Temby

High Valyrian

Etymology

From an invisible proto-language.
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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 bē rūntas lī 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

Derived Terms

• tembyr