Post by M. R. Blackthorn on Sept 30, 2015 0:59:57 GMT
This will be constantly added to as needed.
Basics
As mentioned in the rules of the site, Great Lions do not speak their native tongue, but it is often taught to older cubs anyway, and healers are expected to learn it. Currently, it should just be used for names. Here's how to use it.
Everything is backwards!
Yes, you heard me, backwards. Well, sort of.
Let's take the goddess Iet for example. Her full name is Mariet, which means "She has warmth" or "She is warmth". Her name broken up is Mar and Iet, Mar meaning "warm" or "warmth", and Iet mean "she". Get what I mean now by "everything is backwards"? There are weird exceptions though, like the word Kachezdaira, which is "one who sees the dead". Broken up, it's Ka("sees"), Chez("one who"), and Daira ("[the] dead"). Ka is an odd word/prefix that always goes at the beginning.
Or hyphens can be used! In a name like Mariet, it could be Iet-Mar instead. Only two part names can use this though!
There are male and female versions of every word!
Basically comes down to adding an "o" at the end for male names, and a "a" for female names. If female and the word/name already ends in "a", add an "h" and put emphasis on the "ah".
Alternately, the "he/his/him" and "she/her/hers" suffix can be added. Male would be tieo and female is iet.
List of Words
Some of the types may need edited a bit.
*Originally just part of the Wolf Tongue dialect of Ancient Tongue, but eventually was adapted into the main dialect.
**"Darkness" is referring to the Balance of Nature in Terra Ferus' lore. It can be evil, but is more used as a word to describe a sort of force of nature. It doesn't mean evil, but also doesn't not mean it... I guess that's the best way to describe it.
Either post or PM me any question you may have. I'm happy to answer them.
Basics
As mentioned in the rules of the site, Great Lions do not speak their native tongue, but it is often taught to older cubs anyway, and healers are expected to learn it. Currently, it should just be used for names. Here's how to use it.
Everything is backwards!
Yes, you heard me, backwards. Well, sort of.
Let's take the goddess Iet for example. Her full name is Mariet, which means "She has warmth" or "She is warmth". Her name broken up is Mar and Iet, Mar meaning "warm" or "warmth", and Iet mean "she". Get what I mean now by "everything is backwards"? There are weird exceptions though, like the word Kachezdaira, which is "one who sees the dead". Broken up, it's Ka("sees"), Chez("one who"), and Daira ("[the] dead"). Ka is an odd word/prefix that always goes at the beginning.
Or hyphens can be used! In a name like Mariet, it could be Iet-Mar instead. Only two part names can use this though!
There are male and female versions of every word!
Basically comes down to adding an "o" at the end for male names, and a "a" for female names. If female and the word/name already ends in "a", add an "h" and put emphasis on the "ah".
Alternately, the "he/his/him" and "she/her/hers" suffix can be added. Male would be tieo and female is iet.
List of Words
Some of the types may need edited a bit.
Word | Meaning (or rough translation) | Pronunciation Key | Type (Noun/Verb/Prefix/Suffix) |
Iet | She/her/hers, she who, she has she is, etc. | eye-et | Noun or suffix |
Tieo | He/him/his, he who, he has he is, etc. | teye-oh | Noun or suffix |
Chez | either the number 1, or one as in oneself, one who, one had, etc. | chez | noun or suffix |
Wai | I/me/my/mine, I am, I who, etc. | way-eye-ee | noun or suffix |
Dez | dry place, or in other words, a desert | dez | Noun |
Serr | shadow or shadowy | sir | Noun, adjective, or verb |
Lytos | tide | leye-tohs | Noun |
Dara | death | dar-rah | Noun |
Daira | dead | dair-rah | Noun or adjective |
Ka (verb) | sees or look | kah | verb |
Ka (noun) | watcher | kah | noun |
Kan | seen | kahn | verb |
Mor | cold or coldly | moor | adjective, noun, or adverb |
Mar | warm, warmth, or warmly | mar | adjective, noun, or adverb |
Nor | enemy or enemies | noor | noun |
Floros | rose | floor-rohs | noun |
Florill | lily | floor-rill | noun |
Nitm | ice or icy | neyet-m (like night-m) | noun or adjective |
*Zarah (Female only) | beauty or beautiful | zair-RAH | noun or adjective |
Moae | dark | moy-ay-ee | adjective |
Moaeri | **"darkness" | moy-ay-eer-eye | noun |
Kian | murk or mudd | keye-an | noun |
Mian | water | meye-an | noun |
Carmn | marsh | car-mn | noun |
Luhati | fire or flame | loo-hah-teye | noun |
Tai | keeper | tah-eye | noun or prefix, can be a suffix |
Horaoi | peace | horah-oh-eye | noun |
Jelia | light | jeleye-ah | noun |
Mi | rain | meye (or like my) | noun |
Pari | forest | par-eye | noun |
*Originally just part of the Wolf Tongue dialect of Ancient Tongue, but eventually was adapted into the main dialect.
**"Darkness" is referring to the Balance of Nature in Terra Ferus' lore. It can be evil, but is more used as a word to describe a sort of force of nature. It doesn't mean evil, but also doesn't not mean it... I guess that's the best way to describe it.
Either post or PM me any question you may have. I'm happy to answer them.