a guide on how to make names for places, species, people and things in Telacallian
Geographical naming conventions for Tellacalia:
1: first part of word is Latin and second part of word is Aztec/Nahuatl
2: merge after after second vowel of first word:
(diphthongs count as 1 vowel. y is not treated as a vowel here. if only 1 vowel merge after that)
Nebula + Tllali = Nebutlalia
3: remove second l if 2 l’s in a row if word gets to complicated to say
4: if word ends with -l add -ia
Arenea + Tocatl = Arecatlia
5: if word ends with -i add -a
Aranea + Calli = Aracallia
6: if word ends on a different vowel remove it and add -ia
(rare in practice)
7: if u want to name a thing with 3 or more words
1: for every pair of 2 words: create a merged word with the first 2 words and with the last 2 words (rules above apply)
2: for the last word if the count is uneven: Last word is Aztec/Nahuatl
3: if last word ends on a Consonant add -ias
4: if word ends on i add -as
(if it ends on a different vowel remove it and add -is)
Megaloprepis + teotl + tocatl = Megateotlia tocatlias
Personal naming conventions for Tellacalian people
1: first part of word is Greek and second part of word is Aztec/Nahuatl
2: merge after second vowel of first word:
(diphthongs count as 1 vowel. y is not treated as a vowel here. if only 1 vowel merge after that)
Arachne + Calli = Aracalli
3: remove second l if 2 l’s in a row if word gets to complicated to say
4: if word ends in -l add -in
Serikon + Tocatl = Seritocatlin
5: if word ends with i add -or
Domus + Tllali = Domutlalior
6: if word ends on a different vowel remove it and add -ior
(rare in practice)
7: if u want to name a thing with 3 or more words
1: for every pair of 2 words: create a merged word with the first 2 words and with the last 2 words (rules above apply)
2: for the last word if the count is uneven: Last word is Latin
3: if last word ends on a Consonant add -io
4: if word ends on i add -o
(if it ends on a different vowel remove it and add -is)
Naming conventions for species
1: first word Latin second word is Greek
2: if second word ends on a consonant add -us
(y is a vowel here)
Homo + Lykos = Homo Lykosus
3: if second word end on a -i add -s
Arachne + Psari = Arachne Psaris
4: if second word end on a different vowel remove it and add -is
Homo + Gata = Homo Gatis
Naming conventions for things and objects
1: first word is Greek second words is Latin
2: merge after after second vowel of first word:
(diphthongs count as 1 vowel. y is not treated as a vowel here. if only 1 vowel merge after that)
Arachne + Sericum = Arasericum
3: remove second l if 2 l’s in a row if word gets to complicated to say
4: if second word ends on a consonant add -um
(if word already has -um do nothing. if word ends on -us remove it and add -um)
Arachne + Nidus = Aranidum
5: if word ends with -e add -um
6: if word ends on a different vowel remove it and add -eum
(rare in practice)
Chora + bene = Chorabeneum
7: if u want to name a thing with 3 or more words
1: for every pair of 2 words: create a merged word with the first 2 words and with the last 2 words (rules above apply)
2: for the last word if the count is uneven: Last word is Aztec/Nahuatl
3: if last word ends on a Consonant add -is
4: if word ends on i add -s
(if it ends on a different vowel remove it and add -is)
Chora + Nidus + Tocatl = Choraniduseum Tocatlis
Fun fact: Telacallia comes from the Latin tela wich means web and the Aztec/nahuatl calli which means house, so Telacallia is the house of webs