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If I am not mistaken Shiva doesn't eat the world, he stomps with his foot or something, destroying the universe and creating another one (sounds like the Big Bang actually :) ).

Hmmm.... let's see if we can find a rule that fits. I think it is most likely a compound noun with clipping and also an old word. As in most cases I take the German example. Here's how the word for our country developed (I'll leave the first few centuries out, where it was called completely...

Wow, I almost laughed my ass off there. :D I still have a lot to learn I guess. Very handy list! I'll go on translating some more in the next few days.

Ok, I'm trying to translate some stuff now as well (just starting). What about "Now, I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds"? For me it is something along the lines of: "Ni'h'ki'ha Hath, Ralrah" I assume the Kilrathi would make one word of "destroyer of worlds" (Ral for destroyer and rah...

Interesting theories on the First Fleet of the Claw, I agree it could be something like that. Anyway, here's another, which can be used additionally to what you said: The First Fleet of the Claw is reserved for the highest leader there is. If he goes to battle, they do. Since the highest leader...

LOL, sorry, I somehow took it for granted that everyone in the USA and definitely everyone in Oklahoma knows that song. It's one of the most famous country songs ever and is also featured in several movies, like Convoy or Platoon for example. Very cool translation as well. I have to see if it...

LOL, sorry, I somehow took it for granted that everyone in the USA and definitely everyone in Oklahoma knows that song. It's one of the most famous country songs ever and is also featured in several movies, like Convoy or Platoon for example. Very cool translation as well. I have to see if it...

Another interesting quote, and a good contribution to the topic. Thanks, Mekt-Hakkikt! So let's look at the topic of clan insignia on ships. In the games we mainly see two sorts of insignia on Kilrathi ships IIRC. In WC1 we have some sort of generic logo, on all ships. We can't see it clearly...

Actually that sounds pretty awesome! :D Maybe I'll record that old Merle Haggard song with lyrics in Kilrathi... Just hard to make it rhymes I guess... :)

Also you're nar Okie, they're supposed to be weird, aren't they? ;) :D And that's your new task: Translate "Okie from Muskogee" into Kilrathi!

I don't think the mating season is meant in that sense. Although I'm not sure. For me it sounds as if it is not dependent on individual females, but rather meant globally. Some animals only mate at a certain time of the year. That's because it is important that children are born in a time where...

Ok, I'm still reading through all of this but I have some questions already: - What's the rule about assembling words? Here are some examples from European languages and I'd like to ask you what you think is how Kilrathi do it most often: A typical example from German: "Katzenfutter" means cat...

@capi: Ok, if they rest under the tree that makes more sense. I'll read through your language thread and maybe ask a few questions then. Especially about the rules for combining word parts, I don't really see the structure yet. As for the culture: Yeah, I think that comes close. Actually you...

I'd like to bring up another topic (as if this thread wasn't complex enough already, I know :D) since Whistler provided us with such a nice quote. If you look at it you'll get some facts which are interesting, even though they are not very surprising. Let's list them and see if we can derive...

Yeah, that's what I remembered. Thanks, Whistler!

I didn't want to go that much into detail with real world examples, because - as you keep reminding me sometimes and you are right - Kilrathi are not humans. But yeah, that was exactly the thing I was trying to say. :) As for Thrakhath: I don't know. Maybe. He seems to have quite a bit of...

Hmmm.... really? Who said Fireclaw is noble? Perhaps the nobles have the nar and the Kilra'hra don't, but still can use the clan name as some sort of last name, saying "Najji, the one who belongs to Ragitagha" instead of "Najji, member of Ragitagha" I wish Forstchen would have explained the...

Ok, let's get into the clan thing as well, while we're here. The eight great clans are - Kiranka - Ki'ra - Caxki - Qarg - Ragitagha - Sutaghi - Kurutak (also spelled Kur'u'tak) - Sihkag I also think that all Kilra'hra (commoners) belong to a clan, most certainly their local clan. That's because...

Yeah, puberty that long sucks. :D I'd like to know the thoughts behind your numbers, though. Especially why you did assume that adulthood happens that late. Do we have any sources pointing to that? As for Joor'rad's name: The guy who wrote it said it was intended, so even if he feels bad about...

ah, I just remember I omitted another interesting thing: Kirha is younger than Ralgha, in fact he is young enough that Ralgha calls him "little cubling" and such things. Still he was old enough to already be in the military and miss the "accident" in which Ralgha's hrai died. So maybe Kil join...