Namekian (language)

The Namekian language as depicted in '"Dragon Ball.

The Namekian language is a fictional language spoken by the Namekians, individuals native to the planet of the same name. Only the words Piccolo and Porunga have been defined in Dragon Ball; other words appear as filler material in episodes of Dragon Ball Z. In Dragon Ball, Piccolo and Kami speak the Namekian language to each other during the 23rd Tenkaichi Tournament. Though their actual words were translated, Namekian letters appear on the screen. In a later filler episode, Son Goku and Chichi discovered a large rock that was actually a map of how to make the Bansho Fan with instructions written in similar letters.

Definitions

• "Avishta" – never explained, although it may have some relation to 'hello', as Krillin says this during the Namek greeting gesture he makes to Raiti.
• "Butla antu" – "bed", literally "sleepy time"
• "Dablirobe" – never explained
• "Dorigelop crafca" – never explained, although it has some relation to 'blast off', as the phrase activates the Namek spaceship's flight function.
• "Monocanco" – never explained
• "Onska ropeca" – never explained, although it has some relation to 'turn around', as the phrase causes the Namek spaceship to turn while in flight.
• "Piccolo" – "from another world"
• "Porunga" – "dragon of dreams" or "dragon of law"
• "Seata belta" – "toilet"
• "Stando boomsca" – never explained, although it has some relation to 'fire', as the phrase activates the Namek spaceship's beam cannon.