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===Etymology===
===Etymology===
From {{inh|meni|pmen|*kʼai}}.
From {{inh|meni|pmen|*k'ai}}.


====Pronunciation====
====Pronunciation====
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====Creation and Usage Notes====
====Creation and Usage Notes====
{{djpnotes|quote=Beyond just being a super important word for a language for witches, this word is cool because we decided to make the plural form "kháà," which is derived from the word meaning "coven." I like to think that once witches gather in groups, they see themselves as a unified coven. Or, at least, they used to; watching the first season of ''[[Motherland: Fort Salem]]'' indicates that not all modern witches feel that sense of coven-ness.
{{djpnotes|quote=Beyond just being a super important word for a language for witches, this word is cool because we decided to make the plural form [[kháà]], which is derived from the word meaning "coven." I like to think that once witches gather in groups, they see themselves as a unified coven. Or, at least, they used to; watching the first season of ''[[Motherland: Fort Salem]]'' indicates that not all modern witches feel that sense of coven-ness.


-''[[User:Jams|Jessie Sams]]'' 22:14, 22 May 2020 (PDT)}}
-''[[User:Jams|Jessie Sams]]'' 22:14, 22 May 2020 (PDT)}}

Latest revision as of 09:54, 12 May 2024

Méníshè

Etymology

From Proto-Méníshè *k'ai.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /kʼa˥i˩/

Noun

k'áì (magic class, plural kháà)

  1. witch

Creation and Usage Notes

Beyond just being a super important word for a language for witches, this word is cool because we decided to make the plural form kháà, which is derived from the word meaning "coven." I like to think that once witches gather in groups, they see themselves as a unified coven. Or, at least, they used to; watching the first season of Motherland: Fort Salem indicates that not all modern witches feel that sense of coven-ness.

-Jessie Sams 22:14, 22 May 2020 (PDT)