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: The GW characters do not belong to me, but the OCs and the universe do. Please do not steal them! :)
Warnings: None that I can think of, except perhaps violence and the occasional swear word. No character bashing.

<--| Part One: Duplication |-----| Part Two: Augmentation |-----| Part Three: Modification |-----| Part Four: Creation |-----| Epilogue |-->


Part Three, Chapter XXVIII

Gypsy Chant

 

Uon le taq ei v-run ta
Oo-on leh taa-ku eh-ee vuh-roon tah
Remember your noble life our-People will

Le ruq tuoir-u i-ma
Leh roo-ku too-or-ee-ruh-oo ee-mah
Your duty is_done-now and-acknowledged

Me zi-ei kuior v-run na
Meh zee-eh-ee koo-ee-or vuh-run na
Seek pay_for-life til_done our-People shall

Ti uon le ge-iciou roh
Tee oo-on leh geh-ee-key-or-oo roh
May peace your departed-spirit find

Notes: (even more notes ^^)
- v-run, our-People, refers to the gypsies of the Camp, with the prefix v- being possessive and the word run meaning gypsies in general
- le means 'your' (because ea means 'you')
- words with an ending of q are often tied with nobility, dignity, duty etc.
- ei means 'life', and with the prefix of zi ('pay for'), it means revenge for death (ie. to make someone pay for taking your life)
- uoir means 'doing' (thus, both Luoirdo and Ruiore's names contain the word), and the beginning letters of t and k changes the tense to past and present respectively (the suffix of u just means that it is done 'now' where it wasn't done or wasn't officially acknowledged as done before)
- i is the prefix equivalent to 'the'
- mah translates more directly to 'known officially'
- ta and na mean 'will' and 'shall' respectively
- ge- prefix means departed in a 'dead' sense

Oh, and if you really want to know about 'Luoirdo' and 'Ruoire'... l means 'can' while do means 'leadership', and r implies 'must' while e means 'good'. So their names means that they're 'capable of leadership' and 'expected to do good' respectively.

The ancient gypsy tongue as a whole has many, many syllables, all clearly defined, but the gypsies speak fluently so the sounds appear to melt into each other while still remaining distinct. The effect is like that of a running brook, with droplets that spend their time tripping over twigs and rocks to form a melody that is unique in itself. Gypsies also tend to use their lower registers when speaking, so one does not often hear shrill noises or shouts. When they wish to emphasise a point, they do it like a musician bringing a piece to its climax - in a way that does not interrupt the flow of the language. Many Aboriginal/native tongues sound rather like that.


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