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Common Dobra Words
The Dobra language is a simple one, sort of like Esperanto in that it’s really, really basic and universal. Because the Dobra span the globe, they often mix it with the other languages of the countries in which they live. So they speak a sort of pidgin at home in their camps, but keep this core vocabulary/ grammar so they can communicate with any Dobra anywhere along the ley. It’s not great for poetry, but it has served them well for centuries.
-ano/ ana – suffix for “group.” Therefore a fire where they gather around in camp is a “yogano”
Athi – danger/ bad
Bar – big
Bel – spirit
Bieta – second in command, like a dog in that this person is sent to bite
Bosh – fiddle
Capper – a trinket sold to outsiders
Chis – court/ justice/ authority
Culla – soul
Doli – fool
Don – has/ is
Gads – clothes (dressed up), like duds
Gaji – a non-dobra
Ghil – pretty lady/ girl
Grubber – lower class (what most cousins call wanderers but also used within the tribes)
Hai- prefix meaning big/ grand
I- prefix meaning “without”
Ix – without, but like bereft.
Igaj – non-Dobra who are friendly to the Dobra
Kuti – good/ fine
-la/lo – suffix meaning “little”
Milo – spirit/ gast/ Breath of the dead
Nadsi – the Dobra people
Rabe – a high ranking member in the Cousin communities
Rin – pretty
Tshi – a knife/ lockblade
Tsor – thief within the tribe; a criminal among Dobra and killed on sight
Vurd – wagon
Wolari – the micro tribes Wanderers travel in
Yog – fire