Daor

High Valyrian

Etymology

From an obsolete verb stem *davūr- meaning "to refuse", which would have had stress on the last syllable of the stem in most forms. This is the reason for the unusual alternate stress pattern of daor; it is most often pronounced not as a standard diphthong, but as two separate monophthongs with word-final stress. The obsolete verb, being from an earlier stage of the language, probably never had a full infinitive form according to Peterson, but it would have been *davūragon had it existed.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /daor/

Rhymes: -aor

(Alternate) IPA^(key): /daˈoːr/ daōr

Adverb

daor

1. not

   Keso glaesot iderēptōt daor.

   You did not choose this life.

   -Daenerys (Game of Thrones, Episode 305)

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2. no

   Kirimvose daor. Toli jorrāelan.

   No thanks. I love someone else.