ríŗa

Riyan

Etymology

From Old Riyan rīŗa (“Riyan person”), a borrowing from Old Radestrian rījø̄r (“Riyan person, worshipper of Riya”). The Radestrian exonym was derived as such due to the belief that the Riyan people worshipped a sky deity, which the Radestrian people likened to their thunder goddess Riya. This idea lasted until the mid-18th century when prominent Riyan historians began to come to different conclusions about the nature of ancient Riyan worship. According to modern scholarship, it is thought that the old cultural idea of ancient Riyans as sky-worshippers was by misattribution and more representative of other minority groups in Radestria.

Displaced native Old Riyan biolt, which instead came to mean "yokel, bumpkin" but was reclaimed by Riyan nationalists in the early 20th century.

Pronunciation

• (Kuoma) IPA^(key): /ˈriɣa/, [ˈrijɑ]
• Rhyme: -iɣa

Noun

ríŗa (dual ríŗad, plural ríŗis, collective ríŗiva)

1. Riyan person

Derived terms

• Ríŗâs (“Riyana”)
• ríŗil (“Riyan”)
• ríŗilt (“Riyan (language)”)

See also

• biolt (“yokel; Riyan person”)

Mutation

Riyan mutation
radical	lenited
ríŗa	unchanged