Re: Proposal: Character naming dictionaries
I have a Gorn BO named "Garr"
Had a Gorn captain I named "Gornzilla" for a while. :3
I had a Nausicaan named "Guan-Thwei" - Night Blood in the language of the Yautja (Predators) With the right costuming, Nausicaans look VERY much like Predators, so I felt that a Predator name would be appropriate. :3
Here's a bit of a list of words and their meaning in the Yautja language:
The above list was found here: http://www.jokerdesigns.com/thehunted/yautja/index.php
Had a Gorn captain I named "Gornzilla" for a while. :3
I had a Nausicaan named "Guan-Thwei" - Night Blood in the language of the Yautja (Predators) With the right costuming, Nausicaans look VERY much like Predators, so I felt that a Predator name would be appropriate. :3
Here's a bit of a list of words and their meaning in the Yautja language:
| Yautja | English |
| Awu'asa | Full Body Armour |
| Amedha | Meat |
| Awu'asa | Full Body Armour |
| Aseigan | Servant |
| Bakuub | Straight Spear |
| Bpi-de | End |
| C'jit! | General expletive |
| C'ntlip | Drink, Intoxicating Beverage |
| Ch'hkt-a | Hyperactive, Nervous Energy |
| Chiva | Trial, Test |
| Cetanu | God of Death |
| Da'dtou-di | Little Knife |
| Dachande | Different Knife (Broken Tusk) |
| Dhi'ki-de | Unconscious, Coma |
| Dtai'Kai-dte sa-de nau'gkon dtain'aun bpi-de | "The fight begun would not end until the end." |
| Dtai'k-de | Fight |
| Dt | Tree |
| Ell-osde | You |
| Gkei'moun | Easy, Simple |
| Gkinmara | Video camera |
| Gkinmaru | Sensor (on a ship) |
| Gry'sui-bpe | Stampede |
| Guan | Night |
| Guan-thwei | "Night Blood" |
| H'chak | Mercy |
| H'dlak | Fear |
| H'ka-se | Now |
| H'sai-de | A Scythe-like sword |
| Hulij-bpe | Crazy |
| Hult'ah | Sentry, Guard, Observer |
| Hiju | Combat stance, Fighting Position |
| Jehdin | Individual, One |
| Jehdin Jehdin | One to one, hand-to-hand combat |
| Ka'rik'na | "The Summoning" (Of other Yautja) |
| Kainde | Hard, Solid |
| Kainde Amedha | Hard Meat (Xenomorphs) |
| Kainde Amedha Chiva | "Hard Meat Trial" |
| Kehrite | Training ground, Arena |
| Kantra | Prayer |
| Ki its-pa | Spear |
| Ki'cti-pa | Wristblades |
| Ki'dte | Enough |
| Kv'var | Exercises, hunts |
| Kwei | Sly, tricky |
| L'ulij-bpe | Mad, crazy |
| Lou-dte Kalei | "Child maker" (Female Yautja, male insult) |
| M-di H'chak | No Mercy |
| M'di H'dlak | No fear |
| Mei'hswei | Brother |
| Mesh'in'ga | "The Battle Dreamtime |
| Mi | Fuel, Oil |
| Mo | No |
| N'dui'se | Yautja 'musk', Scent |
| Nain-de | Type of hunt |
| Nain-desintye-de | "The Pure Win", Absolute Victory |
| Nan-de Than guan | "Kiss of Midnight", No mercy |
| Nan-ku | Alive |
| Naxa | Type of fruit |
| Nihkou'te | Tusk |
| Nok | Unit of measurement (approx 13 inches) |
| Ooman | Human (slang) |
| Paya | God, Conquering Warrior |
| Payas Leitjin-de Hma'mi-de | "Remember God's Practice" |
| Pyode | Soft |
| Pyode Amedha | Soft meat (Human) |
| Rjet | Type of animal |
| S'pke | A fruit stew |
| S'yuit-de | Coward, pathetic, low and demeaning description |
| Setg'-in | Quick and deadly |
| Tarei'hasan | Small Insect, Unworthy Opponent |
| Te-dqi | Xenomorph secretion or texture |
| Thei-de | Death, Die, Kill |
| Thin-de le'hasuan 'aloun'myin-del bpi-de gka-de hasou-de paya | "Learn the gifts of all sights, or finish in the dance of the fallen Gods" |
| Thwei | Blood |
| Tjau'ke | Packed dirt or dust, Type of rock |
| Tyioe-ti | Escape Pod |
| U'sl-kwe | "Final Rest" (death) |
| Ui'stbi | Geography |
| Yautja | Predator Species |
| Z'skvy-de | Birth of xenomorph from host, Chestburster eruptive phase |
| Zabin | Type of insect |
| Zazin | Completely centred, Within one's self |
The above list was found here: http://www.jokerdesigns.com/thehunted/yautja/index.php