Ethnographic Records
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| 66 | 66 | | -la | Place ending for sept settlements, as in the Finnic Rapla and Kohila. | proposed | | |
| 67 | 67 | | Tahmelek | In-language form of Underking: tachat (under) plus melekh (king). | proposed | | |
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| 69 | + | ### Writing | |
| 70 | + | - **[canon]** The dwarven hand, and how it descends from the elf script, is recorded in [[One Root, Five Hands]]. The alphabet exists only in draft, and as drafted it cannot spell `dza` or `Š`. | |
| 71 | + | ||
| 69 | 72 | ## The five Kords | |
| 73 | + | - **[canon]** Five beards: Gold, Platinum, Copper, Slate and Onyx. Their working names before the metals were Pahir, Sahsa, Red, Brown and Black. | |
| 74 | + | - **[proposed]** Names for Copper, Slate and Onyx, and every seat on the map, are proposals. Gold and Platinum follow the set recipe. | |
| 75 | + | ||
| 70 | 76 | ### Gold: Sahdzakoda (SAH-dza-KO-da) | |
| 71 | 77 | - **[canon]** Root: zahav (Z-H-V). Clip: Sah + dza + koda. Say: SAH-dza-KO-da | |
| 72 | 78 | - Working name before the metals: Sahsa. |