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==Out of Universe== | ==Out of Universe== | ||
{{Canonicity|canonical}} | {{Canonicity|canonical}} | ||
==Old Tongue== | ==Old Tongue== | ||
===Etymology=== | |||
* [[khadi]] (bone) | |||
* [[-ye]] (abstraction suffix) | |||
===Noun=== | ===Noun=== | ||
'''khadye''' | '''khadye''' | ||
# | # bones (metonymic); one's deep inner self | ||
====Attestations==== | ====Attestations==== | ||
{{Quote|ninte khadye|your bones | {{Quote|dvodrelle duadh ninte khadye|Two Rivers water in your bones|source=Nyneave al'Meara}} | ||
==Notes== | |||
* [[Khadi]] is literal bone. The [[-ye]] suffix marks its use as a metonym for the person's deep inner self, the same metaphor English uses in "I feel it in my bones" or "bone-deep." The song is not saying there is literally water inside the skeleton — it is saying the Two Rivers is part of who Nynaeve is at the deepest level. | |||
Latest revision as of 02:07, 18 March 2026
khadye
Out of Universe
✓ Canonical — Attested in canon.
Old Tongue
Etymology
Noun
khadye
- bones (metonymic); one's deep inner self
Attestations
dvodrelle duadh ninte khadye
"Two Rivers water in your bones"
— Nyneave al'Meara
Notes
- Khadi is literal bone. The -ye suffix marks its use as a metonym for the person's deep inner self, the same metaphor English uses in "I feel it in my bones" or "bone-deep." The song is not saying there is literally water inside the skeleton — it is saying the Two Rivers is part of who Nynaeve is at the deepest level.