#plainsfolk

[chicinlicin]

aaaaaa i finally remembered to draw my xiv guys for pride ;O;

[thegoodmorningman]

Good Morning!!! Reckon y'oughtta choose health and success!!!

[n3rd-qu33n-ffxiv]

Mayqo'te - Day 9 - Monster

Z'itlalli is a Warrior of Light. She has toppled governments and felled Gods. There is not a lot in this existence that she is actually afraid of... But this... this... monster of a lalafell parading around as a tonberry... this, she is terrified of.

This is Kneecaps Omnomnomnom aka "Caps." If you ask Lalli, he exists only to torment her. In reality, he's there to pay back all the crap she puts poor Astraex through.

Soundtrack: "Main Title (Theme From 'Jaws')"

[spiritofthebackroads]

Windmills at Night, AKA “The Glowing Red Eyes of Kansas”

[ysandrethedreamer]

"Dreamy"

[mother-lee]

trouble’s always gonna find you, baby; but so will i

[the-fellowship-of-lalafell]

Lalafells are just Final Fantasy's Hobbits.

This came about when I was talking to a friend and pointed out how there's a lot of documentation of 'fells having something to do with food; In the first lore book it mentions how some 'fells enjoy certain foods, and if I remember correctly, it says that Papalymo or some other important shortstop has a notable appetite. This is on top of them frequently being potwatches, merchants, and just 'bout any other job that involves food, botany and fishing included.

Just observations an' whatnot.

[ffxiv-langs]

Lalafell Naming Conventions

I'm not dead! Anyway: The Lalafell naming conventions originate as follows. 1. When an adjective modifies a noun in Lalafellin, the final segment of the adjective copies itself onto the end of the noun. So, when ta-riki modifies la-mana, it becomes ta-riki la-mana-riki. It is likely that these forms of phrases being used for names is shared with Roegadyn names, and that both formats originate from Aldenardic nickname conventions. As often happens in language, history repeats itself, and these nicknames get nicknamed:

ta-riki la-mana-riki -> Tatariki Nanariki

Diminutives are formed somewhat irregularly in Lalafellin by abbreviating segments and adding additional repetition. Each element of the name functions as a grammatically plural AB noun, and they are declined in sync with one another. Usually the last three syllables of the name are taken and formed into an A segment (1 syllable) and a B segment (2 syllables). A missing final schwa counts as a syllable. This is the form of the Dunesfolk male name. As often happens in language, history repeats itself, and these nicknames get nicknamed.

Tatariki Nanariki -> Ririki Riki The name functions as an AB noun in the plural (ri-ki), however doubled with the singular form. As such, when declined, each element follows the respective plural or singular format. This is the form of the Dunesfolk female name; the Plainsfolk female name form developed divergently into Rikiki Riki. Both segments function as an AB noun in the singular, although the first one's reduplicated latter syllable resembles the dative form (in fact it is broken up as riki-ki ri-ki.) The AAB-AB form became the primary form of names in the Lalafell homeland. Both Plainsfolk and Dunesfolk names diverge here; the Plainsfolk of Vylbrand picked up phonetic patterns from the local Lominsan language that caused their male naming pattern to diverge. As neither race primarily speaks Lalafellin, that's where the naming system stayed, with AAB-CCB (irregularized in Plainsfolk) names for males and AAB-AB or ABB-AB names for females.

Note that the female name form is still regularly used as a diminutive for male names. But guess what, back in the Lalafell homeland...

As often happens in language, history repeats itself, and these nicknames get nicknamed.

Ririki Riki -> Kiki

By the modern day, the rhythmic system has been fully lost, allowing names to simplify down to single repeated syllable. For more specific identification, a descriptor is often appended to the beginning, though this is often not necessary.