Kaa Translation Exercise

In Rihana--ye (as before * indicates aword created for this exercise)

Fugeli ka-da Kaa tibiba *Hifaba-ye *fugeheki *hevetiga-de heku hevalajo-si
Very beautiful woman-child Kaa warchief Beast(man) very cruel post-to cruelly
chained
fe veba-ye *rehi baka-fe ze veka-ye *bibo-i *vejane-fe-the tiga *tifebo-mi,
sewa-me
and his barbaric people (m/f) npw her nubile feet-beside wood piling ,this
time-in
 *kuvaro-ji ge fugebi Baliba-ye bi *juhli varoha wifuvaro "Feba-ye paja jo,
tafada po,
poeticand very brave Manly(man) fierce clear voice shouted  "Your firetool
do, chick burn
ge feba feba-ye zewere gomiha-le seba-ye bila   vatho-vi.
and you your last meal-through my steel will feel.
Note: tafada is literally chick (young bird); it does notcarry the slang
sense "woman" in Rihana-ye. Human girl child is kida.
John Leland

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