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Created page with "==Riyan== ===Etymology=== From {{inh|ryn|ryn-o|-ant}}, a reanalysed suffix from an earlier compounding with the word {{m|skant|t=man}}. This term originally denoted a male agent, while {{m|ryn|-aor}} (from {{m|ryn|vjaor}}, "woman") denoted a female agent. However, the meaning began to shift after the Old Riyan period to refer to inanimate referents such as tools. Accommodating this, the {{m|ryn|-aor}} ending widened in scope to become amore general human agentive, losin..."
(Created page with "==Riyan== ===Etymology=== From {{inh|ryn|ryn-o|-ant}}, a reanalysed suffix from an earlier compounding with the word {{m|skant|t=man}}. This term originally denoted a male agent, while {{m|ryn|-aor}} (from {{m|ryn|vjaor}}, "woman") denoted a female agent. However, the meaning began to shift after the Old Riyan period to refer to inanimate referents such as tools. Accommodating this, the {{m|ryn|-aor}} ending widened in scope to become amore general human agentive, losin...") |
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