Tala

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Astapori Valyrian

Etymology

From High Valyrian tala (daughter).

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈtala/

Rhymes: -ala

Noun

tala (celestial, plural tali)

  1. girl
    Do zvagizi, ska tala ja hubre píndagho kuno másino?
    No, not truly, are you a girl or a goat to ask such a thing?
    -Kraznys (Game of Thrones, Episode 302)
Translations

High Valyrian

Etymology

From an invisible proto-language
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Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA(key): /ˈtala/

Rhymes: -ala

Noun

tala (first declension lunar, plural tali)

  1. daughter
    Embro tale ūndan.
    I saw the ocean's daughter.
    ... maghilloma Jaehaelor ñāqoso vējōñjo Dāero Oktiot, Valyrio ēlio talot Volantiot, sōvetas.
    ... Jaehaelor packed his bags and flew to the southeasternmost of the free cities, Valyria’s first daughter in Volantis.
  2. female's sister's daughter, male's brother's daughter, parallel niece, niece
    Talus mandus ñuhus.
    My gentle niece.
    -Vaemond (House of the Dragon, Episode 107)
Inflection
Singular Plural Paucal Collective
Nominative tala tali talun talar
Accusative tale talī taluni talari
Genitive talo taloti taluno talaro
Dative talot talunta talarta
Locative talā talunna talarra
Instrumental talosa talossi talussa talarza
Comitative taloma talommi talumma talarma
Vocative talus talis talussa talarza
Related Terms
Translations

Creation and Usage Notes

This was one of the words I coined in honor of my little sister Natalie. "Natalie" is a bit too long for a root, so I just used tal as the root.

-David J. Peterson 15:59, 14 January 2020 (PST)

Ravkan

Etymology

From Old Ravkan *tal.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈtalə/

Rhymes: -alə

Orthographic Form

tala

Noun

tala f (nominative plural talai)

  1. book
Inflection
Singular Plural
Nominative tala talai
Accusative tale tale
Partitive tala tale
Dative talat tales
Instrumental talash talesi
Derived Terms

Trigedasleng

Etymology

From English tattler.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈtælə/

Rhymes: -ælə

Noun

tala

  1. narc, informant