Post by risingdusk on May 12, 2009 21:56:43 GMT
Here are some of the terms used in the Warriors books and their human translations (Catspeak - Humanspeak).
Crow-food - Rotting food
Fox dung - An insult; a stronger offense than mouse-brain
Fresh-kill - Recently killed prey
Gathering - A meeting that the Clans hold peace at every full moon
Greencough - Severe chest infection, which can be fatal in elders and young kits
Greenleaf - Summer
Greenleaf Twolegplace - A place where humans visit only in the summer (a campsite, resort, summer home, etc.)
Halfbridge - A dock
Horseplace - Fields and stables near the lake where half-tamed cats live
Housefolk - A house cat's words for its humans
Kittypet - A housecat
Leaf-bare - Winter
Leaf-fall - Fall or autumn
Loner - A cat that lives peacefully on its own in one place but doesn't defend its territory and usually isn't cared for by a human or humans
Monster - Usually refers to human machines such as cars and bulldozers
Moonhigh - The time of night when the moon is at its highest (midnight)
Mouse-brained - Not very smart, least offensive remark
Mouse dung - An insult, move offensive than mouse-brained, but not as offensive as fox dung
Newleaf - Spring
Nofurs - Also a word for humans, used by the loners at the lake
One moon - One month (half-moon is two weeks, and quarter-moon is one week)
Rogue - A hostile cat who lives outside the Clans and doesn't spend a lot of time in one place
Sharing tongues - Cats grooming each other and sharing the day's news
Silverpelt - The stars and the Milky Way
Sun-drown-place - The sea in the west where the sun sets
Sunhigh - Noon
Thunderpath - A road
Tree-eater - A bulldozer
Twoleg nest - A human house
Twolegplace - A human town
Twolegs - The Clans' cats' word for humans
Upwalkers - Another word for humans, used by Purdy
Whitecough - A mild chest infection
(Borrowed from www.freewebs.com/thewarriorcode/glossary.htm)
Crow-food - Rotting food
Fox dung - An insult; a stronger offense than mouse-brain
Fresh-kill - Recently killed prey
Gathering - A meeting that the Clans hold peace at every full moon
Greencough - Severe chest infection, which can be fatal in elders and young kits
Greenleaf - Summer
Greenleaf Twolegplace - A place where humans visit only in the summer (a campsite, resort, summer home, etc.)
Halfbridge - A dock
Horseplace - Fields and stables near the lake where half-tamed cats live
Housefolk - A house cat's words for its humans
Kittypet - A housecat
Leaf-bare - Winter
Leaf-fall - Fall or autumn
Loner - A cat that lives peacefully on its own in one place but doesn't defend its territory and usually isn't cared for by a human or humans
Monster - Usually refers to human machines such as cars and bulldozers
Moonhigh - The time of night when the moon is at its highest (midnight)
Mouse-brained - Not very smart, least offensive remark
Mouse dung - An insult, move offensive than mouse-brained, but not as offensive as fox dung
Newleaf - Spring
Nofurs - Also a word for humans, used by the loners at the lake
One moon - One month (half-moon is two weeks, and quarter-moon is one week)
Rogue - A hostile cat who lives outside the Clans and doesn't spend a lot of time in one place
Sharing tongues - Cats grooming each other and sharing the day's news
Silverpelt - The stars and the Milky Way
Sun-drown-place - The sea in the west where the sun sets
Sunhigh - Noon
Thunderpath - A road
Tree-eater - A bulldozer
Twoleg nest - A human house
Twolegplace - A human town
Twolegs - The Clans' cats' word for humans
Upwalkers - Another word for humans, used by Purdy
Whitecough - A mild chest infection
(Borrowed from www.freewebs.com/thewarriorcode/glossary.htm)