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Summary

Lethe-Xua continent for Imathyda. By CEIGE ⟨TAWK⟩.

Linguistic inspiration

Lethean and Scadeo-Wai names

• Cluthea, Cluve, Qa-lǝgh-zé (Qalǝghžé) - from Tagalog ilog < PAN *qalug, "river"

• -zé is often used for placenames in Scadean speech

• Brattea, Bride, Bǝ-ghad-zé (B̵ǝghaddé) - from Malay bukit < PAN *bukit~bukid

• bǝ- is a market for things near other things, e.g. bǝ-ghad = near hill

• Scadea, She-xan-zé (Shǝxa̵đé)
• Ne-xan (Nǝxan, gan) - nǝ- is a genitive prefix.
• Je-ma-ne-xan (Jǝma(nǝx/g)an) - From *jǝma (cf Lethea ima = sea), and nǝxan.

In case it isn't apparent, the Scadean Wai call themselves the Xan/Khan. The Letheans call them by their fully compounded name, and the Xua would probably call them "Han-Wai".

Rogea, Tattavea and Cadmea

• Rokhvyj = rokh (horn), Cf Chinese, and vyj (country), cf. guó
• Alternative form for "country" should be vykka (*k-GwWg?).
• Tattavea, Tattavkuo = "Tataouine lake", based on the etymology rather than any resemblance to Tataouine.
• Ustea = Sl. ustó, "Mouthsea".
• Cadmea = Some Arabic dialectal word for mouth appeared to be "kazm" so I combined that with Greek chasm.

• Kavsha shows lenition, metathesis and RUKI s->sh; sound changes are basically "Generic Brythonic + Slavic".

Sezhengai and Asage

• These peoples speak daughter languges of the Sǝšǝmkyx confederacy.
• Yaza-yaza is a duplication of yaza, which is jǝnas in the original Sǝšǝmkyx language.

Talivan

• -vo = genitive
• -me = comitative, dual
• -k/ts = plural

Thus Talivomets = tali-vo-me-k

Xuaer, Khvi, and Shu/Hlao/Zao

• Xuaer used to be called Huier, but the resemblance to the real world Hui people felt a bit misleading
• But then I liked Hui /xuj/ so I reused it for Khvi, except I also did a quick sound change to avoid resemblance with certain Slavic vulgar terms
• Shu, Hlao, and Zao are like Tai/Dai/Hlai etc in the Kra-Dai language family. The original form was *Hlao.