KYSF
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Tekagole Honorifics
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How honorifics work
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  • You introduce yourself with your primary honorific. It takes some practice to read exactly how you should introduce yourself and to whom, since it's a social taboo to suggest an honorific that is "above" you.
  • Names can be chopped up in any order for honorifics (E'tu-gana, Tuo-gana) or the whole name can be used (E'tuoe-gana), but long names are often shortened more than long names. Shortening names in any way hints at familiarity, not necessarily denoting higher or lower respect.
    • Name shortening functions different in the Zoyida dialect. In Zoyida, a name is shortened for almost all conversations, casual or business. Full names are used to convey bigger emotions, such as seriousness, intimacy, anger, or shock. Some Zoyida speakers cringe when hearing their full name in regular conversations, considering it inappropriate for their normal interactions.
  • -Re is often used in the butch community.

Operative groups and honorifics
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  • Within group culture, -gana is for trainees, -ena and -te are for anyone else above trainee level. Calling someone - gana or -te/-ena outside group relations is fine.
  • -Ara is frequently used for captains within the group dynamic, and it is strange to have a captain with a different honorific preference.
  • -Ena is also used for coordinators. Some male coordinators hate this.
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Tekagole Honorifics

How honorifics work

Operative groups and honorifics