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| tagahu || || ''tagahu'' || The '''tagahu''' is an all-male secret society which functions more or less as the government and military/police force of the known parts of Oru. Its members are known as ''tahu''. The leaders of the tagahu are believed to be in contact with the creators of Oru and they consequently have access to very sophisticated technology. | | tagahu || || ''tagahu'' || The '''tagahu''' is an all-male secret society which functions more or less as the government and military/police force of the known parts of Oru. Its members are known as ''tahu''. The leaders of the tagahu are believed to be in contact with the creators of Oru and they consequently have access to very sophisticated technology. | ||
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| tahu || || ''tahu'' || A '''tahu''' is a man who has been successfully initiated into the ''tagahu''. | | tahu || '''''taahiigu''''' || ''tahu'' || A '''tahu''' is a man who has been successfully initiated into the ''tagahu''. | ||
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| trisyllabic || || || A '''trisyllabic''' is a word consisting of three syllables, each of which is made up of a consonant phoneme and a ''primary vowel'' phoneme. Trisyllabics represent a full clause consisting of a ''triconsonantal noun root'' and a ''trivocallic verb root''. For example, the trisyllabic '''''neemani''''' "I eat" consists of the noun root '''n_m_n_''' "I" plus the verb root '''_ee_a_i''' "eat". | | trisyllabic || || || A '''trisyllabic''' is a word consisting of three syllables, each of which is made up of a consonant phoneme and a ''primary vowel'' phoneme. Trisyllabics represent a full clause consisting of a ''triconsonantal noun root'' and a ''trivocallic verb root''. For example, the trisyllabic '''''neemani''''' "I eat" consists of the noun root '''n_m_n_''' "I" plus the verb root '''_ee_a_i''' "eat". | ||