Droyne Languages

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Library Data Referral Tree[edit]

Language[edit]

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Languages of Charted Space:

Description (Specifications)[edit]

History & Background (Dossier)[edit]

The Droyne colonization spree in Datsatl Sector and moving rimward is known as the Wave Chasers. Like most known interstellar Droyne associations, it is less of a government and more of a project. The closest thing to an official name roughly translates to Anglic as “this thing that we are doing”, which doesn't distinguish from other projects that other Droyne are doing, so most charts use the unofficial Anglic name as used in the Solomani Preserve.

Beyond conventional Charted Space, explorers report the use of Kenvab, a dialect derived from Oynprith and Oldarth, the two primary languages of the Far Side of Nowhere region. Kenvab became almost a separate language, partly although mispronunciation and general linguistic drift and partly through the use of idiom. Some Kenvab words came about as a result of datanet memes that were popular 200 years ago. Someone who didn’t know the language might be tantalised by the odd part-recognised word or phrase but would be entirely unable to work out what any of it meant. However, using a translating device quickly reveals the origins of the language and permits a database of words and phrases to be built up very rapidly.

Combined Lexicon[edit]

Much but not all of this is Oynprith.

A[edit]

  • Aaumyats: "Group". Specifically, an organised grouping of six or so Parties engaged in a short or long-term task.
  • Auntrupukyulk: A miniature synthesiser, an instrument designed to keep morale high on longer journeys.
  • Aydih: "Warrior". One of the six Esorde (castes) of Droyne.
  • Aydin: "Worker". One of the six Esorde (castes) of Droyne.
  • Aydirsoth: "Drone". One of the six Esorde (castes) of Droyne.
  • Aydusk: "Building", "constructing"; verb.
  • Aykrusk: "Leader". One of the six Esorde (castes) of Droyne.
  • Aykruskloss: Oligarchic board of oytrip senior leaders running a large Droyne nation
  • Ayssath: "Technician". One of the six Esorde (castes) of Droyne.

D[edit]

  • Deu-Draysaskin: The group of Yaskoydray's grandchildren
  • Drarm: "Knowledge", "skills", set of competencies
  • Draysask. One of Yaskoydray's 420 children and grandchildren. Plural: Draysaskin. There were two generations of Yaskoydray's Draysaskin: Ur-Draysaskin (20 children); Deu-Draysaskin (20 times 20 for 400 grandchildren)
  • Drefusk: "Force", an organised grouping of six or so Groups engaged in a short or long-term task.
  • Dreskay: An extended family of Droyne. Singular of Dreskayin. A Technician noun.
  • Droyne: "Us"
  • Dyapyuse: "Death Machines". Name applied to self-replicating machines fought by the Ancients.

E[edit]

  • Esivoy: To schism: the process of splitting in two. The process where a dreskay divides into two or more groups. A Drone noun.
  • Eskayts: "Homeworld"
  • Esorde: "Caste". Droyne have six Esorde. These are Aydin (worker), Aydih (warrior), Ayssath (technician), Aydirsoth (drone), Aykrusk (leader), and Praytsirv (sport).
  • Eynastyoi: "Children of Eynastyusk"
  • Eyotwyu: "Party", a grouping of six or so Droyne who have been given a short or long-term task. A casteless noun.

F-I[edit]

  • Fikrudrarm: "Black knowledge". A body of knowledge and skills rarely used by Droyne and generally forbidden. These include skills like lying, forgery, disguise, and many other kinds of deception.
  • Iskyar: Droyne casting ceremony, performed by an adolescent. Plural: Iskay. The outcome of the ceremony initiates the biological and personality changes which transform the individual into one of the six Esorde.
  • Iyuksim: Literally, "tendril". Plural: Iyuksimin. An exploratory party.

K[edit]

  • Kayts: “Home”
  • Kistsyot: Noun. One who kills living things to make food; e.g. “Butcher”, “Reaper”. There is no distinction made between taking the life of flora and fauna.
  • Kistsyot: Verb. To kill to make food; e.g. "to butcher", "to reap". Only acts that kill the supplier fall within the scope of this word. "Picking" or "Shearing" are excluded.
  • Krinaytsoyni: "Deathless". Applied to a Droyne who by the opinion of their oytrip should have performed krinaytsyu, but refused to do so. These Droyne live as outcasts from their society. A Warrior noun.
  • Krinaytsyu: Voluntary death. A casteless noun.
  • Kroyloss: Fraternity. It allows Droyne to set off into the world without losing the companionship of other Droyne.

L[edit]

  • Loyt: "Lost", from esloy, "to lose forever"

O[edit]

  • Ordkrepussevtre: Partially digested food regurgitated by small parasite insects on several Droyne worlds. A Sport word.
  • Oydray: "Father"; more accurately, the leader of a Droyne's natal tyafelm. A Technician noun.
  • Oytrip: A collection of dreskayin. Plural: Oytripin (though ignorant Humans often just standardise it "Oytrips"). A Droyne community, usually geographic in nature.
  • Oytrits: "Interfaced communities"
  • Oytritsyu'a: Literally, "killing-between-communities", from Oytrits (interfaced communities), and Syu'a (killing). The Droyne concept of total war.
  • Oyumyoss: "Regiment", an organised grouping of six or so Forces engaged in a short or long-term task.

P-R[edit]

  • Praytsirv: "Sport" (the caste). Plural: Praytsirvin. One of the six Esorde (castes) of Droyne.
  • Pruox: “Darkness”
  • Pruotsin: "Dark Ones"; demons
  • Rur: "They" (inanimate)

S[edit]

  • Sssaldrarm: "Space Skills". A body of knowledge and skill relating to the safe working in space, including the use of a Vacc Suit, operation of space vehicles, and so on. While not forbidden like Fikrudrarm, these skills are only rarely known by Droyne.
  • Ssyux: "Eternal, enduring"
  • Surs: "They" (hypothetical)
  • Syopsun: "Trading"
  • Syu'a: "Killing"

T[edit]

  • Tayoyss: "Multiply-falling destruction"
  • Tenentsyo: "Mercantile Expedition Vessel"; not so much a trader as a vessel used by a Leader to make deals on behalf of the oytrip. A Worker noun.
  • Traissthurdusa: "Little Lonely Sport With A Bright Eye"
  • Troy: "Ship". A Drone noun (not a Technician one), suggesting that design rather than engineering is the associated concept.
  • Tsyamoykyo: "Long-awaited disaster"
  • Tyafelm: Family

U-X[edit]

  • Ur-Draysaskin: The group of a specific Precursor's children.
  • Utwyaa: "Hidden gift". A Leader noun. Droyne name for Harea Sector
  • Va: "And"

Y[edit]

  • Yasko' chem: Loosely, "Ancient Heart"
  • Yaskoydray: Noun. Loosely, "Grandfather". Elder tyafelm leader. Most frequently, in reference to a mythic figure in Droyne society, a saviour who visited many of the Droyne worlds bringing culture and new knowledge. A Technician noun.
  • Yatroy: "Mandate". Plural: Yatroyin. Name for a collection of Droyne Aydirsothin and Praytsirvin acting as intermediaries between Oytripin. A Drone noun.
  • Yaverkvyuss: A large musical instrument panel, featuring over 100 buttons, dials and switches. Most are polyphonic, and suit being played by two Droyne at a time.

Social Peculiarities[edit]

Droyne are highly unlikely to refuse an order or contradict someone in authority. Instead, when given an impossible task, a Droyne will express enthusiastic agreement and start work. When the superior returns to ask how things are going, the Droyne will then apologetically state that unforeseen problems have prevented him completing the work as planned. Understanding the situation from nuances of the Technician's body language and verbal cues, the Leader will ask if anything can be done to make the task easier; this allows the Droyne to ask for what it needs or suggest alternatives. Aliens with little or no Droyne experience are unlikely to realize they are supposed to do this.

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