Daor

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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

Rhymes: -or

Adverb

daor

  1. not
    Keso glaesot iderēptōt daor.
    You did not choose this life.
    -Daenerys (Game of Thrones, Episode 305)
    (file)
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Interjection

daor

  1. no
    Kirimvose daor. Toli jorrāelan.
    No thanks. I love someone else.
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