Láadan/Lessons/15

State of Consciousness Morphemes

There is a term "hahod" which can be added on to in order to specify the state of consciousness. On its own, it essentially means neutral.

Láadan	Description
-iyon	ecstasy
-ib	deliberately shut off to all feeling
-ihed	in a sort of shock, numb
-itha	linked empathically with others
-o	in meditation
-óo	in hypnotic trance
-imi	in bewilderment/astonishment, positive
-imilh	in bewilderment/astonishment, negative

(Suzette Haden Elgin (1988), A First Dictionary and Grammar of Láadan, Second Edition, p. 14)

Examples

Láadan	English
Bíi hahodihed le wa.	I am in shock.