Bōsa

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High Valyrian

Etymology

From an invisible proto-language
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Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA(key): /ˈboːsa/

Adjective

bōsa (solar bōsys, terrestrial bōson, aquatic bōsor, equative bōsāpa, comparative bōsykta, superlative bōsāje); I-class adjective

  1. long (physical and temporal)
    Bōsys bantis amāzis, se morghor zijomy amāzis.
    The long night is coming, and the dead come with it.
    -Melisandre (Game of Thrones, Episode 702)
    ... 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.
  2. tall
    Ñuha muña bōsi azanti jorrāelza.
    My mother loves a tall knight.
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