Titles in Conlangs (was: Re: "Madam"/"Madame" Chair/man/person)
| From: | Muke Tever <hotblack@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, October 31, 2003, 8:02 |
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On Fri, 31 Oct 2003 09:16:02 +0200, Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...>
wrote:
> I thought the plural of Mr. is 'Misters' or 'Messers'. I don't
> remember where i've seen them though.
Messrs.
> To try and bring this back to Conlanging, anyone have titles in their
> conlangs that can/can't get pluralized? That have no equivalents in
> English or other natlangs?
While I was offline the past two months I managed to work out the titles
in Atlantic Kirumb.
The generic title, used when the specific title to use is not known, is
"Kerje" /"kE4ZE/.
<Kerje> is also the specific title for a married male.
A bachelor's title is <Jifšé> /"ZifSe/.
A lady is <Jinté> /"Zinte/, married or not.
Etymologia: <kerje> is on loan from Greek <kurios>, and <jifšé> and
<jinté> are the regular inheritances of PIE *dems-potis and
*dems-potniH2.
These should all be capable of normal pluralization (kerjes, jifšos,
jintos).
I still havnt gotten around to working out special titles for military,
nobility, or merchantry though, but I intend to...
*Muke!
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