Chuur

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Yulish

Etymology

From an invisible proto-language
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Pronunciation

IPA(key): /tʃuːʀ/

Rhymes: -uːʀ

Noun

chuur (indefinite plain/vocative singular, indefinite vocative plural)

  1. holly
    Graanip hi chuur!
    Bells and holly!
Inflection
Indefinite Definite
Singular Plural Singular Plural
Plain chuur chuurip chuurya chuuriva
Objective chuurin chuurim chuurinna chuurimma
Vocative chuur chuurish chuuriship

Creation and Usage Notes

I take credit for coming up with the expression "bells and holly". Clay Kaytis, the director, wanted the elves to have a kind of battlecry they'd use when either diving into combat and parachuting off the sleigh. He asked me to do a number of natlang cries in an Elvish accent, but I didn't like that idea, so I came up with Graanip hi chuur! and recorded that as well. I think it works rather nicely, and count it as good fortune that that's the one that made the cut.

-David J. Peterson 16:35, 13 December 2019 (PST)