Signup
Welcome to... Canonfire! World of GreyhawK
Features
Postcards from the Flanaess
Adventures
in Greyhawk
Cities of
Oerth
Deadly
Denizens
Jason Zavoda Presents
The Gord Novels
Greyhawk Wiki
Canonfire :: View topic - [OWDP] Komal
Canonfire Forum Index -> The Oerth Journal
[OWDP] Komal
Author Message
Journeyman Greytalker

Joined: Dec 01, 2005
Posts: 192
From: WA, USA

Send private message
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.
Journeyman Greytalker

Joined: Dec 01, 2005
Posts: 192
From: WA, USA

Send private message
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.


Last edited by ephealy on Mon Jun 25, 2007 12:24 am; edited 2 times in total
Journeyman Greytalker

Joined: Dec 01, 2005
Posts: 192
From: WA, USA

Send private message
Mon Jun 25, 2007 12:14 am  
Unogonduri

UNOGONDURI

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

* * * * *

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.
Display posts from previous:   
   Canonfire Forum Index -> The Oerth Journal All times are GMT - 8 Hours
Page 1 of 1

Jump to:  

You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum




Canonfire! is a production of the Thursday Group in assocation with GREYtalk and Canonfire! Enterprises

Contact the Webmaster.  Long Live Spidasa!


Greyhawk Gothic Font by Darlene Pekul is used under the Creative Commons License.

PHP-Nuke Copyright © 2005 by Francisco Burzi. This is free software, and you may redistribute it under the GPL. PHP-Nuke comes with absolutely no warranty, for details, see the license.
Page Generation: 0.34 Seconds