D'ni Language Research Project

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The D'ni Language Research Project (DLRP) is a collaborative project between Dr. Watson and the D'ni Linguistic Fellowship. The purpose of the project is to assist Dr. Watson in cataloging the D'ni language.^[1]

1 Confirmed words
2 Out of Character
3 Online Resources
4 References

[edit] Confirmed words

The following words have been confirmed through the DLRP, listed by date of confirmation.

November 22, 2007 ^{(Leevofo 26, 9663)}

(b)bee-ree - bErE^[?] - v. (to) maintain (der -> bEra^[?] (keep), arEu^[?] (protect))
bee-ree-tahn - bErEtan^[?] - n. maintainer
tel-bee-ree - telbErE^[?] - n. Guild of Maintainers (short for tel-okh-bee-ree-tahn-tee)

November 30, 2007 ^{(Leevobro 3, 9663)}

(b)lay-soo - lAsU^[?] - v. (to) carry
lay-soo-tahn - lAsUtan^[?] - n. carrier (courier)
shee-tem - SEtem^[?] - n. message
shee-tem-soo-tahn - SEtemsUtan^[?] - n. messenger (der -> SEtem^[?] (message), lAsU^[?] (carry))
tel-shee - telSE^[?] - n. Guild of Messengers (short for tel-okh-shee-tem-soo-tahn-tee)

December 7, 2007 ^{(Leevobro 9, 9663)}

bah-tsah-nah - baxana^[?] - n. map
(b)bah-tsen - baxen^[?] - v. to map
bah-tsen-tahn - baxentan^[?] - n. cartographer (lit. "mapper")
tel-bah-tsen - telbaxen^[?] - n. Guild of Cartographers (short for tel-okh-bah-tsen-tahn-tee)

December 21, 2007 ^{(Leevobro 20, 9663)}

du - DU^[?] - n. food (Book of Atrus)
(b)doo'shol - DU'Sol^[?] - v. (to) cater (der -> DU^[?] (food), Sol^[?] (prepare))
doo'shol-tahn - DU'Soltan^[?] - n. caterer
tel-doo'shol - telDU'Sol^[?] - n. Guild of Caterers (short for tel-okh-doo'shol-tahn-tee)

January 11, 2008 ^{(Leevosahn 7, 9663)}

to-ri-nI - torinI^[?] - adj. cold (temperature)

[edit] Out of Character

The following section is written from an OOC point of view. Events and elements surrounding the Myst Universe are regarded as fictional.

The DLRP project was started by RAWA in order to allow fans to help in expanding the vocabulary of D'ni, since RAWA's time was the primary bottleneck in releasing D'ni words. The project allows fans to construct and discuss potential new words and then propose them. Regularly, RAWA will chose one word from the proposed list and either add it to the official lexicon or explain why it is not viable. ^[2]

Some of the 'confirmations' have actually added more than one word, usually words that are directly related or were a key point of the discussion on the word.