Alternate Narayani Dictionary

[dlordoftime]

Since we have to conflicting ideas for Narayani, I will keep mine separate and labeled as the alternate version, meaning I shall also end up doing lessons for my version too. But for now, a dictionary. Words marked with a `have been created by me in the spirit of Narayani, and are subject to change, if a better sounding alternative is suggested.

Naræyani ~ English

`A ~ Its (not owned) Ajwa ~ Joy, `'Hi!', 'Bye!' Ajwi ~ To rejoice (n. joy) Alani ~ To dwell (n. dwelling, home) `Ama ~ Thy (not owned) `Aman ~ Thou (acc.) `Amane ~ (To) thou Ami ~ Thy (owned) `An ~ It (acc.) `Ane ~ (To) it Apici ~ To use, apply (n. use, application) `Atiani ~ To listen, hear (n. hearing) `Avi ~ To have, own (compare D'ni b'sekh) `Buno ~ Good, well, fine `Cir ~ Around, about, near `Coa ~ Why `Coan ~ When `Coe ~ What `Coi ~ Who `Come ~ How Comensani ~ To begin, start (n. beginning, start) `Con ~ Where De ~ For Degrasi ~ To disgrace (n. disgrace) Devoti ~ To love (n. love) Di ~ To live (n. life) `-e ~ They `Ea ~ Their (not owned) `Eama ~ Your (not owned) `Eaman ~ You (acc.) `Eamane ~ (To) you `Eami ~ Your (owned) `Ean ~ Them (acc.) `Eane ~ (To) them `Ec ~ From `Ei ~ Its (owned) `Ema ~ Our (not owned) `Eman ~ Us `Emane ~ (To) us `Emi ~ Ert ~ Art, skill Ero ~ All Expidani ~ To journey (n. journey) Famani ~ To be related to (n. relation, family) Havani ~ To shelter (n. shelter) `I ~ Its (owned) -i ~ Infinitive -i ~ It (nom.) `Im ~ In -in ~ Thou (nom.) `-ine ~ You (nom.) -is ~ I `-ise ~ We `Iti ~ Also, as well, too Latisti ~ To weave (n. weave, lattice (tree)) Locusani ~ To locate, place (n. location, place) Ma ~ My (not owned) `Man ~ Me (acc.) `Mane ~ (To) me Mali ~ To avenge (n. vengeance) Memondami ~ To remember (n. memory) `Megan ~ Large Mi ~ My (owned) Na ~ With Nani ~ To see (n. sight) Naræ ~ Narayan (Saavedro's world) Naræyan ~ Narayan (the Age of Narayan) Naræyani ~ The language/the people of Narayan `Næ ~ No, not Nilašani~ To destroy, annihilate (n. destruction, annihilation) `Nomi ~ To name (n. name) Nosi ~ To think (n. thought) `Olivi ~ To forget `Par ~ For (intent) Pariel ~ Peril `Potim ~ Mighty `Pri ~ By Revilani ~ To reveal (n. revelation) `Sed ~ But Si ~ To protect, keep safe (n. protection) `San ~ On, above Sul ~ Soul, heart Ti ~ To be `Vadi ~ To go `Veni ~ To come, approach `Vidani ~ To see, look (n. sight) `Vocani~ To speak, say (n. speech) `Æt ~ Or `Ya ~ And Yamani ~ To offer Yan ~ World, Age

[laroon]

I've noticed that your accent is hit and miss with following a set of rules. Also, I don't know if this is a type or not, but Lócusaní has two accents.

I'd stress you consider the rhythm of the song. A lot of the words are in the same meter of rhythm.

What I mean by that is words like "locusani","narayan","edanna","revilani"(2nd one), the rhythm throws the accent to the penultimate. This simplifies the language, gives it uniform stress, and keeps it simple for others that wish to learn it. And we know "Narayan" uses that stress rule.

I do like your list though. It's pretty well documented from the theme song. Keep it up. I am interested in what you come up with.

[dlordoftime]

As I have just said elsewhere, the accents do not mark stress, but changes to the sound of the vowel. I'll be able to do away with most accents once I have my rules for pronunciation finished, but that will have to wait.

[laroon]

Oh I see. Sorry for the misunderstanding. You just need two kinds of O's rather than a stressed syllable.

[dlordoftime]

Welll, now that my rules for pronunciation are up, I can do away with all the accents but á until I can get a better character for it.

[laroon]

Parallel words:

Dlordoftime's Narayan	Spanish	English
Buno	Bueno	Good
Come	Como	How
Coi	Que	What
Ya	Y	And
Come vadi	Como va	How's it going

My point is Narayan isn't some long lost romantic language. Pretty sure there's no connection between romance languages and Narayan in the 'reality' of the concept.

These are only a handful of the parallels. Everything else seems to be picked up straight from the text that was given.

[dlordoftime]

Like it has been said, NArayani os based on the Romance languages. Therefore, I am continuing that trend. However, if you have any siggestions for more Narayani sounding words, state them, and I will take them under consideration.

[laroon]

I have my own word list to create. What I'm getting out of that statement of yours is that "i don't know what words to come up with next." which is probably one of the reasons you're so reliant on mimicking a popular language structure (romantic) rather than venturing off and making something unique.
Also I know Jack wall did indeed base them on romance languages. But why make it so blatantly obvious that it's just a misspelled Spanish dialect?

[dlordoftime]

I hadn't intended for it to be so similar to Spanish. I may alter that. Later.