Ong Rokbeigalmki (A Rokbeigalmki Chant)

About a year ago, i was at a basketball tournament, and the fans of a
particular high school's team were playing these cool plastic
drum-looking things, and chanting this cheer which i thought was very
cool, even though it wasn't my team.  Based on it, i came up recently
with a Rokbeigalmki chant about the 5 life-elements, probably used at
life-cycle ceremonies.

It goes:

        OleiShareiDwi-a!
        OleiUreiZek-a!
        OleiTraakeiAurez-a!
        OleiWadheiReiyug-a!
        OleiPyeteiAmal-a!


OL means the particles of a small explosion or impact - exactly what this
means depends on the context:
EI is the plural construct case marker.
-A means "the", and determines the entire construct compound.

OLEI-SHAREI-DWI-A
the spray(s) of the foam(s) of the Water

OLEI-UREI-ZEK-A
the sparks of the flames of the Fire

OLEI-TRAAKEI-AUREZ-A
the woodchips/shards of the bark(s) of the Wood

OLEI-WADHEI-REIYUG-A
the droplets of the flows of the Blood

OLEI-PYETEI-AMAL-A
the shards/pebbles of the stones of the Earth


The S's i put in parentheses are present as plural markers in
Rokbeigalmki, but don't fit into the English translation.
Taking the first line as an example, it would be chanted something like:

OLEI, olei olei OLEI!
SHAREI!  SHAREI!
OLEI, olei olei OLEI!
SHAREI!  SHAREI!
OLEI, olei olei OLEI!
SHAREI!  DWI-A...
OLEI, olei olei OLEI!
DWI!  DWI-A...

The _ei_ always recieves the stress.


-Stephen (Steg)

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