Kasta

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High Valyrian

Etymology

From an invisible proto-language
The etymology of this word comes from an invisible proto-language. If you're confident you know the etymology, feel free to add it, but reader beware should the etymology be added by someone other than the creator of the language!

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkasta/

Adjective

kasta class I (solar kastys, terrestrial kaston, aquatic kastor, equative kastāpa, comparative kastykta, superlative kastāje)

  1. blue
    Kastys hobresse.
    Blue goats.
  2. green
    Kastoti mērpī[1] naejuragon koston daor.
    I cannot face the Greens alone.
    -Rhaenyra (House of the Dragon, Episode 107)
  3. grue, teal
    Yn [...] tolys Qohorīho guēsinoti rhēdessiarzī ūbryri, parma, kasta ȳlā ibardugon aerēptas.
    Yet one other [...] was away to take stock of the foliage, plants, and teal mosses known throughout the resplendent forests of Qohor.
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Creation and Usage Notes

This was the first adjective I created for High Valyrian. I had in mind the color system for some time, but for the first adjective, I wanted it to be straightforward in terms of meaning and form, to make sure I could clearly delineate how agreement would work.

-David J. Peterson 15:52, 16 January 2020 (PST)

Notes

  1. This is a mistake by Peterson, and should properly be mērprī (the actual adverbial form).