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I. Updates
II. Introduction
III. Pabpab - English
IV. English - Pabpab
V. "Pukapuka"
VI. Unknown words
VII. Thanks to...
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I. UPDATES
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v1.2 - 7th April 2002
Added the meanings of "kain" and "saldine" and the credits section to
thank the people that helped me with that.
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II. INTRODUCTION
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What is Pabpab? Pabpab is a tiny island village in Breath of Fire IV
(a game by Capcom). The village is built in the trees and in it lives a
man named Beyd and his family of pabpabs. Pabpabs are bizarre creatures
about two feet tall and completely covored in shaggy hair with two large
eyes gazing out. They have their own language which Beyd has begun to
study and document, and Scias even has a go at speaking Pabpab at camp.
Before you actually reach Pabpab you meet Popo, Beyd's wife (yes, he is
married to a pabpab) on the forest road. She speaks to you in this
language and you can try and guess what she wants and give her different
things. However, because you have not yet reached Beyd's notes on the
language it is difficult to know what she is actually saying. With this
guide you can try and work it out and also work out what the pabpabs are
saying (some of them tell you where you can find secret treasure).
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III. PABPAB - ENGLISH
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ain - during, a period
ishi - east
kain - tell, teach
kairu - guide, teach
ko - here, this
michu - secret
nah - fish
ni - you, that
no - wrong, bad
nosta - north
pabpab - us
paketo - but, still
poto - more, amazing
purechi - friend
pukapuka - slowly, relaxed (also has a connotation of "What will be,
will be")
rikuku - medicine
roi - rock, stone
saldine - island, Saldine Island
sanami - south
santo - thanks
sonna - sorry
taan - time
tatoru - dance
temi - enemy, bad person
treja - treasure
ueshi - west
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IV. ENGLISH - PABPAB
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amazing - poto
bad - no
bad person - temi
but - paketo
dance - tatoru
during - ain
east - ishi
enemy - temi
fish - nah
friend - purechi
guide - kairu
here - ko, koh
island - saldine
medicine - rikuku
more - poto
north - nosta
period - ain
relaxed - pukapuka
rock - roi
secret - michu
slowly - pukapuka
sorry - sonna
south - sanami
still - paketo
stone - roi
time - taan
teach - kairu, kain
tell - kain
thanks - santo
that - ni
this - ko, koh
treasure - treja
us - pabpab
west - ueshi
wrong - no
you - ni
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V. "PUKAPUKA"
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The pabpabs have a phrase which they like to say a lot. It is their
philosophy of life in general and the phrase is "Pukapuka". Beyd's
notes tell us that the phrase literally means "slowly" or "relaxed".
The pabpabs use it to mean "What will be, will be" meaning that they
lead carefree lives and are not really bothered about what happens as
it is all left to fate. Beyd tells Ryu that "pukapuka" also means
"Everything will be all right in the end" which shows that pabpabs are
also quite optimistic too.
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VI. UNKNOWN WORDS
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Sometimes the pabpabs say things that are not in Beyd's notes and can
confuse the player. Here is a list of words that I have noticed. Feel
free to e-mail me if you spot any more of it you know what they mean.
- kohl
- pokko
- pomita
- teeruta
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VII. THANKS TO...
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I'd like to give thanks to the following people for helping me in
various parts of the Pabpab translation.
Capcom
- They created Breath of Fire IV and the language!
Ralph Malein
- Translation of "kain"
- Translation of "saldine"
Draggy
- Translation of "saldine"
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