Re: Vocab. Exercise: Name that kingdom!

In Rihana-ye:
The barbarians:
Rehina
outside-strange-land (outside-strange is already the word for barbaric)
Rehibibana
barbaric warrior land

The believers
Vuvajobana
belive-man-land

The forest elves

Tigabana
Tall plant man land
Tiga (tall plant) is the established word for tree)
or Tigafehana
tree-together-thing land
tree-together-thing is the established word for forest

Tall elves
Bijibana
Fierce skilled man land

Orcs
Biwofana
kill beast land

Insectoids
Rafatikana
air-animal queen land
air-animal is the established word for insect; naturally it applies more
to flying insects. A possible word for crawling insects would be dinifa
small low animal.

Spellcasters
Divajobana
small-spirit-work-man-land
small spirit work is the established term for black magic; it assumes the
aid of the lesser spirits (tiva, high spirit, is the term for the gods)

Birdmen
Tafabana
sky animal man land
sky animal is the established term for bird

Snake Men
Nifabana
low animal man land
low animal is the established term for reptiles

Dragon Wastes
Tinifatifisana
high low animal high big stone land
high low animal (really "reptile lord") is the established term for
dragons; high big stone is the established word for mountain
so this is really Dragon Mountain Land

Foul Lands
Fugehevina
very not holy land
"vi" originally "holy" has acquired a broad range of senses; here it is
really just good, so very not good, very bad, land.

John Leland