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High Valyrian

Etymology

From an invisible proto-language
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

(Classical) IPA(key): /ˈtemby/

Noun

temby (second declension lunar, nominative plural tembi)

  1. leaf, palm frond
    Tembi jēdro bēvumptis.
    The leaves hovered in the sky.
  2. page, sheet
    Tembī, tembyrī, sōluttīsi ñuqriot sīdis.
    Books, scrolls, and tomes turned to cinder. (Literally "Pages, books, and scrolls...")
    ... zȳho gevurlȳti rūntas tolvȳni hae zȳho gierio drāñȳ dōrenkro geralbroti ñellȳndo tembī bōsī bardutas.
    ... scratching everything he could remember of his gardens on sheets of parchment so long they rivaled the broad stone highways of his people.
Inflection
Singular Plural Paucal Collective
Nominative temby tembi tembyn tembyr
Accusative tembi tembī tembyni tembyri
Genitive tembo temboti tembyno tembyro
Dative tembot tembynty tembyrty
Locative tembȳ tembī tembynny tembyrry
Instrumental tembomy tembommi tembyssy tembyrzy
Comitative tembymmy tembyrmy
Vocative tembys tembys tembyssy tembyrzy