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Mon Jun 25, 2007 12:07 am [OWDP] Komal

None of my Komali notes are in a presentable format, so I'll just going to add them here piece-meal. At some point I may/will give them a better treatment, but until then please feel free to comment on anything I throw on the wall.

Mon Jun 25, 2007 12:08 am Komali Language

OLD KOMALI SAMPLE LEXICON

Common: Ensaed (adventure location in Ancient Oerid kingdom of Baena)
Old Komali: Ekasâda
Meaning: meeting place

Old Komali: shada
Meaning: place (root)
Pronounciation: /Sada/

Old Komali: enha
Meaning: to meet (root)

Common: Baena
Old Komali: Bâna

Common: Banai
Meaning: People of Baena

Common: hero
Old Komali: bakhour

Common: Bakhoury Coast
Old Komali: Bakhourabar
Meaning: the land of heroes

Notes:
- shada also exists in some Zahindi dialects.
- shada appears in modern place names as the suffix –jahn
- shada becomes asâda in Old Komali and asaed in Common
- ‘meeting place’ is enha-shada --> enhasâda --> ekasâda --> ekasaed --> ensaed
- â transforms into (among other things) ae and e in Common.
- bakhour is the root of the name for the Bakhoury Coast, as well as that of the Baklunish people.

Mon Jun 25, 2007 12:14 am Unogonduri

UNOGONDURI

Unogonduri (Hungodisya): royal dynasty of ancient Komal, named after its legendary founder Unogondur (Hungodis).

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Note: The term 'Unogonduri' will be appearing in the article I wrote on the Baklunish Army for the upcoming issue of OJ. Here's the relevant snips...

Then came heroes from the west - equestrian nomads honed by centuries of warfare on the steppes of central Oerik. These warriors trained from an early age in the arts of horsemanship and archery, for which they are famous to this day. - Komali chronicles of the Unogonduri dynasty (1)

Related Footnote (1): At that time Komal was locked in a war with the Sakuri, whose well-trained heavily-armed troops were clearly outclassing the Unogonduri light infantry. Paynim tribes helped the Komali prevail, displacing the Sakuri from the shores of the Ghayar - a land which the Komali there-after dubbed Bakhourabar, “The Land of Heroes.” ‘Bakhour’ is an Old Komali word, meaning hero. It is the root of the name for the Bakhoury Coast, as well as that of the Baklunish themselves.