Goblin language
| Goblin language | |
| Spoken in: | Pomarj, Empire of Iuz, Bone March, Geoff, Rovers of the Barrens, Tenh, various goblin tribal areas |
|---|---|
| Spoken by: | Various types of goblinoids |
| Script: | Dwarven] |
| Language family: | Goblinoid |
Goblin is a language spoken by goblins, hobgoblins, bugbears, norkers, and xvarts. It uses the same script as the Dwarven language.
Selected glossary
Goblin to English
- Bree-Yark: Hey, rube![1] (The Keep on the Borderlands) This is falsely believed by some to mean "We surrender!"[2]
- Doum: Drum (DRA 309)
- Durbuluk: Dominators (The Sunless Citadel)
- Guthash: Bloated One (The Sunless Citadel)
- Guul: War (MMIV)
- Guulvorg: War worg (MMIV)
- Hrun: War (DRA 309)
- Hrun'doum: War drum (DRA 309)
- Ken: Female (added to the end of a female name in hobgoblin culture) (DRA 309)
- Kon: Male (added to the end of a male name in hobgoblin culture) (DRA 309)
- P'doum: Talking drum (DRA 309)
- Vorg: Worg (MMIV)
English to Goblin
- Bloated One: Guthash (The Sunless Citadel)
- Dominators: Durbuluk (The Sunless Citadel)
- Drum: Doum (DRA 309)
- Talking drum: P'doum (DRA 309)
- War: Hrun (DRA 309), Guul (MMIV)
- War drum: Hrun'doum (DRA 309)
- War worg: Guulvorg (MMIV)
- Hey, Rube: Bree-yark[1] (The Keep on the Borderlands) This is falsely believed by some to mean "We surrender!"[2]
- Worg: Vorg (MMIV)
References
Notes
Citations
- ↑ a b B2 The Keep on the Borderlands (1980), p.16.
- ↑ a b B2 The Keep on the Borderlands (1980), p.7.
Bibliography
- Cordell, Bruce R.. The Sunless Citadel. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2000.
- Edwards, Terry. "Paragons of War: The Ecology of the Hobgoblin." Dragon #309. Bellevue, WA: Paizo Publishing, 2003.
- Gygax, Gary. The Keep on the Borderlands. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1979.
- Kestral, Gwendolyn. Monster Manual IV. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2006.