AntaresDecerto
Lax I want to propose changing the word "Lax", meaning Bow (as in the weapon), to "Ronaazun". I have no wish to insult the author in any way, but I can't find any justification for this word in the Elder Scrolls universe. It seems ridiculous, to me, that the word for "Bow" isn't included in canon, considering that other weapons are included. So if it was simply made up to fill that gap, I completely understand that effort. However, part of the goal in this community is to remain as true to canon as possible and, if we later find a way to contruct a previously non-canon word from canon sources, I think that it is worth the effort. It seems to me that Dovahzul is constructed similar to German in the sense that words can be combined together to make new words with a different, but related, meaning. You can find eamples of this in the Elder Scrolls Wiki page for Dovahzul (http://elderscrolls.wikia.com/wiki/Dragon_Language). Using this method, I took the word for arrow, "Ronaaz", and the word for weapon, "Zun", and combined them to make the word "Ronaazun", which is essentially what a bow is, the weapon that projects the arrow.
**NOTE** Sorry for the long exposition, but I am new to this community and wanted to fully explain my reasoning in order to avoid stepping on the toes of the original author.
AntaresDecerto
September 22, 2015 |
Lax I want to propose changing the word "Lax", meaning Bow (as in the weapon), to "Ronaazun". I have no wish to insult the author in any way, but I can't find any justification for this word in the Elder Scrolls universe. It seems ridiculous, to me, that the word for "Bow" isn't included in canon, considering that other weapons are included. So if it was simply made up to fill that gap, I completely understand that effort. However, part of the goal in this community is to remain as true to canon as possible and, if we later find a way to contruct a previously non-canon word from canon sources, I think that it is worth the effort. It seems to me that Dovahzul is constructed similar to German in the sense that words can be combined together to make new words with a different, but related, meaning. You can find eamples of this in the Elder Scrolls Wiki page for Dovahzul (http://elderscrolls.wikia.com/wiki/Dragon_Language). Using this method, I took the word for arrow, "Ronaaz", and the word for weapon, "Zun", and combined them to make the word "Ronaazun", which is essentially what a bow is, the weapon that projects the arrow.
**NOTE** Sorry for the long exposition, but I am new to this community and wanted to fully explain my reasoning in order to avoid stepping on the toes of the original author. |