ra-ka-li · W206
rakali · fighter / combatant · ✅
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| First use | DND-004, D&D Classes (S651): la-ra-ka-li ra-ka lo-zo-li |
Composition
ra (force/energy) + ka (intentional action) + li (social agent). Head: li (agent-type). Modifier: ra-ka (force-action) = purposeful application of force. Compare ra-ki (W038, storm/non-volitional energy-in-motion): the ka root IS the distinction — a ra-ka-li acts with deliberate force; ra-ki is non-volitional natural force. Right-branching: ra-(ka-li) = force-kind-of-action-person; li as derivational head marks agent role.
Notes
W206. First attested DND-004 (S651). D&D Classes batch. The fighter is the canonical force-action agent: their defining compound is the simplest in the class set (no metaphysical source required, unlike wizard/cleric/paladin). Cross-class contrast: ra-ka-li (fighter) and vo-ra-li (W209, cleric) both mobilize ra, but fighter's source is direct ka (volitional effort); cleric's source is vo (sacred worth). Barbarian (not filed) would contrast as fa-ra-li (affect-force-person), where the force is reactive/emotional rather than intentional.
Related
ra (primitive: force), ka (primitive: intentional action), li (primitive: social agent), ra-ki (W038: storm — non-volitional force-motion, key contrast), vo-ra-li (W209: cleric — parallel ra-compound with different source), wi-ra (W177: willpower)
In the corpus
1 attestation.
| S# | Tonesu |
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| S651 | la-ra-ka-li ra-ka lo-zo-liA fighter applies force against persons. |
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