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Fairly good compilation of Tau words found at http://forums.tauonline.org/tau/37435-definitive-tau-xenolexicon.html

''Take this with a grain of salt. It suffers from borderline fanon deconstructions/additions to terms and concepts, and a few conflicting definitions (and this is excluding those not listed)''

Entries marked in green have been added by myself.

The Definitive Tau Xenolexicon Games Workshop has creating many words of Tau language, however many of them are composites that relate to phrases or meanings rather than words in their own right. Hence it is important to break down what is known of the language into its constituent parts.


 * Apostrophes

Before we look at words and their meanings it is important to look at the way the Tau structure their written communication. In the same way us humans write with spaces between our words the Tau do as well. However a ‘space’ in the Tau language is also the equivalent of a full stop or semi-colon, basically separating one meaning(s) from another to aid in the speaking of the language. This is why there is no additional punctuation to the Tau language, such as a full stop symbol.

The apostrophe in Tau Xenolexicon itself relates to the linking of multiple meanings to create a further meaning, in much the same way that when you write descriptively you use adjectives to describe nouns. By so doing you can make the noun appear very much different from what it is. This is most evident in oxymoron’s, a good example would be ‘bitter sweet’ now sweet in itself is a noun to describe a taste sensation in the same way as bitter. However when both are put together at first you would think; “How can something taste both bitter and sweet?” the reality is however that ‘bitter sweet’ itself contains a different meaning to the sum of its parts. Yet at the same time both meanings are held in relevance.

It is in this way that the Tau language is different to our own as the real meaning must be extracted from the word and then applied to what that would mean in English. Hence such literal translations are often poor and it is better to use a metaphor or ‘make like’ to describe an object or action rather than trying to give an exact word or phrase.

This links in with the apostrophe system in Tau Xenolexicon because the Tau language is made up of a series of modular words which can be merged together to create a meaning which serves as a word in the Tau language.

To describe using an actual example the word Mont'ka has the literal meaning of War Strike, coming from Mont; War and ka; To Strike. Together both word segments read as Killing Blow.


 * A: Meanings; ‘Below’ or ‘Under’ in relation to status
 * Al: Meanings; ‘Small’
 * Aloh: Meanings; ‘Cold’
 * An: Meanings; “Location” -in relation to a specific place
 * Anuk: Meanings; ‘Birdlike’ or ‘flying feathered creature’
 * Ar: Meanings; ‘High’ in social standing or class or ‘dignified’
 * Aslo:
 * Au: Meanings; ‘Age’ or ‘Era’ or ‘A period of time’.
 * Auk: Meanings; “Impure” –in relation to the physical attributes of an object
 * Aun: Meanings; ‘Ethereal Caste’ in a personal tone. Possibly has connections to the concepts of power or the supernatural (as used in "shi'aun'or'es")
 * Aun'bork'an'retha: Composite Word; Meaning; Ethereal Bork'an University
 * Aun'kor'vattra: Composite word; meaning; "Ethereal Air Caste Fleet". In reference to an Ethereal starship and associated craft (?)
 * B: Meanings; ‘Shepherd’ or ‘guide’ or ‘basic’.
 * Bap: Meanings; “lost”
 * Be'gel: Composite Word; Meaning; Orks or ‘Simple creatures’ Has no direct translation, or links with other Tau words. It is an anomaly in the Tau language.
 * Bentu: Meanings; ‘Wise’ or ‘Gifted’ or ‘Gracefully intelligent’
 * Bentu'sin: Composite Word; Meaning; ‘Wise-gifted ones’ this has the meaning of Demiurg in Tau phrases.
 * B'kak: Composite Word; Meaning; ‘Sand Herder’ or ‘Guide of the sands’.
 * B'nim: Composite Word; Meaning; ‘A basic foodstuff’ much like humans would consider bread or pasty food.
 * Bork: Meaning; “Snow” or “Ice”
 * Cal: Meaning; “Hard” or “Tough” -as in the physical properties of a material
 * Caor: Meanings; “Spinner” or “Creator”
 * Cea: Meaning; “Civilised” or “Enlightened” -in reference to those who see that the whole is greater than the one when it comes to society.
 * Cha: Meanings; ‘Purpose’ or ‘Action’
 * Co: Meanings; A Negative Prefix to a phrase, placement within word denotes what is negative. Eg *Co’cha means ‘bad purpose’
 * Co’ge: Composite Word; Meaning; ‘Not’ or ‘or’
 * Co't: Composite Word; Meaning; ‘But’ or ‘in contrast to’ or ‘not alike to’
 * Cova: Meanings; Break, shatter, dismantle.
 * Cyr: Meaning; “Time” –in reference to an arbitrary period of
 * D: Meanings; ‘Twin’ or ‘Together’
 * Da: Meaning; “Darkness” or “Absence (of light)”. Can also refer to a mystery or the darkness of unknowing.
 * Dal:
 * D'yi Composite Word; Meaning; ‘Bottomcheaks’
 * Dao: Meanings; ‘To accept’ or ‘To receive’ or ‘Be given’
 * Da'noh: A mystery not yet unravelled by the Earth caste.
 * Demlok: Meanings; ‘Canyon’ or ‘Gorge’ or ‘Cut Waterway’
 * Doran: Meanings; ‘Calm’ or ‘Peaceful’ or ‘At peace’
 * Doran'ro: Composite Word; Meaning; ‘Calm mind’ or ‘Peaceful mind’ a phrase referring to a relaxed state of being.
 * Dr : Meaning; "fabric" or "garment"
 * Dras:
 * Du: Meanings: ‘Position’ in relation to a physical place or object.
 * Du'a: Composite Word; Meaning; ‘Down’ or ‘Under’
 * Dua'vr: Composite Word; Meaning; ‘Beside’ or ‘Next to’
 * Du'oc: Composite Word; Meaning; ‘Up’ or ‘Above’
 * Du’Eio: Composite Word; Meaning; ‘High’ or ‘Taller’
 * Ea Meaning; ‘The’ or ‘It’ or ‘!’ putting emphasis on a phrase. Placement within phrase dictates what is having attention drawn to it.
 * Eio: Meanings; ‘Tall’ or ‘Large Vertically’
 * Eio'kio Composite Word; Meaning; ‘Tall Plant’ or ‘Tree’
 * El: Meanings; ‘Hero’ or ‘Commander’ or ‘Very Important’ –in reference to social standing
 * Elan: Meanings; ‘Strong’ or ‘Sturdy’ or ‘Support’
 * Elan'gu'cha: Composite Word; Meaning; ‘Sturdy Frame Action’ or ‘Skeleton’ or ‘Framework’ or ‘Scaffolding’ Its is a metaphor relating to the way a framework has a contact force action on what opposes it, or allows an action to take place because of it.
 * Elan'Ro: Composite Word; Meaning; ‘Support Mind’ or ‘Skull’ –submeaning ‘important’
 * Eldi: Meaning; ‘Wing’ in reference to a physical limb of a creature. –submeaning ‘important’
 * Elro: Meaning; ‘Have a Voice’ or ‘To Speak’ –submeaning ‘important’
 * Elsy:
 * Eoro: Meaning; ‘To Lead’ or ‘To Guide’
 * Er:
 * Era: Meaning; Plural suffix to a phrase, placement within word denotes what is plural eg Cha'era or ‘many purposes’).
 * Es: Meaning; “Forceful” or “Domineering” -submeaning “Full of (him/herself)”
 * Es'Tau:
 * Ex: Meaning; a possessive prefix indicating something belonging to some entity, be it an individual or a group. Refers to something bestowed upon an individual or group rather than an item of personal property, as the concept of personal property largely does not exist within Tau culture and mindsets
 * Fa'ta'kn: Composite Word; Meaning; Doesn’t directly translate has 'soul' as part of the phrase however it is untranslatable of this current time. Reproductive organs? Process of reproduction? The act of reproduction?
 * Fal:
 * Fio: Meaning; ‘Earth’ or ‘Earth Caste’
 * Fio'tak: Meaning; "Earth Caste Explosive" (?) Unclearly referred to in Fire Warrior in the same context as a machine/console/mechanical/electronic/metal object.
 * Fio'dr: Meaning; "Uniform" or more literally "Earth Caste Garment". Unclearly referred to in Fire Warrior in a similar way to that of a uniform or fabric.
 * Fu: Meaning; "cursed" -in reference to something broken, dysfunctional, or frustrating. Perhaps makes reference to something fixed or broken in a similar manner to that of an deliberately unfair game or a weighted dice that always rolls ones
 * Fu'llasso: Meaning; "cursed mind knot". A political mess, to be unscrambled by the Water caste
 * Gal: Meaning; “To Explore” or “To Discover”
 * Gal'leath: Composite Word; Meaning; “Explorer Ship”
 * Ge: Meaning; ‘And’ or ‘with’
 * Gharial: Meaning; “Diplomatic Spaceship?”
 * Gue: Meaning; ‘Lowest’ In reference to social standing. –submeaning alien
 * Gue'la: Composite Word; Meaning; ‘Lowest Beings’ or ‘Humans’ –submeaning Imperial humans or non-pro Tau humans.
 * Gue'la'sia: Composite Word; Meaning; ‘Lowest Beings talk’ or ‘Gothic (speech)’
 * Gue'la’elro: Composite Word; Meaning; ‘Human Speaker’ or ‘Human Politician’
 * Gue'ron'sha: Meaning; "Engineered Human Warriors". Used to refer to Space Marines.
 * Gue'vesa: Composite Word; Meaning; ‘Lowest Helper’ or ‘Human Helpers’ –It refers to any human indoctrinated into Tau society or was born as a generations under Tau control. The 6th edition Tau codex makes mentions to the Tau having no sense of class prejudice or any variance in degrees respect regarding rank and position. This has some potential to contradict this listed meaning of "gue". On the other hand, the term may not be used in a derogatory manner, or may simply be derogatory only in a manner regarding one who has not accepted the superiour Tau culture and ways of thinking.
 * H: Meaning;. ‘It’ it is an aggressive possessive prefix.
 * He: Meaning; “Unlimited” or “Without Number” or “Infinity”
 * Hesa: Meaning; numbers –in reference to Tau number symbols
 * Her: Meaning; "Mantle"" -in reference to a symbol of office or powerful tool wielded by those worthy
 * He'ra: Composite Word; Meaning; “Many Wrongs” or “Misled”
 * H'esav'geka: Composite Word; Meaning; “We are better than you” –in very general terms. I direct translation into gothic does not currently exist.
 * Hol:
 * Hui:
 * Io: Meaning; “Food Plant” –in reference to where the food is coming from, rather than prepared food.
 * Is: Meaning; “Movement” or “(lack of) movement” –submeanings “cold” -in reference to an objects movement rather than that of a creature, which would be defined as action in Tau Xenolexicon. –in referance to the lack of movement meaning an object being ‘cold’
 * J: Meaning; ‘To Reverse’ or ‘To reflect’
 * Jikita Meaning; “Kroot”
 * J'kaara: Composite Word; Meaning; or “Reflect Image” or “Mirror”
 * Juntas:
 * Kaara: Meaning; ‘Image’ or ‘Picture’
 * Ka: Meaning; “To strike” or “To hit”
 * Kai: Meaning; “Big” in relation to the size of something
 * Kar: meaning; “Correct”
 * Kais: Meaning; “Skilful” or “expert” or “Competent”
 * Kak: Meaning; “Sand” or “Small sediment”
 * Ka'ra: Composite Word; Meaning; “Strike Wrong” or “Exile”
 * Kass: Composite Word; Meaning; “Troops?”
 * Kass'l: Composite Word; Meaning; “Troop Dropper?” or “Orca”
 * Ka'mesa: Composite Word; Meaning; “Strike Mark” or “Scar”
 * Kau: Meaning; “To Rest” or “To Wait” while ‘hunting’ or other activities, it can also be used to refer to eating food.
 * Kau'ui: Composite Word; Meaning; “Hunter Leader/Team” or “Cadre” -not a direct translation
 * Kauyon: Composite Word; Meaning; “Hunter that is Patient” or “Patient Hunter” –it refers to a type of Tau battleplan as well and can be used descriptively as a way of conducting plans or a project.
 * Kavaal: Meaning; “Strike Group” or “Attack Force” in reality this is a grouping of multiple Tau contingents to form a small army.
 * Ken'rai:
 * Kir:
 * Kir'la:
 * Kir'qath: (non-existent word) ?
 * Klkn: Meaning; negative prefix, suffix or meaning term on its own. In reference like a Human would curse.
 * Kles: Meaning; “Exceptionally” or “More Than Normal”
 * Kles'tak: Composite Word; Meaning; “Intense Explosive” –Equivalent of high explosive
 * Kna: Meaning; “Silly” or “Stupid”
 * Ko: Meaning; “To be Worthy” or “Commendable of”.
 * Ko'io: Composite Word; Meaning; “Grain” or “Basic Food Plants” or “Plants worthy of being eating” in a literal sense.
 * Ko'io'nai: Composite Word; Meaning; “Worthy Food Plants (that are) Starchy” or “Cereal”
 * Kor: Composite Word; Meaning; “Air Caste” or “Air”
 * Korar: Meaning; “Airship”
 * Korst'la: Composite Word; “Death being” or “Reaper”
 * Kor'vesa: Composite Word; Meaning; “Air Helpers” or “Tau Drones” (Note the translation "Faithful Helper" is inaccurate as it does not follow the rest of the language).
 * Ko'vash: Composite Word; Meaning; “Worthy Cause” something that is commendable in Tau society.
 * Kar'tyr: Composite Word; Meaning; “Correct Punishment?” or “Justice”
 * Kre: Meaning; “Traitor”
 * Kunas: Meaning; “Agile” or “Dexterous”
 * Ky: Meaning; “Me” or “I” in reference to self.
 * Kyse: Meaning; “Belt” in reference to asteroid belts in space.
 * L: Meaning; “To drop”
 * La: Meaning; “being” or “Creature”. Meaning perhaps leans more toward something of a default status, as one of the many of such things, i.e. a Shas'la
 * Lar: Meaning; “Valiant” or “Courageous”
 * Lar'shi: Composite Word; Meaning; “Valiant Victory” or “Hero” –in reference to a one off act (it seems)
 * Leath: Meaning; “Deep Space Spaceship?”
 * Lhas'rhen'na: meaning; "shattered jade". Euphemism for a worthy or noble sacrifice
 * Lissera: Meaning; “Group” or “Team”
 * Lisseri: Meaning; “To Accept”
 * Li: Wild / natural.
 * Li'Sun'yi: "Wild Flower".
 * Llasso: Meaning; "Mind knot" -in reference to a political or structural mess that demands intense deconstructing and thinking to solve, perhaps due to poor organisation/construction or conflicting sources of causation
 * Lusha:
 * Lynu: Meaning; “Steadfast” or “Persistent”
 * M: Meaning; An “un-” prefix, not negative meanings however. Used in the same way we might use inverted commas when using a descriptive word which doesn’t quite work.
 * Mal: Meaning; “Insect” or “Arthropod”
 * Mal'caor: Composite Word; Meaning; “Web Spinner” or “Spider” in reference to insects.
 * Mal'kor: vespid
 * Me:
 * Me'drek:
 * Me'lek:
 * Mein:
 * Mesa: Meaning; “To mark” or “To Identify”
 * Mesme: Meaning; “To add” or “To combine” or “To Join”
 * Mon: Meaning; “Black” or “Greys” –in reference to colour (it seems).
 * Monat: Meaning; “An Individual” or “Individual Freedom” or the name given to a single Tau acting alone.
 * Mont: Meaning; “War” or “Battle”
 * Mont'au: Meaning; “War Age” or “Age of War” –submeanings referring to the anarchy of the early Tau castes and hence cane be translated as ‘The Terror’.
 * Mont’au’gue’la: Composite Word; Meaning; ‘Age of War Humans’ or ‘Chaos humans/cultists’
 * Mont'da: Composite Word; Meaning; “War Darkness” or “Fog of War”
 * Mont'ka: Composite Word; Meaning; “War Strike” or “Killing Blow”
 * Mont're: Composite Word; Meaning; “War Strength” or “Warlike”
 * Mont'yr: Composite Word; Meaning; “War Experienced” or “Veteran”
 * Myr: Meaning; “Knife” or “Blade”
 * M'yan: Meaning; “Un-happy” or “Not Happy” or “Sad”
 * M'yen: Composite Word; Meaning; “Un-forseen” or “Un-expected”
 * M'yenshi: Composite Word; Meaning; “Un-forseen victory” or “Un-expected victory”
 * N: Meaning; “Second” In reference to placement rather than time.
 * Nai: Meaning; “Carbohydrates” or “Starch” in reference to a foods nutritional content.
 * Nami: Meaning; "officer", in reference to a bearer of a delegated position or assigned duty rather than actual rank
 * Nan: Meaning; “Sword” or “Hand Blade”
 * Nan'Sha'is: Composite Word; Meaning; “Sword Gas Movement” or “Sword Wind” in reference to a sudden fast change. –submeanings an attack made by Eldar forces.
 * Nars: Meaning; “Stone” or “Rock”
 * Nem: Meaning; “Piercing”
 * Nim: Meanings; ‘Foodstuff’ or ‘Food’ or ‘Staple meal’
 * Ny: Meanings; “Fur” or “Hair”
 * Ny'oni: Composite Word; Meaning; “Fur-covered”.
 * O: Meaning; “High Commander/Leader” or “Heroic Commander/Leader” this suffix in a Tau name denotes the highest Tau rank one can achieve.
 * Oi: Meaning; “Shining” or “Reflecting”
 * Ol: Meaning; “Bright” in relation to light intensity
 * Olku: Meaning; “Decision” or “Choice”
 * Oni: Meaning; “Covered” or “To Cover”
 * Or: Meaning; “Compelling” or “Authorative”
 * Or'es: Composite Word; Meaning; “Forcefully Compelling” or “Powerful” or “Charismatic”
 * Or'mon'kor: Composite Word; Meaning; “Authorative Black Air” or “Powerful Black Air” –in reference to the ‘power’ of pinning the drones posses –submeaning ‘sniper drone’
 * O'ran: "Courage" –in reference to the act of.
 * O'res'la: Composite Word; Meaning; “Heroic Barbaric Beings” Or “Ork Raiders”
 * P: Meaning; “A place” or “There” or “In” or “At” a prefix denoting the physical placement of an object or area.
 * Por: Meaning; “Water Caste” or “Water/liquids”
 * Por'sral: Meaning; "Propaganda campaign"
 * R: Meaning; “Long”
 * R'myr: Composite Word; Meaning; “longknife”
 * Ra: Meaning; “Wrong”
 * Raik: Meaning; “Time” –in reference to the passing of and measurement of
 * Ray: Meaning; “Walker”
 * Re: Meaning; “Strength”
 * Ret: Meaning; “To Teach” or “To Instruct” or “To Inform”
 * Retha: Meaning; “Temple” or “University”
 * Res: Meaning; “Barbaric”
 * Ro: Meaning; “Mind” or “Brain”
 * Roi: Meaning; “Smell”
 * Ron: meaning; "robotic" or "mechanical"
 * Ru: Composite Word; Meaning; “Built” or “Crafted”
 * Ru'fio: Composite Word; Meaning; “Earth Caste Built”
 * Run: Meaning; “Structure” or “Building” –in reference to buildings in general.
 * Run'al: Composite Word; Meaning; “Small Building” or “Hidden Building” or “Outpost”
 * Sa: Meaning; “Well”
 * Sa'cea: Composite Word; Meaning; “Well Civilised”
 * Saal: Meaning; “Children” or “Young Adult” or “Trainee”
 * Saum'ol: Meaning; “Napalm”
 * Sav: Meaning; future prefix
 * Sav'cyr: Meaning; “Time to come” or “Future”
 * Sav'ge: Meaning; “With” –in reference to something occurring in the future
 * Savon: Meaning; “Keen-eyed” or “Good Eyesight”
 * Saz: Meaning; "Close Protection" or perhaps "Personal Protection"
 * Saz'nami: Composite word; Meaning; Close Protection Officers. A special title used by XV8 crisis bodyguards
 * Sha: Meaning; “Gas” Conflict with Gue'ron'sha, which means "Engineered human warrior" according to the 6th Edition codex or "Lowest Robotic Gas" according to this list. (unless Gue'ron'sha makes reference to gas-powered engineered humans, or "sha" has connotations to something engineered/the practice of engineering, or simply that "Sha" refers to Warrior rather than gas. Certain conclusion: GW is lazy)
 * Sha'is: Composite Word; Meaning; “Gas Movement” or “Wind”
 * Shan: Meaning; “Army?”
 * Shan'al: Composite Word; Meaning; “Army? Small”
 * Shas: Composite Word; Meaning; “Fire Caste” –not referring to fire as an entity
 * Shas'ar'tol: Composite Word; Meaning; “Fire Caste High Command”
 * Shas'ka: Composite Word; Meaning; “Fire Caste Strike” or “Star?”
 * Shas'ka’demlok: Composite Word; Meaning; “Fire Caste Strike Canyon” or “Canyon of the sun”
 * Shas'shi: Composite Word; Meaning; “Fire Caste Victory” or “Victorious Warriors”
 * Shi: Meaning; “Victory”
 * Shi'mont'ka: Composite Word; Meaning; “Victory War Strike”
 * Shi'va: Composite Word; Meaning; “Victory Cause”
 * Sho: Meaning; “Energy” -in reference to the creation of and transfer of
 * Sho'aun’or'es: Tau word for Source of power, generator, engine, drive.
 * Sho'ka Composite Word; Meaning; “Energy Strike” or “Energy Weapon” or “Plasma Weapons?”
 * Sho'kara: Composite Word; Meaning; “Energy Image” or “Gate/Portal” -submeaning lens
 * Shoh: Meaning; "Inner light"
 * Shovah: Meaning; “Farsighted” or “Prophetic”.
 * Shtlk: Composite Word; Meaning; “Defile” or “Desecrate”
 * Siral: Meaning; Return
 * Sin: Meaning; ‘Ones’ or ‘peoples’ or ‘group’
 * Sio:
 * Sio't: Composite Word; Meaning; “Premeditated Aggression”
 * Skether'qan non-existent word
 * Soo: Meaning; “Artfull”
 * Su: Meaning; “Grey”
 * Suas: Meaning; “Join in” or “Become”
 * Suam: Meaning; “Fire” or “Combustion (the act of)” –in direct reference to fire and flame, *rather than the ‘Fire Caste’ which is different.
 * Sun'yi: A plant found on Tel'Oshi. It has large, beautiful petals, but only lives for a little *over a Tau'cyr.
 * T: Meaning; “Of” or “To”
 * T'koreth: Composite Word; Meaning; “Galaxy”
 * T'roi: Composite Word; Meaning; “a smell type of”
 * Ta: Meaning; “Soul”
 * Taal: Meaning; “To Preserve”
 * Ta'lissera: Composite Word; Meaning; “Marriage” or “Covenant”
 * Ta'mein:
 * Ta'ro'cha: Composite Word; Meaning; “Soul mind purpose” –The meaning translation reads more as ‘Three minds, one purpose’ and is an anomaly
 * Tash: Meaning; “Endures”
 * T'auk'cka: Composite Word; Meaning; “Of Impure Stock?” or “Hybrid” or “bastard”
 * T'auk'cka'M'me: Composite Word; Meaning; “Bastardised” or “not of an expected breed, for its kind”
 * Ta'uk'me: Composite Word; Meaning; “Soul ??? ???” –submeanings Kroot Hounds
 * Tak: Meaning; “Explosive”
 * Tau'sia: Composite Word; Meaning; “Tau Speak” or “Language of Tau”
 * Tau'va: Composite Word; Meaning; “Tau Greater” or “The Greater Good”
 * Tio:
 * Tio've: Composite Word; Meaning; “Contingent” or a “Group of Cadres”
 * T’n'cha: Composite Word; Meaning; “Of Second Purpose” or "On the Other Hand"
 * To: Meaning; An exclamation of unbelief
 * Tol: Meaning; “Office (of)” or “Position (over)” or “Authority (of)”
 * Tor: Meaning; “Land” or “Distance/Area”
 * Tor'ils: Composite Word; Meaning; “Land Measurements” –roughly translates as centimetres
 * Tol'tor: Composite Word; Meaning; “Authority of the land” or “Position of Power”
 * Tor'kan: Composite Word; Meaning; “Land Measurements” -roughly about one kilometre
 * Tor'lek: Composite Word; Meaning; “Land Measurements” -roughly about one metre
 * To'Tau'va: Composite Word; Meaning; “Tau Greater” or “By the Path!”
 * T'suam: Composite Word; Meaning; “Of Fire” –translation of ‘Belt’ is incorrect
 * Tsua Meaning; “Extreme Values” –relating to extremes on a scale of numbers
 * Tsua'm: Composite Word; Meaning; “Not extreme” or “Middle” or “Normal”
 * Uash'O: Tau regional [Shas] command.
 * Ufa: Meaning; “Breakable” or “Fragile”
 * Ui: Meaning; “Team Leader” or “Expert” –in reference to the second lowest Tau rank
 * Ui't: Composite Word; Meaning; “Expert of” or “Leader of”
 * Ukos: Meaning; “Spoon”
 * Upt: Meaning; “Mountains”
 * Va: Meaning; “Greater” or “Better” or “Improved Upon”
 * Va'yan: Meaning; “Happier”
 * Vah: Meaning; “Personal”
 * Ve:
 * Vah'cha: Meaning; “Goal” or “Aim”
 * Vash: Meaning; Between
 * Vash'aun'an: Composite Word; Meaning; “Between Celestial Space” or “Warp Space”
 * Vash'ya: Composite Word; Meaning; “Between Worlds (planets)”
 * Ves: Meaningl "being" -in regards to a specific organism or example of such a species? More individualistic version of "La"? (?)
 * Vesa: Meaning; “Helper”
 * Ves'ron: Meaning; "Robotic being"
 * Vattra: Meaning; “Fleet” –in reference to spacecraft
 * Vior: Meaning; “Aggressive”
 * Vior'la: Composite Word; Meaning; “Aggressive Being”, or "hot blooded"
 * Vr: Meanings; ‘Equal’ or ‘Next to’ in terms of social standing.
 * Var: Meaning; “To Raid” or “Raiding”
 * Vral: Composite Word; Meaning; “Undercut”
 * Vre: Meaning; “Veteran”
 * Xar: Meaning; “Physical”
 * Xar'vesa: Composite Word; Meaning; “Physical Helper Suit” or “Battlesuit”. Creates potential conflict with Her'ex'vre, meaning "Mantle of the hero (?)"
 * Xauk: Meaning; “Create new life?” or “Birth”
 * Xesa: Meaning; past prefix
 * Y: Meaning; “Individual(s)” or “One”
 * Ya: Meaning; “World” “Planet”
 * Yan: Happy –submeanings “Mood”
 * Yi: Meaning; “Cheeks”
 * Yanoi: Meaning; “Moon”
 * Y'eldi: Composite Word; Meaning; “Individual Wing” or “Winged One”
 * Yen: Meaning; "To Imagine" or "Forsee"
 * Y'he: Composite Word; Meaning; “Individuals Without Number”. Used to refer to Tyranids.
 * Yio: Meaning; “To Hear” or “Listen”
 * Yr: Meaning; “Experienced”
 * Y'xauk: Composite Word; Meaning; “Individual Create?” or “To Breed” or “Mate”


 * Raik'an: seconds “time location”
 * Raik'ors: minutes “time authorative “
 * Rotaa: day
 * Tau'cyr: year “Tau time”

Word segments deduced and cross referenced with
 * www.cygnusx1.info/tau/lexicon.asp;
 * www.tauonline.org/ViewContent.php?id=253;
 * www.tauonline.org/ViewContent.php?id=252;
 * CODEX: Tau
 * CODEX: Tau Empire
 * Firewarroir (Black Libary)
 * Kill Team (Black Libary)
 * Battlefleet Gothic
 * Chapter Approved (UK GW website)
 * Model Transfers Sheet
 * CODEX: Tau Empire (6th edition)
 * CODEX: Tau Empire Supplement: Farsight Enclaves

Note: Where conflicting meanings have been found the majority meaning has been taken, unless the composite word conflicts with other word segment meanings, in which case the re-translated (and in my opinon more accurate) meaning has been taken.

Non-listed potential conflicts (mine only):
 * Myamoto: The Tau name of Commander Darkstrider. If it's a translation of his name, then it creates conflict with "Da" which allegedly refers to darkness. There is a possiibility that Da in fact refers more to a dark mystery (as used in the canon word Da'noh) rather than the absence of light (For example Mont'da translates just fine to "fog of war" even without any context of actual darkness).
 * Sha'ang: Tau name of Commander Longstrike. If it's an actual translation of his name, then it creates more conflict with "Sha" which according to this list means Gas and "Gue'ron'sha" which means "engineered human warriors". Furthermore, according to this list, "Ka" refers to striking. It appears rather obvious that GW wanted a cool sounding name that was inspired by the Shang dynasty of China rather than any actual well-thought canon. Just look at other names such as El'myamoto, Admiral Kor'O'li'mau'teng or Mount Kanji (ffs, really GW)

Horse shite i've made up
 * Oresh - Overarching
 * Uan - Unity (as in something that is a duty or responsibility, something that is necessary in order to succeed as Tau)
 * Das - Command/decision (synonym of Olku)
 * Ke - dawn
 * Tsai - reach
 * Tsu - seed
 * Tael - destiny; a predetermination of events (belief of such dependant on particular sept and its culture)
 * Gai - Indomitable, powerful, inviolable
 * Kal - Spirit (sportsmanship, personal faith, confidence, the burning desire to improve one's ability)
 * Fan - Other half, half of a whole, split/fraction of a whole
 * Tome - Eclipse
 * Nen - Black
 * Nen can also mean dark, secret or hidden, depending on the context. (Da can also mean dark, but it's more to do with a mystery rather than something purposefully hidden.)
 * Au'i - white
 * Drawing it's roots from "Aun", meaning Ethereal, Au'i can also mean bright or shining
 * Au'es - "the colour of light"' ultraviolet colour
 * Ne'ti - infrared colour
 * (Su is grey)
 * Sha'ut - red
 * Draws it's roots from "Shas" meaning fire
 * Riy - yellow
 * Be - green
 * Un'go - blue
 * Sha'uit'un'go - purple
 * Riy'sha'ut - orange
 * Ba'sshui - brown