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Utterly brilliant compilation of Tau words found at http://forums.tauonline.org/tau/37435-definitive-tau-xenolexicon.html
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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:
 * 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'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
 * 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”
 * 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".
 * 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”
 * 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”
 * 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)”
 * 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. M39 M40 M41
 * -|Timeline=
 * 018.M39 - Start of Second Sphere Expansion
 * 841.M40 - Hwo'kye Sept established
 * ~700.M41 - Conclusion of Second Sphere Expansion
 * 701.M41 - Gai'kal Sept colonised by Hwo'kye and Tash'var Forces. Operation Vral'y'he commences with the intentions to destroy, slow down or redirect a splinter fleet of Hive Fleet Erebus. Operation fails, resulting in a near Tau defeat and heavy casualties on both sides.
 * 702.M41 - Hwo'kye Sept falls to Hive Fleet Erebus. Left with no choice but to either assimilate into other septs or start afresh, the remaining population of Hwo'kye stationed on Gai'kal went on to become the seeding population for the newfounded Gai'kal Sept.
 * 728.M41 - Gai'kal Sept contracts strain of Rust and is segregated from Tau Empire. Va Lhyo'au, the Great Isolation, commences.
 * 880.M41 - Hive Fleet Erebus returns to their old mates at the Gai'kal Sept. Drags on for some time. Losses sustained by Tau roughly 32% of its entire population.
 * 884.M41 - What is left of Hive Fleet Erebus retreats. Gai'kal ruined. Absolutely shitty conditions on Gai'kal and the general lack of Ethereal fucks spark the Three Castes Revolution. Revolution fails.
 * 890.M41 - Start of the Four Castes Revolution, this time with a specific Ethereal and the Fire Caste involved.
 * 897.M41 - Official Conclusion of the Four Castes Revolution with the suicide of Aun'O Kai'ba and coup d'etat of the Gai'kal Ethereal Caste Palace. Gai'kal refounded and reunited with Tau Empire. Sept enjoys one hundred years to get its stuff back in order.
 * 996.M41 - Ka'tsu Sept established as fully functional Sept
 * 997.M41 - Start of the Third Sphere Expansion
 * 998.M41 - Ke'tsai Defence Initiative against Hive Fleet Behemoth occurs involving Ke'tsai Sept, D'yanoi, Ka'tsu and Gai'kal. Sparks some incidents.
 * 999.M41 - Imperial Counterattack in Zeist Sector (allegedly) bringing Third Sphere expansion to a halt. Ka'tsu contaminated by Rust and segregated from Tau Empire.


 * -|I can't believe people actually say this crap=

I'm a Marxist. What do you expect: "Australia is too Socialist"

"Socialism causes apathy"

"It's okay to stand up for what you believe in, but it comes to a point where the unions get too powerful and they send the country broke"

"Abbott's cuts to education are a response to Gillard's and Rudd's welfare payouts"

"Oh but those fighter planes are a good investment. It's a catch 22 situation, defend Australia or save money"

- Defend us from what? Indonesia? China? New Zealand?

"People appreciate things that they pay for. With free education people will just be going to university for no good reason, just "because they can". It'll put strain on the economy"

- Meanwhile on planet Earth people like myself will be unable to study a second degree (i.e. actually earning a potential to get a fucking job for what I want to do) or even eat and live properly for several years after graduating due to being in around $30,000 debt.

"Money's gotta come from somewhere."

- In response to education cuts. Meanwhile 24 billion dollars is being spent of FIFTY FOUR FIGHTER JETS.

"Australia is in a debt crisis after all"

- a AAA credit rating by the four major credit rating agencies proves this.

"Why don't you write a letter to the government instead? Letters are more civil and will get a better response."

- In response to protesting

"The police have better things to do than carting you away from rioting. What if they're needed to stop a robbery?"

- Further response to protesting

"You have far too much time on your hands. Why don't you get a part-time job?"

- Apparently having free time is a steep, slippery slope that leads towards this "delinquency"

"It's kinda like telling somebody that you swat a mosquito yesterday. There's no real point to it."

- In response to gay people coming out of the closet

"What have they ever done for us? They've had just as much time as us. And look at us, we were originally convicts and look what we've done."

- In response to Aboriginal rights

"They should learn to expect rude behaviour. They chose that job after all."

- Someone in response to the wonderfully fun and non-soul grinding experience of working in retail

"The unions sent the Australian car industry broke. For example you couldn't get employed in the industry unless you were part of the automotive manufacturing unions"

"...yes and no. Unions are fine for weaker individuals when they need job or wage protection. However just knowledge of the legal system is powerful enough for an individual to better his pay or working conditions"

"The unions are like the mafia. They'll offer you protection if you join them and give them money"

"I worked in BUPA. Refugees, when they arrive in the country, are practically handed a silver platter of opportunities"

- This includes the abolition of legal advice that was originally available for refugees entering the country. Also Manus island and Nauru are also full of plenty of opportunities. Oh that's right, they're not real refugees, my bad.

"They should know that it's illegal to enter Australia without permission"

- Everybody totally has free and reliable access to legal advice 24/7, and everybody can certainly afford passports and plane tickets. Especially in third world countries

"But aren't the Palestinians just as guilty of it as well?"

- Apparently palestinians can generate state of the art weapons, bombs, walls, bulldozers and US funding from the current large amounts of thin air and dead family members that they have in abundance

"Legalising abortion is just a "bandaid solution" to the real source of the problem: the degrading moral standards of society"

- Ironically, making abortion illegal (on in Australia's case, keeping it illegal) is still a bandaid solution to this apparent "cause of abortions".

"I am just advocating pro-life. Where have I mentioned sexism or oppression of women? I see no mentions"

- Apparently women aren't fully capable decision makers and must have laws that do the deciding for them. You call this gender equality?

"It's a natural instinct for a man to rape women"

- An anon by the name of Ryan.

"Class didn't exist before the implementation of unions. Maybe Europe's an exception, but capitalism has no class, especially in America. Class conflict only existed when the unions took over and began ostracising any workers who didn't join them as scabs. The true class war is between the workers and their bosses against the unions"

"Was it run by a woman?"

- On a public meeting about women's oppression in capitalism

"It's not all about you, you know"

- About protesting, or something regarding revolutionary activity. I don't fucking know any more

"Don't you think that you guys' approach is a bit vicious and venomous?"

- Twat who bothered us and continued to bother us under the delusional thought that he was doing us a favour by talking to us

"Have you ever actually met a rich person before?"

- Same guy. Doesn't know I come from a bourgeois family of whom, whilst never having told me their yearly earnings, gave be a strong enough impression when they could afford to send two kids to a private school at the same time and still have enough money to buy a BMW 5 series and Mercedes Benz SLK

"Go get a job"

- Steve H. A right wing, racist, politically stupid, homophobic, misogynistic bigot. I can't actually reduce this description of him any further without losing information, seriously.

"fuck up steve"

- I'm glad at least some people have some common sense.

"the HELP program is optional, if you don't wanna pay the extra, pay it up front in cash, buy your tertiary education. The jobs wont be made worse, but just like taking a loan out, rates change, we cannot always expect them to stay the same if the buying power 1 unit of currency changes. We are at the mercy of living in an expensive and privileged country, I am surprised its taken so long for it to change"

- Tom C.

"...Uni fees are there because our education is already state of the art. The world is not easy, stop expecting it to fall into your lap."

- Tom C.

"know what maybe stop protesting and get off your ass get a job and save some money? I may not go to uni but I sure know what my mates get up to"

- Steve. Again

"i am a student. i also work, i also pay for rent, and ive been independent since ive left school. but since when is being a student any excuse for having concessions over debts of thousands of dollars. would you not expect a return on your money if someone else was using it for 10/15/20 years until they finally earn enough to pay you back with a comfortable lifestyle? banks arent that lenient, people expect a government to act like parents to our childlike needs. ... if you wish to explain (as this has turned into a debate) i am happy to read.""

- Tom C. again. This guy is beyond help.

"...Far-left activists briefly won the attention of mainstream media for protesting in favor of open borders and against the banning of the construction of minarets. The federal police further recognizes some activity by extremist Islamist groups as well as extremist or violent ethnic Albanian, Turkish, Kurdish and Tamil groups which mostly remain under-cover and aim at funding their activities."

- There you have it. Wikipedia implies that the far left in Switzerland is funded/viable for potential funding by Islamic extremists. So comprehensive and neutral.

"Did you know a democracy has ever declared war on another country?"

"People vote Abbott in to fix the debt, and when they bring in a budget as harsh as this one they pull out. ...they have a mentality of "it's alright but just as long as it doesn't affect me""

"China is communist"

- J.W.

"I've traveled the world extensively, visited numerous countries ruled by communist oligarchies, and all of your assumptions have never held true, not even once. This is, unless of course, you're referring to conditions of a "True Communism" scenario, where what you've said would be the case, but anyone who is well read in Marxist literature is well aware that "True Communism" is a pipe dream subscribed to only by fools prone to adopting ideas that serve no practical purpose in the 21st century."

- Nolan Shay replying to a comment pointing out the social potentials of a truly communist society

"Hey, chill with the capitalism, guys. Capitalism isn't the cause of our economic and financial problems. It's the government monopolization of entire economic sectors and the distribution of tax-exemptions and funds through subsidies and the mass creation of government jobs, which, as you may notice, ALL have more to do with communism (except for the ones enforcing it) and LIMITING the free market and the supply and demand approach to economics instead of supporting it, which boils down to kind of the exact opposite of capitalism. Blaming capitalism and the free market for the results of corruption in your government's monetary policies is like blaming McDonald's because the Hamburglar stole your lunch. Capitalism works IF you don't turn it into communism for the non-billionaires by financially rewarding criminal behaviour. Know what you're actually protesting, folks."

- Ben Lee on, uh, some bullshit neoliberal ramblings

"Yes, we do. From what I've seen Australia has the best living conditions in the world..."

- An anonymous man in response to me mentioning Australia's AAA credit rating after he said we were in a debt crisis. Is he so desensitised to think there's still room to make cutbacks for some imaginary debt crisis amidst a decade or so of economic prosperity?

"If everyone got the same wage why would there be any incentive to work hard and become a doctor or something?"

- Exactly why I'm studying a bachelor of Fine Arts, right? Nothing says money more than a degree that will make you work for a minimum wage earning rarely (if ever) available job that demands plenty of unpaid overtime.

"...they need a jewish homeland."

- Somebody I'm related to in reference to Israel.

"Who are you all targeting now?"

- Somebody I'm related to in regards to my comrades and I

"It is a good investment"

- Again on those fucking jets

"I reckon that wars will stop once we discover more powerful energy sources"

- Optimism is refreshing. In the same way a chilled and served glass of hydrochloric acid is.

"The Australian population is growing with the baby boomers generation. If they keep the pension age as it is, the government simply won't be able to afford it"

- Aww. Poor government. Okay, I guess it's best we let the poor thing have some pocket money.

"..the thing is in theory communism is the best form of government, however in practice it never works because of human nature"

- Hearing my flatmates talk politics and philosophy is like poison.

"..that's the the problem with those "isms". Any ideaology with "ism" at the end is too extreme"

- A rich guy I'm related to. Also: capitalism, pacifism, liberalism

Does Necrus use proxies? yes no

^ Majority vote, see?