anīstīli
This is the other word for sky, and specifically refers to the night-time sky full of stars. It implies poetry and wonder.
ē teteñ ien hēja ñanna jamāonre nīkan jakōnōr ja ñi jōl rā anīstīli;
And they said to each other: We should make a city with a tower that reaches to the heavens.
la sahēññe jāste ñe anīstīli;
His hair was as dark as night.
ankēji
sky. Kēlen has two words that mean essentially ‘sky’. This is one of them. This is sometimes taken to mean ‘daytime sky’, and is the more prosaic word for ‘sky’. When in doubt for which word to use, use this one.
se jawāel wījte mo mārōni mēltāri sū ankēji tā;
Three rings for the elven kings under the sky.
anrōli
snow, frozen precipitation. Also snow on the ground, an expanse of snow. There is a separate word for “frost”, but otherwise any snow on the ground qualifies as anrōli.
anēlki
ice, an expanse of ice. A small piece of ice would be called jēlke.
jatāna
a stream or river with a faster flow of water than jarēña, fast enough generally that it is not considered navigable. If a flow of water has portions that are navigable and not navigable, then they are referred to by different names (even if the names are jarēña Sīwa and jatāna Sīwa for what we might call river Sīwa.)
jēwār
a lake. So, completely inland, not part of the sea, forming at the bottom of a basin of some sort, and generally large enough to float a boat or otherwise be a significant feature in the landscape.
sū jēwāri āñ la jamāonre;
Among the lakes was a city.
jalīra
an island, one large enough to support human habitation habitation by the locally dominant sapient species.
jajīra
a river-bed or flood plain. This can also refer to a valley created by a river. So, the Central Valley of California is jajīra Sacramento and jajīra San Joaquin.
jalāe
mountain. Often found in the collective form anlāji “group of mountains”.
la anlāji anēkki ansīñi ankīþi sūjīr;
There at the back were tall rocky red-brown mountains.
