Kostagon

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High Valyrian

Etymology

From an invisible proto-language
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Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkostaɡon/

Verb

kostagon (consonant-final, perfect participle kōtta)

  1. to be able, can, may (with infinitive)
    Jomōzussis lua vala mirros ēngoso ȳdrassigon kostilos daor.
    A man who keeps getting drunk will not be able to speak any language.
    Brandon vōlī ȳdragon kostas.
    Bran can speak to ravens.
  2. to be possible for something to do something (nominative and infinitive), that something does something
    Skorkydoso zaldrīzo drōmon tōmēpsa urneroti laodikson kōttas?
    How is it possible that a dragon’s egg was stolen beneath more than fifty Dragonkeepers?
    -King Viserys (House of the Dragon, Episode 102)
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