Ħautar name

The Ħautar delûr have very complex names, usually amounting to the following:

1) a 'nomen' or rêk - these usually have no obvious derivation, the set of them is quite small; one of those which has a known derivation is turen which is derived from tûr 'fire'.

2) a 'cognomen' or utuar - these are usually sentence-names, for instance "they-sit-atop-mountains" bâte-ʔutkan-lar or "they-work-bronze" getâxte-hirkâda

3) a 'patronymic' or lêfek - pretty straightforward, with mdar 'offspring, child, fresh water' (but not rain) put before it, with the father's rêk in the genitive case. This is then followed by a 'grand-matronym' or iurek, that is, the paternal-grandmother's rêk. This is attached with mruʔ mdar 'himself the child of'.

The following combinations are used in address:

rěk alone rêk + lêfek rêk + iurek utuar alone

An example name:

Mteni getâxte-iluṭ mdar-Turenek mruʔ mdar-Uṣṭik Mteni, the glassworker, the son of Turen, himself the son of Uṣṭi

This person would usually be addressed in the following ways:

"Mteni!" "Mteni (mdar-)Turenek!" "Mteni (mdar-)Uṣṭik!" "Getâxte-iluṭ!" (rarer)