Achuta (“Hello”) Bo shuda (“Greetings”)[3] X Research source Chowbaso (“Welcome”) Gooddé da lodia! (“Good day to you!”) Mee jewz ku (“Goodbye”)
The known Huttese pronouns are jee (“I/me”), jee-jee (“we/us”), chuba (“you”), and cheekta (“her”). You might also find use for words like bukee (“boy”), footoo (“fellow”), cheeka (“woman”), nek (“man”), ulwan (“smuggler”), murishani (“bounty hunter”), and jeedai (“Jedi”). You could refer to a friend as ma pateessa (“my friend”), while an enemy might be wermo (“fool” or “idiot”), sleemo (“slime-ball”), or peedunkey (“punk”).
See’ybark (“sailing barge”) Blasto (“weapon” or “blaster”) E’nachu (“food”)[6] X Research source Gopptula (“ransom”) Planeeto (“planet”)
Boska (“search” or “go”) Stuka (“see”) Dwana (“sell”) Cheeska (“cheat”) Winkee (“sleep”)
Gusha (“lucky”) Lapti (“fancy”) Shado (“fast”) Double-crossing (“dopa-meeky”) Goola (“bad”) Grancha (“large”) Azalus (“dangerous”)
An (“and”) Che (“for”) Ta (“the”) Du (“a/an”) Coo (“who/which”), coo sa (“Who is . . . ?” or “Which is . . . ?”) Choy (“what”) Jopay (“when”) Konchee (“where”) Tagwa (“yes”) No (“nobata”) Out (“nenoleeya”) In (“noleeya”) Hagwa (“don’t”)
Achute, my pee kasa Susan. (“Hello, my name is Susan. ”) Hi chuba na daga? (“What do you want?”) Bargon wan chee kospah. (“There will be no bargain. ”) Bona nai kachu. (“You’re in trouble now!”)
Bo (1) Dopa (2) Duba (3) Fwanna (4) K’wanna (5) Kita (6) Goba (7) Our 8-15 are the Huttese equivalent of 10-17. These numbers are hunto, biska, boboba, goboba, joboba, soboba, koboba, and foboba. The only other known Huttese number is 100 (144 in base 8): jujumon.
This sound appears in the phrase Ap-xmasi keepuna (“Don’t shoot!”). Watch and listen closely to characters speaking Huttese in the Star Wars films and spinoff shows, and try to approximate the harsh and guttural sounds of Huttese speech.
For example, you might take a look at The Art of Language Invention: From Horse-Lords to Dark Elves, by David J. Peterson. For a discussion on how Huttese relates to the real Quechua language of Peru, check out the Encyclopedia of Fictional and Fantastic Languages, by Tim Conley and Stephen Cain.
For example, check out the r/conlangs community on Reddit: https://www. reddit. com/r/conlangs/ You can also sign up for the Brown University Conlang Mailing List: https://listserv. brown. edu/archives/cgi-bin/wa?A0=CONLANG
If you attend a conlanging panel or workshop, bring a list of your questions about Huttese. Even if you don’t encounter any Huttese experts, you might get a lively discussion going!
