#shekeke

[almostourgalaxy]

slidin in bc i am DEFINITELY interested in a crash course, language stuff goes bzzz <33

So, starting wwvith this SPECIFIC set of sentences:

"Question, Not-Troll? Church-kin not kin, yes?"

"Mrri, Ba-Altran? Silahella ren-Baella, ha?"

"Question, this is cause?" "Mrri, ee'a alfena?"

First thing you'll probably notice is that sentences are structured differently from english. English is: Subject Verb Object. Shekeke is: Subject, object-(subject pronoun)-verb.

Shekeke pronouns are NOT gendered. They are based solely off your relationship wwvith the subject. They are as followwvs:

Ren/Renr: mild threat. Strangers, trolls of the same blood color, Wwveird-Not-Trolls, apparently.

Mar/Marir: High Threat. Trolls of higher blood, someone ACTIVVWELY attacking you. Someone you don't trust, like the ex that ripped your leg off.

Ra'ab/Ra'abr: higher ranked officer of the same caste. Howwv you're SUPPOSED to address Bachus and Scylla.

Prri/prrir: family. Quadrants, ancestor or descendant. Howwv the church address eachother.

Prrarrl/Prrarrlrr: Do. Not. Fight. This is the Orphaner pronoun.

You tag pronouns at the front of vvwerbs. Tenses do not exist in Shekeke. Saturn struggled learning tenses in Common because of this, and STILL says Eated instead of Ate.

Mrri is a question indicator. You tag this in front of a statement to showwv that you expect an answwver.

Church-kin is used as a short hand for Purple bloods You Havvwe To Be Nice To. The actual term SATURN used wwvhen he and Bachus wwvere Matesprites wwvas "Raashella" "Salt-Kin".

The double L (LL) is pronounced like a Y, as it is in spanish, btw.

"Ha" is more like "Haaah?" Dragged out and higher than the rest of the wwvords. Kinda like "innit" or similar sentence ends.

I WWVILL answwver any other questions about Shekeke, btw.

[almostourgalaxy]

"Kachshirr"

"Kach"- half

Shirr- face

Kachshii- twvo

Iir- scar

@jackals-ships that MangledFace joke is straight up just "Dualscar" in shekeke!

[almostourgalaxy]

What does Ami mean?

It's the diminutivvwe form of the Shekeke/aquatic wwvord Amiati, a gender neutral term for addressing your lusus.

So essentially, Mama or Papa, though Mi wwvould be the more commonly used term there.

Saturn says it in reference to Korrie as a kind of pet name-esque thing, because she doesn't speak Shekeke and doesn't knowwv wwvhat it means.

[almostourgalaxy]

coming back for the most important language bit; 🎤 how does one swear + like common insults

Heheheheh so, the main thing about swwvearing is you wwvill notice that, in ANY language, swwvears are made of sharp harsh sounds.

But that said:

Sek- fuck, shit. Thing you tell wwvhen you need an expletivvwe.

RraSek- MotherFucker. Translates directly in ChurchTounge.

Kashin- literally "Globes" this is the "lighter" equivvwalent to Sek. Also though:

Kashin-Varleh- THIS wwvould be the equivvwalent to both "Asshole" and "Browwvn noser" COULD be a rude person, OR a stuck-up!

Parrahdla'ch- "trinket chaser" someone wwvho collects "exotic" slavvwes.

Marach-lila- a slang term for both FishBait, and also Landwwvellers wwvith a seadwwveller fetish.

Kleka- "prey faced" a troll you could easily ovvwerpowwver and kill. A common slur aimed at Wwveaker Violet Bloods.

Mahl-kiirshi- "Brood-Parasite" for CullBait trolls, or trolls wwvith no traceable bloodline.

Rikenenir- "dolphin" this is just the equivvwalent of calling somebody an absolute monster, evvwen by Vvwiolet blood standards. The fact that Saturn LETS the others call him this is ENTIRELY because he knowwvs they're scared of him.

These are the main ones, at least.

[almostourgalaxy]

@jackals-ships thing in GunDog i find myself coming back to:

Saturn is nevvwer actually called by his actual name, except by Korrie.

His lusus calls him Son, or Child. Siteka and Sarsha call him Pup, or Kid, or Brat, or Boy, or Wwvretch or Wwvhelp.

Bachus calls him pet names, or he calls him Orphaner, or Lord Ampora, after their split.

His sisters called him Scraps. Kathri calls him Scraps. Korli.

Scylla calls him pet names, or she calls him Hound. Raf'ch.

Mindfang calls him Dualscar, One Eye, Mongrel, Korli.

The other Violet bloods call him Lord Orphaner. Or Kleka "preyfaced".

The highbloods call him Dualscar.

The lowwvbloods call him Varhassriin, "Dolphin".

So do the cultists, but they use the Shekeke wwvord for the beasts.

"Rikenenir".

Only Korrie called him Saturn.

[almostourgalaxy]

@jackals-ships I got something wwvrong wwvhen I wwvas givvwin you Pet Name ideas.

Moorhehn is closer to "little one" or "child"/condescending.

I get it mixed up wwvith Marhasen wwvhich means "darling"

And somehowwv those ended up blending in my head.

[almostourgalaxy]

tangentially bc of Silly Lil Fic 🎤🎤 i am curious about like endearment terms tm esp w the whole different quads diff romances Vibes deal they got goin

So this is something I havvwen't explored much, BUT it usually pertains to wwvhat wwvould be attractivvwe in that quadrant.

That said, wwvhat you're probably looking for are Kismesis terms, an in seadwwvellers those tend to relate to large predators and sharp objects.

Sietraki/Siekla, or "Shark"/"Shark Pup" are common ones, but Saturn avvwoids them.

That wwvas Siteka's nickname.

Saturn's owwvn nickname, Korli/"Scraps" is another good example of this, a teasing reference to him bein a lil guy.

But in the context your thinking of:

Raf'ch/Hunting dog. Barsila/Little Knife. Arkla/little clowwvn. He's going for Small-But-Can-Kill-You.

Also probably Mrrkirr. Pretty-Wound.

Its wwvhen he swwvaps to things like Keprrla/"trinket" and Hessla/"Little Fang". Or evvwen just "Shetha"/Seahorse. That one especially.

That's wwvhen you knowwv hes flipping in you.

If you're goin for churchtounge petnames,

"Barisen"/Mongrel. Rassfarrn/Bastard. Frrassreh/"Stinky". (For trolls that'd actually be the equivvwalent of "Stud")

(Mooren/Darling. Asklan/Charmer. Hesmora/Belovvwed. Rathi/Pet)

I think my favvworite is "Marali" in Aquatic. "Holy" or "divine"

[almostourgalaxy]

holds my hands out politely again 4 translations + details esp bc 👀👀 my first notice 2 was the colored circles behind everyone's heads w some matching up like OH? SIMILAR VIBES? similar Roles Perchance ?

Arowfsa Kressrirr, Arowfsa Frassraga, Kreshraga, Awliraga, Absehraga."

"A thousand Burdens, a thousand bowing(a fun translation thing that COULD mean "a thousand apologizes OR a thousand times wwve bowwv) Our Blood, Our Prince, Our Hope"

So the pink and green circles denote orphaners, because of the religious connotations the job has in seadwwveller culture. The pink halos are: PaleHunt, Siteka, Saturn, Eridan. A direct line of mentor apprentice. The green are Sarsha and Ashera, wwvho wwvere NEVVWER going to be their mentors' first choices. The gold halos are: Lussen, Rackam, and Ulfgar, wwvho are the Tidal Kings. Eridan's glasses being Gold Rimmed and not Violet is VVWERY on purpose. He's the last REAL seadwwveller noble, the caste dies wwvith him.

Kathri has a silvvwer halo, because despite being a noble, he's a dock wwvorker FIRST and hold no real wwveight in the council.

If you also noticed there's lines coming from PaleHunt's halo specifically. She's wwvhere this all starts. An Orphaner AND a tidal lord. If you also notice, none of those lines touch Eridan, because Saturn blocks them from him. A symbolic last attempt at protecting the descendant he'd nevvwer meet from the legacy he wwvas burdened wwvith.

There's also Angels and Gy'lbgolb (or her tendrils at least) in the image. The angels all ovvwerlap the halos they cross against, but not the heads. This is just a hope thing.

The SERPENT in the sky, howwvevvwer....

That's Calamity, also called Tid, if you're Saturn and she's taken a wwveird interest in your life. But more than that, it's a depiction of Cherubs in general, due to the Ampora's ties to them.