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===Etymology===
===Etymology===
From {{prefix|meni|t'a|kálà}}.
From {{prefix|meni|t'a|khálà}}.


====Pronunciation====
====Pronunciation====
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====Noun====
====Noun====
{{head|meni|noun|{{meni-ear-noun}}||plural|kálàyà}}
{{head|meni|noun|{{meni-ear-noun}}||plural|khálàyà}}


# leader
# leader
#: ''[[Sé]] [[t'akálà]] [[bà]] [[jùrìmé]] [[kat'énjì]] [[t'amwè]].''
#: ''[[Sé]] [[t'akálà]] [[bà]] [[jùrìmé]] [[kat'énjì]] [[t'amwè]].''
#:: Perhaps it is time for some new '''leadership'''.
#:: Perhaps it is time for some new '''leadership'''.
#::: -''General Sharma'' (''[[Motherland: Fort Salem]]'', [[Season_1_Motherland:_Fort_Salem_Dialogue#Episode_103|Episode 103]])
#:: {{audio|meni|sharma_103_1.ogg|Audio ([[David Peterson|DJP]])}}
====Creation and Usage Notes====
{{djpnotes|quote=This seemingly simple word reflects a nuance David and I worked into the language: the earth-class noun [[t'akálà]] refers a leader who inherits her leadership as a result of natural succession, and the water-class noun [[síkhálà]] refers to a leader who emerges from within a group.
-''[[User:Jams|Jessie Sams]]'' 22:20, 22 May 2020 (PDT)}}

Latest revision as of 18:37, 18 October 2020

Méníshè

Etymology

From t'a- +‎ khálà.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /tʼa˧ka˥la˩/

Noun

t'akálà (earth class, plural khálàyà)

  1. leader
    t'akálà jùrìmé kat'énjì t'amwè.
    Perhaps it is time for some new leadership.
    -General Sharma (Motherland: Fort Salem, Episode 103)
    (file)

Creation and Usage Notes

This seemingly simple word reflects a nuance David and I worked into the language: the earth-class noun t'akálà refers a leader who inherits her leadership as a result of natural succession, and the water-class noun síkhálà refers to a leader who emerges from within a group.

-Jessie Sams 22:20, 22 May 2020 (PDT)