Yes. It’s that time again. No, not time for Week 3 of the NFL season or another NHL lockout: It’s time for our own khaleesi Daenerys’s birthday. Asshekhqoyi vezhvena, zhey khaleesi! I couldn’t get you a dragon, because, well, you have them all, so here are some words (along with audio files) to fill in a few gaps on the Word Groups page you’re working on (note: all nouns below are inanimate):
| English | Dothraki | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| forearm | qorraya | |
| wrist, ankle | hlofa | |
| chin | vik | |
| lip | heth | |
| shoulder | elme | |
| heel | vemish | |
| to frown | nivat | |
| to swallow | ijelat | |
| brain (human) | yothnhare | |
| to weave | soqat |
And though we already know the word, dis (the adjective) is used to refer to plain or unpatterned clothing. Happy birthday again, zhey Dany! I hope it’s a good one.
Fonas chek!
So brain is literally “head fruit”? That’s awesome.
Heh, heh. Yep.
Came from the old days when I would go to my grand aunt’s house and she’d make this soup with something they’d translate as “meat of the head” in it. I thought they were some kind of meatball. Nope. Goat brains.
Head fruit? Sounds like the way a lion might describe brains
Athdavrazar on the new words! You never cease to amaze us with these creative new words.
Head fruit? Sounds like the way a lion might describe brains
Only if he were a vegetarian.
/rimshot
I’ll add additionally that the audio files for these words are particularly useful, and helped me catch something I was pronouncing improperly!
Oh I LOVE this! Thank you!! :^)