nemafakei Posted March 17, 2002 Share Posted March 17, 2002 There have been a few threads on this, so this time, I'm going to start by saying I've already got to work on it.What I've done is looked through the roots of words throughout The Book's appendix and compared them. What I've found is syllables with idea-meanings - although they're not obvious unless you're analysing stems.Bear in ming that the basic alphabet will be different to ours, so I'll change how the words look sometimes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMA_1 Posted March 17, 2002 Share Posted March 17, 2002 Well I am not sure but from what I see. The fremen of arrakis obviously have roots in arabic. example Shaitanand Alam-almythal. The other languages I dont know. maybe a mix of many languages. the imperial language seems to be this. the DE has a good idea bout it. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FeydRauttah Posted March 18, 2002 Share Posted March 18, 2002 How about MAHDI - that's a Muslim word for Prophet. And Padishah is the title of a Turkish Emperor. Shaddam = Saddam??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
el_d00d Posted March 18, 2002 Share Posted March 18, 2002 the book was written in the 60's, not in the 90's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemafakei Posted March 18, 2002 Author Share Posted March 18, 2002 What I have found is almost certainly not the actual origin of the words, however, these things could prove useful in creating our own words in a Bhotani Jib. I'll post what I have this evening (GMT), if I can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emperor Harkonnen Posted March 18, 2002 Share Posted March 18, 2002 cool, we are all looking forward to that Nema ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemafakei Posted March 18, 2002 Author Share Posted March 18, 2002 Ok, these are only rough estimates, but here goes...LA - Negative (easy one)IB - Wisdom (note this doesn't mean literally wisdom, just represents the idea of it)NA - Nominated [eg Naib]WA - AdventureMOA - Guide (ie long, omegate a)DI - Heaven [hence Moadi, Moad diib]MU - Extravagance (Note the hate of fremen for this) [Mu Zein Wallah, Mudir Naya]KAi - Indicates reverence [Kaifai, Barakai, Faramai]S(H)Ai - Desert (terrible) [shaitan, Shai-Hulud, Shai-Nama]I had to alter the spelling from a point of view that this was a spoken language. More to come when I'm more definite on some things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nefud Posted April 18, 2002 Share Posted April 18, 2002 At 'KAi' you forgot to mention "Bi-la kaifa" which is almost like 'Amen'.And as much as I know the Arabic language has no vowels but I'm not sure... :-/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemafakei Posted April 18, 2002 Author Share Posted April 18, 2002 I had "Kaifai" from Bi-la-Kaifa alteady in the list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_of_arrakis Posted April 18, 2002 Share Posted April 18, 2002 i dont follow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exatreide Posted April 18, 2002 Share Posted April 18, 2002 Mahdi is a Arabic word which has its routes in the Otoman EmpireThe Great Poet Bedridden had a potentel great future in polotics but insted But he bacame a great Guru capturing the wildness of the frontire land, convincing many people, Christiens amog them, that he was the Mahdi the comeing of the end of the world. So that the Ottomans who had grown imperial, hangged him from a tree in the Sarres in 1426 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemafakei Posted April 18, 2002 Author Share Posted April 18, 2002 I'm hoping that it fits with the arabic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exatreide Posted April 18, 2002 Share Posted April 18, 2002 hoping what dose? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemafakei Posted April 19, 2002 Author Share Posted April 19, 2002 The language's stems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exatreide Posted April 19, 2002 Share Posted April 19, 2002 they should... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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