[GZG] Speaking Kra'Vak

Has someone compiled a dictionary of all of the Kra'Vak syllables and what
they mean?

How is the letter "i" prounced? Is "Di" pronounced "Dee", "Deye" or like "did"
?

--Greg

> Gregory Wong wrote:

> Has someone compiled a dictionary of all of the Kra'Vak syllables and
*please* tell me you're not all going to start speaking Kra'Vak now...

> Mark Kinsey wrote:

> *please* tell me you're not all going to start speaking Kra'Vak now...

It's not like it would be a lot less sense.

Couldn’t just work from the Klingon/English Dictionary? ( I had one
once)

Mike

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G'day,

I don't know how you say it but here is the Kra'vak dictionary I put together
last summer. It takes Jon's FB langauge doc (which was it self based on one to
the list by a gentleman by the name of Steven Arrowsmith) and expands on it to
give a slightly wider set of base words to play with (the original set being a
little too restrictive. If needs be I can dig up the original unmodified. I
made up the numbers so you can ignore those and I have tried to give a nod to
Los' words too
(especially where I use a different word - which I justified away as
being from a different Kra'Vak dialect).

Cheers

Beth

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Kra'Vak language: This is a slightly modified version of the one posted to the
GZG list some time ago (originally created by Steven Arrowsmith, according to
the posting, who will get a credit in the book for it); I have changed a
couple of the translations, and think it works quite nicely. Maybe the
listers could double-check the translations as well as the design
specs!!

First Half:

DA = Fast, Swift DI = Little Death DO = Follower DE = Other FE = Commerce,
Sell, Buy KA = Raider, Thief KI = Spear KO = Assault, Attack KR = Person (s),
People LO = Great Death LU = Sneak, Hider RA = Little, Small RO = Clouded RU =
Cleaner, Cleanser SH = Transport, Mover SI = Rover, Walker SU = Feel TI =
Battle, Fight TO = Seeker VA = Great, Large VO = Hunter XI = Consume, Hunger
YU = King, Ruler ZH = World

Optional third letter A = Of O = From I = On U = To N = In S = Not

Second Half:

First letter

B = Silent D = Deadly L = Force, Push F = New K = War R = Stealthy S = Sliver
T = Dark V = Sorrow X = See Z = Divine

Second & Third letter

AH = Mind AK = Kill, Killer AN = Mother, of Mother AS = Landmass, Mountain AU
= Build, Create AT = Life, Death, Existing EN = Cargo, Supplies EK = Ship,
Boat ES = Meadow OK = Ship, Boat OL = Monster ON = Fleet, Army, Host NA = Path
UK = Lover UR = Mix

Numbers

ANO = zero DOO = one KEO = two SHO = three RIO = four TUO = five VAO = six

Order Joiner I = plus N = multiply V = power

Higher Orders KEV = six squared SHV = six cubed RIV = six to power four TUV =
six to power five VAV = six to power six

Examples KRA'VAK = People of the Sorrow Killer (probably an old name for their
world and/or solar system/star)

KRA'VAK DOMINION STAR FORCES - Kra'Vaka'Kia'Kon (Spear of War Host of
the People of the Sorrow Killer)

Counting:
Seven = 6 + 1 = Vaoidoo
Ten = 6 + 4 = Vaoirio
Thirty nine = 36 + 3 = 6^2 + 3 = Kevisho

Not all dialects are the same thus for example: Time in Lo'SVas dialect Year =
Turnas: Equivalent to almost 5 Human months Month = Turnot: Equivalent to 12
human days.12 Turnot make up a Turnas Day = Drahl: Equivalent to 2 Human days.
6 Drahl make up a Turnot Hour = Thaar: Equivalent to 8 Human hours. 6 Thaar
make up a Drahl Minute = Tu'runs: Equivalent to 4 human minutes. 120 Tu'runs
make up a Thaar Second = Se'nod: Almost two human seconds. 120 Se'nod make up
a tu'runs

GLOSSARY

-an     her

Ano's Infant Kra'Vak

anoau newborn

Anoes sacred lands (literally "Birthing Lands")

de other, they, them

den their

deto release

deto'lah free

don-    gone in

Doo's Adolescent male Kra'Vak

Doosh measure of time, one circuit of Zha'Vak about its sun (approximately 502
days)

fau new

Fe'Lon  Kra'Vak take on the Phey-lon'a (Phalons), has introduced the
letter combination Fe for commerce and L for push into common Kra'Vak usage

'es void

Kaa'zes Literally "raiders of the divine meadow"; it is a colloquial mainly
derogatory term for something perceived as culturally inferior, also used to
refer to animals, basically beings without the true knowledge of the order of
the world and thus they do not recognise cultural taboos and so don't really
deserve respect as worthy adversaries or particularly intelligent (analogous
to human concept of dogs or chimps, smart, useful but not really on the same
level rights wise)

Kaa'Tok spectre, ghost

Keo's Mature female Kra'Vak

kes fort

ko do

Koi'Zah venerate

Kon War Host, the central military body of the Kra'Vak Dominion

Kra'Bna People of the Silent Path, these are the Intelligence and Special
Forces operatives of the Kra'Vak Dominion

kuo commit

lau must

lauf only then

Lo'Bat a Kra'Vak deity (the great hunter of death)

lo'dol plague

lo'vav eternity, infinte

Lo'X gods

Lo'z true order (divine order) of reality

Luot indigenous insectoid from the Vaas province on the Kra'Vak colony world
Doo'Dan

-osh    indicates a time period being discussed

Riosh a measure of time, approximately 45 seconds

roek deformed, malformed

Ro'Kah Clouded War Mind, the biochemical blood rush leading to Kra'Vak
"beserker rage", particularly severe in adolescent male Kra'Vak, but exhibited
by all age groups to some extent

ros'xau clear (literally "clouded not see build")

rus'zok horribly deformed, malformed

runa clean off, clear out, cleanse

rux obvious

sha'zok books

Sho's Elders, Kra'Vak that have undergone their final metamorphosis

Sho'sosh time as an elder (not retirement exactly, but definitely usually
marked by change of vocation)

Sia'Na Walkers of the Path, Kra'Vak who are physiologically immune to the
effects of Ro'Kah, they act as moderators and advisers, some also hold revered
religious posts

Si'Buk  Lover of Silent Walks, a Sho's chosen name - the name chosen by
an individual during the rituals marking the final metamorphosis and the
attainment of elder status

sil wander

Si'V a Kra'Vak clan

Si'V'Kon the military units made up of members of the Si'V clan

krs'au fallen or dead

siau teach, instruct

sis caught, trapped

s'v joy

s'uk unknown

sua'lau compassion

suf renew, new

sus insensate

suv pain

Tia'Vak Kra'Vak internal war (inter-clan war)

tis'anoau stillborn

toa like

toa'vat seek sorrows end

toaz thrill

ton leave, cease

tos'l return

Tusi a small hardy plant, with silvery UV reflective flowers, originally from
the Yu'Roas province of the Kra'Vak homeworld Zha'Vak, now ubiquitous in
Kra'Vak space due to its ability to grow under most climactic regimes and its
role as a staple ingredient of many Kra'Vak warm season dishes

una how to

va much

Vaas province on the Kra'Vak colony world Doo'Dan

va'vah terror

van'x admiration

Vaosh a measure of time, approximately eleven years (i.e. six doosh)

vas tear or cut

vas'uk great unknown, ignorance

voah soul

xia'fau make new, reinvigorate

Xia'Zan "feast of holy mothers" as the central assembly of the most powerful
Kra'Vak clan matriarchs is known

Xin'Dau Lo'SVas clan renowned for their skill in science and reverse
engineering.

Yuas broad, flat, oval noodles, dark purple in colour, made from Tusi paste
and the flour of the Kio'Es root (a perennial native of the Yu'Roas province)

yu'lau control

yun reign

yuna show

yusva poorest

yuva greatest

Yu'Zan great matriarch, leader of the "feast of holy mothers"

-zah    literally divine mine; analogous to glory

zuk honour

Beth:

Thanks for the Kra'Vak language stuff. I think this is enough to start with.

--Greg