Re: OT: semi-OT: names

En réponse à Aquamarine Demon <aquamarine_demon@...>:

> All right, this may seem like an odd question, but in your conlangs,
> do
> you make personal and place names fit your conlang, or do you leave
> them
> as is?
Normally all my languages have their own native names. But I usually don't make
them :)) .

 If you do, what's your name and location in your conlang? (Yes,
> I'm
> quite aware this is a useless time-waster, but  I'm curious. If you
> really
> don’t give a damn, just ingor it… ;) )
The only language I have a name in is Moten. In it, My name is |Sela Jemufan
Atlinan C.G.
The components of this name (sigoj) are:
- the first name (samsigoj): |Sela. Like in Latin, the list of first names
available is closed (there are only 10 first names), and they are epicene (they
can be used by men as well as women, without change).
- the family name (nu|zigoj): Jemufan. The person can choose to wear the
nu|zigoj of his/her father or mother, and even change between the two during
life. Mine is the translation of the hypothetical etymology of my French last
name: "great river".
- the birth name (pa|nasigoj): Atlinan. Chosen by the parents at the birth of
the child, it's the name usually used by the family to call the person, and
thus is used like our first name. This name has to have a meaning. Here, since
my parents couldn't have chosen me a name, I chose myself a name meaning
transparently "firebird".
- the nickname (va|lesigoj): C.G. It's a nickname chosen by the person
him/herself, at last at his/her majority, which is destined to be used by
his/her friends to refer to this person (thus also like a first name, but this
time used outside the family). Unlike the other three parts, this name can be
in another language than Moten. It may even be a glyph (though there should
always be a way to vocalise it). In my case, I simply chose my initials, spelt
in English.

Christophe.

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