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Dictionary > Onikaan

Word[?]
ONIK1N Onikaan
Word Type[?]
noun
Pronunciation[?]
/ˈo ni kɑn/
Official Definition[?]

Wisdom
(Dialogue File, 0003C574)
(POGGLE, p. 1097)
(PrimaGames.com)

Expanded Definition[?]

n. wisdom

Usage[?]

I can be trusted. I know this. But they do not. Onikaan ni ov dovah. It is always wise to mistrust a dovah.
Onikaan ni ov dovah = “Wisdom is not trusting a dragon”
(Paarthurnax, 0003C574)

Qethsegol vahrukiv lot Miraak – sonaak do lot onikaan, aar do faal Diiv, ahrk hokoron do jul.
This stone commemorates the great Miraak – priest of great wisdom, servant of the Wyrm, and enemy of man.
(Word Wall for Diiv, Dragon Aspect)

Connotations[?]

Connotes wisdom gained from experience.

Etymology[?]

From onik ‘wise’.