Talk:Dragoon Wyvern
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What do you think about a Name-explaination for the Dragoonwyvern, or the Automatons, because there are several German and Japanese names, whose meaning could be very interessting.--Haitani 13:18, 7 May 2007 (CDT)
Unfortunately, this is probably less than trivial to assemble. I can give a little bit of insight on a few of the names:
- Soryu (souryuu, 蒼龍) -- This is the name of a Japanese WWII aircraft carrier and translates as "blue dragon" or "azure dragon". This is also apparently an alternate term for Seiryuu, the god said to rule over the eastern heavens in Chinese mythology.
- Donryu (donryuu, 呑龍) -- This is an aircraft and is said to translate as "storm dragon" but I couldn't verify that meaning with the dictionary I use; closest thing I could come up with translated more like "consuming dragon".
- Unryu (unryuu, 雲龍) -- Cloud dragon.
- Toryu (toryuu, 屠龍) -- Another aircraft. Translates as "dragon slayer". The first kanji literally means slaughter, so in this case it could probably be read as a slaying dragon?
- Mikan -- Mandarin (蜜柑). Alternatively can mean incomplete, unfinished (未完), or unpublished (未刊).
- Pfiel -- Arrow
- Eisenzahn -- Iron Tooth (Steel Fang)
- Oboro (朧) -- vague, dim, or misty
- Himmelskralle -- Sky Claw
- Nuage -- Cloud
- Foudre -- Lightning
- Waffenzahn -- Doesn't seem to be a proper German word, but looks to translate to "weapon tooth"
- Wirbelwind -- Whirlwind
- Blutkralle -- Blood Claw
- Bogen -- Elbow
- Kagero (kagerou, 蜻蛉) -- Mayfly, dragonfly, or damselfly
- Wuffi -- Apparently a common dog name in German.
(Sources: Google and Jim Breen's WWWJDIC)
- thanks for your work on translations. :3 should be on the article. but Wuffi is more a belittling title for dogs in general, like puppy dog ie. User:juni66
Lunaryn 18:21, 12 August 2007 (CDT)
When I was asking about this I thought more about something like a classical "Historical Background" thing but with a kind of "Name Explainations" topic on the site and not in the discussion-part. I also would like to translate them.
By the way: "Himmelskralle" could also mean "Heaven Claw" and "Bogen" means "Bow" .... and "Wuffi" ... well it could be a dog name in German but not a common one, because it sounds really ludicrous. ;) --Haitani 17:03, 30 August 2007 (CDT)
Missing Name
The name "Vhyun" is missing from one of the lists. I'd add it myself, but I'm not sure which of the 4 lists it's on. (I believe it's on one of the Norg lists, though.) --Setesh 20:14, 12 August 2007 (CDT)
This isn't missing, just mispelled. It's near the beginning of the last list. --Lunaryn 22:47, 12 August 2007 (CDT)
More Meanings
Heres some more names for ya
- Nanaja-a goddess worshipped by the Akkadians and Sumerians,she was a deity of war and sex
- Delphyne-Female dragon Appointed by Gaea to guard the oracle Delphi in greek mythology
- Khocha-means "stab" in an Austro-Asiatic language
- Lumineux-means "Bright" in French
- Courageux-means "Courageous" in French
- Orage-means "Thunderstorm" in French
- Soleil-mean "Sun" in French
- Venteuse-means "gust of wind" or "breeze" in French
- Orageuse-Feminine version of orageux in French means "Stormy"
- Astre-means "Star" in French
- Lunaire-means "Lunar" in French
- Solaire-means "Solar" in French
- Tonnerre-means "Thunder" in French
- Knirps-means "little chap(man/fellow" in German
- Bogen-means "Bog" in Dutch
- Celeste-means "sky blue/light blue" in Italian
- Amedeo-Italian name derived from the latin Amedeus meaing "lover of God" or "loves God"
- Bodo-is a language spoken by people inhabiting north-eastern India
- Tataba- A capital of Peleng
- Gigima-is a river in Indonesia
most I could find data on, that werent already here (Source Wikipedia and google) Sanjuro asura 11:38, 28 April 2008 (UTC)