Iba shu'shuk...

The spark are you on about??

[ouroebius]

my dumbass internet lingo Mando'a translations pt. 2

Also, a quick thanks to everyone who's ever interacted with my posts. It's so cool to see Mando'a thinkers and/or speakers being active in the year of our lord Kad Ha'rangir 2026, and I haven't made the space to say that yet. So, ori'vor'e, anade!!

Without further ado: I get bored in class sometimes y'know how it is.

Jatne vod! Oh, jatne vod! Ori [noun]! (phr.) - | Basically the "Waiter! Oh, waiter! More [noun], please!" meme. Feel free to add a "gedet'ye" at the end there, but from my understanding of Mando courtesy, I don't think it's necessary.

Ni haryc, alor. (phr.) - I'm tired, boss. | Literally, "I'm tired, leader," but I think Mando practicality could have "alor" apply for anyone in a position of authority (though "Mand'alor" remains distinct and significant). (I got that idea mostly from the Traviss readout (Cop.mp3) of Mando'a on her archived website, where she translates "governor" (referring to a cop) to "alor" and I was like "yeah I think that tracks.")

Bic [adjective]'din. (phr.) - It's giving [adjective]. | I'm borrowing from the established "Bic ni skana'din" structure that works to the English equivalent of "It makes me feel [hatred towards something]." Since "ni" is functioning as the object pronoun in "Bic ni skana'din", and the phrase "It's giving [adjective]" doesn't have an object in it, I opted to remove "ni" to replicate that meaning. Feel free to replace "bic" with whatever is doing the giving at the moment (ie, "Kaysh kandosii'din" - "They're (sing.)/she's/he's/it's/etc giving ruthlessness/indomintability (positive Mandalorian conceptualization of the quality))".

(Cuyir) hokan'yc (v.) - To be done. | I'm capitalizing on the "slang for heavily defeated" that the Traviss dictionary includes in the definition for "hokan'yc." Feel free to add a "shab'la" in there to maximize your doneness; Ni shab'la hokan'yc - I'm (so) fucking done. Alternatively: Ni ori'hokan'yc.

Jekadenir (v.) - To ragebait | It was either that or adenkai'r or something. Mushed "jekai" (bait) and "a'den" (rage, wrath) to make a verb. That's about it, lol. Ni haryc, alor.

[ouroebius]

Mando'a Compound Words and/or Etymology 3

Because I can

Once again, none of this is confirmed in any official capacity, I'm just having fun lol.

Cu'bikad (n.) - "Indoor game that involves stabbing blades into a chequered board - a cross between darts, chess and ludo" | cunak (square) + bikadinir (to skewer) - "Squares to skewer"/"Skewering squares"

Haavlaam (n.) - Bunk | Haav (bed) + laam (up) - "A bed placed at a high location"

Nakar'mir (v.) - To be unaware, not know | nakar (unknown) + mirdir (to think) - "To think of something that is unknown [to you]"

Mishuk (n.) - Pressure | Mirshe (brain) + shukalar (to crush, conquer) - "Mental crushing"? Like mental pressure? Applicable to physical pressure, I'm sure, but perhaps initially alluding to mental/psychological pressure? (If "mi--" does come from a preestablished word, I dunno what else it would be besides a mird/mirshe related word.)

Shuk'orok (n.) - Crushgaunt | Shukalar (to crush, conquer) + kom'(o)rok* (gauntlet) - "Crush gauntlet"/"gauntlet for crushing" [*The Traviss dictionary entry for "kom'rk" includes an [or] sound between [KOHM-] and [-rohk] in the pronunciation for "kom'rk"]

Suumpir (n.) - Lake | Suum (beyond) + pirun (water) - "Water that goes beyond" -> "A body of water that stretches beyond (one's line of sight)" -> "A body of water that is not contained within a container or structure"?

[ouroebius]

my dumbass internet lingo mando'a translations

Honestly I didn't use that much brain power for these but I had fun okay lmao:

Mirshe'kyor (n.) - Brain rot | Literally, mirshe (brain) + kyor (decay) - "Brain decay/rot"

Haran'ika (n.) - Crash out | Haran (hell, destruction, cosmic annihilation) + 'ika (diminutive suffix) - "Little destruction." Alternatively, "Shu'shuk'ika" or "little disaster" ("shu'shuk" would also probably work in this context lmao)

Osikpost (n.) - Shitpost | Osik (shit) + 'post' (I am not gonna try make a word for "post" y'all okay) - Shitpost

Gota'kivi (v.) - Aura farming | Gotal'ur (to make, create) + jarkiv (charisma, presence) - "To make/create [a notable] presence" (infinitive: gota'kivir)

Locked in (adj.) - Ori'ori'ramikadyc | Ori (more, big, very) + ramikadyc (commando state of mind) - "Very very in the commando state of mind"

To touch grass (v.) - Tigaanur vheh | Tigaanur (to touch) + vheh (earth) - "To touch earth"

To understand the assignment (v.) - Suvarir (te) aka | Suvarir (to understand) + aka (mission) - "To understand the mission"

[ouroebius]

Mando'a Compound Words(?) 2

I just think they're neat. (Note: none of this is "officially" confirmed/known anywhere, this is just my take on what words some other, larger words are comprised of)

Gehat’ik (n.) - Story | Ge (almost) + Haat (truth) + ‘ika (diminutive suffix) - “[A] small almost truth”

Ori’gehat’ik (n.) - Epic | Ori’ (big, extreme, very, etc) + Ge (almost) + Haat (truth) + ‘ika (diminutive suffix) - “[A] great almost truth”

Beskar’gam (n.) - Armor | Beskar (Mandalorian iron) + pel’gam (skin) - “Skin of Mandalorian iron/Mandalorian iron skin”

Beviiragir (v.) - To fish | Beviin (lance) + gi (fish) - “To spear fish” {mentioned in Traviss dictionary entry}

Yaim’ol (n.) - Homecoming | Yaim (home) + olaror (to come, to arrive) - “Coming home"

Yustapir (n.) - River | Goyust (road) + pirun (water) - “Water road”

Gotabor (n.) - Engineer | Gota (machine, device) + borarir (to work) - "Machine worker" {could also be gota (machine, device) + bora (job) | "[person who does] machine work/job"}

[ouroebius]

Mando'a Compound Words(?)

I just feel like there's something endearing about the compound words(?) that are given to us in Traviss's Mando'a dictionary. Many of them have indications about how Mandos or Mando culture think about certain things and concepts. Here's a few words that I didn't realize I could break apart until I really looked at them:

(also, as a note for newbies, none of this is "officially" confirmed/known anywhere, this is just my take on what words some other, larger words are comprised of)

Kyr'am (n.) - Death | Kyr + am - "The end of change/end(ing of) change"

Jor'lekir (v.) - To confirm | Jorhaa'ir + elek - "To say yes (to)"

Go'naasir (v.) - To waste | Gotal'ur + naas - "To make/create nothing"

Pir'ekulor (v.) - To weep | Pirun + ekur - "To choke on water(tears)"

Gaigotalur (v.) - To designate | Gai + gotal'ur - "To make/create name(s/designations)"

[rascal-rose]

they say ch 3 is gonna be a real

[theriverdraws]

this filled me with such immediate joy I let out a fucking movie dead wife giggle

[ouroebius]

Baar olar, mirshe be'chaaj

Anyone else ever feel baar olar, mirshe be'chaaj? It's a light play on this fanon Mando'a saying that came to me in class during lecture today. Especially with exams on the horizon, I've really been feeling ner baar olar, mirshe be'chaaj. Sometimes ner mirshe is 50 miles away thinking about Epic the Musical, Breath of the Wild and how much I want to go home while ner baar is in class taking notes on vasoconstriction, platelet plugs and blood coagulation.

[ouroebius]

Mando'a Text Abbreviations

I think it'd be funny if "me'shab" (Rusk and Traviss (modified) Mando'a for "what the fuck") was abbreviated in text as "ms" or "m's" the way we have "wtf"

Gty, gdy or gdty for "thank you"/"gedet'ye"

Bgty, bgdy or bgdty for "you're welcome"/"ba'gedet'ye"

Okay yeah that's all the creativity I have right now lmao

Edit: Okay, upon being informed that "MS" is a (Legends) canonical abbreviation for "mir'shupur" (brain injury), here are some in-universe work arounds: me'shab is more commonly abbreviated as "m's," with the beten being significant, or there's a distinct separation between the domain of medical care (so Mando medical professionals) and the general Mando public, so MS as "mir'shupur" remains a medically exclusive association

Edit 2: Thanks to johamur in the comments telling me about how "MS" as an abbreviation is well-known by both Mando public and Mando health professionals. I still think that the distinction between the medical care domain and general Mando public still stands, but it's more about the context than the Mandalorians using it. In other words, I think it's plausible that most Mandalorians have a collective understanding that MS means one thing in one context and another thing in another context. I also like to think that both versions of MS have the same weight as abbreviations, like they're both well-known by the community and understood consistently as either or depending on context because we don't really have anything like that in English, and also I think Mandalorians would equally value giving appropriate care to someone with a neurological condition and being able to express bewilderment to the roughest, most vulgar degree

[honey002]

In regards of the Trump government scraping all trans inclusion in its queer information portion of its websites I have made this thing. Spread the word. Don't let them pretend we never existed.

P.S: Don't like! Reblog! <3

[hisui555]

How about a like and a reblog

[ouroebius]

So I'm a little late to this, but I found this lullaby in Mando'a written by @themischiefoftad and sung by @punsbulletsandpointythings and really really really liked it, so I whipped up this arrangement on Noteflight for it (audio should work, just takes a few seconds to start). The audio is in piano, but I imagined this for the clarinet, which was my high school instrument.

Here's a pdf of the arrangement if anyone would like it: Mando'a-Lullaby-pdf

Please give the original posts some love!!: Mando'a Lullaby Lyrics written by themischiefoftad; Mando'a Lullaby sung by PunsBulletsAndPointyThings

Some notes about the arrangement:

This should be in concert pitch (and so should work for piano, flute, trombone, etc). I was a clarinet player throughout middle school and high school, which is where all of my music theory knowledge comes from. Thus, I wrote this from the perspective of a B flat clarinet first, and then toggled it over to concert pitch. The clarinet POV tells me the key signature is in D major, but I can't really tell if that's translated over or not.

Underscores "__" represent an elongated syllable or word, while hyphens "-" represent syllables of one word broken up between notes.

This is not a perfect transcription of punsbulletsandpointythings's singing, and is not like what you'd see in a George Collier video. I put the piece in 4/4 common time mostly because that's the easiest for me to write stuff in (and the piece "felt" like it, of course). I was also lenient and non-specific with most of the dynamics and articulation (which isn't expressed very well with computerized piano anyways)

(I cooked this up in a day cuz college has me running in circles, sorry in advance for any mistakes lmao)