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{{lexeme|Castithan}}
===Etymology===
From {{inh|cast|ocst|*mai}}.
====Pronunciation====
{{IPA|/ˈme/|lang=cast}}
====Postposition====
{{head|cast|postposition}}
# {{lb|cast|terminative}} to (with the direct termination)
# {{lb|cast|allative}} towards (with the indirect termination)
# {{lb|cast|benefactive}} for (with the vocative termination)
{{lexeme|Dothraki}}
{{lexeme|Dothraki}}



Revision as of 01:48, 8 October 2020

Castithan

Etymology

From Old Castithan *mai.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈme/

Postposition

me

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

Dothraki

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈme/

Pronoun

me (nominative third person singular, plural mori)

  1. I; third person singular personal pronoun, nominative case

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)