Ah! böwakawa poussé, poussé

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Ah! böwakawa poussé, poussé

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I didn't know where else to put this, except maybe to get lost in the Conlang Question thread, so I'll put it here.

I was just listening to the song #9 Dream by Master John Lennon-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnjrJARyIt8

There's that line in it, that, when I hear it, I'm like, "is that Japanese?", "Is it Korean?" {Which is always waht I think when some utterance sounds Japanese enough, but I don't hear any latch-on words [ ano, kore, nani, demo, desu, etc]}.

I was surprised to find it transcribed like this (with the umlaut, I mean)

Ah! böwakawa poussé, poussé

I might have thought that it might be

Aba wa kawa, pou se, pou se

{a lil more romaji-ey}
Anyhow, the real gist of this thread is the following.

This utterance came to John in a dream.

Since we pretty much all have conlangs, and are pretty knowledgeable in various natlangs, my question is, what, if anything, does this translate into your respective conlangs?

Corollary: Does it mean something in a natlang?

Its one of those things that kind of bothers you as soon as you hear it, but then the kettle boils, and you utterly forget about it.
I think, therefore, that it's like the answer to Life, the Universe and Everything, and frankly, I wouldn't be surprised if The Silence
erases this right after I've written it.

If those Chrononautical Dementors manage to leave it alone, have at it, y'all, & let slip the saloukis of glossopoesy~

[:)]
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I kind of like the Internet idea (however looney) that its a mash-up of Swahili bäwakawa 'beetles' and :fra: poussez! 'Push!'

like

"Press on, Beatles!" (Keep up the good work as independent artists!)
OR
"Push, Beatles!" (as in, give birth to & expend effort on new solo careers, rather than wishing to reunite)

OR MEBBE

"Push in, Beatles!" (Get back together, where you once belonged {?!})

Or maybe, if they press onward independently enough, they will, like lines on a globe, eventually come back together in a new point.
*sigh* Always so much wishful thinking in the afterglow of the Fab 4.

Who knows - it wasn't my dream. [:x]



Anyway,
if it means something close to sensical in yer :con: langs, display below.

Gracias
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Lambuzhao wrote:I didn't know where else to put this, except maybe to get lost in the Conlang Question thread, so I'll put it here.

I was just listening to the song #9 Dream by Master John Lennon-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnjrJARyIt8

There's that line in it, that, when I hear it, I'm like, "is that Japanese?", "Is it Korean?" {Which is always waht I think when some utterance sounds Japanese enough, but I don't hear any latch-on words [ ano, kore, nani, demo, desu, etc]}.

I was surprised to find it transcribed like this (with the umlaut, I mean)

Ah! böwakawa poussé, poussé

I might have thought that it might be

Aba wa kawa, pou se, pou se
Just had a listen.

Mm. I might write it as A ,bawaka'wa pu'sae pu'sae.
Since we pretty much all have conlangs, and are pretty knowledgeable in various natlangs, my question is, what, if anything, does this translate into your respective conlangs?
Well, out west in Ruadram, under the Hills of Lammach, the Daine there have a word, bawaccan, and is a kind of dancing competition. You mark a space on the floor or prepared ground and folks step up by turns in adversarial pairs to dance their steps, strutwise, in the space without setting foot or wing outside the boundary. The idea being to keep yourself in while craftily and subtily pushing your adversary towards the boundary all without touching her (or his) body. Brushing of wings and tangling of hair and slapping of feet and hands is both inevitable and part of the steppings.

Sort of American set de flo meets Japanese sumō.
If those Chrononautical Dementors manage to leave it alone, have at it, y'all, & let slip the saloukis of glossopoesy~

[:)]
So, a! bawacca wae pesae pesae would mean something like "hey! come to the dance with me with me".

These words don't exist in the Queranaran of the East, but I'm sure wae is related to Q pwe-, the ergative marker.
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@ Elem -
Wow.
[<3]


I found this completely by serendipity:
http://www.mamalisa.com/?t=es&p=3662&c=257

a song in Bemba.
SNuffling around some resources on the 'Net, a possible transliteration into Bemba could give:

Aba wa kawa bonse
people GEN final all

People of the End of All
'Scuse the potential massacre of a translation

Kind of rangaroquian, a little dark, considering the melody is so ethereal and soul-cleansingly positive.
But one never doth know with dreams, doth one?


IMHO I like pushing beatles and invitations to danse a lot more. :roll:

Keep 'em coming!


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Poussez, poussez!
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Lambuzhao wrote:@ Elem -
Wow.
[<3]
WOOT! Jazz conlanging, that!

:mrgreen:

IMHO I like pushing beatles and invitations to danse a lot more. :roll:
Beetle pushing

More Beetle pushing!

Pushing a Beetle

A Beetle pushing!
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Wooooooooooooow!
When I was married, I plotted with my wife to make a cross-continental odyssey down the Panamerican Highway to her hometown of Piura from up north in 'Murica. That mini-mobile home would have been just the ticket. (strokes vandyke...) Hmmmm.... [B)]
I wonder if they still make those for compact cars? :wat:
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elemtilas wrote:
More Beetle pushing!
Love that gritty version of that old classic Runaway!

It's 80s night on the local radio channel, so I have to drop this link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikMiQZF-mAY
Noddy Holder's grimaces really used to make me laugh, as I hopped and reeled and danced a jiggery-jig.

[:D]
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Pushing a Beetle
I'd gladly pay a $1 billion to hear Billy West read that commercial auf deutsch as the Announcer Salesman from Ren & Stimpy.

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Neues wunnerbar Produkt!
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Lambuzhao wrote: Aba wa kawa, pou se, pou se
So, I tried Papuan Indonesian:

A, bawa kawan, bos e, bos e.
INTERJ bring friend boss INTERJ boss INTERJ
Come on, bring a friend, hey boss, hey boss.
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Best yet!
And tell a friend!
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Maybe Haitian Creole?

Simon and Garfunkle have used Haitian Creole in their songs.
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