Yautja names
'A'ni-de: Undefined.
'Aseigan: Servant.
Bakuub: Straight spear.
Chulonte: Undefined.
Ci'tde: Undefined.
Dachande: Different knife.
Da'dtou-di: Femminine for "little knife."
Da-ec'te: Undefined.
Etah'-dte: Undefined.
Ghardeh: Undefined.
Gkyaun: Undefined.
Ki'vik'non: Name, undefined.
Lar'nix'va: Name, undefined.
Mahnde: Undefined.
M'icli-de: Undefined.
Nat'ka'pu: Name, undefined.
Ne'dtesei: Undefined, it may not even be an actual name. It was the name of Dachande/Yeyinde's ship in AvP: Prey.
Nei'hman: Undefined.
Oc'djy: Undefined.
Skemte: Undefined.
Skl'da'-si: Undefined.
Tichinde: Undefined.
Vk'leita: Undefined.
Warkha: Undefined.
Yeyinde: Brave one.
Who/What Names Belonged To
'Aseigan: One of Yeyinde's unblooded, he refused to take orders from Tichinde and hunt humans, and was thus murdered.
'A'ni-de (Prey) : Yeyinde's old clan leader.
Bakuub (Hunter's Planet): One of Nat'ka'pu's students. He is quite tall even for a yautja, and took over the clan apon Lar'nix'va's death. Level headed and calm, he has the makings for a great leader.
Chulonte (Prey) : One of Yeyinde's unblooded warriors, he was killed when a human vehicle smashed him up against a boulder.
Ci'tde (Prey) : One of Vk'leita's blooded warriors, he was to take the group on the initial scouting trip.
Dachande (Prey) : The nickname of Yeyinde, which he wears like a badge.
Da'dtou-di (Prey) : Machiko Noguchi's yautja name.
Da-ec'te (Prey) : One of Yeyinde's unblooded, died at the hands of human defense weapons.
Etah'-dte (Prey) : One of Yeyinde's unblooded.
Ghardeh (Prey) : A yautja with long tresses who was one of Tichinde's cohorts. Yeyinde viewed him as a follower, and the least threatening of the three.
Gkyaun (Prey) : One of Yeyinde's unblooded, he wanted to stay with the wounded Yeyinde and tend to his injuries. He unintentionally saved Machiko Noguchi as xenomorphs swarmed at her, intending to kill them both but ultimately dying at the hands of the drones.
Ki'vik'non (Hunter's Planet) : One of Nat'ka'pu's students. Nat'ka'pu never trusted him, and questioned his sense of honor.
Lar'nix'va (Hunter's Planet) : One of Nat'ka'pu's students. Exceptionally short for a yautja, he took over the "pack" when Nat'ka'pu died.
Mahnde (Prey) : A short yautja unblooded who was one of Tichinde's cohorts.
M'icli-de (Prey) : One of Yeyinde's unblooded.
Nat'ka'pu (Hunter's Planet) : The original clan leader in AvP: Hunter's Planet, he wasn't big on certain ancient yautja sayings, such as "once begun, the fight would not end until the end." Very irrationable and full of contempt. He claims to have performed the very task Dachande did in beating a drone unarmed, but he doesn't actually show the skill for such a task and it has been stated that Dachande was the only yautja to ever accomplish such a task. Nat'ka'pu fell at the hands of what could be considered the novels' first XENOBORG.
Ne'dtesei (Prey) : Yeyinde's ship.
Nei'hman (Prey) : Yeyinde's dead brother. He died on the Kainde Amedha Chiva, while Yeyinde managed to kill two drones.
Oc'djy (Prey) : One of Yeyinde's less adept students, he was ironically the last student left alive. He was shot dead by Machiko Noguchi.
Skemte (Prey) : One of Yeyinde's prized blooded warriors.
Skl'da'-si (Prey) : One of Yeyinde's unblooded, he had the best vision of them all.
Tichinde (Prey) : A hot blooded unblooded who was arrogant and threcherous.
Vk'leita (Prey) : Another clan leader who had once hunted with Dachande, he is the one who found the blooded Machiko Noguchi.
Warkha (Prey) : One of Yeyinde's prized blooded warriors.
Yeyinde (Prey) : The clan leader in Prey, he is the youngest of all clan leaders, is the only yautja to ever defeat a xenomorph unarmed, and has spawned 73 children.
Misc. Terms
'Aseigan: Servant.
Ch'hkt-a: Excited.
Cjit: An explative, possibly a mispronounced "s**t" adopted from human dialect.
C'ntlip: Alcohol-like beverage. Very strong. "Firey brew," possibly served hot?
Dia-shui: Yautja musk.
Dhi'ki-de: The sleep near death.
Dtai'kai'-dte: Undefined. Possibly meaning hunt or battle.
Dto: Possibly forest or jungle, but not tree. (( Between the burning rain and the hanging trees of the dto, it was hard to see. ))
Gkei'moun: Unknown, possibly simple, maybe likely a "simple" type of object or animal. (( This was routine; he had led a score of missions such as this one, and he could do it blindfolded, with dull blades and a dead burner in his sleep. An easy run, gkei'moun simple. ))
Gry'sui-bpe: Stampede.
H'dui'se: The scent of yautja musk.
Hiju: A spear position used in battle, likely one done to use the edge as a swinging blade rather than stabbing tool.
H'ka-se: Translates to “now.”
Hult'ah: Undefined. Possibly a lookout or rear guard.
H'ulij-bpe: Crazy.
Jedhin/jedhin: Hand to hand combat where anything goes, usually non-fatal.
Ka'rik'na: What it's called when "the summoning" is performed. This is a loud call used by isolated individuals to call apon their yautja brothren, and for clan leaders to call their students and fellow hunters while on the hunt.
Kehrite: The training and sparring room. Machiko Noguchi called it "The Pit."
Ki'cte: Seemingly a demand, like saying "this is an order!"
Kwei: Coward, cowardly.
Kv'var: Exercises.
Lou-dte: A slur for females, translating to "child-maker." Also the name of a type of crawler machine used to deposit facehugger eggs.
Mei'hswe: Either brother or sibling, most likely brother.
Mesh'in'ga: "The battle dreamtime." This is what it is called when the thrill of danger or the hunt brings forth past memories of great battles in one's past.
Mi: Fire.
Nan'ku: Undefined. Possibly alive, or more likely, breathing.
Naxa: A type of fruit.
Paya: Paya is used to refer to deities and to great warriors.
Pauk: An explative, similar to "********: Undefined, but something fast and deadly. Possibly an ancient yautja caste, or an animal species.
S'pke: A kind of fruit stew.
S'yuit-de: Another explative. Possibly the equivilant of us yelling "b*****d" or "son of a b***h."
Tarei'hsan: General term for bug.
Te'dqi: Xenomorph spittle secretion used to line hive walls.
Thän: A specific planet the yautja know of, referred to as "a world of dense metals and poisonous weather." Possibly where their metals come from.
Thei-de: Dead, sometimes used to refer to stupidity as well.
Thwei: Blood.
Tjauke: Undefined. Possibly meaning rock, but not compressed dust. (( the crawler went toward a high mountain of some unknown matereal, perhaps the cliff was of tjau'ke or compressed dirt. ))
Ui'stbi: Geography.
U'sl-kwe: Final rest.
Var: What the yautja call a specific planet that humans colonized and turned into an ultimate big game hunting resort.
Z'skvy-de: The eruptive phase of xenomorph gestation.
Phrases
Chi'-dte ooman-di lou'-dte Dahdtoudi kalei: The geist is "you love human women and want to father Dahdtoudi's children." What I can translate is: “Chi'-dte human-di child barer Dahdtoudi kalei.” So it may be that Chi’-dte means you love or love, and kalei is some sort of shortened version of that annoyingly infamous “bare my children,” phrase.
Dtai'kai'-dte sa-de nau'gkon dtain'aun bpi-de: The fight begun would not end until the end.
Ell-osde' pauk: "******** you."
Hma'mi-de: Usually used in collaberation with "Payas leitjin-de," possibly a sort of prayer or declaration of forgiveness or mercy.
Kainde Amedha Chiva: The hard meat trial, the blooding hunt.
Nain-desintje-de: The pure win. "Perfect," to those who play fighting games.
Nan-de Than-guan: The Kiss of Midnight.
Payas leitjin-de: Remember God's practice.
Thin-de le'hsaun 'aloun'myin/bpi-de gka-de hsou-depaya: Learn the gift of all sights, or finish the dance of the fallen gods.
Technology
'Awu'asa': Battle armor and gear.
Dlex: A strong, flexable matereal able to withstand most blades and acids. Most likely leathery or metalic.
Gkinmara: A sensory camera.
H'sai-de: A scythe-like sword.
Ki'cti-pa: Wristblades.
Lou-dte: Crawler robot, deposits facehugger eggs. Also a slur for females, translating to "child-maker."
Tarei'hsan loops: ... "Bug loops?" Possibly the dlex straps with recording devices on them.
Tyioe-ti: Escape pod.
Species
Bisor: A small, dog-like species of mammal indigionous to the planet Var.
Kainde amedha: Xenomorphs, translates to "hard meat."
Ooman: A mispronounced form of human.
Pyode amedha: Any soft-fleshed animal.
Rjet: Undefined animal species.
Tarei'hasan: Undefined, some sort of animal species.
Yautja: What the preds call themselves.
Zabin: A specis of insect. Possibly native to the home world.
Extra
These are not actual yautja words, but they are things listed in the novels for ways to describe something.
Black Warrior: The yautja deity of death. In War, it is revealed it is a goddess of death and takes the form fo a xenomorph queen.
Burner: Any sort of gun can be called a burner. It seems to most often be used to a sort of hand held plasma rifle that's size and form are debatable, but it only holds a definate amount of shots until it's ammunition is replaced.
Tress: Tresses being the plural. This is the term usually used to refer to the yautja equivilant of hair.
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