Meťaiu

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Meťaiu
-1150 - -375
Native:	Meťaiγo
Verdurian:	Metayu
Characteristics
Capital:	Aránicer
Government:	Monarchy
Ruler’s title	melaȟ
Language:	Meťaiun
Religions:	Meťaiun paganism

Meťaiu is the name of a kingdom of the Monkhayic peoples, founded in -1150, with its capital at Aránicer. According to the Caďinorians, its first king was Dobauron, but we have no native tradition (or etymology) for this.

The Cuzeians conquered it in -375 and made it the capital of their kingdom of Metayu. According to the Count of Years, the last king of Meťaiu was Cumixāugo, very likely from Kumikhawigo ‘many-virtues’, and he foolishly lost his realm by taking his garrison out of Aránicer, where it was routed by the far larger Cuzeian army.

Etymology: The reconstructed Meťaiun is Meťaiγo; the γ was evidently lost in the south, leading to Caď. Meťaiu, Cuêzi Metayu. The me- is an honorific; the root is of unknown meaning. The word also underlies Metailō, the Cuêzi name for the Meťaiun people as a whole.