Hhetsarro Naming Conventions

[candidKlutz]

Does anyone know how they work/what they're based on yet? I want to make a hhetsarro character for roleplay purposes, but I can't find any information about their naming conventions.

[Iscah]

No word on naming conventions, unfortunately, but I do have a list of current character names.

Female

Kipehwi
Kwikana
Miitso
Neyuni
Pyaaho
Pyatta
Sheeho
Shemapi
Tahwe
Tawmezi
Tepeke
Tseppi
Tsuuhe
Yaana
Yamehwi


Male

Hhesayo
Hhihwi
Hhopu
Hhutepi
Hhwato
Kaahe
Kemakka
Koana
Luwyawa
Maahwi
Maatso
Nettse
Ninaaho
Retsarra
Shepetto
Tsanaya
Tseeya


Unidentified gender

Mittahwo (levequest client)

It's possible there is some crossover between Hhetsarro and the other Xak Turali races, but it isn't clear. I can post those lists too if you want. (A big infodump post is already under construction.)

[candidKlutz]

If there's already an infodump post on the way, then no need. It'd be a little disappointing if all the Turali races share a single naming convention, but at least we'll know if someone figures out that that's the case.

[Iscah]

If there's already an infodump post on the way, then no need. It'd be a little disappointing if all the Turali races share a single naming convention, but at least we'll know if someone figures out that that's the case.

It'll be a while, I just meant I've already got the name lists gathered. My immediate project is getting all the name lists written up in one place and then I can resume doing more in-depth ones on specific races. I do want to look at the Xak Turali trio as a priority though - I don't know if their names will map to anything but I'd like to see.

Shetona

Female

Apyaahi
Cahciua
Ecaate
Elenyate
I'toca
Iyaate
Kuiyki
Nahueni
Oshce
Shaloaci ("Shalo")
Shashepya
Taapu
Toashiua
Uaauashe
Uah'shepya
Uapyota
Ui'she
Yyopya
Yyopyicana
Yyupye


Male

Elene'shpya (means "mallard")
Eheeya (means "flower")
Naahe
Shunye

Tonawawta

Female

Kayamene
Kenawna
Ketonye
Lenyikkwe
Letemenyi
Loasakwe
Loashkana
Loazenikwe
Mahuwsa
Mitepe
Nakente
Namikka
Napikwe
Neshtezi
Nishetezi
Nitowikwe --- Xbr'aal
Nyikweni
Pameka
Papawni
Pawkwena
Pawmepya
Peshekwa
Peshiwa
Toashana
Tonakwe
Wawkwa
Wayakkwe
Wezikwe


Male

Ceadda of the Whalaqee (early character from BLU questline, actually an Anglo-Saxon name in keeping with Midlander conventions but doesn't look entirely out of place here)
Hawmene
Hhinek ---- Tonawawta in Everkeep outskirts, sounds Hhetsarro
Kanilokka
Kepayuwte
Keshkwa
Kikwezana
Kiluwsa
Kiluwsa
Kipeshpe
Liwine
Liyukwa
Loanyine
Luwatenine
Meteshze
Mewazunte
Nahanshe
Nikawtenhe
Nyipine
Pakwene
Pashenine of the Whalaqee
Pawkukwe
Pepoane
Peyapewi
Ponawme
Shcoahe
Shelowekwi
Shenza
Shepimenye
Shonihe
Tapipya
Tawzenza
Tentoawa
Tezenye
Toanzohe
Uataaye
Wakkwaze
Washezeka
Wawkepe
Wawkesa
Wawlika --- Xbr'aal
Wesanpe
Wezetonyi
Wihoakwe
Wihuwte
Witemenye
Zatekwine
Zatepepya
Zawpya
Zawtekwa the Undertaken
Zekowa
Zemoweni
Zilekke
Zitekkwa
Zomenike
Zotenine

Uncertain race/gender names from levequests

Eshue
Pananyihe
Shoape
Uapyone ("Ua" start seems distinctive to Shetona)
Yimepi
Yoani

You can see there are some distinctive elements to each, but also occasionally names that look like they've been used for the wrong race, and I don't know if that's because they share sounds or borrow other races' names (like the Xbr'aal couple with Tonawawta names) or they're meant to be mixed-race, or if it's just an out-of-universe error of sticking the wrong name on random townsperson 593.

[RedLolly]

Might be helpful to look at the language that SE used for most Turali areas (Lushootseed I think). The convention might be more of tribes having a theme to their names.

[Cleretic]

The thing I'd love that might be plausible is a general eye for the language family being used. I can at least tell that there's some fairly consistent phonics to the hhetsaro's names, and we've been able to match language groups used for other parts of Dawntrail before (specifically Kozuma'uka's names seem to at least be trying to invoke Tupi or Maori), so it would probably help us get a bead on hhetsaro names to know if it's pulling from a specific culture.

[catbuncle]

I don't think the ones that are "looks like should belong to another race" are accidents.


In the quest A New World To Explore, we get the following line: Consider this: it is not uncommon for the various races to be referred to instead by the names of certain clans. For the Miqo'te, the Hhetsarro; the Hrothgar, the Xbr'aal. Not because every member of a given clan is of the same race, mind, but because many individuals of said race are associated with that clan. A fair assumption, in certain cases─but take care not to give offense.

I think we could make a fair argument that the region of Shaaloani is primarily populated by three clans, the Hhetsarro, the Tonawawta, and the Shetona. This primarily maps to Miqo'te, Hyur, and Viera respectively as the racial makeup, but it allows for Wawlika and Nitowikwe being Hrothgar with Tonawawta names, and Hhinek being Hyur with a Hhetsarro name.


Perhaps this is more common in Xak Tural than Yok Tural. A comparison of all the names in Yok Tural and calling out any which are more like Clan X but are on a Race Y might provide more detail.