Table of Contents:
NOTE: The phrases listed below are from the Drow of the Underdark sourcebook.
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Phrase
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Translation |
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Vendui'
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I/we greet you
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Aluve'
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I/we leave you
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Jal
khaless zhah waela.
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All trust is foolish.
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Xun
izil dos phuul quarthen, lueth dro.
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Do as you are ordered, and live.
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Ilharessen
zhaunil alurl.
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Matrons know best.
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Lil
waela lueth waela ragar brorna, lueth wund nind, kyorlin elghinn.
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The foolish and unwary find surprises, and
among them, waiting death.
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Nindyn
vel'uss kyorl nind ratha thalra elghinn dal lil alust.
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Those who watch their backs meet death from
the front.
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| Kyorl
jal bauth, kyone, lueth lil Quarvalsharess xal belbau dos lil belbol
del elendar dro.
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Watch all about, warily, and the Goddess
may give you the gift of continued life. |
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Oloth
zhah tuth abbil lueth ogglin.
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Darkness is both friend and enemy.
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| Lloth
tlu malla; jal ultrinnan zhah xundus.
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Lloth be praised; all victory is Hers.
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| Lil
alurl velve zhah lil velkyn uss.
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The best knife is the unseen one.
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| Khaless
nau uss mzild taga dosstan.
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Trust no one more than yourself.
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| Ulu
z'hin maglust dal Qu'ellar lueth Valsharess zhah ulu z'hin wund lil
phalar.
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To walk apart from House and Queen is to
walk into the grave.
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| Vel'uss
zhaun alur taga lil Quarvalsharess?
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Who knows better than the Goddess?
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