I've been doing a lot of research lately on Ta'agra and Khajiit naming conventions while trying to create unique titles for my Necromancer.
After looking at honorifics, apostrophe use and how names are formed, I landed on a couple of ideas and wanted some input from like-minded lore fans.
I've read that Khajiit choose names for the sound, and that they have "patterns of meaning" which relate to the individual. So I did some digging, looked up some phrases and scoured NPC lists for tips on lore-friendly formation.
2E names seem to be the most unique, with all sorts of different prefixes rather than the generic honorifics seen in Morrowind, Oblivion and Skyrim. You get Fa', Na, Qa', Ak', Zhaj' and all kinds of interesting combinations, for example.
So my first attempt was Fa'tenurr-jo, meaning "Night One" with the mage/scholar honorific, but I didn't end up liking it.
Currently, I've gone with Mor'srenaz-jo, meaning "Dark Dawn". I like this one better, but I'm still playing around with making it more natural and less obvious.
As an experiment, I came up with Var'jasiir-jo, meaning "Life's Twilight", then started removing letters to make it flow better, sound less contrived and more conceptual.
So far I've got;
Va'jasii-jo
V'jasii-jo
Va'siir-jo
V'siir-jo
Basically, I want to imply meaning through combining Ta'agra words without being too explicit, i.e. take fragments of relevant words and mixing them to create the essence of a phrase that conveys a general idea.
I'm leaning towards the 3rd one at the moment, with the first part of "Life" and the second half of "Twilight". Does anyone have any advice, insight or thoughts on this?
Thank you!
Edit: these are the main resources I've been using.
https://www.taagra.com/https://en.m.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Khajiit_Nameshttps://en.m.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Khajiiti_Honorificshttps://www.imperial-library.info/content/interviews-3-booksellers
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