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by Traciny'ika
31 Jan 2022 21:02
Forum: Lexicon
Topic: List of Custom Words
Replies: 135
Views: 1195416

Re: List of Custom Words

Can we use "ner'sat ruus" for Jedi seeing stone temples? Like the one that they visit in the Mandalorian?
Drawing on Taljair te Mir'ad's word for pride, I think its hilarious.
by Traciny'ika
31 Jan 2022 19:48
Forum: Lexicon
Topic: List of Custom Words
Replies: 135
Views: 1195416

Re: List of Custom Words

I kinda like kar'tolase, actually. Still, it feels a bit "impersonal" for describing a sun if you want it to be more poetic. I agree, I like it a lot - but definitely as a name or epithet for the Mandalore star-system sun. And, this line of thinking furthers begs the question of, how poetic is Mand...
by Traciny'ika
10 Dec 2021 06:23
Forum: Lexicon
Topic: List of Custom Words
Replies: 135
Views: 1195416

Re: List of Custom Words

Oh, I like the use of Mhor, for mho'kar, but that feels again planetary specific, right? Like that only works when talking about the specific planet you're occupying? Like, if I wanted to talk about the Tatooine's suns, while on another planet, saying mhor'kar wouldn't necessarily work. Instead it'd...
by Traciny'ika
09 Dec 2021 20:35
Forum: Lexicon
Topic: List of Custom Words
Replies: 135
Views: 1195416

Re: List of Custom Words

RE: Salvo Mereel's question about the word sun (from 9 years ago...) "Sun" is a relational concept, as in all suns are stars but not all stars are suns. A star is only a sun to the planet that orbits it. So perhaps suns are "Ka'ra" (or "kar" given the significance of Ka'ra)? Or more specifically "(p...
by Traciny'ika
09 Dec 2021 20:24
Forum: Welcome Forum
Topic: Welcome to Learn Mando'a! (Post Here to Introduce Yourself)
Replies: 609
Views: 2098017

Re: Welcome to Learn Mando'a! (Post Here to Introduce Yourself)

Hi, This resource is fantastic! I've been lurking for a while, but finally wanted to contribute to the conversation! I am particularly interested about the situation of Mando'a in the larger context of the Star Wars universe especially in extenuating works :) but also the social construction of word...