Mer slang taken from the written Waterfire Saga, Blue One; Deep Blue—written by: Jennifer Donnelly. Strictly being used for non-profit turning fun, and allowing interested members of this role-play exclusive slang for the Mer folk—since their language would have changed some time in regards to coming accustom to their new sea home.
Apa piatra – an old Romanian protection songspell that raises water ten feet high and then hardens into a shield
Arata – a spell that allows its caster to manifest in a chosen location
Atlantica – the mer domain in the Altantic Ocean
Atlantic – an ancient island paradise in the Mediterranean peopled with the ancestors of the mer. Six mages ruled the island wisely and well. When the island was destroyed, a mage named Merrow saved the Atlanteans by calling on Neria to give them fins and tails
Baba Vraja – the elder leader—of the river witches
Baricada – a strong blocking spell
Bioluminescent – a sea creature that emits its own glow
Bloodbind – a spell in which blood from different mages is combined to form an unbreakable bond and allow them to share abilities.
Bloodsong – blood drawn from one's heart that contains memories and allows them to become visible to others.
Boru – long, thin herald trumpets
Canta magus – one of the magi, the keeper of magic
Canta mirus – special song
Canta prax – a plain songspell
Cassio – god of the skies
Clepio – a malnus spell used for stealing
Conch – a shell in which recorded information is stored
Confuto – a canta prax spell that makes humans sound insane when they talk about seeing merpeople
Currensea – mer money; gold trocii (trocus, sing.), silver drupe, copper cowries; gold doubloons are black market currensea
Davul – bass drums made out of giant clamshells, played with whalebone sticks
Deflecto – a songspell that casts a protective shield
Depulsio – a songspell that moves objects
Dolpheen – the language spoken by dolphins
Dracdemara – the language spoken by catfish
Flacari – a songspell to summon waterfire
Fragor – the storm god
Fragor lux – a songspell to cast a light bomb
Freshwaters – the mer domain in rivers, lakes and ponds
Gobies or Guppies - Jerks
Habeo – a malus spell used to take control of another's mind or body
Iele – river witches
Illuminata – a songspell to create light
Illusio – a spell to create a disguise
Iron – repels magic
Liquesco – songspell that liquefies objects
Loquoro – a songspell that enables a mer to temporarily understand another creature's language.
Magnitis – a songspell that allows the caster to attract something like a magnet
Merl – Mermish equivalent of girl
Mermish – the common language of the sea people
Morsa – an ancient scavenger goddess, whose job it was to take away the bodies of the dead. She planned to overthrow Neria with an army of the dead. Neria punished her by giving her the face of death and the body of a serpent and banishing her.
Neria – sea goddess
Nex – a darksong spell used to kill
Nocerus – a darksong spell used to cause harm
Omnivoxa (omni) – mer who have the natural ability to speak every dialect of Mermish and communicate with sea creatures
Pesca – the language spoken by some species of fish
RaySay – the language spoken by manta rays
Terragoggs (goggs) – humans. Before ow they haven't been able to get past the merpeople's spells
Tortoisha – the language spoken by sea turtles.
Wave Warriors – humans who fight for the seas and its creatures.
been trying to balance everything out between RL and my rps. Working on my character as we speak.