Monday, January 23, 2012

Part 4

Teef: Wealth, tribute. (Ork money is literally their teeth. Orks from the Bad Moon clan grow teeth much more quickly, meaning that generally, they tend to be richer).

Thug: Guard, minder, henchman.

Tin: Robot, Tinboy.

Trakta: Magnet, tractor beam.

Tuf: Old, ancient.

Ug: By, with, whom, to, of.

Ulk: Spaceship.

Unki: Big Boy, big, muscle. (this is my least favourite root word. Whoever came up with that one was phoning it in)

Urd: Swarm, lots of, herd.

Urty: Pain, medical attention, distress.

Uz: Sun, yellow, hot, thirst, dry, fire, daytime.

Villun: Freeboota, outlaw, mercenary.

Vrum: Bike.

Waa(agh): Warband, we are, tribe of, watch out, here we come.

Warp: Space.

Waz/Wazza: Speed, synonym for red, scared, ecstasy, Kult of Speed. 

Wizza: Fall, shell bomb.

Wort: Fungus.

Wurr: Weird, strange.

Z or Az: Plural ending.

Zag: Lighting, movement, strike.

Zod: Blue.

Zog: Go away, wander off, lost, no good.


Part 2

Kan: Dreadnaught (Although now Orks obviously have the word Deffdread, but it is most likely derived from the Imperial word dreadnaught, with added deff, because being Orky itz ded killy. Obviously Orks created a nickname for Dreadnoughts based on first seeing them, before making their own).

Kanon: Big gun, artillery, cannon.

Kart: Vehicle

Kop: Head, helmet, hill, catch, see.

Kroozer: Ship, boat.

Krump: Noise, amplify (recent slang, especially on the forum now has it as "beat" or "defeat").

Lug: Hear, listen, earring, advisor, messenger.

Lurk: Danger, beware.

Manik: Insane (added trivia here. From Rogue Trader, there are 9 types of Madboyz, one of which are called Maniks (who really are that mental) the others being Deliriaks, Frantiks, Melankoliks, Moroniks, Paranoids, Phobiaks, Skitzos and Savantz. I'll put some description in of them below after the Root Words).

Mek: Clever, technology, mechanical.

Miff: Mistake, wrong position, Tinboy.

Mob: Tactical unit, formation. (In Orkman's terms, a bunch a' boyz, ya stoopid skumbo!)

Mor: Wild, feral, ancient.

Naa: No, negative prefix, not.

Naff: Inadequate, weedy, useless.

Nar: Family, unit, command, crew.

Naz: Moon, white, shine, light, wealth.

Nob: Nobility, authority, high rank.

Nosh: Feast, pickings, plunder.

Nurd: Unlucky.

Og: Owned by, property of, belonging to.

Ooman: Human (now even in Black Library stuff has become 'Umie, although Ooman is still sometimes used).

Ordz: Many, loads.

Orky: Ork, Ork Civilisation, good, green.

Pansee: Eldar

Razza: Fun fair.

Ripoff: Buy, sell, merchant, auction. (Grots are the most common traders and merchants, so the derivation of this one is pretty self-evident)

Rokk: Goff Rock. (Space Hulks are also sometimes called Rokks)

Rukk: Charge, attack.

Runt: Small, Snotling, Gretchin.

Shak: Household, building, live, settlement, house.

Shokka: Shokk attack gun.

Shuv: Build, construct, create.

Skab: Traitor, unreliable, weak.

Skar: Wound, trench, crater, cutting weapon.

Skraga: Skarboy, veteran.

Skull: End of battle, dead.

Skrap: Fortune, payment, tithe, offering.

Skum: The Enemy (most commonly combined with Grod to make Skumgrod, which means a good or favoured enemy).

Slag: Settlement, stronghold, planet.

Slug: Ammo, bullet, shell.

Smak: Stop, no further.

Snaga: Sting, wild beast, snake, stab. (Snaga also seems to be used as a bigging up nickname, similar to "Big Man", suggesting physical prowess or success)

Snik: Cut, kill, slay, execute, assassinate.

Snot: Snotling, mischief, numerous, little.

Spikee: Horn. (often associated with Chaos and Goff Warlords. Spikee Ladz is often a term for Chaos Marines).

Squig: Squig, food, eat, supplies, useful things.

Stash: Hide, conceal, secret.

Stomp: Boot, Stormboy, drill, march.

Stud: Bionik bit, cybernetics.

Stunti: Squat.

Now to Part 3...


Dim_Reapa's definitions of orky terms…Part one!

Rather than linking I thought I would post it here:
"Ork Root Words

Bad'un: A renegade or outcast.

Bad: Evil, wicked, brave, strong, tough.

Bark: Voice, command, shout.

Beakee/Beakie: A Space Marine.

Blitz: Invasion, devastate.

Bog: Brown, droppings.

Bonk: Eadbutt, duel.

Boss: Leader, officer, head Ork, Warlord.

Bugeye/Bug: Alien, Genstealer, Tyranid.

Dakka: Attack, noisy weapon, shoot, fight.

Digga: Weedy, underground, weak, false (is slang for humans who reside on Angelis, the setting of Gorkamorka).

Dreg: Destroy, rip, cut, break up, take apart.

Duff: Vanquish, beat, chastise.

Dur: Fortress, stronghold, city, armour.

Duruk: Forcefield.

'Eadbanga: Weirdboy.

Fing: Mutant.

Flash: Badge, Banner.

Fung: Drop, food.

Garg: Huge, terrifying, noisy, powerful.

Gargant: Titan, large robot.

Git: Enemy, troublemaker, nuisance

Gob: Mouth, eat, drink, speaking out of turn.

Gof(f): Warlike, spiky, metal, black, dark, night.

Gog: God, power.

Gor: Blood, red, wound, slaughter.

Grim: Ruthless, fighting prowess, dangerous face.

Grod: Best friend, or favourite enemy.

Grot: Gretchin, servant, slave.

Grub: Cunning, find, dig, hide.

Grunta: Boar.

Gubbinz: Engine, workings.

Gul: Death, bones, skull, white.

Gutz: Flesh, workings, engine, innards, stamina.

Part 2 soon to follow...

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

DA Waaagh sekret santa

I'd just like to say a big thankyou to the guys over at da waaagh for running their sekret santa. I sent out a looted speeder and received:

THIS! Scarpia's dakka-lith! Thankx again MDG!!

cheers
'smasha

It's nothing to do with warhammer but..

I REALLY like this clock….!