vo-ra-li · W209
vorali · cleric / divine agent · ✅
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| First use | DND-004, D&D Classes (S654): la-vo-ra-li ra-be go vo |
Composition
vo (value/worth/quality) + ra (force/energy) + li (social agent). Head: li (agent-type). Modifier: vo-ra (worth-force) = one who applies force as an instrument of sacred worth. Right-branching: vo-(ra-li) = worth-kind-of-force-person. The vo (worth/sacred) specifies the source and orientation of the force, distinguishing from to-ra-li (W207, wizard: source = knowledge) and ra-ka-li (W206, fighter: source = direct volitional effort).
Notes
W209. First attested DND-004 (S654). D&D Classes batch. Parallel to to-ra-li (W207, wizard) in construction: both are X-ra-li. The X-ra-li pattern captures the class trio fighter/wizard/cleric as: direct force (ra-ka-li), knowledge-sourced force (to-ra-li), worth-sourced force (vo-ra-li). Sentence S652 and S654 use the same predicate structure (ra-be go X) to make this parallel explicit. Note: wi-vo-li (W211, paladin) also invokes vo but is wi-vo rather than vo-ra — the paladin's primary characteristic is the sworn will (wi), with vo as the target of that will, not the source of force.
Related
vo (primitive: value/worth), ra (primitive: force), li (primitive: social agent), to-ra-li (W207: wizard — parallel X-ra-li compound), ra-ka-li (W206: fighter — direct force), wi-vo-li (W211: paladin — vo appears as will's target, not force source)
In the corpus
1 attestation.
| S# | Tonesu |
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| S654 | la-vo-ra-li ra-be go voA cleric manifests force from worth. |
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