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aelvthal: aesthant, from aelva “beauty” + thal “functional niche”. arĂdamaen: dusk; from arĂdan “sun” + maen “fall” arĂdaqerach: laser; from arĂdan “sun” + qerach “lightning”. éändrycmesi: enlightenment, from andra “fire” + cmĂ©sà “kiss”. ictoch: (expl.) “glitch”; colloquially, any annoying thing that you need to work on. klaith: shadow; shade cast by a radiation-source. laranlĂr:
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A couple of words that are likely to be relevant in explaining many of the complexities of explaining to the audience the background needed to understand Black Panther, when we get there: mahamonĂĂ«: Colony; literally “made-polity”. Applies specifically to polities created ex nihilo on terra nullius; there are variants of
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leirlaras: (lit. “mist-word(s)”). A term referring specifically to words, phrases, paragraphs, or even entire works deliberately so constructed as to be void of meaning, misleading, or obfuscatory. Depending on circumstances, it may be pejorative (when used to describe a collocutor’s evasions, for example), or complimentary (describing a skillful
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maharargyr: maker’s merit; from mahav (make, maker) and argyr (quantized merit), the excellence which one accrues from a worthy creation. Note: refers only to the excellence itself, rather than the repute derived from it. This latter is mahadársúnar, from mahav and dársúnar (glory), which in turn is from daráv
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tramorán an-enlét: (lit. “red gift”) Related in concept to the trafidúr an-enlét (“blue gift”), that social manipulation in which a gift that cannot be balanced by the recipient with an equal gift is used to create a favor-debt, the tramorán an-enlét is an attractive gift designed to cause harm by
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So, we had already established one word for a celestial body. As you’ll recall, that would be: ashĂĂ«l: star From there, ancient astronomers gave us: affĂĂ«nĂel: (from traäffiĂ«n ashĂĂ«l, “dancing star”), planet; and chalĂĂ«l: (from trachálporis ashĂĂ«l, “circling star”), moon. And slightly less ancient ones provided: alĂ©lazik: (from traälĂ©l
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trakháln ulalath: (lit. “painful ignorance”); the things you don’t know that can hurt you. Originally Military Service slang, before entering into general usage.
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(Loosely inspired by a G+ post in which I contemplate trying to phrase Eldraeic self-concepts into Japanese pronouns and honorifics: I went with a baseline of watakushi-sama, if you’re curious.) Did you know (you did not) that archaic – or bearing in mind that it’s a deliberately designed language,
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A quick word or two for your pleasure: deshalĂr: beer, encompassing non-distilled brews made from grain- or grain-analogs, literally “grain-water”. delĂ©kalĂr: wine, encompassing all non-distilled brews made from fruit, literally “pleasing-water”. qerachalĂr: distilled spirits, literally “lightning-water”. (andrakalĂr, “fire-water”, had already been taken. By naphtha.) …oh, and who could forget… xindaralĂr:
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cagál (n.): faeces; excrement; shit; solid animal biowaste. Note for translators: This is the word you’re looking for, which serves equally for technical, medical, and casual usage. It is not considered pejorative or vulgar per se, but certain comparisons or equivalencies may be depending on context. Variants include tracagál
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sashĂr: Most usually glossed “glamour”, sashĂr refers to a willfully accepted ambijective illusion embracing and enhancing beauty (aelva) and attractiveness/pleasingness (delĂ©kith); a concept foundational to high culture (meressif), fashion, and the personal arts. raĂŻthal: The plenum; the “universe”; the cosmos as a whole. Literally “all objects/entities”, it conveniently
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el tramĂ©zashĂĂ«l eslĂ©vár (n.): Empire of the Star; the largest and oldest eldraeic polity. Broken up, this phrase reads: tra (DESCRIPTION OPERATOR) – mĂ©z (METAPHORIZATION OPERATOR) – ashĂĂ«l (star) — eslĂ©v (empire) – ár (PREDICATION OPERATOR), which is to say in long-gloss, “the empire which is like unto a (metaphorical) star”. Replacing this with