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* Astapori: [[o]] | * [[Astapori Valyrian language|Astapori Valyrian]]: [[o]] | ||
* Meereenese: [[a]]}} | * [[Meereenese Valyrian language|Meereenese Valyrian]]: [[a]]}} | ||
===Creation and Usage Notes=== | ===Creation and Usage Notes=== | ||
{{djpnotes|quote=The similarity to [[Dothraki language|Dothraki]] ''ao'' was intentional. First, I really liked the sound, and I liked it as a pronoun—and specifically a second person pronoun. It sounded good to me to refer to someone using ''ao''. Second, I thought it was a nice way to demonstrate that Dothraki and [[High Valyrian language|High Valyrian]] were different languages. There was no way to tie the etymologies together and suggest the two words came from a common source.|date=April 24, 2019}} | {{djpnotes|quote=The similarity to [[Dothraki language|Dothraki]] ''ao'' was intentional. First, I really liked the sound, and I liked it as a pronoun—and specifically a second person pronoun. It sounded good to me to refer to someone using ''ao''. Second, I thought it was a nice way to demonstrate that Dothraki and [[High Valyrian language|High Valyrian]] were different languages. There was no way to tie the etymologies together and suggest the two words came from a common source.|date=April 24, 2019}} | ||
Revision as of 13:21, 11 December 2019
Dothraki
Etymology
From Proto-Plains aɣo (“deep, depth”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
- deep
- dark (of color)
Creation and Usage Notes
| Initially this was onomatopoeic (imagining moving from the surface to the depths). I later added the proto-form with the velar fricative. |
High Valyrian
Etymology
| From an invisible proto-language. |
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| 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
Pronoun
ao (nominative second person singular, plural jeme)
| High Valyrian Personal Pronouns | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | ||||||||||
| 1st Person | 2nd Person | 3rd Person | 1st Person | 2nd Person | 3rd Person | ||||||
| Lunar/Solar | Terrestrial/Aquatic | ||||||||||
| Nominative | nyke | ao | ziry | ūja | īlon | jeme | pōnta | ||||
| Accusative | yne | avy | ūī | īlōn | jemī | pōnte | |||||
| Genitive | yno | aō | zijo | ūō | īlo | jemo | pōnto | ||||
| Dative | ynot | aōt | zijot | ūjot | īlot | jemot | pōntot | ||||
| Locative | nykē | aō | zirȳ | ūjā | īlō | jemē | pōntā | ||||
| Instrumental | ynoma | aōma | zijosy | josa | īloma | jemme | pōntosa | ||||
| Comitative | zijomy | joma | pōntoma | ||||||||
| Vocative | nykys | aōs | zirys | ūjus | īlos | jemys | pōntus | ||||
| Reflexive/Emphatic | nykēla | aōla | zirȳla | jāla | īlōnda | jemēla | pōntāla | ||||
| Possessive | ñuhon | aōhon | zȳhon | jāhon | īlvon | jevon | pōjon | ||||
Descendants
Creation and Usage Notes
| The similarity to Dothraki ao was intentional. First, I really liked the sound, and I liked it as a pronoun—and specifically a second person pronoun. It sounded good to me to refer to someone using ao. Second, I thought it was a nice way to demonstrate that Dothraki and High Valyrian were different languages. There was no way to tie the etymologies together and suggest the two words came from a common source. |