(Trying out a new irregular feature…)
alathkháln (n.): The pain that comes from new understanding; the quale of collapsing certainty.
eldraeic language
This is a study in how words are built. We start with a simple concept: azik: rock, stone SUBJECT is a quantity of/is made of/contains rock/stone of type/composition TYPE from location LOCATION Then someone uses that rock to build something, and we need a more specific
Eldraeic Word of the Day
níaóhál: the sound that a fírastal (cat) makes. It is derived, first, from the onomatopoeia for the sound itself (níaó), and secondly from the emphatic-imperative suffix used when issuing commands. It is known, after all, that cats speaking to large, clumsy, dull creatures do so almost exclusively loudly, slowly, and
Eldraeic Word of the Day
velle: river (SUBJECT is a river of land mass LOCATION, draining watershed SOURCE into DESTINATION) This word also provides the -vel root found in many of Eliéra's river names of historical Alteníän origin, including most famously the Maethevel, which is born on the slopes of the Imperial Mountain,
eldraeic language
halla: forest, specifically a tamed forest used for dwelling, silviculture, lumbering, coppicing, hunting, parkland, etc. Oppose loth. loth: forest, specifically wild forest not used for any purpose. Oppose halla. (Note that this is a very important distinction on Eliéra, which has a lot of forest cover, and it is important