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Shouldn't this be called dictionary or Tau Language or something like that? --Inquisitor S. 10:53, 27 March 2007 (CEST)

By a 'dictionary' someone normally expects a book one can hold. 'Tau language' is a bit too vague. 'Lexicon' is a fine name. Notice that all these terms are quite similar. Irulan 19:07, 27 March 2007 (CEST)
Lexicon --a book containing an alphabetical arrangement of the words in a language and their definitions. Most often refers to a foreign language dictionary. --Rlyehable 19:50, 30 March 2007 (CEST)

I am more less finished with my work at the Quotes-articles. I wish to improve this article in the same fashion as the Eldar Lexicon (centering everything, and making the article a bit smaller and easier to see by copying the alphabetical system). But I am not going to do it if you like the present article better. So: improve or not? Irulan 10:37, 10 June 2007 (CEST)

Words that I cannot verify

The following list of words are ones I have come across, but do not have the reference to confirm the source. If you can confirm the source for a word, please move it to the article and include the source. --Rlyehable 12:13, 29 March 2007 (CEST)


Tau Word Translation Source
Bentu'sin Wise-gifted ones (Demiurg) Commerce Protection Fleet (.pdf ?)
Gal'leath Explorer Battle Fleet Gothic 17 p.10
Gharial Emissary (Starship class) Fire Warrior (Novel) page unknown
Gue'senshi Tau-allied Humans (from Kleist system) Epic Gue'senshi army list
Il'fannor Merchant Battle Fleet Gothic 17 p.12
Kai'aun Great Ethereal Imperial Armour Volume III page unknown
Kass'l Orca Battle Fleet Gothic 17 p.14
Kir'qath Defender Battle Fleet Gothic 17 p.14
K'irri ??? Imperial Armour Volume III page unknown
Kir'shash'vre Castellan Commerce Protection Fleet (.pdf ?)
Kor'vattra Tau space fleet Battle Fleet Gothic 17 p.6
Kor'vattra Ileath'fannor Exploration and Commerce Fleet Commerce Protection Fleet (.pdf ?)
Kor'vattra Qath'fannor Commerce Protection Fleet Commerce Protection Fleet (.pdf ?)
Lar'shi Hero Battle Fleet Gothic 17 p.13
Lar'shi'vre Protector Commerce Protection Fleet (.pdf ?)
Me'drek ??? WD 285
Me'yen Unforeseen Codex: Tau page unknown

Tau names

The shortest form of Tau names does not include the Caste. For example; Commander Farsight is known simply as O'Shovah. Darkened wings 20:52, 7 June 2008 (CEST)

What does this mean?

could someone help me translate this? aun'o't'auaraya'kauyon'ko'vash i think thats how you spell it. Thank you!

Looks like a name. If so, "Aun'O" indicates he's an Ethereal of the highest rank, and "T'au" indicates he's from the T'au sept. Not sure on the rest of it. --LegacyCWAL 21:36, 17 December 2010 (UTC)

New word/phrase

I don't really want to touch the formating in this page, so someone braver than I should attempt it. The word is "Her'ex'vre' which means "Mantle of the Hero", and is in reference to single-pilot battlesuits. The source is page 7 of Deathwatch - Mark of the Xenos.--Hive Node 11:32, 27 December 2011 (CET)

Miscalculation of Terran equivalents?

On the current page, the Terran equivalent for time conversions uses a base of 10, whereas the Tau use a base of 8, so shouldn't 1 Rotaa = 12 Terran Hours instead of 15, since 10 Dec would actually mean 8 Dec? So if we use the listed Tau values and assume they are already in base 8 to calculate the Terran values, it should be 1 Dec = 1.5 Terran Hours, 1 Rotaa (10 Dec --> 8 Dec in base 10) = 12 Terran Hours, 1 Kai'rotaa (80 Rotaa --> 64 Rotaa in base 10) = 40 Terran Days, and 1 Tau'cyr (6 Kai'rotaa) = 240 Terran Days. If we continue to use the conversion of 1 Dec = 1.5 Terran Hours, and we convert the listed Terran numbers instead, then 1 Rotaa = 12 Dec, 1 Kai'rotaa = 1440 Dec = 120 Rotaa, and 1 Tau'cyr = 11300 Dec = 740 Rotaa = 6 Kai'rotaa. I don't have the 3rd Edition Tau codex, so I don't know if the codex gave these conversions or if they were calculated by the community, but as it is now, this is not correct due to the Tau not using a base of 10. --Jackiewiecz.j 18:03, 16 February 2020 (EST)

Somebody would have to check the source. As a general policy we cannot operate on the basis of assumptions. --Inquisitor S., Großmeister des Ordo Lexicanum (talk) 00:05, 17 February 2020 (UTC)
No, the content of the article seems correct. --Inquisitor S., Großmeister des Ordo Lexicanum (talk) 00:14, 17 February 2020 (UTC)
Tau time keeping, Codex Tau 3rd eidtion, pg. 57
Alright, must just be a case of outdated information that they never got back around to changing, or they made the codex using a base of 10 because they forgot they're supposed to use a base of 8. As of the most recent codex they continue to say the Tau use an octal system, so I guess we'll just have to wait and see if they decide to update it. --Jackiewiecz.j (talk) 04:27, 17 February 2020 (UTC)
Indeed. --Inquisitor S., Großmeister des Ordo Lexicanum (talk) 12:25, 17 February 2020 (UTC)