A Golden-Red Horizon

These are still speculative in that LEGO does not universally adhere to these conventions, and the conventions could easily be upended if LEGO releases a name like "Grflabcde" which is pronounced "Bob."

 

Kind of like Arpy and Throatwobbler Mangrove?

I was about to bring up something until I saw your last point. You covered this pretty well.

 

A quite true assessment. Although I must mention that, I think, more often than not a word that sounds like a real word actually was derived from it (Krika is the most notable exception). You can usually tell whether it's a coincidence by context, and it usually isn't a coincidence at all. Though of course that has nothing to do with its meaning within Bionicle.

A quite true assessment. Although I must mention that, I think, more often than not a word that sounds like a real word actually was derived from it (Krika is the most notable exception). You can usually tell whether it's a coincidence by context, and it usually isn't a coincidence at all. Though of course that has nothing to do with its meaning within Bionicle.

Often, yes, but then there are exceptions. One can't just jump to that conclusion unless it makes sense. I can't remember any specific examples, but I think I've seen some pretty bad assumptions.

Nice job turning my exact thoughts into a blog entry

Although this is slightly unrelated, I really dislike it when a topic is made saying what roots Bionicle names could have used (such as the bat names used for Phankuta, or possibly fish names used for Barraki) and it gets closed because it "should be continued in the Official Matoran Language Topic." There's a difference in "roots" and "language"

Well anyways this is a really nice entry