#mandoxember words

[ranahan]

Okay, I’ll start!

Day 1

vhe’viin (n)

1. a species of small, grain-pilfering rodents

2. (slang) “land rat,” landlubber, a novice to spacefaring

New meaning made sense to me, because vhe’viin comes from vheh (dirt) and viin (run), so it literally means “dirt runner.”

[miaikon]

Mandoxember Day 2: Make a verb

kotar (v)

to strenghten

to reinforce (armor/ walls etc)

To glorify

(slang) to gather one's wits/ courage/ prepare mentally (mirsh'kotar?)

(slang, ironically) to put on a pedestal

From kot (strength). May be too similar to kotir (overpower).

Short how did I get there: Strength is important to Mandalorian society, and I think they'd have a word for strenghten/ empower/ fortify. The sarcastic fifth meaning I derived along the same lines as ori'jagyc (bully) translating to "big man" literally. Also because kote (glory) reads as a plural of strength to me.

I forgot to do this the first time around: Prompts by @mandoxember . Check them out, they got great resources/ explanations for each day so far. I feel like I'm learning the basics of linguistics as I do this.

Also, there's the List of Mando'a resources.

[ranahan]

Day 2

dralur (v)

1. glow, shine

2. power, power (up), turn on

3. intensify, strengthen