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Re: SPOILER Welsh
Post by runsforcelery   » Fri Feb 21, 2014 8:46 am

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Braudel26 wrote:SPOILER


Don't know if somebody already wrote that in one of the threads, did not find it
RFC really likes welsh it seems
Dialydd Mab comes out as Avenging Son
Chwaer as sister, I found no clue about the iau end though :?:


Its a compound formed of two separate words when Nimue decided to turn them into a single surname. ;)


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Re: SPOILER Welsh
Post by PeterZ   » Fri Feb 21, 2014 9:09 am

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runsforcelery wrote:
Braudel26 wrote:SPOILER


Don't know if somebody already wrote that in one of the threads, did not find it
RFC really likes welsh it seems
Dialydd Mab comes out as Avenging Son
Chwaer as sister, I found no clue about the iau end though :?:


Its a compound formed of two separate words when Nimue decided to turn them into a single surname. ;)


So combined Nimue's new surname is intedended to mean younger sister?
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Re: SPOILER Welsh
Post by BobG   » Fri Feb 21, 2014 8:51 pm

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Braudel26 wrote:SPOILER


Don't know if somebody already wrote that in one of the threads, did not find it
RFC really likes welsh it seems
Dialydd Mab comes out as Avenging Son
Chwaer as sister, I found no clue about the iau end though :?:

For that matter, the Martial Art she learned, "moarte subita", translates to "sudden death" in Romanian.

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Re: SPOILER Welsh
Post by emeye   » Sat Feb 22, 2014 2:01 am

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"Instant death" is probably closer, as "sudden" implies an element of surprise or unexpected, whereas "subita" merely implies immediacy.

But, "sudden death" being the usual idiom, the Moldo-Walachian phrase is close enough for government work; they were Marines, after all.

robertamgottlieb wrote:
Braudel26 wrote:SPOILER


Don't know if somebody already wrote that in one of the threads, did not find it
RFC really likes welsh it seems
Dialydd Mab comes out as Avenging Son
Chwaer as sister, I found no clue about the iau end though :?:

For that matter, the Martial Art she learned, "moarte subita", translates to "sudden death" in Romanian.

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Re: SPOILER Welsh
Post by phillies   » Sat Feb 22, 2014 2:04 am

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As I previously noted elsewhere, Athrawess is alsoa good Welsh word.

Braudel26 wrote:SPOILER


Don't know if somebody already wrote that in one of the threads, did not find it
RFC really likes welsh it seems
Dialydd Mab comes out as Avenging Son
Chwaer as sister, I found no clue about the iau end though :?:
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Re: SPOILER Welsh
Post by Randomiser   » Sat Feb 22, 2014 8:12 am

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phillies wrote:As I previously noted elsewhere, Athrawess is alsoa good Welsh word.

Braudel26 wrote:SPOILER


Don't know if somebody already wrote that in one of the threads, did not find it
RFC really likes welsh it seems
Dialydd Mab comes out as Avenging Son
Chwaer as sister, I found no clue about the iau end though :?:


My Welsh is non-existent, but Google translate gives
Chwaer as sister or companion
iau as Thursday (!) or Jupiter

I notice RFC didn't actually give us his translation of the whole name. :)
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Re: SPOILER Welsh
Post by PeterZ   » Sat Feb 22, 2014 12:41 pm

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Randomiser wrote:
Braudel26 wrote:SPOILER


Don't know if somebody already wrote that in one of the threads, did not find it
RFC really likes welsh it seems
Dialydd Mab comes out as Avenging Son
Chwaer as sister, I found no clue about the iau end though :?:


My Welsh is non-existent, but Google translate gives
Chwaer as sister or companion
iau as Thursday (!) or Jupiter

I notice RFC didn't actually give us his translation of the whole name. :)


Using a lower case "i" iau can be an adjective meaning junior or younger.
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Re: SPOILER Welsh
Post by runsforcelery   » Sat Feb 22, 2014 1:07 pm

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PeterZ wrote:
Randomiser wrote:

My Welsh is non-existent, but Google translate gives
Chwaer as sister or companion
iau as Thursday (!) or Jupiter

I notice RFC didn't actually give us his translation of the whole name. :)


Using a lower case "i" iau can be an adjective meaning junior or younger.


True. :)


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Re: SPOILER Welsh
Post by AClone   » Sat Feb 22, 2014 5:29 pm

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Randomiser wrote:
I notice RFC didn't actually give us his translation of the whole name. :)

I would have settled for the other word she combined it with.
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Re: SPOILER Welsh
Post by kbus888   » Sat Feb 22, 2014 10:21 pm

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"Younger Sister" is what RFC means, it seems.

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AClone wrote:..
Randomiser wrote:..

I notice RFC didn't actually give us his translation of the whole name. :)

I would have settled for the other word she combined it with.
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