Saiyan Glossary
Suffixes
'or= this suffix usually indicates the usage of the word as a verb. ex: k'sha=mate k'sha'or=to mate. Some exceptions are made, such as 'ir at the end of the word, as in A'hir (to hurt).
-U=denotes that the word is plural, much in the same way that S does the same in Solarian. So warriors would be "geu"
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Pronounciation: Some people have been asking for this, and the main question of pronunciation lies within the vowels, so it's actually very simple!
A= the 'ah' sound in most cases, unless it's followed by a consonant without a glottal stop, in which case it's a hard a, sounding like a in 'apple'
Examples:
Au=the 'ow' sound (so 'you' is pronounced 'ow' and if you're shouting it, you're going to sound hurt in Solarian (English)!)
Ad=sounds just like the word 'add'
A'hir=the apostrophe denotes a glottal stop, therefore the a sounds like 'ah'
E=when it starts a word or follows a consonant, it's a short hard e, like the first e in 'energy.' When it directly follows a glottal stop, it's a long e, as in 'eat.' But when it ends a word? Anything goes.
Examples:
En= just like the first syllable of energy.
Ch'ete= 'ch-eetee' And it's not 'cheat,' it's the sound 'ch' followed by a barely perceptible pause, then 'eetee.' Think 'treaty.'
Now! E is easily the most confusing of the vowels, since it has few rules. It's the English language of vowels! When it ends a word, it can be anything, A few examples…
'ge' is 'gee'
But 'he' is 'heh' and 'heu' is 'heh-oo'
G're is 'guh-ree'
Yeah, the E's are confusing.
I= Probably the most simple. 'I' is automatically a long 'e' sound with only one exception. If it starts a word, it's a short 'I' and sounds like 'ih.' But in every other case, it's pronounced as 'ee.'
O= this vowel is also very simple. If it ends a word or begins it, it's always a long 'o' as in 'oh.' If it's preceded and followed by another letter, it sounds like 'ah' as in the Solarian word 'got.'
U=Always an 'oo' sound unless it's preceded by an 'a.' Then it makes the 'w' sound.
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Numbers
et, hi, urd, ood, oot, it, mai, ti, ba, pib
tens are easy from there!
Pib'et, pib'hi, pib'urd… etc
Words / Phrases
A'hir=to hurt
ad=eat
Ah=ouch
At=infant
At'rot=to talk/jabber/gossip
Atti= "baby, sweetheart" A pet name typically never used in public, typically used with a favourite female offspring or casually with a mate at home.
Au=You
Br'ad=food
br'at=child/kid (other races that speak the common intergalactic tongue regularly mistake this for 'brat' and the Saiyans just run with it as a bit of an inside joke... since most of their young ARE brats, anyway)
Br'ihd (pronounced 'bride')=pie
B'ro= sweets/candy in general, can also mean sweet/kind/gentle depending upon context
Buh=beg/plead
buh'mor= May I? (similar to please)
Buh'tir=Please
ch=blood (loosely can also mean 'kin')
ch'ete=means literally "blood pieces" and refers to the custom of chopping a traitor's firstborn son into pieces and handing them to the father as punishment, making him live with the grief of his act of disloyalty and the resulting loss of his child. That warrior is then exiled with no hope of returning to Vegeta-sai. (credit to AnaFrost for the idea of the custom) There are exceptions made in certain cases, i.e. there are no sons over fifteen, or there is no child at all. In this case, the warrior would bear the punishment and his pieces delivered to his father or mentor.
ch'j'ha=blood vow/blood pact (the most sacred of promises, to even break one would be utterly unthinkable)
ch'teru=blood debt (this is the most sacred of debts and must be repaid somehow by the owing party in order to retain their honor. Even if the person owed the blood debt doesn't think they're owed anything at all, ch'cr'dit must occur unless the party owed formally absolves the other of all debt)
cha=moon
Cha=the Saiyan moon goddess
cha'gar=moontime, period
cha'dra=moonlight
ch'so=silver
ch'cr'dit=blood payment (not literally blood unless the receiving party asks for it, ch'cr'dit lasts until the one owed formally absolves the giver of all ch'teru)
ch'f'ri=literally, 'no blood.' This is the only form of releasing someone from ch'teru and absolving them of any and all ch'cr'dit.
cha'kio=moonbeast (oozaru form)
ch'ue=family/kin ('ch' can be used for this as well, ch'ue usually denotes a massive family, like everyone.)
chir=bloody
cr'dit=money, payment (now you know why they're called "credits"!)
cril=understand/know/comprehend
D'ha=Now
d'in m'yo=thank you-literally, "my thanks" or "my gratitude"
da= old, elderly
Da'ta (sort of disrespectful, but only when used in this particular word)=old man
Da'ja=grandfather
Da'ma=grandmother
dra=light
Dra=the Saiyan war god and their god of the sun
ed=cold
ee'ko=all/everything
eh=hi, hello
en=good
en'go=close enough/acceptable
esi=here
f'ai=meat
fee=forever/always
fen'gra=similar to v'enra, but the beneficiary of a dead warrior is usually mated. That warrior will still take the other warrior's family into his household and offer them his protection and support as if they are his own. This is not something that is done often, and is usually only promised for the best and most respected of comrades, or as a form of blood payment.
F'ri=No
F'ril=slang combination of "don't understand," literally means stupid or idiot
Fri'va=slang for coward, pussy, wuss
Gar=time
G'in=Yes
Go'i=open
g're= ok/yeah/whatever/sure (has several meanings but is basically a casual agreeance with something just said, less formal/serious than g'in)
ge=warrior
ge'tah=friend/ally (note that the 'tah' sound has a longer 'ah' sound than 'ta,' the word for man/male, and that 'tah' also includes a brief 'h' sound at the end that's not silent. It would sound like 'taa-huh' as best as I can pronounce it myself, anyway)
he=god
heu=gods
hi'sha=The Pull
hi'nah=stop/shut up/that's enough (can't stop= f'ri hi'nah)
ho=little
ho'sh=daughter
ho'ta=son
H'tir=move
Ih=for, to, of (it's a very versatile preposition and context must be taken into consideration with this word, as is the norm with many Saiyan words)
Ihu'tre= Folklore. The oral history of the Saiyans, consisting of mostly legends and myths. They are rarely written down, since warriors have little time to waste on reading and writing anything but tactical manuals.
ish=hard/firm/tough
Ja'ta=father
Ja'ja'ta=a pet name of sorts for grandfather, like "paw paw"
j'ha=swear/promise
jik'hi=asshole
ji'shu=childbirth (this is regarded as a battle as well)
Ji'shi=spar
Ji'nava=An honour match
Ji'ta=a real fight, one that is usually fought to the death
ka=bird (a flock would be 'kaka')
k'hir=surrender/give in/submit (honourably, not to be confused in any way with va'hir, which is dishonourable. K'hir also includes surrendering sexually and consensually, typically to a mate)
Ki=energy (yup. It means the exact same thing in Solarian)
Ki'po= The golden ki of fire, spoken only of in tales. The Legendary Super Saiyan.
K'sha=mate
K'sha'or=to mate (nice way of saying "lets fuck!")
kio=The Beast (a Saiyan's inner beast)
Kot=peace
Kot'ka=to speak peaceably, negotiate
Kot'tor=to relax
l'esh=night
le=devoid of light/utter darkness
m'kor= sleep
M'eh=Me/I/I am
M'ehu=we
M'yo=mine/my
Ma=mother
mah'ni=I'm sorry/forgive me
N'ta=safe
N'ti=guard/bodyguard (noun)
N'tir=to guard/to protect (verb)
N'tile=nightguard
Na'ge=angel
Na'ho=cute/adorable
Na'ko=heaven/paradise
Na'uch=beautiful, beauty, pretty
nava=tail
na'va=honor (this word is pronounced only slightly different from the word for tail, rather with the emphasis on the last syllable, and is pretty much the same word because a Saiyan's tail is his honor)
nee=and/also/too
nu'ch= help (when used as a single word/command/request)
nu'or=help/aid (when used in a sentence)
osa=gold
os'ko=perfect
o'kin=dream/vision
po=fire/hot
po'mi=the burning (to burn/it burns in association with this epic mating drive is po'mir)
posh'ri=liquor (literally firewater)
po'sh=fertile time/heat
p'ue=home, or literally "territory"
R'sha (only used with mates or intended mates)=beloved/ can also be used to refer to a mate in the third person or to a woman/man being courted. Can be substituted for girlfriend/boyfriend if a courting mark is present.
R'sha'or=to court (without biting, usually, but sometimes a half-bond is present or a warrior will be courting as penance of sort for establishing a bond too soon for the female)
Rad'ir=to come (yes, this can double for the sexual type as well) to arrive, or can be used as an order to follow
rada=come, pleasure, follow, arrive (noun)
ree=never
r'eh= who?
r'en=what?
R'es=where?
R'et=why?
Re'ni=massage (there are several different types of massage, though, depending on its purpose. Being a warrior people, the Saiyans are practically the inventors of the rubdown)
Ron=echo
rot=noisy
sh =woman/life/light/star (this is arguably one of the most confusing words in the Saiyan language, even Saiyans sometimes get confused if they're not aware of the context of the conversation)
sh'dra=life light (their sun)
Sh'fr=sister
sh'gar=day/daytime/sun is up
sh'ri=liquid of any kind, really, but usually refers to water
shi=tears
shi'or=to cry
T'au=yours/your
T'uh=Want/I want
T'ui=Need
ta=man
ta'i=death/dead/killed (grammar for this is interesting. When placing the word before a name, it indicates that the warrior is dead. Placing it after indicates that the warrior survived and the opponent is dead.)
ta'dra =light that kills (their second sun—the blue one—the one that is much hotter and kills rather than nurtures)
ta'fr=brother
ta'h=trust
tah'kha=love (this word is NEVER SAID... ok, almost never. Maybe on a deathbed or when extremely drunk). Its usage alone without the 'or suffix can be considered shorthand for "I love you," but if it's spoken, the phrase is usually so rare and the occasion so serious that the full sentence is used. Simply put, "I love you" is not something spoken casually among Saiyans, if it's ever spoken at all. Many mated couples never say it, not even once, and those that do will say it only in private, behind closed doors, and probably only before the mating bond is established. Afterwards, since they can each feel the other's love through the bond, "love" is likely never uttered again out loud since there's no longer a need to actually say it.
tah'kha'or=to love (used in "I love you")
tuk'hir=to make love
tapa=fuck (not the verb, but every other way as we know this very versatile swearword)
tapa'or=to fuck (fairly vulgar)
tar=give
ten=big
th'do=plate
th'di=bowl
th'sh=cup
tor=take/get
tor'sha=mating mark/biting associated with mating, does not include violent, painful bites
t'ur=wasted/drunk/hammered/lit/high
uch=soft
ui=to be
va'hir=to surrender/give up (usually in reference to battle, which Saiyans would consider dishonourable, cowardly or weak. Not to be confused in any way with k'hir. It's definitely not a word used as a compliment or something that would be spoken in bed towards a mate or potential mate.)
Ve=royalty
Ve'ho=prince(ss) (the gender on this word is neutral)
Ve'osa= crown
Ve'sh=queen
Ve'ta=king
v'enra= a Saiyan male's beneficiary in the event of his death. The chosen warrior would care for the deceased's mate and children as if they were his own. A v'enra also has first rights to the mate if he wants to claim her and his claim is acceptable to her.
v'nu=again/more/many
zua=blue