Tau Lexicon
Based initially on this Tau-English dictionary, this repository will contain all canon instances of the Tau language for reference.
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| Tau | - | Definition | Tags | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al | N | structure, organization | DA↗ | |
| Al | A | small | DA↗ | |
| Aloh | A | cold | temperature | DA↗ |
| An | A | location (as in ‘the place of union’ ‘An’lissera’) | DA↗ | |
| Anuk | N | bird | animal | DA↗ |
| Ar | A | high, both in altitude and respect/morals/etc. | DA↗ | |
| Ar’Cea | P | ‘High Ones,’ Eldar | race, eldar | DA↗ |
| Au | N | age, era, period of time | time | DA↗ |
| Aun | A | ethereal, celestial | caste | DA↗ |
| Aun | N | Ethereal | caste | DA↗ |
| Au’taal | P | ‘time of salvation’, a tau sept world | sept, planet, place | DA↗ |
| B | N | a shepherd | DA↗ | |
| B | V | to shepherd | DA↗ | |
| Bap | A | lost | DA↗ | |
| Be’Gel | P | Orks, including all subspecies, as a race | race, orks | DA↗ |
| Bentu’sin | P | ‘Wise-gifted Ones,’ Demiurg | race, Demiurg | DA↗ |
| B’kak | N | ‘Sand Herder’, shepherd of sand creatures? | DA↗ | |
| B’nim | N | tau pastry | food | DA↗ |
| Bork’an | P | a tau sept world | sept, planet, place | DA↗ |
| Cal | A | hard | DA↗ | |
| Cal’rotaa | N | ‘Rotating Object,’ wheel | DA↗ | |
| Caor | A | many-legged | DA↗ | |
| Cea | A | civilized | DA↗ | |
| Cea | N | ones, as in a group of people, usually a civilization | DA↗ | |
| Cha | N | purpose, cause | DA↗ | |
| Che | N | electricity, plasma, energy (as in ‘energy weapon’) | weapon | DA↗ |
| Che’lel | N | ‘Energy Beam’, lightning | DA↗ | |
| Co | A | not | DA↗ | |
| Co’T | N | but | DA↗ | |
| Cyr | N | cycle | DA↗ | |
| Cyr | A | cyclic | DA↗ | |
| D | A | twin, as in a pair of | DA↗ | |
| Da | A | dark, in appearance or intent | DA↗ | |
| Dak | N | point, as in the end of | DA↗ | |
| Dak’e | N | ‘Sharp Point’, a blade of some sort | weapon | DA↗ |
| Dak’e’shi | A | ‘Long Sharp Point’, a long blade | weapon | DA↗ |
| Dal | A | different, varying | DA↗ | |
| Dal’yth | P | ‘Different Faces’, a tau sept world | sept, planet, place | DA↗ |
| Dao | V | to accept, receive | DA↗ | |
| Da’ya | N | dark sphere | DA↗ | |
| Dec | N | tau equivalent to a hour, one tau dec is 1.5 Terran hours | time | DA↗ |
| Demlok | N | canyon | place | DA↗ |
| Dol | N | rifle, or any ranged weapon | weapon | DA↗ |