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===Etymology===
===Etymology===
From an obsolete verb stem ''*davūr-'' meaning "to refuse", which would have had stress on the last syllable of the stem in most forms. This is the reason for the unique alternative stress pattern of {{m-self|hval|daor}}, i.e. being pronounced not as a standard diphthong but as two separate monophthongs with word-final stress. The obsolete verb, being from an earlier stage of the language, probably never had a full infinitive form, according to Peterson, but it would have been ''*davūragon'' had it existed.  
From an obsolete verb stem ''*davūr-'' meaning "to refuse", which would have had stress on the last syllable of the stem in most forms. This is the reason for the unusual stress pattern of {{m-self|hval|daor}}; it is most often pronounced not as a standard diphthong, but as two separate monophthongs with word-final stress. The obsolete verb, being from an earlier stage of the language, probably never had a full infinitive form, according to Peterson, but it would have been ''*davūragon'' had it existed.  


====Pronunciation====
====Pronunciation====

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High Valyrian

Etymology

From an obsolete verb stem *davūr- meaning "to refuse", which would have had stress on the last syllable of the stem in most forms. This is the reason for the unusual stress pattern of daor; it is most often pronounced not as a standard diphthong, but as two separate monophthongs with word-final stress. The obsolete verb, being from an earlier stage of the language, probably never had a full infinitive form, according to Peterson, but it would have been *davūragon had it existed.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA(key): /daor/

Rhymes: -aor

(Alternative Classical) daōr IPA(key): /daˈoːr/

Adverb

daor

  1. not
    Bonys azantys geltose jomīsos daor.
    That knight is not wearing a helmet.
  2. no
    Kirimvose daor. Toli jorrāelan.
    No thanks. I love someone else.