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Khadye

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khadye

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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.

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-'''khadye'''
+'''Khadye'''
 ==Out of Universe==
-{{Canonicity|canonical}}
+{{Canon|canonical|show=yes}}
-Sourced from Companion.
-Attested in: ''[[Nynaeve al'Meara]]''.
 ==Old Tongue==
+===Etymology===
+* [[khadi]] (bone)
+* [[-ye]] (abstraction suffix)
 ===Noun===
 '''khadye'''
-# confines, boundaries, bones (abstract)
+# bones (metonymic); one's deep inner self
-====Attestations====
+=== Use in Canon ===
-{{Quote|ninte khadye|your bones (figure of speech)|source=Nynaeve al'Meara}}
+'''Songs'''
+* [[Nynaeve al'Meara]] (Season 2)
+==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.
 [[Category:Old Tongue words]]
 [[Category:Old Tongue nouns]]
-[[Category:Canonical]]
 [[Category:Song vocabulary]]