View source for Lexicon:Modern/Mlaedi

{{Infobox word
| word       = Mlaedi
| stage      = Modern
| ipa        = /ˈmlaɪ.di/
| pos        = Noun
| parts      = 
| etymology  = from Middle [[Lexicon:Middle/Mīlādē|Mīlādē]], from Proto [[Lexicon:Proto/mlaedi|mlaedi]]
| descendant = 
| related    = [[Lexicon:Modern/Diswa|Diswa]], [[Lexicon:Modern/Oethboend|Oethboend]], [[Lexicon:Modern/Foesswy|Foesswy]]
}}
'''Mlaedi''' — performed courtesy; deference done at a person rather than for them, in place of having any standing.

== Notes ==
A person who is Mlaedi is making a show of respect that is not theirs to offer, and
everybody watching can see the show.

Said of anybody, of any sex, since the failure is not a gendered one; ''broe-Mlaedi'' and
''sei-Mlaedi'' where it needs marking. The precise opposite of what
''[[Lexicon:Modern/Diswa|Diswa]]'' approves, and a quiet insult rather than a loud one.

It is said about a person and almost never to them. Saying it to somebody's face is a
direct accusation of having no standing, which is a serious thing to say out loud.

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