MANDO’A

 a'den - to rage
 atiniir - to endure, to stick with, to tough it out
 baatir - to care, to worry about
 beten - to sigh
 brokar - to beat (heartbeat, drumbeat)
 cuyir - to be, to exist
 dinuir - to give
 duraanir - to look down upon, to hold in contempt, to despise
 duumir - to allow
 ganar - to have
 gaan - to want
 hettir - to burn
 hibirar - to learn
 hukaatir - to protect, to cover, to shield
 jehaatir - to lie
 jorso'ran - shall bear (archaic imperative form)
 jurir - to bear, to carry
 jorhaa'ir - to speak
 jurkadir - to mess with someone (lit: to brandish a saber)
 kar'taylir - to know
 k'uur - to hush, be quiet, to shut up
 liser - to be able to, can
 motir - to stand
 narir - to act (carry out), to do
 nartir - to place, to put
 nau'ur (also: sometimes seen as naur) - to light up
 nau'ur kad - to forge a saber
 nynir - to hit, to strike
 oya - Let's hunt! and let's roll (colloquial)
 parjir - to win, to be victorious
 shabiir - to screw up
 shereshoy - a lust for life, to live in the moment
 shukur - to break, to smash/tear apart, to crush
 susulur - to hear, to listen
 takisir - to insult
 trattok'o - to fall, to fail
 udesiir - to relax, to rest, to be peaceful
 usen'ye - rudest way to tell someone to go away (same root as osik)
 verborir - to buy, to hire, to contract
 vorer - to accept
 Adjectives and adverbs
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 adenn (pl. adennate) - merciless
 ala - clever
 ani'latoon - ultimate
 aruetycate - traitorous
 atin - stubborn
 briikase - happy
 dar - no longer
 darasuum - eternal/eternally, forever
 di'kutla - foolish, idiotic (severe)
 droun'yn - never
 drali - bright
 dralshy'a - stronger, more powerful
 ge'tal - red
 hettyc - burning
 hut'uunla - cowardly
 iviin'yc - fast, quickly
 jate - good
 jatne - best
 je'karta - vengeful
 kandosii - indomitable, noble, ruthless
 mesh'la - beautiful
 nau - before
 ne'tra - black
 ori - big, extreme, very
 racin - pale
 shabla - screwed up (offensive)
 shukla - crushed
 solus - one, alone, each, individual, vulnerable
 sol'yc - first
 talyc - bloody (can be used to describe meat as "rare")
 teroch - pitiless
 tome - together
 tracyn'la - grilled, chargrilled, scorched
 troch - certainly
 ures - without
 Nouns
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 aaray - pain
 aay'han - bittersweet moment of mourning and joy - "remembering and celebration"
 abesh - east
 abiik - air
 a'den - wrath, rage
 adu - sons (archaic)
 ad'ike - sons, daughters, children
 adade - personnel
 adate - people, persons
 adiik - child aged 3 to 13
 ad'ika - kid, lad, boy, sweetie, darling, son, daughter, child
 agol - living tissue - meat, muscle, flesh - animal or human, "flesh and blood"
 aka - mission
 akaan - war
 akaan'ade - army
 akaata - battalion
 akalenedat - hard contact
 alii'gai - flag, colors
 aliik - sigil, symbol on armor
 aliit - family, clan, tribe
 alor - leader, chief, "officer", constable, boss
 alor'ad - captain
 aloriya - capital (lit. head city)
 alor'uus - corporal
 al'verde - commander
 anade - everyone, everybody
 aran - guard
 aranar - defense
 araniik - cordon
 ara'nov - defense
 arasuum - stagnation
 arpat - seed
 aru'e - enemy
 aruetii - (ah-roo-AY-tee) traitor, outsider, comparable to "them"
 aruetiise - Aruetii, plural
 ash'ad - someone else
 baar - body
 baar'pir - sweat
 baar'ur - medic
 ba'buir - grandfather/grandmother
 ba'jur - education, training
 balac - opportunity
 ba'vodu - uncle
 bas neral - coarse grain used for animal fodder and brewing; thought unfit to eat
 ba'vodu (pl. bavodu'e) - aunt/uncle
 behot - a citrus-flavored herb, antiseptic, and mild stimulant
 beroya (bair-OY-ah) bounty hunter
 bes'bavar - cavalry
 besbe - kit (slang)
 besbe'trayce - weapons
 bes'bev - Mandalorian wind instrument also used in combat
 be'senaar - missile
 bes'kad - slightly curved saber of Mandalorian iron
 beskar - Mandalorian iron
 beskar'ad - droid (literally "child of iron")
 beskar'gam - armor (literally "iron skin")
 bes'laar - music
 be'sol - priority
 besom - unhygienic person, someone with no manners
 Bes'uliik - Basilisk (literally "iron beast")
 beten - sigh
 bev - needle, spike
 beviin - lance
 bevik - stick
 bic - it
 bines - stack
 birgaan - backpack
 birikad - baby carrying harness
 bora - job
 buir - father/mother
 burc'ya - friend
 buy'ce (pl. buy'cese) - helmet; colloquial: pint, bucket
 ca - night
 chakaar - thief, petty criminal, scumbag, bitch, bastard, bugger, (lit: "grave robber")
 Coruscanta - Coruscant
 Cuy'val Dar - those who no longer exist
 cyar'tomade - fans, a group of people with affection for something
 cyar'ika- darling, beloved, sweetheart
 darasuum - eternity
 dar'buir - no longer a father/mother (very shameful)
 dar'manda - a state of being "not Mandalorian"; not an outsider, but one who has lost his
heritage, and so his identity and soul
 dar'jetii - no longer a Jedi (Sith, Dark Jedi)
 dar'yaim - a hell, a place you want to forget
 dha - dark
 di'kut - a foolish, idiotic, useless individual (severe); context-dependent:can mean jerk, moron,
idiot, etc. (sometimes vulgar)
 droten - people, public.
 entye - debt
 gal - ale
 gayi'kaab - radio
 gayiyli - resurrector
 gett - nut
 ge'verd - almost a warrior
 gihaal - fish-meal
 gra'tua (gra-TOO-ah) - revenge, vengeance
 hut'uun (hoo-TOON) - coward
 ib'tuur - today (lit: "this day")
 jai'galaar - shriek-hawk
 jatne'buir- best father/mother
 Jetii (Jeh-tee) - (the) Jedi
 Jetii'kad (jeh-TEE-kahd) - Lightsaber
 Jetiise - (the) Republic, plural "Jedi"
 kal - knife
 ka'ra - stars
 ka'rta - heart
 kad - saber
 kama - backside, back, belt-spat
 Kaminiise - Kaminoans
 kando (KAHN-do) - importance, weight
 ke'gyce - command, order
 kom'rk - gauntlet
 kot - strength
 kote - glory, might
 kyr'am - death
 Mand'alor - Mandalore, leader
 Manda'yaim - Mandalore
 Mando'ad - Mandalorian (lit: Son/Daughter/Child of Mandalore)
 Mar'eyce - discovery
 mirshe - brain, brains
 mirsh - brain cell
 ne'tra gal - black ale
 Niktose - nikto
 norac - back
 ori'ramikade - Supercommandos (lit: Super-raiders with sabers)
 ori'vod - big brother/sister, special friend
 or'dinii - complete lunatic
 osik - crap, poodoo (sometimes vulgar)
 parjai - victory
 prudii - shadow
 rang - ash
 runi - soul(poetic only)
 shebs (shebs, s.); shebse (SHEB-say, pl.) - backside, rear, butt (sometimes vulgar)
 Siit - Sith
 shig (SHEEG) - any kind of hot drink, an infusion
 Shuk'orok - Crushgaunt
 tal - blood
 tar - starfield, space, star, sky
 tat - brother (Concord Dawn dialect for vod)
 Taungsarang - the ash of the Taung
 tihaar - an alcoholic drink; a strong, clear spirit made from fruit
 tor - justice
 tracinya - flame
 tracyn - fire
 troan - face
 tsad - alliance, group, organization
 tuur - day
 uj'alayi - a very dense, very sweet cake made from crushed nuts, dried fruit and spices, and then
soaked in a sticky scented syrup called uj'jayl. Colloquially known as an Uj cake.
 uj'Jayl - a sticky scented syrup
 vecuyan - aid, assistance, help
 ven - future
 verd - warrior
 vhett - farmer
 vod (VOHD) - brother, sister, comrade
 vode (VOH-day) - brothers, sisters, comrades
 vod'ika - little brother, little sister
 Vongese - Yuuzhan Vong or just Vong
 vul - (VUHL) - remorse
 Werda - shadows (archaic)
 Phrases
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 Aliit ori'shya tal'din - "Family is more than bloodline." Mandalorian Proverb.

 Ba'slan shev'la. - Strategic disappearance. Mandalorian Phrase.
 Cin vhetin - the concept that once a person takes up the armor their past does not matter
anymore. (Lit: White Snow) Mandalorian Concept
 Copaani gaan? - Need a hand?
 Copaani mirshmure'cye, vod? - Are you looking for a smack in the face, mate?
 Cuy'val Dar - "Those who no longer exist"
 Gar serim - "Yes, you’re right." or "That's it."
 Gar taldin ni jaonyc; gar sa buir, ori'wadaas'la. - "Nobody cares who your father was, only the
father you'll be." (Lit: Bloodline is not important, but you as a father are the most valuable thing.)
Mando saying emphasising the importance of a father's role, and that a man is judged more by that
than his lineage.
 Gedet'ye - please
 Haat, Ijaa, Haa'it - Truth, Honor, Vision—said when sealing a pact
 Haatyc or'arue jate'shya ori'sol aru'ike nuhaatyc - "Better one big enemy that you can see than
many small ones you can't."[3]
 Haili cetare (HI-lee ket-AH-ray) - Eat up (lit: "Fill your boots")
 Hukaat'kama (hu-KAHT-ka-MAH) - Watch my back, watch my six
 Haryc b'aalyc - "tired and emotional" - i.e. drunk
 Ib'tuur jatne tuur ash'ad kyr'amur. - "Today is a good day for someone else to die." (lit: "This day
(is) the best (for) another person to die.")
 K'atini - Suck it up!
 Kaysh mirsh solus - "His brain cell's lonely." (Intended as an insult to one who is very
unintelligent)
 K'oyacyi! - "Cheers!" Can also mean "Hang in there" or "Come back safely." Literally, a command;
"Stay alive!"
 K'uur - Hush, Be quiet
 Kandosii! - "Awesome!"
 Kaysh guur' skraan - "He loves his food." (Said of someone who has a healthy appetite, using the
verb for affection rather than enjoyment.)
 Ke nu jurkad ti Mando'ade, burc'ya! - "Don't cross swords with Mandos, mate!"
 Ke nu jurkad sha Mando'ade, burc'ya! - "Don't mess with Mandos, mate!" (lit: "Don't wave your
saber at Mandalorians, mate!" )
 Ke barjurir gar'ade, jagyc'ade kot'la a dalyc'ade kotla'shya. - "Train your sons to be strong but
your daughters to be stronger." Mandalorian saying.
 Ke'pare - "Stand by"
 Ke'sush (Keh-SOOSH) - "Atten-shun!"
 Kom'rk tsad droten troch nyn ures adenn, Dha Werda Verda a'den tratu. - They were the wrath
of the warrior's shadow and the Gauntlet of the Republic (A line from a Mandalorian war song,
adapted for the Republic Commandos).
 Kov'nyn-a head-butt; a Keldabe kiss
 Mando'ad draar digu - A Mandalorian never forgets
 Mandokarla - You've got the right stuff.
 Mar'e (MAH-ray) - expression of relief colloquial: "At last!"
 Mhi solus tome, mhi solus dar'tome, mhi me'dinui an, mhi ba'juri verde - We are one whether we
are together or apart, we will share everything and we will raise our children as warriors. A
Mandalorian marriage contract.
 Mir'osik - something undesirable where your brains ought to be, i.e. "Dung for brains"
 Mirsh'kyramud (MEERSH-keer'AH-mood) - boring person (lit: "brain killer")
 Mishuk gotal'u meshuroke, pako kyore. - Pressure makes gems, ease makes decay. Mandalorian
Proverb.
 Munit tome'tayl, skotah iisa - Long memory, short fuse
 N'jurkad - "Don't mess with me"
 Nar dralshy'a - Try harder
 Ner vod (nair vohd) - "my brother/sister" colloquial: "(my) buddy/pal/lad/chap"
 Ni dinu ner gaan naakyc, jorcu ni nu copaani kyr'amur ner vod - Honor my offer of truce, for I
would not willingly shed my brother's blood. [4]
 Ni kar'tayl gar darasuum (nee kar-TILE garh dah-RAH-soom) - colloquial: "I love you." (lit: "I
know you forever.")
 Ni kar'tayl gai sa'ad - Mandalorian adoption vow (lit: "I know (your) name as (my)
son/daughter")
 Ni su'cuyi, gar kyr'adyc, ni partayli, gar darasuum - Daily remembrance of those passed on (lit:
"I'm still alive, but you are dead. I remember you, so you are eternal") followed by the names of those
remembered - Mandalorian tradition
 Nu jurkad Mando'ade, burc'ya! - a reassurance, comparable to "Steady, mate"
 Nu kyr'adyc, shi taab'echaaj'la - "Not gone, merely marching far away" (Mandalorian phrase for
the departed)
 Ori'haat - "It's the truth, I swear - no bull."
 Ori'buyce, kih'kovid. - "All helmet, no head." (Mandalorian insult for someone with an
overdeveloped sense of authority.)
 Ori'jate - "Very good"
 Su cuy'gar! - a friendly greeting (lit: "still live," i.e. "so you're still alive.")
 Su'cuy! - So you're still alive (greeting)
 Tion'ad hukaat'kama? (Tee-ON-ahd HOO-kaht-KA-ma) - "Who's watching your back?"
 Tsad droten - Republic, democracy, even government; context-dependent (lit: "people's
organization")
 Re'turcye mhi! - goodbye
 Ret'ini - Just in case
 Resol'nare - Six Actions
 Udesii - "calm down", "take it easy"
 Usenye (oo-SEN-yay) - "Go away!" (obscene)
 Vor entye - thank you (lit: "I accept a debt")
 Vor'e (VOHR-ay.) - thanks, short form of vor entye
 Verd ori'shya beskar'gam. - "A warrior is more than (his) armor" (Mandalorian proverb)
 Yai'yai - "richly nourishing" - peculiarly Mandalorian description of dense, high-calorie food, of
great importance to people dependent on highly portable field rations
 Other words
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 a (ah) - but
 an (ahn) - all
 ashi - other
 ast - itself
 bal (bahl) - and
 bah - to
 be - of
 cuun (koon) - our
 kaysh (kaysh) - him, his, he (masculin third person referral)
 ke - imperative prefix
 ke nu - "don't" prefix
 lo (loh) - into
 elek (EL-eck) - yes (colloquial: lek, comparable to "yeah")
 gar - you, your
 haar - emphatic definite article (rare)
 ibic - this
 juaan - beside
 meg (mayg) - which, that, that, who
 meh (mey) - if
 mhi (mee) - we
 nayc (NAYSH) - no (colloquial: shh, comparable to "nah")
 ner (nair) - my
 ni - I
 par - for
 ra - or
 ru - added in front of a noun to make it past tense
 sa - as, like
 sha or shal - at (when used in front of a consonant)
 te - the
 teh - from
 ti - with
 tion - interrogative prefix
 tion'ad - who, interrogative
 vaii - where
 val - they, their, theirs
 ven - future prefix

 Numbers
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 solus (SOH-loos) - one

 t'ad (tahd) - two
 ehn (enn) - three
 cuir (KOO-eer) - four
 rayshe'a (ray-SHEE-ah) - five
 resol (reh-SOL) - six
 e'tad (EH-tad) - seven
 sh'ehn (shayn) - eight
 she'cu (SHAY-koo) - nine
 ta'raysh (ta-RAYSH) - ten
 olan (o-LAN) - hundred
 ta'raysholan (TAH-raysh-oh-lahn) - thousand