User:Alex the weeb/Subspace army name origins

Enemies from existing franchises are not included, as they are simply given their usual name. This includes R.O.B. enemies, which are just R.O.B.'s with different ranks.

Name	Likely pronunciation	Possible origin
Primid	prih-mid	From prime. Primids are the primary enemies in the Subspace Army.
[word] Primid	[word] prih-mid	See Primid. Each varient of the Primid has a word before it describing it. Sword Primids carry Beam Swords, Scope Primids carry Super Scopes, Boom Primids carry boomerangs, Big Primids are big, Metal Primids are encased in metal and Fire Primids can shoot fire.
Spaak	spahk	From spark. Spaaks attack with electricity.
Cymul	sai-mul	May loosely refer to scythe, representing its scythe-like arms which it uses to slice enemies, or cymbal, referencing the shape of its head and the path traced by its arms while attacking.
Greap	greep	From reap, meaning to cut. May also be a corruption of Grim Reaper.
Glunder	glun-der	From thunder. Glunders attack with electricity.
Glire	glire	From fire. Glires attack with fire.
Glice	glice	From ice. Glices attack with ice.
Jyk	jaik	From spike, referencing Jyk's spiky exterior.
Roturret	row-turret	From rotate and turret, as it attacks with turrets and rotates about its centre.
Poppant	pop-ant	May loosely reference piñata, as Poppants carry candy among other things in their cradle, and drop food when defeated.
Feyesh	faish	Combination of fish and eye, referencing its appearance.
Towtow	tautau	Likely from cow. While based on a ram, sheep and cows belong to the same family, and Towtow's stocky size and method of attack by charging also resembles bulls.
Mite	mite	From mite, often used to refer to something small and annoying.
Borboras	bor-bor-ass	From brass, a group of horns which includes trumpets, which appear to be the main basis for Borboras.
Ticken	tih-ken	From chicken, describing the animal it's designed after and piloted by. Tick may also refer to its ageing mechanical body.
Auroros	au-roar-ross	From aurora, referring to its colourful appearance, and albatross, a type of bird.
Bucculus	buh-kyu-luss	From succubus, which in Japanese media drain their victims by kissing them.
Buckot	buh-kot	From bucket, as it carries a bucket.
Floow	flow	From flow, as it moves around with smooth, flowing motions.
Bytan	By-tan	Contains the "eye" sound, likely referencing its large eye. May also derive from "bite", as it has sharp teeth, although it does not attack by biting.
Armight	ar-might	Combination of arm, armour and knight. It is an armoured knight with long arms.
Roader	row-der	From the fact that it is an off-roader vehicle.
Autolance	auto-lance	From automobile, as it is a type of vehicle, lance, as it attacks with a lance, and ambulance, referencing its emergency light.
Nagagog	na-ga-gog	Unknown
Puppit	puppet	From puppet, as Puppits resemble puppets on strings.
Trowlon	trowel-on	From trowel, a tool which can be used to scoop things up, which is the behaviour of Trowlons.
Shellpod	shell-pod	From shell and pod, referencing Shellpod's shell or "pod". May also reference arthropod, as Shellpods have an insect-like design.
Bombed	bomb-ed	Corruption of bomb-head, as their heads are bombs.
Shaydas	shay-dass	From shade, referencing their shadowy appearance, and possibly the mythological beings called shades which are spirits of the dead.
Gamyga	ga-mee-ga	Unknown
Armank	ar-mank	Combination of arm and tank, as Armanks are tanks with a large arm.
Galleom	gallium	From gallium, a metal used in electronics, with Galleom being a machine.
Duon	due-on	From duo, as Duon is 2 bodies fused to a wheel.
Tabuu	taboo	From taboo, meaning forbidden. Presumably chosen because it sounds cool.