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| Topic Started: Oct 3 2016, 03:14 AM (796 Views) | ||
| Mariko | Oct 3 2016, 03:14 AM Post #1 | |
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Please elucidate me with the origin of your character's name and how it is pronounced. Please. Why? Most people think Tsuna's name is pronounced as "Suna", with a quiet T which makes it fancy. Well, no. Like I said in the cbox, Tsuna's name is derived from 'tuna sandwich', which is what I was eating when I was thinking of a name for my character and could not come up with anything and then I was like, "Tuna... Tsuna... ah that sounds great!" and then later on I realized there is indeed a name "Tsuna" somewhere which means 'bonds'. But it's really from tuna sandwich so it's supposed to be pronounced like "Chuna" ( /'CHo͞onə/). Get it? Get it. Kushinada came from Kushinadahime ... also Anna Kushina from K Project. So please, tell me about your Edited by Mariko, Oct 3 2016, 05:07 AM.
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| 梟 Inara Serra | Oct 3 2016, 03:17 AM Post #2 | |
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Honesty without tact is cruelty.
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Snow White (you know this one.) --Clearly fairy tale material. Made as a pair with Rose Red (Fairy tales always paint them as enemies kind of, but we made them twins who look nothing alike.) Sister is gone (PC afk'd indefinitely) Kaede Aramake (Kai-eh-day Air-Ah-mack-e) --Uh. I just like the name Kaede. Last name supplied by a friend. (b^.^)b |
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| 主 ajimeister | Oct 3 2016, 03:19 AM Post #3 | |
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Ruslan Gudleifr: Ruse-l-ah-n G-oh-uh-d lay-fir Rationale behind the name: Ruslan as in a form of Yeruslan, utilized by Aleksandr Pushkin within one of his poems, further related to Russian and Tatar folktales of Yeruslan Lazarevich. The last name was made up gibberish that seemed cool. Valjean Hououin (Ho-oh-een): Valjean I don't even know why I chose Valjean. Spur of the moment decision. Hououin: Ho-oh-een Part of the alias Hououin Kyouma, utilized by Okabe Rintarou, who happens to be a FC for my character. Edited by ajimeister, Oct 3 2016, 03:20 AM.
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| Fairchild | Oct 3 2016, 03:23 AM Post #4 | |
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Julian Rousseau: (JOO-lee-en ROO-sow) No real reason for this one. Just that I wanted a cool name and I wandered around Behind the name for a while looking for something I liked. After looking for an image for Julian's holder item, I found a key sitting on a book, ROUSSEAU emblazoned on the cover in gold leaf. Verrin Astarte: (VAIR-in as-STAR-tay) I honestly don't remember how I got Verrin's name, but upon looking into google a bit, it's French for an engine cylinder which almost seems like a dumb enough reason for me to pick it... Astarte, I picked at random, but after a while, realized that I knew the name from somewhere... when my buddy called for his cat (which he, in turn, had named after a goddess in the same vein as how he named his other cat Baron). So... yeah. Car-Cylinder My-Buddy's-Cat Edited by Fairchild, Oct 3 2016, 03:37 AM.
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| Mariko | Oct 3 2016, 04:13 AM Post #5 | |
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Wow guys, thank you! Now I don't feel alone --- and it's super helpful now I am thinking of your character's names in correct pronunciation (especially you, Valjean). Like seriously, at least I got Snow White and Kaede correctly (but this is the first time I heard Snow White has a sister D: ), and Ruslan and Julian. Verrin to me before was "VER-ruhn Ass-tart" while Valjean was "VAL-JIN" --- don't ask how Houoin was because I tried not to think about it. Anyone else? Don't be shy, come on, show me your EDIT: @FairChild: oooooooooh. Edited by Mariko, Oct 3 2016, 07:24 AM.
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| 座 Fumus | Oct 3 2016, 04:39 AM Post #6 | |
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・。゜. ヘ(゜Д、゜)ノ
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this 'bout to get long because my one character has like five different names to him Mei ACTUALLY, THEY DIDN'T START AS MEIYOU. They started out as Mei, for two reasons: 1. IC their full name wasn't revealed yet, 2. OOC I left it as Mei to work on it at a later date if I wanted to. The name Mei can be a female name, a yet-spoken importance. But more immediately, it can be the phonetic start to both the words Meirou and Meikaku and as the same kanji, 明朗 and 明確 respectively. They are both adjectives, with 明朗 meaning clear, bright, (that boy is cheerful), and 明確 meaning clear, precise, (what a distinct quirk). Rou and Kaku ended up being RPed opposite to their name-meanings though, which works out because the two of them started out as all about that duality. Rou, short from Meirou (pronounced: row ; MAY-row ; like row your boat) Kaku, short from Meikaku (pronounced: caw-ku or kah-ku or ka-ku , but quickly with no stress ; MAY-ka-ku) I no longer call them Meirou or Meikaku, and they no longer call each other that either, but these 'long-form' names can still be found on their profile for etymology purposes. Meiyou (pronounced: may-yoh ; yō) After about a year or so, I realized that the character doesn't have a last name. Actually, the character's last name still hasn't been revealed yet, but, I realized that it would be better to elongate the name to something that wasn't just 'Mei'. At this point in time, I was studying Chinese (everything prior to this has been in Japanese), and I learned 没有, which when romanized would be written as meiyou. 没有 would be used like 'not have', like, "I don't have a car". I thought the concept definitely fits with the character, but, it's not really a noun and definitely not something you would name someone. Still, Gale (s/o to him) brought up 寐鼬 , which is also romanized as meiyou (with a different intonation, but English doesn't really focus much on differing intonations). 寐鼬 is, separately, 寐 (sleeping) and 鼬 (weasel), and together is specifically the Siberian Weasel, and this was entirely coincidental considering that I have been creating Mustelidae temporary pets for the character literally months prior to thinking about this stuff (mustelidae being animals like weasels, ferrets, stoats, etc. many of them eat snakes). It really worked out with his current side-theme. His full original first name has solidified as Meiyou. I write Yō on his profile with the macron because otherwise people might confuse it with the English word 'you'. His family name is revealed later as Lu. Mei, (pronounced: may) The reason why I am putting this here, by itself, again, is because I am talking about the Summon this time. Yes, the summon has the same phonetic name as the summoner. Yes, I realized how confusing this is, was, and has been-- it's actually part of the reason why I decided to follow through with officializing the summoner's name from Mei to Meiyou. Anyway, so, the summoner's name, 'Mei-', has been using the kanji 明. Now, for the Summon, the name is actually 銘, which is romanized the same as Mei but is a different word altogether. Mei 銘, not 明, means inscription. This is why my character's magic name has revolved around the conjugations of the word Inscription (inscriptive, inscribed). Ki , and Meiki by extension, (pronounced: key ; may-key) Whoops, there's more. This 'part' of the character hasn't been officially super-introduced outside of event writings, but, his name exists so here we go. Following the 'Mei-' trend, Meiki's name in kanji can be 明記, and if you can recall, it is the same 'mei' (明) that can be found in meirou (明朗) and meikaku (明確). But, it's not that simple, because the word Meiki (銘記) also exists. Compare 明記 and 銘記. They are both pronounced as 'Meiki', but the first one uses 明 (like meirou and meikaku, the summoner) while the second one uses 銘 (the name of the summon). His name is really just Ki (記), but the reason for this is because he can be both 明記 and 銘記, which ties together the Summoner and the Summon by name potential. Meiki (明記) means something along the lines of 'specification, to specify', ("Let me make this clear,"). Meanwhile, Meiki (銘記) is defined along the lines of 'take note of, remember', ("I will bear your words in mind; keep in mind"). Ki (記) by itself is simply a scribe of something, like a record or an account of something (it's usually not a standalone kanji), which worked out way too well considering how he has been, for most of his life, their observer. Okay, that's all for my Main Character. ----------------------------- For my Alt character: Dau Phyong Kinu, or simply Kinu, (pronounced: daw-oh [diphthong] ff-yawng or fuh-m key-noo) This one was fun and a mess of a mixture between Vietnamese, Chinese, and Japanese. I wanted to make something based off of a great bird. Of course, Phoenixes are super well known, but I didn't want to have one of those overused fiery birds that most people are familiar with through pop culture. So, I thought to myself, what are Phoenixes based off of? At least in Vietnamese (and I think originally from Chinese?), the Phoenix seemed to have originally been based off a peacock. And, in Vietnamese mythology, the Phoenix isn't a flaming bird-- it actually doesn't have anything to do with fire. This is where I've decided to base my Desiertan off from, to be blazing without being on fire. Now, after spending like two weeks or so finalizing on what magic I wanted (which ended up from volcanic terrain to moving luminescence), I got to the name part. Since I was originally pulling a bit from my Vietnamese roots, perhaps I should make the name something Vietnamese. But, the word for phoenix in Vietnamese was pulled from Chinese. Phoenix in Chinese characters is 凤凰 (simplified version, as opposed to traditional 鳳凰). The 凤 part (which is a word in Chinese) reminded me of a radical and a katakana that can be found in Japanese (a radical is a singular part of any Chinese character/Japanese kanji, and katakana is one of the two 'lettering' systems in Japanese). Specifically, 几 and ヌ。 几 as a kanji can be read as 'ki', and ヌ is one katakana that is read as 'nu'. 'Kinu' sounded better than 'Nuki', so his name is Kinu. So really, Kinu comes from what looks like the 几 and ヌ of 凤 which is maybe a bit too picturesque but I like how it is derived from Vietnamese→Chinese→Japanese. More on the Vietnamese side however, is that if his name is Kinu, then he should have a... a family name. So, what could I do? Đậu in Vietnamese means 'to perch', or when put with other words, is something along the lines of something that 'is hanging at rest', like birds perching or grapes [which hang off a vine]. That's a pretty good word to use. But then I started laughing because đậu phụng means 'peanut'. The word 'peanut' is incredible. It's so opposite from how elegant a peacock/phoenix comes to be. So, I butchered the spelling of phụng into Phyong (which is honestly closer to the pronunc with English, though Viet -ng => m sound), and now we have Dau Phyong Kinu. A blazing peanut. #Etymology |
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| 栄 AuraLex | Oct 3 2016, 06:22 AM Post #7 | |
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Ask away; I have all the answers.
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Riven Esquile -Faceclaim: Riven from League of Legends and I couldn't think of another name so I used the faceclaim name. Pronounced how you would bloody pronounce it. -Last name influenced by Esquire, pronounced (Es - quill) , but that's subject to change in the future Ryan Repaer -Ryan is, in general, an awesome guy name imo. If you can't pronounce Ryan, something's wrong with you. -Repaer is Reaper backwards. Was making a dark/emo/edgy guy that had a magic revolving around death, but I didn't want to make it simply 'reaper.' And now it's just stuck. Pronounced the same -Current Ryan Repaer is the third Ryan Repaer. Xena Rastor -Xena from Code Lyoko and loved it (Zen - ah) -Rastor... idk but I'm pretty sure my best friend had an indirect/subconscious influence since her last name is Lastor. (Rast - or) Edited by AuraLex, Oct 3 2016, 06:26 AM.
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| Shuyin | Oct 3 2016, 07:55 AM Post #8 | |
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Killer Lord, The Silencer of Men.
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Edited by Shuyin, Oct 3 2016, 08:02 AM.
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| SilverRush | Oct 3 2016, 08:15 AM Post #9 | |
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Gotta' say, this is a "very" cool topic idea Mariko, props. It reminds me of a topic I wanted to make called "ask the writers" about character trivia. Name: Jaxus Morbane Pronunciation: Jax-Us More-Bane Reasoning: Spent months thinking of a "proper" light mage name for the aesthetics, thinking of "Vexus" for a blonde light mage, but felt a blonde light mage was over rated. After new character designs and spending months thinking of names, I threw my hands up into the air and said "**** this" and decided to name Jaxus after me. Jaxus first name uses the first letter of my first name, and "Morbane" uses the first three letters of my last name. Lazy, ikr? Name: Persies (Jaxus' traveling partner.) Pronunciation: Per-Sees Reasoning: Funny story actually. Named her after the constellation of "Perseus," but in a feminine form of the name. Later on, I learned "Perseus" was the hero who slayed the gorgon. As Falcon's are notorious snake killers, and snakes are used in mythology as a symbol of darkness or evil, it actually became a "very" fitting name for a Falcon/Pheonix of light magic without my original intention. |
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| Mariko | Oct 3 2016, 09:32 AM Post #10 | |
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OMG guys thank you for your responses! @fumus: i admire how meticulously you thought of the names of your characters. Also, Blazing Peanut is amazing XDD @aura: Ah, so that's how you pronounce "Repaer" in Ryan Repaer. I had a hard time with that as well, like aji's Hououin XD @shuyin: iirc Setsuna means 'momentary' / 'instant' or 'calm snow'. Though it actually reminds me of a Vocaloid song, Setsuna Overdrive XD @silver: if you will make that thread i'll gladly post in it. i mean, it's fun share and read facts about our characters, which includes the various inspirations we have behind them. i'm actually having fun reading where everyone got their character's names. more Edited by Mariko, Oct 3 2016, 09:33 AM.
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