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Dictionary > Vobalaan

Word[?]
VOBAL1N Vobalaan
Word Type[?]
strong adjective
Pronunciation[?]
/voˈbæl ɑn, voˈbɑl ɑn/
Official Definition[?]

Unworthy
(Dialogue File, 0004DE32)

Expanded Definition[?]

adj. unworthy
adv. unworthily
n. unworthiness
v. to make or become unworthy

Usage[?]

Zu'u ni tahrodiis. It was you that lured me here and took me prisoner... vobalaan grahmindol. I have done nothing to earn your distrust.
Zu'u ni tahrodiis = “I (am) not treacherous” vobalaan grahmindol = “unworthy strategem”
(Odahviing, 0004DE32)

Connotations[?]

Associated with treachery and dishonor, not befitting of something (a battle, event, etc.).

Etymology[?]

From balaan ‘worthy’ with the prefix vo- ‘un-, opposite of’.