Halopedia:Projects/Sangheili - English dictionary
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This Sangheili to English dictionary serves as a guide to the Sangheili language that was crafted by Carl Buck and David J. Peterson for the Halo television show.
This page is intended as a compact guide for essential Sangheili and English vocabulary. Verbs are displayed only in their Bare, Reduplicative, and Bare Negative forms. To find a specific word, use your browser's find function, generally by pressing Ctrl-F.
Sangheili's co-creator, David J. Peterson, also provides transcripts and translations on his language wiki, as well as in a series of posts on Archive of Our Own, accessible here. Readers may also consult David Peterson's audio recordings here.
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Sangheili lexicon[edit]
Basic Nouns / Names[edit]
- Buulo Ch'awaat'u : High Charity
- Ch'aamosik'ojo : Oracle
- Ch'adomo : Spartan(s)
- Ch'ambuujo : Hierarch(s)
- Ch'anggagomo : Halo, the Ring
- Qkhado Ch'anggagomo : The Sacred Ring, The Holy Ring
- Ch'awaruutu : The Journey
- Oq'o Ch'awaruutu : The Great Journey
- Domo : Human(s)
- Gaik'inat'u : Prophet of Regret
- Ghashank'o : Demon, Master Chief
- Hirajo : Blessed One
- Juukhojo : Prophet(s)
- Khech'iijo : Reclaimer
- Kiigiyaara : Kig-Yar
- Maduriga: Madrigal
- Mak'ii : Makee
- Oq'ogakha : Keystone
- Q'aatu : Prophet of Truth
- Q'iitu : Prophet of Mercy
- Riich'e : Reach
- Sangheli : Sangheili
- Shak'o : The Path, the way
- Shandi : Covenant, the alliance
- T'inguqkhuujo : The Arbiter
Arsenal:[edit]
- baghet'o : (n.) dagger, energy dagger
- baqkhat'a : (n.) armor
- ch'anghobuugha : (n.) rifle
- ch'anggono : (n.) shield
- et'o : (n.) sword, energy sword
- khobuugha : (n.) gun, firearm
- luk'a : (n.) spear
- qkhado k'iis : (n.) holy light, plasma grenade (type A)
- qkhado ruq'a : (n.) holy flame, plasma grenade (type B)
- Suban gakha khobuugha : (n.) needler (official name; often shortened to SuGaKho)
- tkhaq'a skhala : (n.) heavy hammer, gravity hammer
- uuri ch'anghobuugha : (n.) carbine
- yojo : (n.) needler (slang)
- zhuro : (n.) weapon
A:[edit]
- a : (v.d) to move
- a'a : (Reduplicative Form)
- aaya : do not move
- aamu : (n.) god, deity
- aamut'u : (n.) apotheosis, godliness
- aani : (v.s) to be flat
- nyanaani : (Reduplicative Form)
- aaniiya : not be flat
- aba : ❶ [indefinite singular pronoun] : anything, anyone, anybody — ❷ [indefinite singular pronoun] : something, someone, somebody
- ak'o : (v.s) to be real, to be actual
- ak'ogho : (Reduplicative Form)
- ak'oya : not be real
- akhe : (n.) hand
- asho : (v.s) to be blue, to be purple (something in that color range)
- ashozho : (Reduplicative Form)
- ashoya : not be blue
- atkha : [distal demonstrative singular pronoun] : that, that one
- atkhe : (v.s) to be clear, to be open (said of a window)
- aadatkhe : (Reduplicative Form)
- atkhiya : not be clear
- a : (v.d) to move
B:[edit]
- ba : [postposition] : out of, out from (elative) ; of (genitive)
- baan : (n.) spine
- baaq'u : (v.d) to make secure, to make safe, to secure
- baapaaq'u : (Reduplicative Form)
- baaqweya : do not make safe
- baari : [indefinite plural pronoun] : any, some
- baas : ❶ [indefinite adverb] : in any manner, in any way, any way — ❷ [indefinite adverb] : in some manner, in some way, somehow
- baas : (n.) an animal native to Sanghelios that camouflages itself and lays in wait for prey, springing on them from the undergrowth
- baashi : (n.) ceremony, special event
- baashkhi : (num.) hundreds
- baaska : (n.) trap
- baat'u : (n.) safety
- baatkha : (v.d) to dig, to poke, to stir-up
- baabatkha : (Reduplicative Form)
- baatkheya : do not dig
- baazhi : (post.) before, prior
- baazhi ni : (post.) before (assigns [ine.])
- babakha : (n.) hatchling (a young Sangheili who has just burst out of their egg)
- bach'intu : (n.) scratch (little wound)
- baghashank'o : (n.) little demon, demonlet, imp (small demon)
- baghet'o : (n.) dagger, energy dagger (small sword)
- baghiit'u : (n.) ignorance (little knowledge)
- bajan : (pron.) each, every
- bak'on : (v.s) to be just
- bak'ogon : (Reduplicative Form)
- bak'oneya : not be just
- bak'ontu : (n.) justice, righteousness
- bakha : (v.d) to burst (out of), to break through
- baabakha : (Reduplicative Form)
- bagheya : do not break through
- bambit'a : (v.d) to promise something to someone [all.], to hold in reserve or specially something for someone [all.] (derived from the verb: bit'a)
- bambiibit'a : (Reduplicative Form)
- bambit'eya : do not promise something
- bambit'agha : (n.) promise
- banechkha : (v.d) to move apart, to get out of the way, to remove oneself (derived from the verb: echkha)
- banechkhaichkha : (Reduplicative Form)
- banechkheya : not get out of the way
- banggulo : (v.d) to lure, to tempt (derived from the verb: gulo)
- bangguugulo : (Reduplicative Form)
- bangguleya : do not lure
- banghaina : (v.d) to feel, to sense (derived from the verb: ghaina)
- banghanyena : (Reduplicative Form)
- banghaineya : do not sense
- bani : (post.) behind, at the back of, or towards the back of (assigns [ade.])
- bank'ina : (v.d) to defy, to execute maliciously, to treat disrespectfully, to willfully ignore (various meanings) (derived from the verb: k'ina)
- bank'iigina : (Reduplicative Form)
- bank'ineya : do not defy
- bank'utkho : (v.d) to defend, to resist (derived from k'utkho, bank'utkho literally means "to fight with the back" and by metaph. extension, "to fight back")
- bantskha'a : (v.d) to do as a gesture, to do performatively, to do with an intent to be representative of some greater action (derived from the verb: tskha'a)
- bantskhatsa'a : (Reduplicative Form)
- bantskha'eya : do not do as a gesture
- banwarut'o : (v.d) to return, to go back, to turn back (derived from the verb: warut'o)
- banwaat'woto : (Reduplicative Form)
- banwarut'eya : do not go back
- bap'umo : (n.) source, origin, root
- baqkhat'a : (n.) armor; (v.d) ❶ to armor, to activate shielding (on s/t [ade.]) — ❷ to pretend, to feign (s/t or some emotion or feeling, use [abl.], e.g. to feign indifference, “indifference” would be in the ablative) (derived from the verb: qkhat'a)
- baqkhaghat'a : (Reduplicative Form)
- baqkhat'aya : do not armor, do not pretend
- Baro : (prop.n.) A male given name. Latinized as Var. — Baro Gat'anai
- bas : (v.s) to be slow
- baabas : (Reduplicative Form)
- baseya : not be slow
- bats'a : (v.s) ❶ to be tight, to be bound — ❷ to be safe, to be secure
- baabats'o : (Reduplicative Form)
- bats'eya : not be bound, not be secure
- bawa : (v.d) to eject an egg
- boghawa : (Reduplicative Form)
- baweya : do not eject an egg
- baya'a : (n.) example, sample (small piece)
- bazhiiq'o : (n.) short time, short moment (small length of time)
- bekkha : (v.d) to breathe
- baabekkha : (Reduplicative Form)
- bekkheya : do not breathe
- bekkhajo : (n.) being, creature (anything living that breathes) (see also: p'ikhe)
- bit'a : (v.d) to bear, to carry, to hold
- biibit'a : (Reduplicative Form)
- bit'eya : do not hold
- bit'agha : (n.) vessel, container, jar, box, etc. (various)
- bojo : (n.) mother, mom
- butkho : (v.d) to atone, to apologize, to make amends
- buubutkho : (Reduplicative Form)
- butkheya : do not atone
- buulo : (v.s) to be high, to be tall
- buubulo : (Reduplicative Form)
- buuleya : not be high
- Buulo Ch'awaat'u : (prop.n.) High Charity
C:[edit]
- ch'aamosik'o : (v.s) to understand well or perfectly (derived from the verb: mosik'o)
- ch'aamosiwik'o : (Reduplicative Form)
- ch'aamosik'weya : not understand well
- ch'aamosik'ojo : (n.) Oracle; ones who know well
- ch'adomo : (n.) Spartan
- ch'adonu : (v.d) to notice, to pay attention to, to be aware of (derived from the verb: donu)
- ch'adaadonu : (Reduplicative Form)
- ch'adonuuya : do not notice
- ch'adzuma : (v.) to be dangerous, to be harmful (derived from the verb: dzuma)
- ch'adzumat'u : (n.) danger, peril, risk (see also: dzuutu)
- ch'ahasmo : (n.) galaxy (lit. great-sun-region)
- ch'ajin : (v.d) to be interested in, to be curious, to be inquisitive (about s/t use [ill.]) (derived from the verb: ch'in)
- ch'ajinjin : (Reduplicative Form)
- ch'ajineya : do not be interested in
- ch'akhawa : (v.d) to compliment, to flatter (derived from the verb: khawa)
- ch'akhoghawa : (Reduplicative Form)
- ch'akhaweya : do not compliment
- ch'amaaro : (v.d) to search by looking at, to look at, to look through (derived from the verb: maaro)
- ch'amaamaro : (Reduplicative Form)
- ch'amaaroya : do not look
- ch'amaarot'u : (n.) great search, long search, quest
- ch'ambuujo : (n.) hierarch, high prophet
- ch'anaani : (n.) ❶ plateau — ❷ pillar (metaphorical sense: pillar of one's community)
- ch'anatkha : (v.s) to read (derived from the verb: hatkha)
- ch'anaatkha : (Reduplicative Form)
- ch'anatkheya : not read
- ch'anggaaya : over-valuable
- ch'anggagomo : (n.) Halo, great ring
- ch'anggona : (v.) to tutor, to mentor (derived from the verb: q'ona)
- ch'anggono : (n.) shield
- ch'anghobuugha : (n.) rifle
- uuri ch'anghobuugha : (n.) carbine
- ch'anghutkho : (n.) battle, skirmish
- ch'angongo : (n.) chamber, room
- ch'anik'o : (v.d) to see
- ch'aniwik'o : (Reduplicative Form)
- ch'anik'weya : do not see
- ch'anitskha : (v.s) to be interested, be intrigued
- ch'anii'itskha : (Reduplicative Form)
- ch'anitskheya : not be intrigued
- ch'anjiiq'o : (n.) era, eon
- ch'annuumo : (n.) building, edifice, structure
- ch'ano : (n.) head
- ch'anopkho : (v.d) to supplicate oneself, to redeem oneself (derived from the verb: opkho)
- ch'ampaapkho : (Reduplicative Form)
- ch'anopkhoya : do not redeem
- ch'anopkhuutu : (n.) supplication, redemption, atonement (see also: mechkhuut'u)
- ch'anoq'o : (v.) to have great nobility, to have esteem (derived from the verb: oq'o)
- ch'anqi : (n.) extinction
- ch'anqkhat'a : (n.) roof, ceiling
- ch'anzap'a : (v.) to achieve a great victory, to triumph (derived from the verb: zap'a)
- ch'anzap'atu : (n.) great victory
- ch'apkhaat'u : (n.) grace, charisma, elegance
- ch'apkhama : (v.s) to have a magnetic personality, to draw in, to have the ability to engender loyalty in others, to be popular, to be well-regarded, to be respected (derived from the verb: pkhama)
- ch'apkhambama : (Reduplicative Form)
- ch'apkhameya : not be popular
- ch'apkhungo : (v.d) to be satisfied, to be pleased, to be happy (with s/t tangible [ela.]; with s/t intangible [ade.]) (derived from the verb: pkhungo)
- ch'apkhubungo : (Reduplicative Form)
- ch'apkhunguya : do not feel satisfied
- ch'aqkhosa : (v.d) to move forward, to push ahead (derived from the verb: qkhosa)
- ch'aqkhoghosa : (Reduplicative Form)
- ch'aqkhoseya : do not move forward
- ch'atkho : (n.) ocean, sea
- ch'awaat'u : (n.) charity
- ch'awaqkho : (v.d) to give for the intended benefit of the recipient, to give without asking, to give charity (derived from the verb: waqkho)
- ch'awaawoqkho : (Reduplicative Form)
- ch'awaqkheya : do not give charity
- ch'awaruut'u : (n.) great journey
- ch'i : (num.) three
- ch'imo : (v.d) to take, to get, to fetch, to collect (the -o on the end is irregular)
- ch'iichimo : (Reduplicative Form)
- ch'imeya : do not get
- ch'in : (v.d) to prick, to pierce, to stab
- ch'injin : (Reduplicative Form)
- ch'ineya : do not stab
- ch'intu : (n.) wound
- ch'ishan : (num.) eleven
- ch'ulo : (v.d) to be awoken, to awaken, to wake, to wake up (with [erg.] argument = to wake s/o up)
- ch'uuchulo : (Reduplicative Form)
- ch'uleya : do not wake
- chkha'a : (v.d) to hunt
- chkhaaja'a : (Reduplicative Form)
- chkha'eya : do not hunt
- Chkhaa pkha! : (idiomatic, vulgar) expresses contempt : "Fuck you!"
- chkhaacho : (n.) deceiver, liar; ones who lie
- chkhakha : (v.d) to deceive (s/o), to lie to (s/o)
- chkhaajakha : (Reduplicative Form)
- chkhakheya : do not deceive
- chkhan : (pron.) all, everything
- chkhan ba : all by
- chkhan ni : over all
- chkhugi : (v.d) to stand up, to raise oneself
- chkhujugi : (Reduplicative Form)
- chkhugiiya : do not stand up
- chkhugimo : (n.) altar
- chkhuto : (v.s) to be born, be birthed
- chkhujuto : (Reduplicative Form)
- chkhuteya : not be born
- chkhuung : (part.) thus, so (that), such (that)
- cho : (n.) vertical plane, z-axis (XZ plane)
- ch'aamosik'o : (v.s) to understand well or perfectly (derived from the verb: mosik'o)
D:[edit]
- daagha : (v.s) to b