Language

Language barriers can be difficult for players in foreign territory without language skills. Below is a list of translations for common words and phrases. These can be quite useful in trading with a trader who speaks an unknown language, but it should be noted that such traders will charge more for their goods to players without language skills.

Native words translated for outsiders

Due to the way outsider speech is garbled for untrained native ears, a given word (e.g., "gak") may mean different things (e.g., "gem or "gps").

A - D
Word/Phrase	Translation
ack	a or aid
baknik	blunt
baknik coolalsik	blunt cutlass
baknik moghokeck	blunt machete
bakniknik	banana
baktamlalsik	bottle
baktamlalsik ock rak	bottle of rum
bakwikpok	blowpipe
cooack	crab
coolalsik	cutlass
coonik	coin
daleck	dried
daleck hokbak	dried herbs
dalfalock	driftwood
dalgakecksik	dagger
daltam	dart

E - G
Word/Phrase	Translation
eckhok	eight
eckhokeck	eighteen
eckvug	eleven
falfalecknik	fifteen
falrakeck	fourteen
falsik	first
falsik ack kamtam	first aid kit
faltam	fourty
faluck	four
falvug	five
gak	gem or gps
gak uckick	gps unit
gaklal	gold
gaklal coonik	gold coin
gakrak	gourd
gakrak ock wikeck	gourd of water

H - R
Word/Phrase	Translation
hokbak	herbs
hoknikrakdal	hundred
kamtam	kit
kamvug	knife
moggak	mangos
moghokeck	machete
nikeck	ninety
niknik	nine
ock	of or one
pokcoo	piece
pokcoo ock dalfalock	piece of driftwood
poksik	poison
poksikock sikkam	poisonous snake
poksik daltam	poison dart
poksikock	poisonous
rak	rum

R (cont.) - Z
Word/Phrase	Translation
raklal	rifle
sik	six
sikeck	seven
sikeckeck	seventeen
sikkam	snake
siknik	stone
sikraknikgak	sharpening
sikraknikgak siknik	sharpening stone
sikxalecknik	sixteen
tam	two or ten
tameck	three
tamlal	twelve
tamnik	twenty
tamrak	thirty
uckick	unit
wikeck	water

Trading phrases

• "ICK'lal gakvug yak ... ... fal ack ..."

I'll give you (number) (cheap items) for one (expensive item).

• "ICK wiknik ... ... fal ack ..."

I want (number) (cheap items) for one (expensive item).

• "ICK wiknik ... ... fal sikmog ..."

I want (number) (cheap items) for some (expensive item).

• "Ock, tamack siknik lalkam ack raksikackeck tamdal. Wik coo dal ack sikackhok sikack."

Okay, that sounds like a fair trade. We could do a straight swap.

• "Sikrak, ICK tamnik tam gak wiklal bak wiktam ackuck ... ... bak ICK dal'tam hokvug tamack mognik."

Sorry, I would trade you (number) (items) but I don't have that many.

• "Sikrak, ICK tamnik tam gak wiklal bak wiktam ackuck ... ... bak ICK dalbak yak coolal coorak ack tamack, dal yak hokvug acktamnik yak coolal dalsikackdal?"

Sorry, I would trade you (number) (items) but I doubt you could carry it, do you have anything you could discard?

• "Yak dal'tam hokvug eckuck ..."

You don't have enough (item).

• "Sikrak, tamack wiklal bak ack bak poknikeck."

Sorry, that would be a bit pointless.

• "Rakhok, hokrak'sik (#) ... fal (#) ock yakuck ..."

Right, here's (number) (item) for (number) of your (item).

Outsider words translated for natives

Due to the way outsider speech is garbled for untrained native ears, a given word (e.g., "ger") may mean different things (e.g., "gem or "gps").

A - D
Word/Phrase	Translation
ar	a, aid or are
bar	be or bit
bareth	beer
barluneth(shur)	bullet(s)
barnuh	blunt
barnuhnuh(shur)	banana(s)
barnuhhumshur	bunches
barraringshur	berries
barthi	bottle
cu	can
cuargerdu	changed
cubar	crab
cuethputhrar	cheaper
cuing	coin
du	do
dufororr	driftwood
duger	dagger

D (cont.) - K
Word/Phrase	Translation
duthi	darts
ethrar	extra
ethuh	enough
for	for
forshur	first
gerlun	gold
ger	gem, got or gps
germun	gems
hum	hut
humaringger	healing
humbar	herbs
humrar	here
humvar	has
ing	i or in
juhshur	just
karthi	kits

L - S
Word/Phrase	Translation
lun	lot
lunkar	like
munger	mangos
munhumeth	machetes
nuhmun	normal
orr	of
orreth	offer
puth	pay
puthcu	piece or price
puthnuheth	pointless
puthshur	poison
puthshurorr	poisonous
rarlun	rifle
rarshurareth	reasonable
shur	six or so
shurar	swap

S (cont.) - Z
Word/Phrase	Translation
shurarhum	straight
shurmun	some
shurnuh	sounds or stones
shurputh	supply
shurrar	short or sorry
shurrarnuhger	sharpening
thiar	than or that
thidu	trade
thieth	them or three
uhing	unit
varuh	value
wuh	we
wuheth	water
wuhlun	would
wuhnuh	want
yunuh	your

Trading phrases

• "... ar ing shurrar shurputh shur ING'lun puth yun ethrar for yunrar."

(item) are in short supply so I'll pay you extra for yours.

• "ING wuhnuh ... ... for ar ..."

I want (number) (cheap items) for one (expensive item).

• "ING'lun gervar yun ar ... for ... ..."

I'll give you a (expensive item) for (number) (cheap items).

• "ING'var ger ar lun orr ... shur ING cu orreth thieth cuethputhrar thiar nuhmun."

I've got a lot of (item) so I can offer them cheaper than normal.

• "Gerar, humrar'shur (#) ... for (#) orr yunuh ..."

Great, here's (number) (item) for (number) of your (item).

• "Humnuh orr! Thi varuh orr yunuh ... humvar juhshur cuargerdu."

Hold on! The value of your (item) has just changed.

• "Shurrar, thiar wuhlun bar ar bar puthnuheth."

Sorry, that would be a bit pointless.

• "Thiar shurnuh lunkar ar rarshurareth thidu. Wuh cu du ar shurarhum shurar."

That sounds like a reasonable trade. We can do a straight swap.

• "Yun du'thi humvar ethuh ..."

You don't have enough (item).