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 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

(Alternative Classical) daōr IPA^(key): /daˈoːr/

Adverb

daor

1. not

   Bonys azantys geltose jomīsos daor.

   That knight is not wearing a helmet.

2. no

   Kirimvose daor. Toli jorrāelan.

   No thanks. I love someone else.