User:Maw-Ray Master
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| Species | Maw-Ray |
| Appears in | June 21, 2023 |
| Member of | Unagi Liberation League |
Hi, I am Maw-Ray Master, a Maw-Ray who contributes as an editor on the Super Mario Wiki. I mainly specialize in adding and citating foreign names for subjects on the wiki, though I also occasionally focus on documenting obscure and lesser-known media.
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Overview
I first became interested in foreign languages when I took a Spanish class in middle school; it was my first exposure to a language besides English outside of the occasional French and Spanish text that can occasionally be seen. I would later take two more Spanish language classes in high school, as well as two Japanese language classes. For a time, I also attempted to learn Polish and Romanian, but I did not as much success as with Spanish and Japanese. I am currently building my Norwegian vocabulary so that I will be able to write and speak in Norwegian. I have also become interested in languages and linguistics in general, and intend to find the etymologies of words with obfuscated origins.
As can be implied by name, I also have an interest in eels, or anguilas, as I call them, anguila being the Spanish word for "eel". Eels look like underwater-dwelling versions of snakes. I became interested eels after becoming interested in Eelektross, a navy blue lamprey-like Pokémon. I like all eels, but my favorite type of eels are lampreys[a] (which Eelektross is based on), due their mouths appearing to be some sort of sucker. Some people might find this off-putting, but I think it's cute.
Outside the Super Mario Wiki, I also contribute on Wiktionary under the username Transducer1, where I mainly add cognates for words and occasionally explaining the etymologies of words; Wiktionary is an extension of my interest in languages and linguistics. I am a native speaker of English, but I also know some Spanish as well as a little Galician, Norwegian, Portuguese, and Japanese. I consider myself a researcher and find both the Super Mario Wiki and Wiktionary as means to publish information that I find. I am also a programmer, and can write in HTML, Python, and Java.
My brother also contributed on the Super Mario Wiki under the username Jaxsonjayson55.
Status
Current projects
Ongoing projects
- Find and cite foreign names on subjects in the Super Mario franchise.
Other projects
- Search the deletion log for possible BJAODN material (currently at January 1, 2013).
Future/Inactive projects
- Create pages on pre-release and unused content for the Super Mario Bros. comics.
- Create pages for every challenge in Mario Kart Racetrack Logic Game.
- Create pages for every Club Mario episode.
- Create pages for N-Gang subjects.
- Create pages for Western Publishing (13 published books) and Random House (20 published books).
Proposal ideas
- Deprecate the title reference parameter in the {{TSMBSS episode infobox}} and {{DKC TV episode infobox}} templates
- Deprecate the {{Hover}} template
- Rename non-game media enemy categories to species categories
Subpages
Dens
- Den: User:Maw-Ray Master/Den
- Community den: User:Maw-Ray Master/Community den
- Files to be used: User:Maw-Ray Master/Files to be used
- List of Super Mario Maker 2 glitches: User:Maw-Ray Master/List of Super Mario Maker 2 glitches
Other
- Japanese-derived English names: User:Maw-Ray Master/Japanese-derived English names
- List of implied characters: User:Maw-Ray Master/List of implied characters
- Template:Unsuitable: User:Maw-Ray Master/Template:Unsuitable
- Signature: User:Maw-Ray Master/sig
Eels in the Super Mario franchise
Maw-Ray (my own species)
Mega Maw-Ray (large variant of Maw-Ray)
Gringill (alien counterpart of Maw-Ray)
Big Gringill (large variant of Gringill)
Blue Dragoneel
Eelevator (The mother of the Li'l Eelevators)
Great Harmoneel (The father of the Li'l Eelevators)
A gigantic moray eel appearing as an extra in Donkey Kong Country Returns
Nanashi no Chōchin Ankō (I know this isn't an eel, but I just like the character)
Yoshi (He also isn't an eel but the smile is a bit strange or cute depending on how you look at it)
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning | Note(s) | Ref. |
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| Japanese | ウツボ長 Utsubo-chō | Maw-Ray Master | [1] | |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 海鳗长 Hǎimánzhǎng (Mandarin) Hóimàahnjéung (Cantonese) | Maw-Ray Master | [1] | |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 海鰻長 Hǎimánzhǎng (Mandarin) Hóimàahnjéung (Cantonese) | [1] | ||
| Dutch | Maw-Ray-meester | Maw-Ray master | [1] | |
| French (Canada) | Maître de Mordrènes | Maw-Ray master | [1] | |
| French (Europe) | Maître d'anguilles | "Master of eels", from maître d'hôtel ("headmaster") | [1] | |
| Galician | Don Mordimore | Don Maw-Ray; from the Spanish name | [1] | |
| German | Murani-Meister | Maw-Ray master | [1] | |
| Italian | Maestro delle Mordorene | Maw-Ray master | [1] | |
| Korean | 곰치장 Gomchijang | Maw-Ray Master | [1] | |
| Norwegian | Herr Magen | Mr. Magen; the surname "Magen" is a pun on magene ("maws"), murene ("moray"), and magn (Old Norse for "strength") | [1] | |
| Polish | Mistrz Maw-Ray | Maw-Ray master | [1] | |
| Portuguese | Morde-Mestre | Pun on Mordeia ("Maw-Ray") and mestre ("master") | [1] | |
| Russian | Повелитель мурен Povelitel' muren | Maw-Ray master | [1] | |
| Spanish | Don Mordimore | Don Maw-Ray | [1] | |
| Thai | เทพ มอเรย์ Têep Mɔɔrə̀əi | Maw-Ray god | [1] |
References
Footnotes
- ^ From a biological perspective, lampreys are not related to eels, and are only analogously similar; lampreys are part of the order Petromyzontiformes, while eels are part of the order Anguilliformes. However, both lampreys and eels are members of Chordata, a phylum including all animals with vertebrae (backbones), and most people would casually refer to all serpentine-like fish as eels, as I do here.
