A priori Words Etymology
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List of a priori words in First Speak and their origin
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- asura [ä.ˈsu.ɾä] : noble (high-ranked)
From SO name "Azur", nicknamed "my Prince" - ròkusa [ɾo:.ˈku.sä] : doctor (medical)
From former SO nickname "Rawks", regarding our shared interest in the BBC series Doctor Who - sehlena [se.ˈɬe.nä] : predator (e.g. tiger)
From friend knickname "Selenda", as her token animal is a wolf
- noyu [ˈno.ju] : deny (deny truth)
From the English interjection "no you" when refusing to take a compliment - pohlia [poˈɬi.ä] : louse
From the french "polya", apocope of "polyamour" polyamory, regarding a incident of lice invasion in my flat
- katla [ˈkä.tɬä] : hope
- kewa [ˈke.wä] : fewest (amount)
- kì [ki:] : oh (surprised)
- tlìì [tɬi:ˈi:] : aw (Aw....)
| wa [wä] : I (1SG) | ya [jä] : we (1PL) | la [lä] : we (1PL) |
| hle [ɬe] : you (2SG) | tle [tɬe] : you (2PL) | me [me] : you (2PL) |
| ni [ni] : they (3SG) | si [si] : they (3PL) | fi [fi] : they (3PL) |
No real origin, the pronouns have been chosen to be one-syllable long and have a correspondance in their vowels:
- -a marking the 1st person
- -e marking the 2nd person
- -i marking the 3rd person
Inspiration of Mandarin Chinese "我 (wŏ)" for the 1SG pronoun, and from English "she" for the 3PL pronoun
- enetsiri [e.ne.ˈtsi.ɾi] : shadow
From the noun enestyr in the first draft, of same meaning - sapo [ˈsä.po] : speak (utter words)
From the verb essabevo in the first draft, of same meaning, in which the present tense of the verb was sabo - seka [ˈse.kä] : tree (very large)
From the noun askin in the first draft, of same meaning, and cognate with aseko in a draft of another language and of same meaning - tiriyana [ti.ɾi.ˈjä.nä] : promise
From the noun dyrlian in the first draft, of cognate meaning - xata [ˈxä.tä] : first (original)
From the adjective hadama in the second draft, of same meaning
- morikana [mo.ɾi.ˈkä.nä] : control
From Celt deity "Morrigan"
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