Ri=Light
Elri=Shine (Literally, "Make Light")
Galryn's Love interest: "Elrii" which is derived from "Shining" or "Making Light"
Gal=Son, Heir, most literally a concept meaning "Continuation of myself"
Ryn=Get up, go higher, Rise
The Warrior will therefore be something along the lines of " Go higher, my heir" or, as I am delightfully pleased with the pun "Son, Rise"
Senrith=Hushed
Ik=Not
Sothal=Blood
Hero: Senrith Galiksothal “Hushed Son Not of Blood.” A fancy way of saying, “Hushed, my adopted son.”
The Bard will literally mean "See and Use the truth," which could mean "tell the truth" or "hide the truth" or many other nuances. However, as a Bard, he will go by "Witt" until they reach his court and reveal his true name. (I am considering making "Witt" part of his real name, but not having an actual meaning in itself).
Solles=River
Nal=Man
(Double final consonant)+or=pluralized
Nallor=Men
Iknallor=Not-men
Excellent stuff. My only concern is that Elrii and Galryn sound similar phonetically. They both have the "L" followed by an "R". It's nothing major, just something I noted.
ReplyDeleteGeneral note to those who might wonder: This is never going to be a full language - just a slightly more ordered way of naming characters and landmarks than picking random sounds.
ReplyDeleteNote to Dan: actually, studies have shown that people are naturally inclined to partners with names that are phonetically similar or otherwise mentally grouped together. That's why there are genuinely a lot of "Jack and Jill" couples out there.