Quootla is the language spoken by quigutl. Although it is mostly the same as Mootya, the dragon language, there are also many important differences between the two languages.
Words and Phrases[]
Quootla (or Mootya) | Goreddi/English |
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fatluketh | coming-of-age rite, wherein quigutl hatchlings fight their mothers and try to bite them, thereby ending the parental phase of the relationship |
fthep | to deliver a stinging rebuke with your tail |
fthootl | quigutl toy intended to build up ocular dexterity |
kemthikemthlutl | ritual to connect one's dreams with a World Serpent's |
kikiu | death |
ko | ungendered pronoun that quigutl use for each other |
thmepitlkikiu | something so transcendent there are no words for it |
thuthmeptha | when a quigutl metamorphoses from one sex to another, which happens several times across their lifespans |
tutlkikiu | splitting death, an affliction of quigutl |
-utl | suffix indicating contradictory case, wherein a word also means its opposite (see page for more details) |