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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
Measurements of Time
One year in Saiyan is literally “twelve moons”, translating into pibhi’chau. For multiple years, you merely add the number of years ahead of pibhi’chau , with the exception of et (one), because that would just be redundant. For example, oot pibhi’chau translates to “five years,” ba pibhi’chau into “nine years,” pibti pibhi’chau into “eighteen years,” and so on and so forth.
Months are extremely easy. I’m pretty sure you’ve already guessed that “months” is literally “moons.” Therefore, “two months” is simply hi’chau . All of the months are like that on the Saiyan calendar as well, with only one slight difference. Our February would read as “two month” in Saiyan, with the glottal stop remaining between “two” and “month,” but with the “u” letter removed, rendering the word singular rather than plural. So, to get February, you would say Hi’cha , “second month.” September would be Ba’cha , or “nine month/ninth month.” November, “eleven month/eleventh month” would be Pibet’cha , and December, Pibhi’cha . The only time when Et is put ahead of ‘cha is when referring to January. If Et isn’t used, the speaker is referring to a single month as a unit of time, not the calendar month.
Days, you’ve probably already figured out as well. Sh’dra is day in Saiyan, and when counting you remove the glottal stop, as you usually would when combining most words, moving it to the place where those multiple words are combined… except for “one day,” in which case, the answer is simple sh’dra , since et’shdra would be considered redundant. For example, ten days is simply pib’shdra , and so on and so forth, until one reaches mai’shdra, “one week.”
Weeks is where it gets a bit trickier. A sennight—one week—is simply stated above, but a fortnight and three weeks is different and drops dra from the word for the sake of brevity. A fortnight is hi’mai’sh , and three weeks is urd’mai’sh . Four weeks is a month, where things get simple again and a month is a quick and easy cha .
Goddamnit, I really should like, make youtube videos for the pronunciation of this shit and quick breakdowns of how stuff like measurements of days and weeks and stuff work and how the glottal stops sometimes shift when combining words to form certain meanings/concepts.
Words / Phrases
A'hir =to hurt
ad =eat
Ah =ouch
Ah’ta =boobs (yes. Boobs hurt man. Yall go watch South Park to get this joke… and thank over8000 for this word)
Adi =mouth
At= infant
At’rot =to talk/jabber/gossip/tell/say/said
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
Au d’in =you’re welcome (literally ‘you’re grateful’)
Ba’dum =flawed/imperfect (a slur against half-breed Saiyans when used in the context of/in reference to anyone of mixed race)
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’tai =brown
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
Di’hi =fast
Di’tir =run
d'in m'yo=thank you-literally, "my thanks" or "my gratitude"
da = old, elderly
da’jo =destiny
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
eek =very
ee’ko =all/everything
ee’ap =face
eh =hi, hello
en =good
en'go =close enough/acceptable/fine/alright/ok
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’ri tapa jik’arot =shut the fuck up
Fr’di =slow
Fr’ge =literally, “not a warrior,” the most potent insult in the Saiyan language
Fr’jho =lie
Fr’jho’ir =liar
Fr’ki =weakling
Fr’ta =enemy (also, a nice, backhanded insult since it also means ‘not a man’)
F’ril =slang combination of “don’t understand,” literally means stupid or idiot
Fri’va =slang for coward, pussy, wuss
Gar =time
Ga= new
G'in =Yes
Go =close (in reference to distance or an amount of time, as in near to/close to something)
Go’a =close (as in closing a door)
Go’i =open
Go’ich= cutting
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)
H’ir =go
he =god
heu =gods
henu’ch = luck
hir =to make
hi'sha =The Pull
hi'nah =stop/shut up/that’s enough (can't stop/don’t stop= f'ri hi'nah)
hi’nah tapa ee’ap =shut your fucking face (I can’t help but love translating metaphorical swearing in Saiyan, sorry yall)
ho =little
ho’sh =daughter/girl (see ho’ta for context of the dual meaning)
ho’ta =son/boy (of course, this all depends upon context. Now you know why Vegeta’s always calling Trunks “boy” whenever he’s not calling him “brat”)
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/strong
ishi =strength
Ja'ta =father
Ja’ja’ta =a pet name of sorts for grandfather, like “paw paw”
j'ha =swear/promise
j’ho =truth
jho’kin =memory
jho’kir =to remember
jik’hi =asshole
jik -ass
jik’arot= to talk shit with the sole purpose of starting a fight/ to talk shit during a fight/to talk shit, period
ji’kot =free/freedom
ji’kot’tor =to be freed
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
Ji’tach= squad
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
le’pa =blind
ma’tapa =motherfucker
m'kor = sleep
M'eh =Me/I/I am
M’ehu =we
M'yo =mine/my
M’yau =our/ours
Ma =mother
mah'ni =I'm sorry—informally, ‘forgive me’
N’hir =fly
N'ta =safe
N’ti =guard/bodyguard (noun)
N’tir =to guard/to protect (verb)
N’tile =nightguard
Na =up
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)
nava’f’ri =literally “no tail” or “no honor,” when someone gets their tail cut off/removed either wholly or partially as a form of punishment. This punishment is just a step below the ch’ete
nee =and/also/too
ni =forgiveness
ni’or =to forgive—a deeper, more formal, contrite apology than ‘mah’ni’ when used in ‘ni’or m’eh’
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
pah =eye (for any linguists out there, this word was derived from the sound it makes when it’s ripped out of the eyesocket)
pa’ir =see
Pa’or= seer/oracle
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"
pu’ch =red
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 his/her other half)
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 (verb), pleasure, follow, arrive (noun)
ree =never
r’eh= who?
R’em =how?
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)
Ro =ear
R’or =hear
Ro’fr =deaf
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)/day (unit of measurement)
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’ih =have/has
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’ir =dying/die (verb)
tai’ji =to kill violently
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’hi= 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")
ta’ki =penis (again, thank over8000 for this… and yall call me the pervert…)
ta’kipo =erection (thanks, over8000… guys, I’m not the pervert this time)
tuk’hir =to make love
tapa =fuck (not the verb, but every other way that 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’ir =get/take
tor'sha =mating mark/biting associated with mating, does not include violent, painful bites
t'ur =wasted/drunk/hammered/lit/high
tur’sh =hung over/hangover
uch =soft
uch’nava =pity (literally ‘soft honor’)
ura =only
ui =to be, 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 = more/many
v’nui =again
zua =blue