#star wars languages

[lightasthesun]

Comprehensive Lexicon Guide for First-Time SW Fic Readers:

Flimsi/Flimsiplast = Paper

Flimsiwork/Datawork = Paperwork

Stylus = Pen

Datapad = Tablet

Comlink/Comm = Communication Device/Phone

Binders = Handcuffs

Chronometer = Clock

Spectacles = Eyeglasses

Chrono = Watch

Conservator = Refrigerator

Caf = Coffee

Nerfburger = Hamburger

Blue milk = Milk (literally blue)

Hubba chips = French Fries

Sweet roll = Doughnut

Flatcakes = Pancakes

Tabac = Tobacco

HoloNet = World Wide Web

Holovision/HoloTV = Television

Holodrama/Holovids = Movie/Videos

Holocamera/Holocam = Camera

Holomap = three-dimensional map

Holojournal = Newspaper

Holocube = Picture frame

Holotable = Projector

Holoscanner = X-ray machine

Holojournalist = Reporter

Flatholo/Holograph = Photograph

Sonic Damper = Active Noise Cancellation

Refresher/Fresher= Bathroom

Sonic Bath = Bath

Sanisteam/Sonic shower = Waterless Shower

Hydrospanner = Wrench

Hydro Flask = Water Bottle

Power Cell/Energy Cell = Batteries

Authorization Chip = Decryption key

Datatape = Disk

Datastick = Flash drive

(Personal) Com Code = Phone number

Datachip = SD Card

Synthflesh = Synthetic skin

Glowrod = Flashlight

Sparkstick = Match

Slugthrower = Gun

Slug = Bullet

Vibroblade = a blade that can vibrate at high frequencies, increasing its cutting power and penetrating ability (tactical knife)

Rangefinder = Rifle scope

Turbolaser = Cannon

Ion pike/Vibropike = Spear

Electro Staff = Stun baton

Blaster = Pistol/Rifle

Stun Blaster = similar to a Taser

Landspeeder/Airspeeder/Speeder = Car

Turbolift = Elevator

Slideramp = Escalator

Starfighter = Fighter jet

Rotorcraft = Helicopter

Hoverpack/Jetpack= Jet pack

Speeder Bike = Motorcycle

Skylane = Traffic lane

Railspeeder/Hovertrain = Train

Power Chair/Hoverchair= Wheelchair

Windscreen = Windshield

Podracing = Car racing

Dejarik = Chess

Sabacc = Poker and Blackjack combined

Galactic Rebels = Combat simulator

B'shingh = Dungeons and dragons

Jizz = Jazz music

Wailer = Singer (ie. Jizz Wailer)

Cantina = Bar or Pup

Para Sailing = Paragliding

Aurebesh = Alphabet

Credits = Money

Sleeping Pallet = Bedroll

Naming Day = Birthday

Youngling = Child

Galactic Basic Standard/ Basic = English

Medkit/Medpac = First aid kit

Hypo = Syringe

Medic/Healer = Doctor

Medcenter = Hospital

Bactapatch = Bandaid

Nanoweave = Fabric

Transparisteel = Glass

Plastifoam = Packing material

Durasteel = Steel

Plasteel = Plastic

Duracrete = Concrete

Slicer = Hacker (slicing = hacking)

Identikit = Passport

Minder = Therapist

Synthleather = Vinyl

Viewport = Window

Cooling Unit = Air-conditioning

Honeydarter = Bee

Slythmonger = Drugdealer

Spice = Drugs

Stimpill = Caffeine pill

Power Socket = Plug

Cutters = Scissors

Cycle = Day

Standard Cycle = 24h

Standard Week = 5 days

Standard Month = 35 standard days

Standard Year = approx. ten months

Tenday = literally ten days

Cigarras/Smokes = Cigarettes

Click = Kilometer or 'a moment'

Parsec = a unit of distance

Tweezers/Clanker/tin head/tinnie = Droid

Separatist = Seppie

Promise Ring = Wedding Ring

Body Glove = Jumpsuit

Slicksuit = Wet suit

Civvies = Civilian clothing

Carbonite = a metal alloy used to freeze a person in a state of hibernation

Hyperdrive = device that allows a starship to travel faster than lightspeed

Moisture vaporator = device that can extract water from the air, commonly used on tatooine

Glareshades = Sunglasses

Gasser = Gas Oven

Repulsorlift = technology that can create an anti-gravity field and is used for levitating heavy objects

Heating unit = Heater

Utility Droid = Roomba

Sunbonnet = a Clone trooper helmet

Bad Batcher = a defective Clone Trooper

Banthabrain = birdbrain/ a stupid person

Bantha fodder = waste of space/nonsense

Blast! = word of exclamation

Blasted! = s.o in anger or annoyance

Blaster-brained = dimwitted

Blaster fodder = cannon fodder

Blast off = Piss off

Brainless = Stupid

Bug/Bugger = used to refer to Geonosians

Forceforsaken = godforsaken

Full of Poodoo = full of shit

Poodoo = Shit

Kriff = Fuck

Jedi scum = derogatory term for jedi

Kark = derogatory expletive

Larty = LAAT/i gunship

Laserbrain = insult

Meat droid = derogatory term for Clone Troopers

Redrobes = Palpatines guard

Rookie/Shinie = newly recruited Trooper

Scum = insult to refer to bounty hunters/rebels

Sharpie = Sharp-witted

Sithspawn/Sithspit/Hellspawn! = expletive

Sleemo = Slimeball

Son of a bantha = insult

Wizard! = Cool

Spaced = dead

Hutt-spawn = Bastard

Karabast = exclamation of dismay

Stang = Crap

Buckethead/Bucketbrain = derogatory term for Stormtroopers

Bucket = Helmet

Nat-born = Natural Born

Roger Roger = affirmative/copy that

Droid poppers = EMP grenade

Sitrep = short for situation report

Backwater Planet = any planet that isn't part of the core system

Holocron = device that can project a three-dimensional image of a person/object and is used for communication or entertainment.

Kessel Run = a risky Operation. Commonly used as a metaphor in impossible situations.

Thermal Detonator= device that can create a powerful explosion like a grenade or bomb

Ray Shield/Energy Shield = creates a (protective) barrier

Rebreather = device that allows a person to breathe underwater or in toxic environments

Phrases:

Wild goose chase = wild bantha chase

That's bantha shit = that's bullshit

As slippery as a greased Dug = untrustworthy

Credit for your thoughts = penny for your thoughts

Cut the poodoo = cut the crap

to get your gills in a twist = get upset about something

Holy mother of meteors = holy mother of god

Oh my skies/ Oh my stars = exclamation of surprise

Stars' end! = exclamation of disbelief

What in the blue blazes = exclamation

When Geonosis freezes over/When it snows on tatooine = extremely unlikely

Who pissed in your power supply = who pissed you off

Blast it = damn it

By the maker = exclamation of surprise

Great karking Dragon = expression of disbelief

Lothcat got your tongue = equivalent of 'cat got your tongue?'

Sod it = expression of frustration

#shitpost incoming #I'm converting my friend into a star wars fan so I thought why not make a dictionary for every new fic reader lmao #star wars #writing star wars #star wars languages #star wars lore #im definitely missing some but these are words I've seen most commonly used in fanfic #userlumi #writing star wars fic #aurebesh #galactic basic Standard #as long as one person finds this post helpful it was worth it #youre all welcome to add to it #im stopping now coz otherwise I'mma clog the dash

[spacemagicandlaserswords]

Can anyone read the Aurebesh in these screenshots?

I'm trying to translate it myself but it's slow going and I'm probably getting some of it wrong so if anyone else can decipher what they say, please feel free to add it in a reblog or something

The top two are from when CX-2 is breaking the encryption on Phee's coordinates to Pabu

The next three are when CX-2 is flying towards Pabu and somehow makes his ship undetectable so that The Marauder (rip) stops detecting it

The bottom screenshot is straight after when I think CX-2 selects some coordinates or something similar

#the bad batch #tbb #star wars #tbb s3 spoilers #aurebesh #tbb tech #cx 2 #cx-2 #cx2 #point of no return #bad batch #star wars languages #language #languages #translation #translate #coordinates #clone assassin

[mangomakoshark]

okay but the fact that wrecker was attempting to speak shyriiwook, especially considering the fact that it is difficult on human vocal cords, is so cool because it means he knows enough of it that he can speak it. and if you know one thing about me, know that i LOVE language in star wars, and it is really cool to see the characters knowing and using more than one language (tech doesn’t count)

#anyway #those are my thoughts #the bad batch #bad batch season 2 spoilers #bad batch season 2 #tbb #bad batch wrecker #shyriiwook #star wars languages #kashyyyk

[psyzook]

Okay so like- I’ve been wondering for awhile why nobody has tried to make being a Mandalorian a real life thing? Like how some Star Trek fans speak Klingon, and some Tolkien fans speak elvish?

Why haven’t people, I don’t know, just adopt the Mandalorian culture into their lives? Because i find the principles of Mandalorians are things that make sense and can get behind?

The Resol'nare consists of:

wearing armor,

speaking the language (mando’a),

defending oneself and family,

raising your children as Mandalorians (or at least with their morals and values),

contributing to the clan's welfare (can be adapted to family and friends),

and when called upon by the Mand'alor, rallying to their cause (can be adapted to rallying behind an idea, political view, protesting together, or the like. Just being a unit together?)

There are also more parts to being a Mandalorian that can be found on the web (like morals, values, and ideals). Why do people not just adopt the Mandalorian culture into their lives if they so choose? The culture seems respectable, and we can tweak parts of it to fit into this age and galaxy’s way of life.

If anyone knows where to find the Mandalorian Realism discord servers, please message me!

#mandalore #mandalorian meta #mandalorian #mandalorians #mandalorian culture #true mandalorians #mand’alor #resolnare #resol’nare #the mandolarian #mando’a #mandalorian language #the mandolorian #mando #star wars #star wars meta #star wars languages #star wars cultures #star wars fandom #star wars mandalorian #haat'mando'ade #haat mando’ade #keldabe

[sinisterexaggerator]

Sriluurian, the language of the Weequay "was formed by guttural mumbles and subdued whispers." It also used hieroglyphs as a written form. It is a language used to communicate with people from other tribes, as Weequay from the same clan/tribe could communicate via their pheromones and did not need to use spoken language.

"As a result, speech was only a secondary form of communication for Weequay, and they seldom spoke a whole sentence, resulting in Humans mistakenly believing the species to be unintelligent."

There are only two known Sriluurian words in canon/legends that I can find.

Uurutche'zediev - The name of Temptation Canyon on Sriluur ( a place on their home planet ).

Raquor'daan - Dark wolf ( an animal that lived on Sriluur ).

It sort of reminds me of Huttese.

Now, imagine if you will...

Hondo never shuts up. He's always talking, telling stories, flattering himself, or giving commands. He knows at least four languages, if not more: Sriluurian, Basic, Shyriiwook, and probably Huttese.

Considering his species, this is not natural. Pair this with the fact that Hondo "has a large disconnect with Sriluur culture and religion," and what we get is a black sheep of the family.

This is verrrrrry interesting, because another part of Weequay culture dictates that "as long as the clan survives, a single Weequay is expendable." We know from canon that Hondo was sold to priests of the god Quay by his parents, which means they were most likely hard up for money and needed to support the clan in some way; stealing and swindling people wasn't cutting it.

That, and/or Hondo was considered to be one who is expendable in this scenario, and maybe there was a reason for that.

To me, ( and @allsystemsblue xD ), Hondo is a well-spoken, well-educated man with street smarts on top of book smarts. He may not be Count Dooku, but he is not a dummy by any means. The fact that he can speak that many languages should be proof enough, but he was also an advisor to a Hutt who trusted him with his business dealings, not to mention his successful pirate's horde, and the fact he kidnapped a Sith lord with ease.

Now, imagine him being surrounded by other Weequay whom he cannot identify with. Imagine he often simply speaks his mind instead of talking with his pheromones. Imagine how shunned or ridiculed he must be by the others, them using their guttural, grunting language or not talking at all verbally, and for Hondo to have so much to say, with so many ways in which to say it.

Not only did his mother teach him things, but we can assume he also read a lot of books, and was literate, unlike his brethren. Just look at this letter he wrote himself, for Pete's sake!

I've decided to headcanon that Hondo grew up in Dnalvec. It was "the main port city of Sriluur, which housed three of the four main spaceports on the planet. It was a chaotic frontier environment of drifting star pilots, information merchants, and mercenaries."

By doing this, I imagine Hondo's youth was filled with all sorts of colorful characters, world travelers, and the well-to-do. Teeth says he was a charming young man who people fell in love with left and right. I tend to agree with this.

Maybe this is why he can't shut up now for the life of him; he always has so much to say when no one wanted to listen to him before. Maybe his mother warned him time and time again. Maybe this was one of the reasons she kicked him out of the house on numerous occasions to spend time on the streets before she finally let him back home again.

And even though he loved his mother, deep down he only wanted her to love him back. He holds her in esteem, refusing to think poorly of her, convincing himself she did her best, that she would never truly mean to hurt her child...

But that is where the disconnect comes in. If Weequay's truly are as they are described in canon/legends as "mean-spirited, suspicious, xenophobic, devious, and deceitful," and Hondo is none of those things, or only learns to be so from a necessity to survive, then that means he must have had a very disappointing and frustrating childhood, not to mention the heartbreak he must have felt when he was sold.

Just a thought.

If he ever told me a story, I would be sure to listen.

#Weequay #Hondo Ohnaka #Headcanons #Sriluur #Sriluurian #Star Wars #Star Wars Languages #Clone Wars #fanfiction #backstory #wip #wookieepedia #character analysis

[completewermosguidetohuttese]

Some script details from the temple on Arcana. Seems to be almost like a variation of Norse Runes, or even Latin or Lydian alphabet. The one above it looks like Sumerian Cuneiform almost, but with squares instead of triangular wedges. I'm familiar with some languages, but I'm no expert, so thoughts are welcome! Will have to see if there's more information eventually. I really liked the design of the temple though. There seemed to be some Egyptian influence as well.

#ahsoka #ahsoka spoilers #arcana #temple #star wars languages #star wars design #languages #star wars #font #script

[st4r-t3ars]

Memrise which is a language learning app has an option to learn simple Mando’a which is the language Mandalorians and sometimes clones speak

#learning fictional languages that I’ll never use outside fan fiction #mando’a #star wars languages #star wars mandalorian #memrise #this is so fun though #learning fictional languages #that should be a tag

[ct-1402]

Image Description in ALT Text.

I'm watching my partner play Jedi: Fallen Order and I'm having a great time making her stop to let me translate all of the aurebesh everywhere and I spotted this. The sign translates to:

"Imperial Security Bureau

ACTIVE OPERATION

Looters will be shot."

But the cool thing about it is that the words "looters" and "shot" use diagraphs, which people tend to have Very Strong Opinions™ about because they're not used in official media at all. But! Fallen Order is cannon and it shows diagraphs! Idk I'm just excited I spotted something uncommon

#star wars #aurebesh #jedi fallen order #jedi: fallen order #star wars aurebesh #star wars languages #diagraphs #star jedi the fallen order wars #oliimar's exploration notes #also if anyone has any notes about my image descriptions feel free to send them my way #I haven't done many so I'm still trying to figure out what the accepted amount of detail is

[give-ginoza-some-bread-and-sleep]

Kriff learning an actual language used in the real world. Schools should teach languages/writing systems used in a galaxy far, far away.

#language #star wars #star wars languages #aurebesh #shyriiwook #droidspeak #star wars droids #star wars wookies #ewokese #ewoks #huttese #rodian #jawaese #mando’a #mandalorians #geonosian

[local-jawa]

Anyone else trying to learn Mando‘a?

#language #star wars obsession #star wars #clone wars #random #mandalorian #mando‘a #star wars languages

[spacemagicandlaserswords]

Is this any known Star Wars language? Or is it just random rectangles that are supposed to look like a language?

#the bad batch #tbb #star wars #tbb s3 spoilers #star wars languages #star wars language #language #languages #sw language #sw languages #point of no return #tbb tech #cx 2 #cx2 #cx-2 #tbb phee #phee genoa #this is from when cx 2 is stealing the coordinates to pabu from phee's ship #bad batch

[occasional-shark-apologist]

sometimes I’m having a normal day and then I remember that they wanted the writing on darth vader’s suit in the original trilogy to look alien to american viewers and instead of just making up symbols they put hebrew on it

#would it have been that hard to make up a few symbols? #how’d they decide on hebrew? #star wars #darth vader #star wars languages

[rosemaryannethyme]

Sooo someone got Mando’a permanently carved into her skin today🥰🥰🥰

Bonus points if you can translate without looking it up 😉🙃

#honestly. I should’ve gotten something dirty af now that I think about it. #make something up when someone asks what it means lol #definitely didn’t get inspo for a tat from din smut #din djarin #the mandalorian #mando #din simp #din djarin simp #mandoa #mandalore #Star Wars #Star Wars languages #tattoos #star wars tattoo #mandalorian tattoo #mando’a

[starpeace]

i’d love to see more fantasy/sci-fi worlds where a species lifespan difference between a married couple, or between friends, is a normal factor of life. i’m tired of dramatic angsting about it, i want to see how people cope with it when it’s just an everyday part of the world

#this is about star wars but i’m using broad language bc it could be abt anything

[completewermosguidetohuttese]

Please check out this inkabunga metal band, Sliimo, the singer sings with Huttese lyrics!!! The music is awesome, too. :D (And sidenote that the band graciously used the dictionary on my site to write their lyrics, very humbled that my site was helpful to such a great project!)

#sliimo #sliimo the band #huttese music #huttese #metal band #star wars #music #star wars music #star wars languages #complete wermos guide

[obiscribbles]

Week 30 - October 22nd, 2023 'Love Never Fails' - Brandon Heath Spotify / YouTube

Just a few more things to sign and then you can properly fall asleep in his arms, foolish Jedi.

Enjoy~

View a week early on my Patreon!

#codywan #a sleepy obi wan #because he trusts his commander in a million different ways #so easily letting his guard down is simple #he can lean when he needs #because when his generals guard falls Cody picks it up in an instant #Cody knows it doesn't make Obi-Wan any less deadly or smart or brave #and that Obi-Wan will always offer him the same care #and sass and snark #it is a love language #obi wan kenobi #clone commander cody #fanart #star wars #my art #week 30