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==Notes== | ==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. | * [[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 words]] | ||
[[Category:Old Tongue nouns]] | [[Category:Old Tongue nouns]] | ||
[[Category:Song vocabulary]] | [[Category:Song vocabulary]] | ||
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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"
— Nynaeve 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.