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Bodzvokhan

Etymology

From Sungdin *mʕj.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /mɛ/

Orthographic Form

me

Cyrillic Orthographic Form

мє

Noun

me

  1. river
Inflection
Singular Plural
Nominative me mef
Genitive men mem

Castithan

Etymology

From Old Castithan *mai.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /me/

Postposition

me

  1. (terminative) to (with the direct termination)
  2. (allative) towards (with the indirect termination)
  3. (benefactive) for (with the vocative termination)
Derived Terms

Dothraki

Etymology

From Proto-Plains *me (she, he, it).

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /me/

Pronoun

me (nominative third person singular, plural mori)

  1. she, he, it; third person singular personal pronoun, nominative case
Inflection

Creation and Usage Notes

I may have intentionally made the third person pronoun me so that that particular form wouldn't be associated with the first person. I also definitely intentionally made it non-gender specific. First, it's more common, and second, it would have been far, far too easy to fall into the cartoonish "Dothraki he man patriarchy" stereotype. Any human society is going to be far more nuanced than that.

-David J. Peterson 01:06, 18 February 2020 (PST)

Engála

Etymology

Clipping of imé (rabbit) .

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /me/

Orthographic Form

m
ǝǝ

Pronoun

me (plural sas)

  1. she, he; third person singular animate (rabbit) personal pronoun (plain)
Inflection

Creation and Usage Notes

Heh... I'm just noticing the third person singular in Engála is identical to Dothraki (another SCLEW). A pleasant coincidence for my warrior rabbits! (In this case, the pronoun is itself a shortening of the word imé "rabbit", which makes sense enough.)

-David J. Peterson 12:21, 3 September 2024 (PDT)

Hen Linge

Source

Coined by Andrzej Sapkowski in the book Blood of Elves.

Source Spelling

me

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /mɛ/

Orthographic Form

me

Pronoun

me

  1. objective of a
  2. possessive of a

Irathient

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /mɛ/

Interjection

me

  1. no
Translations

Sangheili

Etymology

From Proto-Sangheili *maiɣ.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /me/

Postposition

me

  1. (inessive) in, inside, inside of (co-occurs with the inessive arguments)
  2. (genitive) of (used when possessor contains the possessed)