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[Lex Talionias]

this isn't much of a suggestion so much as pointing out a shortcoming.

there is NO word for Magma or Lava in the Dwarfish language apparently... i wanted to put either word into the name of a midget stronghold i was starting near a... *drum-roll* volcano and i found neither in the massive list of words i can use to name a midget stronghold anything from "oceantrumpet" to "boatmurdered" but apparently the dwarfish fear of that fiery red stuff so much they dare not even give it a name, let alone say the non-existent name...

i hate to be presuppositions but i"m sure this will be fixed next release. (it's not exactly the hardest thing to add...)

[irmo]

It's the same reason fish have no word for water.

Though you could substitute titthal, "Fun".

[Lex Talionias]

using "fun" would be good but I'm pretty sure dwarves don't LIVE in lava, in fact I'm pretty sure (certain to be exact) that dwarves DIE in lava.

get my point?

[The Merchant Of Menace]

Or you could, y'know, add it to the language file yourself.

[vadia]

Or you could, y'know, add it to the language file yourself.

zirilid= magma

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 fire rock

[Rowanas]

Or you could, y'know, add it to the language file yourself.

zirilid= magma

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 fire rock

Indeed. I think of dwarves as being quite German, so the idea that they have a certain list of words and then add words to other words to come up with compound words makes sense. Vadia+1

[Lex Talionias]

Or you could, y'know, add it to the language file yourself.

zirilid= magma

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 fire rock

hats off to you, i didn't think of making a word to describe magma.

[Supercharazad]

Actually, fire-rock is more like flint

What about:

stesokid=Moltenrock
angzirilarel=Redfirewater

?

[Haymaker]

Or..

titthalarel? Fun water >.>

[forsaken1111]

Or just the word for blood.

[Krall]

Or just the word for blood.

Perhaps "earth blood", "rock blood" or "mountain blood" ("ber nazush", "id nazush" and "onol nazush" respectively)?

[forsaken1111]

I always thought magma was Armok's Blood as far as dwarves were concerned.

[Max White]

areln•m
Water of gods.

Although that • might be wrong, as it is probly an impropperly formatted extended ascii code.

[harborpirate]

I was thinking the same thing, krall. Bernazush, "blood of the earth", seems like it would be an ideal name.

[Don Blake]

If you think of Dwarves as somewhat Nordic in addition to Germanic (and this may also be true in German, I'm not sure) you can look at the tradition of Kennings- basically allusions, sometimes stacked- and justify pretty much anything as a name for magma.  For example, if that civilizations worships a fire god or god of volcanos named Ziril Hotparch (as my current fortress does) you could name the Fortress The Blood of Hotparch.  Or kick it like Inception and Go Deeper.  Call it the Battle Sweat of the Mountain Thunderer.  (Battle sweat being an actual Norse kenning for blood.  Other options include Slaughter-dew and Wound-Sea.  Add as many layers as you like.