Talk:Tau Lexicon
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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)
- 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)
