Channelknight Fadran Posted November 6, 2022 Author Posted November 6, 2022 Numbers! You are naming numbers. You know. Like latin. Unus, duo, tres, etc. Except it can't be latin 'cause this is 100% high fantasy with 0% romans. Everything is base-12, so I need numbers 1 through 12. Please dump tons of suggestions though so I can sort through the ones I like and make sure they work aesthetically. 1
Going_North_cal Posted November 6, 2022 Posted November 6, 2022 Understood!! So twelve names, to mean numbers, for a base 12 fantasy system??? GOT IT. Am I allowed to make it sound similar, like so many languages on earth have it like?
Channelknight Fadran Posted November 6, 2022 Author Posted November 6, 2022 Just yeet whatever words you can conceive at me.
Going_North_cal Posted November 6, 2022 Posted November 6, 2022 Nice. I'll do 5 per number. One: Oen, On, Ue, Aene, Uine Two: Toh, Tuho, Deoh, Doeh, Twih Three: Thri, Threi, Thui, Tris, Trosi Four: Furr, Fori, Phuro, Furi, Fior Five: Fiev, Fevo, Phiv, Feiv, Fivi Six: Sio, Siox, Sixu, Soxo, Sioxi Seven: Sevna, Senvi, Sivan, Siavin, Sovian Eight: Oight, Eit, Eiht, Heht, Hight Nine: Nin, Nen, Noni, Nino, Niono Ten: Tien, Tein, Toen, Tonn, Tineo Eleven: Elvin, Elivin, Elivon, Ellvon, Elvunn Twelve: Twulv, Twolvi, Twili, Twillv, Twalivi. They're trash, I know. Numbers are hard. Hope these provide good inspiration though! 2
The Unknown Medallion he/him Posted November 7, 2022 Posted November 7, 2022 Well, you have day seasons right? So it could be like in groups of fours within the twelves, so (I don't know what order the cycle goes, so I'll give one of each element for every number) One: Krist, Floe, Illel, Grun, Two: Craut, Felis, Ilfa, Dorn, Three: Crinth, Swint, Ipin, Traunt, Four: Venka, Rinva, Lifin, Evdar, Five: Vake, Yis, Enor, Tekdo, Six: Cren, Sors, Lile, Gren, Seven: Filt, Slinda, Isin, Eka, Eight: Krot, Fina, Esu, Gauth, Nine: Crix, Ren, Ilif, Dauk, Ten: Ven, Sener, Lel, Kev, Eleven: Krinot, Lers, Ipef, Tekev, Twelve: Crentar, Sorsin, Lilefi, Grenka.
Frustration Posted November 7, 2022 Posted November 7, 2022 One: Cor. Also apparently I still have this saved, so Coni here's your reminder, two years later. I'm good at time management. On 11/21/2020 at 4:51 PM, Condensation said: Hey, someone should remind me about this eventually so I'll do a reread. Not yet(no time rn) but eventually.
NerdyAarakocra They/Them Posted November 16, 2022 Posted November 16, 2022 (edited) Three: Del Places are conjoined with 'i': a three in the twelves place and a two in the ones place would be Delieth Edited November 16, 2022 by NerdyAarakocra
Quivil Posted November 16, 2022 Posted November 16, 2022 (edited) Four: Nel (or Nol, but I like Nel better bc it fits w/ Del better) And 131 would be coridelicor For convenience the digits can be capitalized, like so: CoriDeliCor Edited November 16, 2022 by Tani
The Unknown Medallion he/him Posted November 16, 2022 Posted November 16, 2022 1 hour ago, Tani said: Four: Nel (or Nol, but I like Nel better bc it fits w/ Del better) And 131 would be coridelicor For convenience the digits can be capitalized, like so: CoriDeliCor Actually, it's base 12, so it would be (10)i(11) 10 = Kruth 11 = Ved So, KruthiVed 1
Channelknight Fadran Posted November 16, 2022 Author Posted November 16, 2022 ^ ^ ^ for reference for the non-mathematical types: - numbers go effectively 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, a, b, 10 (a and b would be 10 and 11, but have their own symbols) - 100 = 144 (as in “10*10” = 12*12)
Quivil Posted November 16, 2022 Posted November 16, 2022 9 hours ago, The Unknown Novel said: Actually, it's base 12, so it would be (10)i(11) 10 = Kruth 11 = Ved So, KruthiVed Yep you're right and I'm just very wrong Thank you for catching that
S. Stormy she/her Posted November 20, 2022 Posted November 20, 2022 On 11/6/2022 at 3:51 PM, CalanoCorvus said: Tien How could you do this?
Going_North_cal Posted November 20, 2022 Posted November 20, 2022 16 hours ago, Shallan Stormblessed said: How could you do this? ok i know how this looks but i SWEAR it's a coincidence
NerdyAarakocra They/Them Posted November 20, 2022 Posted November 20, 2022 For convince, numbers shouldn't end with vowels because that causes problems if 'i' is a conjunction.
Channelknight Fadran Posted December 1, 2022 Author Posted December 1, 2022 Very sorry, but I'm retconning all of your guys' epic ideas because I just came up with the best way to name my numbers: 1: Ine 2: Kugi 3: Satu 4: Taka 5: Ern 7: Saita 8: Mang 9: Leio (10): Tanjo (11): Reye (12): Saun If you can figure out my system I'll share my extra chapters with you 1
The Unknown Medallion he/him Posted December 1, 2022 Posted December 1, 2022 They feel very eastern, but I have no idea otherwise.
The Wandering Wizard he/him Posted December 1, 2022 Posted December 1, 2022 Are they zodiac sign based?
Quivil Posted December 2, 2022 Posted December 2, 2022 And what combines them? (what replaces the "i" function in our idea?)
Enter a username Posted December 10, 2022 Posted December 10, 2022 On 12/1/2022 at 1:47 PM, Ookla the [Redacted] said: If you can figure out my system I'll share my extra chapters with you My guess is... Spoiler 1
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now