Re: Personal names (was Re: Story - TCOAIW)

Roberto Suarez Soto <ask4it@...> wrote:
>         ObConlang: how do you deal with this in your conlangs? Do
> masculine and feminine names follow any special rule to distinguish ones
> from the other?
    In the Nmusysy culture at least, a gladifer's given name remains the
same throughout her/his whole life, but when he becomes male and joins a new
family his family (and clan) name changes, with the new family name
preceded by hre[old_family_name]ot.  For instance, when sa Mrenep sa
hreLaxreot Lelemle sa Lele we Nmusysy (whom those of you who have read my
novella are familiar with) was female she was sa Mrenep sa Laxre sa Mazefyu
we Nmusysy.
    This is why, in the novella, Soupy knows Mrenep is male when she first
hears his name.  It's because of the "hreLaxreot".

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