Chlouvānem/Names: Difference between revisions

All names are adapted into [[Chlouvānem|their language]], and follow its phonological rules and nominal declensions.

All people, everywhere in the Inquisition, also have an unofficial but commonly used '''informal name''' (''laltihaloe'').

* Nouns in '''-ē''' make their matronymic in '''-yāvi''', e.g. ''Lairē'' → ''Lairyāvi''

* Nouns in '''-ca''' or '''-cha''' make their matronymic in '''-šāvi''', e.g. ''Lañekaica'' → ''Lañekaišāvi''

* ''Lākhnī'' keeps the '''ī''' but shortened and therefore has ''Lākhniyāvi''.

===Surnames derived from a given name===

* '''-haidī''' (invariable): originally the genitive of a compound form with name + ''haidā'' ("clan"); especially from the Eastern Plain, but now spread nationwide, e.g. ''Mirayuhaidī'', ''Darvaṃhaidī'', ''Ħārjahaidī'', ''Dānehaidī'', ''Buyāṃhaidī''.

* '''-ga''' (invariable): a suffixed form of the appositive particle (that formerly also had a genitive meaning): e.g. ''Chališirelga'', ''Dānega'', ''Jādāga'', ''Lārtaga''.

===Occupational surnames===

===Toponymic surnames===

===Other surnames===

As with all other types of surnames, they also may have marriage-variable suffixes added, as e.g. in ''Līkāntāmæha'' or ''Putahiræša''.

Variable surnames have three forms: one for all women in the family, one for married men, and one for unmarried men.

In some places, this is not the case, and the husband keeps his birth surname, but if it is variable, it will shift to the married form anyway.

Names inherited by the Proto-Lahob culture, or the earliest Chlouvānem names, are usually made by two elements compounded together (a kind of bahuvrihi compound), like for example the male names ''Gāṇakvyāta ''"steel hero" or ''Hånisrajñās ''"friend of toucans", or the female ones ''Martayinām ''"city protector" or ''Ñaiṭasamin'' "star child". There are also names made by a single Chlouvānem word, like ''Lairē ''"sky", ''Yānāh'' “innocence” (both female) or ''Hånia ''"toucan" (unisex but mostly female).

Many areas of the Inquisition also have their own "local" names, taken from pre-Chlouvānem local languages; this is particularly common in the East with Toyubeshian names, which often spread outside that area. Special mention also for the Dabuke female names ''Amabu ''and ''Nīmulšāmi'', which have spread outside the local area and are commonly given nationwide.

# Martayinām

# Lairē

# Yārachilgēn

# Amabu

# Læhimausa

# Namihūlša

| Bālagudāya || Ancient Yodhvāši || <small>(variant of ''Bālagudām'')</small> ||

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| Barhāma || Tamukāyi || sunlight ||  

| Chilamulka || Ancient Yodhvāši || good foot ||  

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| Chlǣvešāh || Chlouvānem || from ''chluvaikā'' (wealth), probably merged with ''chlǣcæm'' (better) ||  

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| Dāgnabhrāni || colspan=2 | <small>(female version of ''Dāgnabhrām'')</small> ||

| Dāneh || colspan=2 | unknown (Chlouvānem?<ref>The word ''dāneh'' means "nut" in Chlouvānem but the similarity is probably only coincidental.</ref>) ||

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| Dēlenitā || Ancient Yodhvāši || leading woman ||

| Dulmaidana || Ancient Kāṃradeši || <small>(probably derived from ''Dulmadin'')</small> ||

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| Halinækha || colspan=2 | unknown ||

| Hilvarjayā || Ancient Namaikehi || <small>(variant of ''Hilvarghom'')</small> ||

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| Hæliyǣša || colspan=2 | unknown ||  

| Hæniląuya || colspan=2 | unknown ||

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| Jādāh || Archaic Chlouvānem || wealth(y) ||

| Kailemūrṣa || Tamukāyi || she whose courage is told ||  

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| Kūldendēla || Ancient Yodhvāši || beautiful flower ||

| Kælidañca || Ancient Yodhvāši || great joy ||

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| Lākhnī || colspan=2 | unknown, probably Near Eastern ||

| Lairē || Chlouvānem || sky, air ||

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| Lañekaica || Ancient Yodhvāši || <small>(variant of ''Lañikaiṣa'')</small> ||

| Lileikhura || colspan=2 | unknown ||  

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| Læhimausa || Tamukāyi || ray of light ||

| Mambapinga || Eastern Dabuke || the beautiful one ||

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| Martayinām || Chlouvānem || city protector || <small>(historically unisex)</small>

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| Mæmijaiya || colspan=2 | unknown <small>(possibly Laifutaši)</small> ||  

| Namihūlša || Laifutaši || ? ||  

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| Nilāmulka || Laifutaši || ? ||  

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| Hilvarghom || Ancient Namaikehi || famous warrior ||  

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| Hūlamastān || colspan=2 | unknown ||  

| Hånisrajñas || Chlouvānem || friend of toucans ||  

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| Jalgudām || Ancient Yodhvāši || distant sight ||  

| Khāltiṃhāgyan || Old Cambhaugrāyi || companion spirit ||  

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| Kuretsupan || Toyubeshian || strong boy ||

| Liptrantas || colspan=2 | unknown, probably Near Eastern ||  

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| Mūñcangām || Ancient Yodhvāši || warrior ||

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| Ñaiṭasamin || Chlouvānem || star child || Unisex

| Dūrkirvas || Male || Evangelic Velken ''Dowrkriwo'' > Kal. ''Dourkřvo''

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| Imbocas || Male || Cer. ''Imbóčo'' (Ísc. ''Imbóscios'') Nrd. ''Imbaskeħ'', Niv. ''Nèbokios'' (ANiv. ''Nēbaukios''), Hol. ''Neboais''

| Lyāni || Female || Cer. ''Leáni'', ''Reáni''; Nrd. ''Llany'', Hol. ''Läin'', Niv. ''Leān'', Hel. ''Reàni''

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| Mūbānidus || Male || Cer. ''Imúbánidu'', Bes. ''Imubbanxu'', Nrd. ''Imubanyt'', Niv. ''Emubáñu''

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====Countries of the former Kaiṣamā====

The Chlouvānem informal name (''laltihaloe'', from ''lalteh'' (friend) and ''haloe'' (name)) is the form of the given name used in many particularly informal settings. As with all things informal in the Chlouvānem-speaking world, there is no uniform rule because they are deeply influenced by the local vernacular and, more often than not, they are never even used when speaking Chlouvānem as such kind of conversations may often be exclusively in the vernacular.<br/>However, there is a simple pattern that can be used in order to derive pan-Inquisitiorial informal names from given names: either the first or the stressed syllable of the name is taken, with optional vowel changes (usually ''a'' to ''æ'', ''æ'' and ''ai'' to ''e'', ''e'' to ''i'', and often ''o'' to either ''a'' or ''u''), and ''-ī'' for female informal names or ''-em'' for male ones. Female names often shift post-tonic velars, ''h'', or ''s'', to palatals.<br/>As different syllables may be taken, there are even for this pattern different possibilities. Some examples (usually, the more common a name is and the more informal forms it has):

: ''Martayinām'' [ˌmaˤ.ta.(j)iˈnaːm] → ''Mærī'', ''Mætī'', ''Matī'', ''Næmī'', ''Nāmī''

: ''Kāltarvān'' [ˌkaːɴ̆.taɐ̯ˈʋãː] → ''Kālem'', ''Kælem'', ''Vānem'', ''Vænem'', ''Kāltem''

: ''Khālbayān'' [ˌkʰaːɴ̆.baˈjãː] → ''Khælem'', ''Khālem'', ''Yænem'', ''Yānem''

* If the person spoken of is respected (of higher rank), then the appropriate formula is used the first time they're mentioned, then the norm is to use a shorter form - in this case, a form like ''yamei Læhimausa murkadhāna'' is accepted, while it is not when speaking directly to that person. The higher rank that person is, usually the longer it takes to completely shift to a shorter form — e.g. while the Great Inquisitor will not be referred to every time as ''nanū aveṣyotāra lallāmaha Hæliyǣšāvi yamei Dhīvajhūyai Lairē camimurkadhāna lāma'', it will not probably get shorter than ''nanū aveṣyotāra yamei lallāmaha'' ([Her] Respectable Most Excellent Highness) or ''nanū aveṣyotāra lallāmaha camimurkadhāna'' ([Her] Most Excellent Highness, the Great Inquisitor);

* If the person spoken of is of equal rank, in a polite context they'll be referred to with ''tanta'' (the usual title for equal grades), or ''lāma'';

The second- and third-person pronouns used with the various honorific styles also vary. See [[Chlouvānem/Morphology#Honorific_pronouns|the respective section of the Grammar]] for more details.