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I'm currently scribbling away looking at all of the horneater names. Since horneater language is very Polynesian in structure, it breaks down easier than most. Mafah'liki for example has "liki" which cord told us is "of mind" essentially. It also contains "mafah" which is extremely similar to "malah" which is one of the words in the dawnchant sample from Dalinars visions. Based on surrounding context that would likely be a word meaning "human" or "want" based on sentence structures and the provided translation by Nevani. So "wanting mind" or "human of mind". Human mind seems like a simple way to say radiant spren. The ones who can think like humans. Fal'ala'liki'nor should break down to something simple like above. Liki is of mind, "nor" shows up at the end of Song's name so we can infer some bit of context there. For the example above dawnchant, shin, and horneater all share a language family way back, so that's why I used the Dawnchant sample for it. I'm still compiling samples, but for the most part I planned to start with horneater and work up since we have the most samples of it.

Okay, so I have been trying to tackle the translations of the words in text that are of Rosharan origin. Dawnchant, horneater, shin, etc. However majority of my current Cosmere works are in audiobook format. And so I find myself in need of help. I come to ask the community that may be interested in such a task to help compile all examples of Rosharan language and the surrounding context. I plan to edit this post into a form of dictionary, and if possible TRANSLATE BA-ADO-MISHRAM! All jokes aside I was reading Dawnshard and Rocks daughter says something to the effect of "it is apa, not liki. You would say physical, not mind... Not of the mind." And then looking at Rocks horneater title "liki" is a sylable. And so now I'm down another ten dozen wiki pages. I figure Brandon has given us all of the clues we need in short snippets like this. One translated bit at a time. I'll be back in a day or so with a much bigger compilation of what I have found so far, I'm just trying to organize it better. One big blob of notes isn't very readable. Happy reading

I'll leave some of my notes here in case anyone wants to do their own research. The physical aspects would probably relate to the 4 fundamental forces from general relativity: The Strong Force, Weak Force, Electromagnetism, and Gravity. Personally I have had issues relating these in a manner that makes sense, since explanations of these forces is a bit out of my league. Any help here is appreciated. Mental aspects could match up to a Indian philosophy regarding parts of the mind. Buddhi (Intellect), Ahankara (Identity), Manas (Memory), and Chitta (Chitta has no English translation. "Intelligence unsullied by memory" is how I saw it explained. So maybe instinct, or creativity?) Emotional aspects I think would relate to range of emotions. Plutchik’s Wheel of Emotions looks very similar to some shards we already know if you quarter it into sections. Bottom left looks alot like Odium, top right is essentially Devotion, and I can see Whimsy in the bottom right if I do a bit of mental gymnastics. Change is probably the easiest to define. We know what change is and there are some easy obvious choices that will fill this section without issue. I would bet some serious spheres that a few are gonna be adjusted for narrative purposes. The more I look into real world inspirations, and read old WoBs about his liking of physics, chemistry, and philosophy the more it starts to make sense to me. Just thought I would share a bit more since my first post lacked any real support. I know none of this is in text support, but we don't have much text in general about this, so I'm metagaming.

Hi, I'm new. Have had a idea and this seemed a good place to share. First off let me apologize for odd formatting since I am on my phone and don't have my notes. I have an odd feeling that the Dawnshards are along the order of: Change, Be, Think, Feel. "Be" is a term I use since I don't know a good word for the physical aspects. Examples could be Honor (if viewed as combine/unite), Endowment (Divide), Preservation (could be interpreted as exist). "Think" would be aspects of the cognitive. Looking at Google I've seen the mind broken into Self, Creativity/Problem Solving, Memory, and Senses. I can see Invention, Autonomy, and maybe Whimsy fitting some of those positions. "Feel" covers the emotional spectrum. We have many Shards the fill in as emotional aspects. Odium, Mercy, and Devotion all come to mind. "Change" is change I guess. Cultivation could be one, Dominion could be another. Ruin makes an obvious appearance here as well. My reasons for thinking they are broken into these groups is that we know one Dawn shard is different, I think that's Change. It isn't what we call part of a person. Many people would say a person is a "Mind, Body, and Soul". Those would be the other 3 Dawnshards. One each for each realm and one that is different. Many western religions say that man was made in the image of god or something similar, so it's not a huge leap to say Big Ado broke into the aspects of what would make up a person. Or at least what would be the fundamental building blocks for a singular sapient entity. Depends on your definition of "person" in the Cosmere. I am very far down the rabbit hole on this.