”.
Source: Tribes of Murkmire: Miredancers
Theilul — (n.) an Argonian liquor made from distilled sugar cane.
Source: The Infernal City
thota — (n.) insect.
Source: Kyne’s Challenge: Black Marsh
Thtachalxan — (n.) drykillers.
Source: The Infernal City
Note: refers to the only non-Argonian guard regiment in Lilmoth.
thtithil — (n.) 1. egg. 2. The eighth month in the Argonian calendar.
Source: The Sharper Tongue, Seasons of Argonia
thtithil-gah — (n.) 1. egg basket. 2. The seventh month in the Argonian calendar.
Source: The Sharper Tongue, Seasons of Argonia
thtithatei — (n.) egg-stomach, mating.
Source: Jee-Lar
thtithik — (n.) egg hatcher, mother.
Source: Kyne’s Challenge: Black Marsh
thtitleel — (n.) sphere.
Source: Kyne’s Challenge: Black Marsh
Note: May be an alternate spelling of thtithil.
thux — (n.) serpent.
Source: Kyne’s Challenge: Black Marsh
thuxis — (n.) snake, a trickster or deceiver.
Source: The Sharper Tongue
toh — (n.) secret.
Source: Jee-Lar
topee-rajta — an expression similar to “older than dirt.”
Source: Xukas
toteik — (adj.) great, superlative.
Source: The Sharper Tongue
tsona — (v.) to swim.
Source: The Sharper Tongue
tsonashap — (n.) swimming frog.
Source: Infernal City
tumjum — (n.) house-weaving, wedding.
Source: Jee-Lar
Tum-Taleel (Tum-Tahleel) — (n.) the Root-House People, a tribe of Murkmire.
Source: Tribes of Murkmire: Root-House People
tutan-wei — (n.) a style of puzzles featuring pulleys.
Source: Famia Mercius
tzel — (n.) place, location, territory.
Source: Norg-Tzel loading screen
tchee — ???
Source: Shuxaltsei
tsoko — (n.) elder.
Source: The Seasons of Argonia (own translation)
U
u — ???
Source: Shuxaltsei
uvastei — ???
Source: ESO dialog
Note: May be a misspelling of Kuvastei “the needed change”
uvastuxith — (n.) nest-becoming, wedding.
Source: Jee-Lar
ux — (n.) a sacred renewal ritual that involves mating.
Source: Ux-Deelith Mezatil (own translation)
ux-deelith — (n.) a tribal leader in charge of the renewal ritual
Source: Ux-Deelith Mezatil (own translation)
uxith — (n.) nest, home, bed.
Source: The Sharper Tongue
uxith-beeko — (n.) a home or bed friend.
Source: The Sharper Tongue
V
vahat — (adj.) taboo.
Source: Shuxaltsei, Jaxsik-Orrn
vastei — (n.) change.
Source: The Sharper Tongue
Vastei-Sei — (n.) The Ritual of Change, performed at the Xinchei-Konu to invoke a desired outcome.
Source: Jekka-Wass Vozei
vakka — (n.) 1. sun. 2. The first month in the Argonian calendar.
Source: The Sharper Tongue, The Seasons of Argonia
vakka-lo — ???
Source: Kassandra
veeka — ???
Source: Dradeiva
Veeskhleel — (n.) Ghost People, a tribe in Murkmire.
Source: Tribes of Murkmire: Ghost People
Veeskhleel-Tzel — see Veeskhleel.
vexu-vit — (adj.) persnickety.
Source: Xukas
vimleel — (n.) tongue (bodypart)
Source: Tribes of Murkmire: Black-Tongues
voh-vastei — (n.) apprentice.
Source: Iskenaaz
vos — (n.) stone.
Source: Jaxsik-Orrn (own translation)
vossa-satl — (n.) an Argonian instrument consisting of different types of frogs inside pipes.
Source: Playing on the Frogs
W
wamasu — (n.) a large reptile native to Black Marsh whose name translates roughly to “the big-mouthed reptile of blood lightning”
Source: Kyne’s Challenge: Black Marsh
wasseek — (adj.) bright
Source: Tribes of Murkmire: Bright-Throats
waxhuthi — a swear or exclamation.
Source: The Infernal City, Shuxaltsei
wazeithi — ???
Source: Famia Mercius
wih-jah — ???
Source: Dradeiva
wutulm — (adj.) a legendary person.
Source: Jaxsik-Orrn
wuxa — ???
Source: Jekka-Wass Vozei, Shuxaltsei
X
xal — (adj.) sacred.
Source: The Sharper Tongue
xal-thtithil — (n.) sacred egg, the Jel name for the artifact known as the Remnant of Argon
Source: Kassandra
xal-uxith — sacred nest.
Source: Keshu: From Egg to Adolescence
xeech — (n.) 1. nut, seed; beginning, birth, unreleased potential. 2. The second month in the Argonian calendar.
Source: The Sharper Tongue, The Seasons of Argonia
xeech’kis — (adj.) small, handmade dolls crafted by the Bright-Throat tribe of Murkmire.
Source: Tribes of Murkmire: Bright-Throats
xul — (n.) death, rebirth.
Source: The Sharper Tongue
xulneihavu — ???
Source: Shuxaltsei
xulomaht — (n.) dead, deceased. 2. The twelfth month of the Argonian calendar.
Source: The Seasons of Argonia
Xul-Mota — (n.) death hunt.
Source: Bolu
xul-vaat — An Argonian grave-stake, meant to keep the dead at rest by telling stories of the life of the desceased.
Source: Elder Scrolls Online
xuth — a swear or exclamation.
Source: The Infernal City
