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Felo - (fellow)
Felo Flathead, a guard
of the Stairway
"Faileodh" //fel'o:yy// -
/felo:/ (fellow) - "Faileodh" = "fellow, comrade"
interesting name for a fellow dictator where all are dictators, comrade
Gabazoo - (loathsome valley, thorny valley)
the wizards mispronunciation
of Mangaboo
"Gabuighuath"
//ga:ba3'u:h// - /ga:bazu:/ (gabazoo) - "Gabuighuath" =
"loathsome valley, thorny valley"
from "Gabuidh" //ga:bu:yy'// -
/ga:bu:gh/ (gaboogh) - "Gabuidh" = "long valley with flat
land"
from "Gaibeal" //ga:b'e:l// -
/ga:b'al/ (gabul) - "Gaibeal" = (gap, chasm)
from "Gab" //ga:p// - /ga:p/ (gap)
- "Gab" = "gap, mouth"
combined with "Thuath" //hu:h// -
/hu:/ (hoo) - "Thuath" = "loathsome, rustic, perverse"
or with "Uath" //u:h// - /u:/ (oo)
- "Uath" = "thorny, dreadful"
Gadgol - (one who
causes distress and injury)
who took evil delight in flying against the
tree-trunks and wounding them so that they drooped and died from the poisonous
contact
"Gabhadgothail" //gawad*gohal'// - /ga:d*go:l'/ (gadgol)
- "Gabhadgothail" = "one who causes distress and injury"
from "Gabhad" //gawad// - /ga:t/ (gat) - "Gabhad" =
"distress"
combined with "Gothail" //gohal'// - /go:l'/ (gol) -
"Gothail" = "injury"
Gallipoot - (violent power)
good at throwing
elephants around
"Gailliput"
//ga:ll'ipu:t// - /ga:llipu:t/ (gallipoot) - "Gailliput" =
"violent power"
from "Gailli-" //ga:ll'i// -
/ga:lli/ (golly) - "Gailli-" = "violent, tempestuous"
combined with "Put" //pu:t// -
/pu:t/ (poot) - "Put" = "force, gust"
Garee - (raker)
Queen of Pingaree
"Gearraidh"
//g'a:rri:yy'// - /garri:/ (gahree) - "Gearraidh" =
"raker"
from "Gearr" //g'arr// - /g'arr/
(garr) - "Gearr" = "rake, spear, mister pointy"
from "Gear" //g'e:r// - /g'e:r/
(gayr) - "Gear" = "sharp"
Gaulau - (legerdemain)
"No,"
replied Glinda, "it is more wonderful than even radium, for I recognize it
as a rare mineral powder called Gaulau by the sorcerers
"Gamhlamh" //ga:wwla:ww//
- /ga:ula:u/ (gaulau) - "Gamhlamh" = "trick hand,
legerdemain, prestidigitation"
from "Gamh" //ga:ww// - /ga:u/
(gau) - "Gamh" = "trick"
from "Gama" //ga:m// - /ga:m/
(gahm) - "Gama" = "game, tricks"
combined with "Lamh" //la:ww// -
/la:u/ (lau) - "Lamh" = "hand"
Gayelette - (witch)
there lived here then,
away at the North, a beautiful princess, who was also a powerful sorceress
"gCailleacht"
//ga:ll'axt// - /ga:l'at/ (galet) - intensive of "Cailleacht"
//ca:ll'axt// - /ca:l'axt/ (caleoght) - "Cailleacht" = "nun, old
woman, hag, witch, maiden, girl" - this is the name of the Celtic witch
goddess. "gCailleacht" = "powerful sorceress" keeping in
mind that the polite term for female witch is sorceress as in the Glass
Harmonica
Gilgad - (sweethaven)
capital of Rinkitink
"Gil Geadd"
//g'il'g'a:dd// - /gilga:d/ (gilgahd) - "Gil Geadd" =
"fresh water harbor, sweethaven"
from "Gil" //g'il'// - /gil/
(gill) - "Gil" = "fresh water"
combined with "Geadd" //ga:dd// -
/ga:d/ (gahd) - "Geadd" = "harbour, mouth of river"
Gillikin - (laddie)
inhabitant of the
purple part of Oz
"Giollacain"
//g'ilacan'// - /gilacan/ (gilikan) - "Giollacain" =
"small boy, dear lad, a ladkin"
from "Giolla" //g'ila// - /gila/
(gila) - "Giolla" = "boy, lad, male servant"
combined with "-cain" //can'// -
/can/ (can) - "-cain" = "diminutive ending, equivalent to
English -kin"
Glinda - (pure)
known as "the
Good"
"Gloinda" //glin'da:// -
/glinda:/ (glinda) - "Gloinda" = "one who is pure"
from "Glan" //gla:n// - /glan/
(glon) - "Glan" = "clean, pure" used for holiness, clarity
and general all-around niceness.
Goa - (cow with
abundant milk)
bell-udders, which grow upon the goa-tree
and when opened are found to be filled with sweet milk
"Gomha" //go:wwa// - /go:ua/ (goa) -
"Gomha" = "cow of a calf born and reared in summer when milk is
abundant"
Gos - (is what it is)
King of Coregos
"gCoir" //gor'// - /gos/
(gos) - "gCoir" = "a man that is evil or honest or false
or true"
from "Cor" //cor// - /cor/ (cor) -
"Cor" = "determined or finalized" used for all sorts of
determinations. An epithet to be taken in context!
Googly-Goo - (toffy nosed ponce)
a snooty idiot, but
rich, very rich and very foolish
"Gughute Laoghudh"
//gu:33u:h' le:33u:yy// - /gu:ghu:li:ghu:/ (googlygoo) - "Gughute
Laoghudh" = "roaring calf, a toffy nosed ponce" said by the
lower classes of the upper classes
from "Gughute" //gu:33u:h'// -
/gu:ghu:/ (googoo) - "Gughute" = "bellowing, roaring like a bull
or lion"
combined with "Laoghudh"
//le:33u:yy// - /li:ghu:/ (leegoo) - "Laoghudh" = "a calf-like
person, a fool"
from "Laogh" //le:33// - /le:gh/
(laygh) - "Laogh" = "calf"
Grawle - (like a
roaring wind)
and my grawle plants, which give fleetness
of foot
"Greadhaillidhe" //gr'a:yyall'i:yy'i// - /gra:ull'i/ (grawly)
- "Greadhaillidhe" = "like a roaring wind"
from "Greadhal" //gr'a:yyal// - /gra:yl/ (gryle) -
"Greadhal" = "roaring wind"
see
Growleywog
Growleywog - (growling goblin)
the Herkus seem to
have a similar tendancy to throw things around
"Gromhalthabhog" //growwalhawoc//
- /gra:ulhawoc/ (growlawok) - "Gromhalthabhog" = "growling
goblin"
from "Gromhaltha" //growwalha// -
/gra:ulha/ (growla) - "Gromhaltha" = "growling"
combined with "Bog" //boc// -
/boc/ (bok) - "Bog" = "goblin, devil"
Gugu - (roaring)
the king of Gugu
forest, an enormous yellow leopard, after whom the forest is named
"Gughute" //gu:33u:h'// -
/gu:ghu:/ (googoo) - "Gughute" = "bellowing, roaring like
a bull or lion"
Gump - (yearling)
the Gump was shot in
the forest and is thus a Forest Gump
"Gamb" //gamb:// - /gamp/
(gump) - "Gamb" = "yearling of cattle, sheep, goats and
deer"
from "Gamh" //gaww// - /gaw/ (gaw)
- "Gamh" = "winter"
or from Norse "Gymb" = "ewe
lamb"
or maybe from both. Bit early for horns
then. Perhaps an early maturing species.
Guph - (malicious)
would like to make
happy people unhappy
"Guimh" //gu:ww'// -
/gu:f/ (goof) - "Guimh" = "malice, venom"
Gwig - (invoker)
the sorcerer of the
Mangaboos
"Guidh" //guiyy'// -
/gwiyy'/ (gwigh) - "Guidh" = "one who prays,
invokes"
in extension "Guidheadoir"
//guiyy'e:dor'// - /gwiyy'e:dor/ (gwizaydor) - "Guidheadoir" =
"a spell caster, an enchanter"
Hiergargo - (below tunneler)
seems to me his tunnel
was a bit incomplete at either end
"Fhaoir Gargodh" //i:ar
ga:r*go:yy// - /hi:erga:rgo:/ (hiergargo) - "Fhaoir Gargodh" =
"below tunneler"
from "Fhaoir" //i:ar// - /hi:er/
(hier) - "Fhaoir" = "that which is below"
from "Fe" //fe// - /fe/ (feh) -
"Fe" = "under, around"
also found in "Faoi Fuithi Fo Fum"
//fi: fahi: fo: fum// - /fi: fai: fo: fum/ (fee fie foe fum) - "Faoi
Fuithi Fo Fum" = "around him - around her - around it - around
me" I guess Jack's smell got around all right
combined with "Gargodh"
//ga:r*go:yy// - /ga:rgo:/ (gargoh) - "Gargodh" = "one who makes
tunnels or caves, badger"
from "Garraigh" //ga:rr*3'// -
/ga:r*z/ (garz) - "Garraigh" = "tunnel, cave"
Hippolorum - (most clever speaker)
the wisest man in the
Kingdom of Rinkitink, he says so himself and he should know
"Thaipeodh Ghlorum"
//hip'oyy 3lo:rum// - /hipo:lo:rum/ (hippolorum) - "Thaipeodh
Ghlorum" = "most clever speaker, sophist"
from "Thaipeodh" //hip'oyy// -
/hipo:/ (hippo) - "Thaipeodh" = "one who is clever"
from "Taipaidh" //tipi:yy'// -
/tipi:/ (tippee) - "Taipaidh" = "clever"
from "Taip" //tip// - /tip/ (tip)
- "Taip" = "the main chance, one who seizes the main
chance"
combined with "Ghlor" //3lo:r// -
/lo:r/ (lohr) - "Ghlor" = "speaker"
from "Glor" //g*lo:r// - /g*lo:r/
(glohr) - "Glor" = "speech"
combined with "um" //um// - /um/ (um) - "um" =
"ending indicating the most, the extreme"
Ianu - (johnny)
a little boy of Voe
"Ianbh" //i:anw// -
/i:anu/ (ee-ah-nuh) - "Ianbh" = "johnny"
from "Ian" //i:an// - /i:an/
(ee-ahn) - "Ian" = "john"
combined with "-bh" //w// - /u/
(uh) which is an affectionate and diminutive ending
Inga - (hero)
Prince of Pingaree and
the free-er of the slaves of Coregos
"Fhianna" //2'inna// -
/yy9a/ (inga) ((as in singer, without the s and the r)) - "Fhianna" =
"hero"
from the Fianna, the great heros of yore
Ix - (night)
the land of Ix
"Oidhche" //iqqx'// -
/iqqs/ (iks) - "Oidhche" = "night" so "the land of
night"
which fits well with the kingdom of dreams
and the land of nothing, which are also borderlands. |