Post by Tamari on Jan 6, 2015 9:47:40 GMT 10
HUGE thanks to housewife for her amazing work with the formatting! She also helped organize this to be more writer-friendly! This wouldn't have been possible without the help of my fellow Goldenlakers.
I used the Tamora Pierce Wiki, our own Goldenlake Wiki, Tamora Pierce's website, and the attached glossaries and notes to Street Magic, Cold Fire, Will of the Empress, and Battle Magic.
While some clarifications or notes in brackets are mine, the definitions and contents of the glossary do not belong to me.
Emelan Calendar [from Will of the Empress and Cold Fire]
Wolf Moon: January
Storm Moon: February
Carp Moon: March
(Sunborn: spring equinox)
Seed Moon: April
Goose Moon: May
(Wild Night: Beltane)
Rose Moon: June
(Midsummer: summer solstice)
Mead Moon: July
Wort Moon: August
Barley Moon: September
(Coldborn: autumn equinox)
Blood Moon: October
(Dead’s Night: Halloween)
Snow Moon: November
Hearth Moon: December
(Longnight: winter solstice)
Sunsday: Sunday
Moonsday: Monday
Starsday: Tuesday
Earthsday: Wednesday
Airsday: Thursday
Firesday: Friday
Watersday: Saturday
Characters
Ambros fer Landreg: Saghad, steward of Sandry’s lands as well as of his own, dependable, family man, married to Ealaga
Amiliane fa Landreg: Sandry’s mother and Namornese heiress, deceased
Bancanor: goldsmith family in Kugisko, friends of Daja’s and Frostpine’s, their twin daughters are Daja’s first students
Bennat Ladradun: widower, fire expert, deceased (COLD FIRE)
Berenene dor Ocmore: Sandry’s cousin, empress of Namorn
Briar Moss: former thief and street rat from Sotat, Sandry’s foster brother, plant mage, maker of medicines, gardener, expert in shakkans (miniature trees), Evvy’s teacher
Caidlene fa Sarajane: pert, dark-eyed, flirtatious lady-in-waiting
Chime: living glass dragon made by Kethlun Warder (SHATTERGLASS), living with Tris
Comas: Lark’s new weaving student, temple novice, lives in attic at Discipline cottage
Crane: Dedicate Initiate, First Dedicate of the Air Temple at Winding Circle, sometimes teacher of the four
Daja Kisubo: former Trader, Sandry’s foster-sister and Frostpine’s student in metal shaping magic; carries a Trader staff and is marked by a piece of living brass that is molded between the fingers and over the palm and back of one hand
Dymytur fer Holm: bidis, border bandit and would-be kidnapper
Ealaga fa Landreg: Ambros’s good-humored wife
Erdogun fer Baigh: Duke Vedris of Emelan’s seneschal
Evumeimei Dingzai: Evvy, a street girl who was Briar’s student, a stone mage
Finlach fer Hurich: Fin, a handsome noble who is one of Berenene’s choices as a suitor for Sandry’s hand
Franzen fer Toren: Vedris of Emelan’s third son and present heir
Frostpine: Dedicate Initiate at Winding Circle, great mage, specializing in metal and fire magic, Daja’s mentor
Glaki: orphan, academic mage, formerly Tris’s student, now Lark’s at Discipline cottage
Gospard: Vedris’s middle son, admiral of Emelanese navy
Gudruny Iarun: wife of Halmar and mother of his children, living on the Landreg estates
Gurkoy: family who lost everything for crossing the empress
Halmar Iarun: Gudruny’s husband, the miller
Holab: grain broker on the Landreg estates
Ishabal Ladyhammer: Berenene’s archmage, specialist in curses, a great mage
Jakuben fer Pennun: Jak, saghad, one of Berenene’s favorite young noblemen, chosen by her to court Sandry
Kethlun Warder: Tris’s student, the one who made Chime (SHATTERGLASS)
Lark: Dedicate Initiate of Winding Circle, specializing in magic through spinning and weaving, a great mage, Sandry’s mentor, foster mother to the four
Little Bear: once a puppy the four rescued, the dog traveled with Tris and Niko, now lives with Glaki at Winding Circle
Luvo: strange friend of Evvy’s
Maedryan dor Ocmore: princess, Berenene’s daughter and heir, living with her foster family in secrecy
Maghen: village girl on Landreg estates
Mattin fer Toren: Sandry’s father and Vedris’s nephew, deceased
Niklaren Goldeye: Niko, a great mage whose power is with all kinds of magic that involve sight, he found Daja, Briar, and Sandry; he is Tris’s mentor
Notalos fer Hurich: Finlach’s uncle and head of Namorn Mages’ Society
Olfeon: Master of the Imperial Armory
Pasco Acalon: young dancemage who is Sandry’s first student (MAGIC STEPS)
Pershan fer Roth: Shan, handsome, young and ambitious nobleman who is one of the empress’s favorites
Quenaill Shieldsman: great mage specializing in protective magics, Ishabal’s assistant and one of the empress’s favorites
Rizuka fa Dalach: young and charming, Berenene’s Mistress of Wardrobe
Rosethorn: Dedicate Initiate at Winding Circle, specializing in plant and garden magic, a great mage, Briar’s mentor and foster mother to the four
Sandrilene fa Toren: Sandry, clehame and heiress to the Landreg holdings in Namorn, foster sister to Briar, Daja, and Tris, her magic is with thread, spinning and weaving; she is a favorite with her great-uncle Vedris
Third Caravan Saralan: Trader land caravan
Trisana Chandler: Tris, an irritable, shy weather mage and bookworm trying to master the new skill of seeing images carried on the wind, Sandry’s foster-sister and Niko’s student
Vedris IV: Sandry’s great-uncle, ruling Duke of Emelan, a powerful and subtle man who has taken the four under his wing while they lived in Emelan; it’s rumored he may change his will and make Sandry his heir instead of his third son Franzen
Vetiver: head weaver and First Dedicate of the Earth temple at Winding Circle (Lark and Rosethorn are Earth dedicates)
Voskajo: name of the head of the Smith’s Guild in Namora, Daja’s and Frostpine’s friend
Wenoura: head cook at Landreg House in Dancruan
Yeskoy fer Haugh: saghad of an impoverished noble house on the border of the Landreg estates, half-bandit
Zhegorz Fiavrus: a crazy man who met Daja in COLD FIRE when she rescued him from a burning hospital
Deities
Asaia: Air goddess of the Living Circle, goddess of birds and messengers
Baion: Namornese god of ice
Deiina: Tharian goddess of performers
Eilig: Namornese goddess of spring and the sun
Green Man: Earth god of the Living Circle, male ruler of growth and fertility, and ruler of unchecked, chaotic growth
Griantein: Namornese god of light and warmth
Hakkoi: Fire god of the Living Circle, god of smiths and forges
Koma: Trader god, the great Steersman of the sky, who sees all ships and caravans safely home
Lailan: Chammuran goddess of water, mercy, healing
Lakik: the god of thieves and tricksters in Sotat (Briar’s original home);
Mila of the Grain: Living Circle goddess of the earth and growing things
Mohun: Chammuran god of silence, stone, dark and secret places
Oti: Trader goddess, the Bookkeeper who keeps the accounts of everyone’s life, debts and credits
Qunoc: a goddess of western Namorn, goddess of the earth and its seed
Runog of the Deep: water god of the oceans, rivers, and streams
Shaihun: Chammuran god of desert, winds, sandstorms, serious mischief and destruction
Shurri: Fire goddess of the Living Circle, defender of the helpless and protector of the poor
Sythuthan: trickster god of the Syth, unpredictable, seldom helpful for a good reason
Tuhengri Stormlord: Living Circle air god of storms, wind, and weather
Vrohain: west Namorn’s god of judgment, justice, righteousness, who cut off his left hand so he would not dilute the justice he dispensed with his right hand
Yanna Healtouch: water goddess of healing and love
Yorgiry: goddess of healing, death, mostly in east Namora
Locations
Achaya Square: beginning of Street of Glass, Tharios
Capchen: Tris’s native country, west of Emelan
Chammur: city in east Sotat, where Briar met Evvy
Chammur Newtown: section of the city built on the open ground between the heights and the Qarwan river, colonized first by the wealthy, then the middle class
Chammur Oldtown: most ancient part of the city, the apartments and buildings in and on the heights, slum dwellings now except for the amir’s palace and Fortress Rock
Elya: street near Khapik where Dema works
Gyongxe: mountainous country south on Yanjing
Haidheltac: country between western shore of the Syth and eastern shore of the Endless Ocean, original base of what became the Namorn Empire
Hajra: Briar’s original home in Sotat
Hatar: island country where Niko found Sandry
Heskalifos: Tharios's university
Hodenekes: Tharios's slum next to Khapik
Ithocot: sea off the coast of Paraki, Tharios's port city
Khapik: district where plays, music, and dance are performed [Tharite]
Kurchal Empire: once united all the countries around the Pebbled Sea, giving them a common language and calendar
Kurchal: empire which once included all the lands between Tharios and Namorn. Tharios was the capital of the Kurchal empire
Labrykas: one of the squares in Tharios
Lagisthion: university debate hall [Tharite]
Ninver: capital city of Capchen, Tris’s original home
Noskemiou: Tharios's giant hospital for the poor
Paraki: port city connecting Tharios to the world
Phakomathen: university's tower, symbol of the learning of Tharios
Sotat: Briar’s native country on the east of the Pebbled Sea
Thanas: "death house," morgue [Tharite]
Thanion: temple where memorial services are held [Tharite]
Tharios: former capital of Kurchal Empire, famed for its university, the pleasure district Khapik, and its glassmakers
Yanjing: powerful empire to the far east
Yorgiry’s House: hospital
Chammuri language and terms
amir: prince, ruler of Chammur
belbun: Chammuran term for four-legged rat; term Briar learned in Chammur for rat
cham: large sum coin in Chammur; silver equals twenty copper davs; gold cham equals twenty silver chams
dav: copper is smallest coin in Chammur; silver dav equals three copper davs
doa: daughter of (noble house only)
doen: son of (noble house only)
eknub: foreigner
hammam: bathhouse
hedax: rank similar to lieutenant
Mohunite: completely veiled follower of Mohun (both sexes)
mutabir: head of law enforcement and courts in Chammur
pahan: teacher, mage
souk: market
takamer (m), takameri (f): rich person
tesku: leader of a street gang
thukdak: Chammuran slang for street rat
zernamus(es): parasite like a tick, one that survives by living off the rich; tick-like parasite
Namornese terms
argib: basic coinage of the empire, silver argib is the basic regular coin of Namorn, copper argib basic change coin
bidis, bidisa: literally “dagger” - first rank noble, baron, baroness
cleham, clehame: literally “sword” - third rank noble, count, countess
clehamat: a count’s estate
giath, giatha: literally “shield” - fourth rank noble, duke, duchess
naliz: piece of dung
Ravvi: Mrs., even if the woman is no longer married
Ravvikki: Miss
Ravvot: Mr.
Ravvotki: young Mr.
saghad, saghada: literally “arrow” - second rank noble, lord, lady
saghadat: estate held by a saghad
Speakers: headmen or mayors of Namornese village
Viymese: female mage or wizard
Viynain: male mage or wizard
Tharite language and terms
Arurim: law enforcement (police) group in Tharios
arurimat: police station
bik: smallest copper coin in Tharios, like the penny
dhaskoi: male mage
dhasku: female mage
giladha: citizen
kakosoi: dung
koria: lady
koris: mister, or sir
kyten: a draped garment like a gown, with clasps at the shoulder
malipi: haunt or spiritual leech
mirizask: stink-maker, scum
okozou: short form meaning "no one worth any trouble is involved"
prathmun: the untouchables of Thairos, those who handle the dead; outcast class of Tharios
shenos: foreigner, outsider
skodi: marketplace
yaskedasi: plural/male entertainer, resident of Khapik
yaskedasu: female entertainer, resident of Khapik
Tradertalk
azigazi: mirage
bijili: power source/storage
Blue Traders: those who trade with boats, on salt or fresh water
daka: a negotiator who brings profit
gilav: a caravan's leader (same as a ship's captain)
hamot: idiot
jishen: something that feeds off of others and then kills them
kaq: the lowest kind of non Trader, translates as "dirt under foot"; someone useless, really insulting
lugsha: craftsperson or artisan who provides goods (plural lugshai)
mimander: Trader mage; Trader mage, educated solely in one field of magic useful to Traders, such as avalanches, sea storms, rain, winds, or snow
nisamohi: woman who loves other women; lesbian
pavao: rotten piece of filth
pijule fakol: the afterlife for those who don't pay debts
qunsua(nen): to cleanse, literally to wash off bad luck
saati: a non-Trader who is a true friend; a friend who is closer than blood family, a friend of the heart
suraku: survival box with food and water (mostly on ships)
trangshi: outcast, unclean
Tsaw’ha: the Tradertalk words for themselves, literally translates as “Our People”
uvumi: patience
White Traders: those who trade with caravans, in sand or snow
wirok: a person who buys provisions, low-status
xurdin: non-Trader mage
yerui: a ghost-devil that feeds and destroys
zokin: balance on the Trader books, a person's stock of honor
Briar's slang
Bag: Briar’s slang, contraction for Moneybag, or rich person
bleater: Briar’s slang for someone stupid
bleatin’, bleating: Briar’s slang for crying, complaining
daftie: Briar’s slang for crazy person
jagging: Briar’s slang, person with too many small, irritating sharp edges
kid: [Briar’s] slang for child
mate: Briar’s slang for friend closer than family
maukie: Briar’s slang, full of maggots or little worries
neb: Briar’s slang for nose
street rat: Briar’s slang for homeless person living by her/his wits
yatter: Briar’s slang, chatter, talk
General
bindi: paint, metal, or jewel placed between the eyebrows
bunjingi: miniature tree form in which trunk is long, with a few branches balanced at the upper end
Dedicate: one who has dedicated her/himself to the service of a Living Circle god
droughtwort: herb that ensures that a man who eats it cannot father children
harriers: the Provost’s Guard in Emelan
Kurchali: adjective describing the empire or the common language spoken by the nations that once were part of the empire
lawkeepers: law enforcement personnel of the empire
myrrh: a spice with magical properties, used in Rosethorn’s Facilitator oil and traded by the Rokat family
regular(s): regular army, professionally trained soldiers, not recent volunteers or those recently drafted to fight
shakkan: miniature tree; miniature tree form like an elongated S pointing to right of viewer
snood: a heavy silk net for hair
Tharian: people of Tharios
Tharite: language of Tharios
Yanjingyi: possessive and adjective form of Yanjing
Battle Magic glossary
Locations
Alion: province where Winter Palace is located [Yanjingyi]
Chammur: Evvy's most recent home in eastern Sotat
Drimbakangs: tallest mountains in the world
Garmashing: capital of Gyongxe
Hanjian: port city on Storm Dragons Ocean, southeastern Yanjing
Inxia: kingdom to immediate north of Yanjing
Kajura: nation to south and west of Kombanpur
Kombanpur: Parahan’s home in the Realms of the Sun, to the south and west of Gyongxe and Yanjing
Lho: longer arm of Drimbakang mountains south of Gyongxe
Qayan: kingdom to north of Yanjing
Realms of the Sun: lands, including Kombanpur, south and west of the Drimbakang mountains
Sharlog: arm of Drimbakang mountains in southeast of Gyongxe
Storm Dragons Ocean: ocean to the east of Yanjing
Yithung: kingdom to far northeast of Yanjing
Zhanzhi: Evvy’s home province
Zugu: “finger” of Drimbakang mountains, reaching from Lho around Garmashing
Deities
Ganas Gazig Rigyal Po: Snow Leopard King (west husband of La Ni Ma)
Ganas Rigyal Po: Snow King (southeast husband of La Ni Ma)
Heibei: Yanjingyi god of luck
Kangri Skad Po: Talking Snow Mountain King (middle husband of La Ni Ma)
Kanzan: Yanjingyi goddess of healing
La Ni Ma: southern Gyongxe sun goddess
Lakik: Briar’s trickster god
Raiya: Kombanpur goddess of mercy and kindness
General
abatis(es): branch(es) or X-shaped log structure(s) set in ditches with sharpened point facing outward; an obstacle
baita: home-away-from-home, a Yanjingyi temple in a foreign land
Banpuri: language of Kombanpur and its neighbors
bleat-brain: Imperial slang for someone stupid
caravansary: an inn with a large courtyard that provides accommodation for caravans
cave snake: a creation of the mountains from human bone in the beginning: a skull with a body that is all vertebrae; they now breed on their own
Chammuri: dialect of Chammur
chetu: toad spit in tiyon
company: (of soldiers) 100 fighters
cuirass: piece of armor that protects the chest and back
damohi: homosexual in Tradertalk
deep runner: a creation of the mountains, horse-like, with an eagle’s head, golden beak, thin legs, and metal hooves
emchi: mage in Gyongxin
flank: the right or left side of a military formation
fluorite: a transparent crystal that comes in many colors, in this case clear, dark green, and purple
frog: braid loop-and-knot fastening
get: child
gilav: head of Trader caravan [Tradertalk]
greaves: leg armor worn beneath each knee
halberd: long spear with a broad blade that can be used to chop as well as stab
Imperial: language common to the countries around the Pebbled Sea, all part of the Kurchal empire before its fall; home language for Briar and Rosethorn
infantry: foot soldiers
kag: an obscene term [Tradertalk]
knap: to chip stone with sharp blows, as when shaping flint or obsidian to form an edge
lathe: the arch or bow part of a crossbow
Long: present ruling dynasty of Yanjing, also Yanjingyi term for dragon
mage: someone who has received formal training in the use of magic at a school or through a succession of teachers who are trained by schools
midday: lunch
momo: Gyongxin dumpling with various stuffings
nanshur: mage in tiyon
Ningzhou: language of Yanjingyi imperial court
numia: Banpuri for “little sister”
palanquin: covered and enclosed platform chair with cushions, set on rods front and back, used to carry people
pipa: four-stringed musical instrument; strings are plucked with a plectrum, or pick
prebu: Banpuri for “master/mage”
puissant: powerful, mighty
qi: (kee) Yanjingyi court dialect for power, magic
qus: Zhanzhi (Evvy’s birth dialect) for “maggots”
semjen: Gyongxin for “animals”
sep(s): Banpuri for “louse (lice)”
shaman: someone from a tribal society who is a medium between the real world and the spirit world and who also does magic; in the tribes between eastern Sotat and Yanjing, shamans practice magic in groups, often by dancing
tiyon: common language spoken between eastern Laenpa to the Storm Dragons Ocean, and from the Sea of Grass to the southern Realms of the Sun
waigar: foreigner in tiyon
yujinon: rotters, lowlifes, incompetents [Chammuri]
zadan: bomb
zayao: explosive powder
Zhanzhou: language of Evvy’s home province
I used the Tamora Pierce Wiki, our own Goldenlake Wiki, Tamora Pierce's website, and the attached glossaries and notes to Street Magic, Cold Fire, Will of the Empress, and Battle Magic.
While some clarifications or notes in brackets are mine, the definitions and contents of the glossary do not belong to me.
Emelan Calendar [from Will of the Empress and Cold Fire]
Wolf Moon: January
Storm Moon: February
Carp Moon: March
(Sunborn: spring equinox)
Seed Moon: April
Goose Moon: May
(Wild Night: Beltane)
Rose Moon: June
(Midsummer: summer solstice)
Mead Moon: July
Wort Moon: August
Barley Moon: September
(Coldborn: autumn equinox)
Blood Moon: October
(Dead’s Night: Halloween)
Snow Moon: November
Hearth Moon: December
(Longnight: winter solstice)
Sunsday: Sunday
Moonsday: Monday
Starsday: Tuesday
Earthsday: Wednesday
Airsday: Thursday
Firesday: Friday
Watersday: Saturday
Characters
Ambros fer Landreg: Saghad, steward of Sandry’s lands as well as of his own, dependable, family man, married to Ealaga
Amiliane fa Landreg: Sandry’s mother and Namornese heiress, deceased
Bancanor: goldsmith family in Kugisko, friends of Daja’s and Frostpine’s, their twin daughters are Daja’s first students
Bennat Ladradun: widower, fire expert, deceased (COLD FIRE)
Berenene dor Ocmore: Sandry’s cousin, empress of Namorn
Briar Moss: former thief and street rat from Sotat, Sandry’s foster brother, plant mage, maker of medicines, gardener, expert in shakkans (miniature trees), Evvy’s teacher
Caidlene fa Sarajane: pert, dark-eyed, flirtatious lady-in-waiting
Chime: living glass dragon made by Kethlun Warder (SHATTERGLASS), living with Tris
Comas: Lark’s new weaving student, temple novice, lives in attic at Discipline cottage
Crane: Dedicate Initiate, First Dedicate of the Air Temple at Winding Circle, sometimes teacher of the four
Daja Kisubo: former Trader, Sandry’s foster-sister and Frostpine’s student in metal shaping magic; carries a Trader staff and is marked by a piece of living brass that is molded between the fingers and over the palm and back of one hand
Dymytur fer Holm: bidis, border bandit and would-be kidnapper
Ealaga fa Landreg: Ambros’s good-humored wife
Erdogun fer Baigh: Duke Vedris of Emelan’s seneschal
Evumeimei Dingzai: Evvy, a street girl who was Briar’s student, a stone mage
Finlach fer Hurich: Fin, a handsome noble who is one of Berenene’s choices as a suitor for Sandry’s hand
Franzen fer Toren: Vedris of Emelan’s third son and present heir
Frostpine: Dedicate Initiate at Winding Circle, great mage, specializing in metal and fire magic, Daja’s mentor
Glaki: orphan, academic mage, formerly Tris’s student, now Lark’s at Discipline cottage
Gospard: Vedris’s middle son, admiral of Emelanese navy
Gudruny Iarun: wife of Halmar and mother of his children, living on the Landreg estates
Gurkoy: family who lost everything for crossing the empress
Halmar Iarun: Gudruny’s husband, the miller
Holab: grain broker on the Landreg estates
Ishabal Ladyhammer: Berenene’s archmage, specialist in curses, a great mage
Jakuben fer Pennun: Jak, saghad, one of Berenene’s favorite young noblemen, chosen by her to court Sandry
Kethlun Warder: Tris’s student, the one who made Chime (SHATTERGLASS)
Lark: Dedicate Initiate of Winding Circle, specializing in magic through spinning and weaving, a great mage, Sandry’s mentor, foster mother to the four
Little Bear: once a puppy the four rescued, the dog traveled with Tris and Niko, now lives with Glaki at Winding Circle
Luvo: strange friend of Evvy’s
Maedryan dor Ocmore: princess, Berenene’s daughter and heir, living with her foster family in secrecy
Maghen: village girl on Landreg estates
Mattin fer Toren: Sandry’s father and Vedris’s nephew, deceased
Niklaren Goldeye: Niko, a great mage whose power is with all kinds of magic that involve sight, he found Daja, Briar, and Sandry; he is Tris’s mentor
Notalos fer Hurich: Finlach’s uncle and head of Namorn Mages’ Society
Olfeon: Master of the Imperial Armory
Pasco Acalon: young dancemage who is Sandry’s first student (MAGIC STEPS)
Pershan fer Roth: Shan, handsome, young and ambitious nobleman who is one of the empress’s favorites
Quenaill Shieldsman: great mage specializing in protective magics, Ishabal’s assistant and one of the empress’s favorites
Rizuka fa Dalach: young and charming, Berenene’s Mistress of Wardrobe
Rosethorn: Dedicate Initiate at Winding Circle, specializing in plant and garden magic, a great mage, Briar’s mentor and foster mother to the four
Sandrilene fa Toren: Sandry, clehame and heiress to the Landreg holdings in Namorn, foster sister to Briar, Daja, and Tris, her magic is with thread, spinning and weaving; she is a favorite with her great-uncle Vedris
Third Caravan Saralan: Trader land caravan
Trisana Chandler: Tris, an irritable, shy weather mage and bookworm trying to master the new skill of seeing images carried on the wind, Sandry’s foster-sister and Niko’s student
Vedris IV: Sandry’s great-uncle, ruling Duke of Emelan, a powerful and subtle man who has taken the four under his wing while they lived in Emelan; it’s rumored he may change his will and make Sandry his heir instead of his third son Franzen
Vetiver: head weaver and First Dedicate of the Earth temple at Winding Circle (Lark and Rosethorn are Earth dedicates)
Voskajo: name of the head of the Smith’s Guild in Namora, Daja’s and Frostpine’s friend
Wenoura: head cook at Landreg House in Dancruan
Yeskoy fer Haugh: saghad of an impoverished noble house on the border of the Landreg estates, half-bandit
Zhegorz Fiavrus: a crazy man who met Daja in COLD FIRE when she rescued him from a burning hospital
Deities
Asaia: Air goddess of the Living Circle, goddess of birds and messengers
Baion: Namornese god of ice
Deiina: Tharian goddess of performers
Eilig: Namornese goddess of spring and the sun
Green Man: Earth god of the Living Circle, male ruler of growth and fertility, and ruler of unchecked, chaotic growth
Griantein: Namornese god of light and warmth
Hakkoi: Fire god of the Living Circle, god of smiths and forges
Koma: Trader god, the great Steersman of the sky, who sees all ships and caravans safely home
Lailan: Chammuran goddess of water, mercy, healing
Lakik: the god of thieves and tricksters in Sotat (Briar’s original home);
Mila of the Grain: Living Circle goddess of the earth and growing things
Mohun: Chammuran god of silence, stone, dark and secret places
Oti: Trader goddess, the Bookkeeper who keeps the accounts of everyone’s life, debts and credits
Qunoc: a goddess of western Namorn, goddess of the earth and its seed
Runog of the Deep: water god of the oceans, rivers, and streams
Shaihun: Chammuran god of desert, winds, sandstorms, serious mischief and destruction
Shurri: Fire goddess of the Living Circle, defender of the helpless and protector of the poor
Sythuthan: trickster god of the Syth, unpredictable, seldom helpful for a good reason
Tuhengri Stormlord: Living Circle air god of storms, wind, and weather
Vrohain: west Namorn’s god of judgment, justice, righteousness, who cut off his left hand so he would not dilute the justice he dispensed with his right hand
Yanna Healtouch: water goddess of healing and love
Yorgiry: goddess of healing, death, mostly in east Namora
Locations
Achaya Square: beginning of Street of Glass, Tharios
Capchen: Tris’s native country, west of Emelan
Chammur: city in east Sotat, where Briar met Evvy
Chammur Newtown: section of the city built on the open ground between the heights and the Qarwan river, colonized first by the wealthy, then the middle class
Chammur Oldtown: most ancient part of the city, the apartments and buildings in and on the heights, slum dwellings now except for the amir’s palace and Fortress Rock
Elya: street near Khapik where Dema works
Gyongxe: mountainous country south on Yanjing
Haidheltac: country between western shore of the Syth and eastern shore of the Endless Ocean, original base of what became the Namorn Empire
Hajra: Briar’s original home in Sotat
Hatar: island country where Niko found Sandry
Heskalifos: Tharios's university
Hodenekes: Tharios's slum next to Khapik
Ithocot: sea off the coast of Paraki, Tharios's port city
Khapik: district where plays, music, and dance are performed [Tharite]
Kurchal Empire: once united all the countries around the Pebbled Sea, giving them a common language and calendar
Kurchal: empire which once included all the lands between Tharios and Namorn. Tharios was the capital of the Kurchal empire
Labrykas: one of the squares in Tharios
Lagisthion: university debate hall [Tharite]
Ninver: capital city of Capchen, Tris’s original home
Noskemiou: Tharios's giant hospital for the poor
Paraki: port city connecting Tharios to the world
Phakomathen: university's tower, symbol of the learning of Tharios
Sotat: Briar’s native country on the east of the Pebbled Sea
Thanas: "death house," morgue [Tharite]
Thanion: temple where memorial services are held [Tharite]
Tharios: former capital of Kurchal Empire, famed for its university, the pleasure district Khapik, and its glassmakers
Yanjing: powerful empire to the far east
Yorgiry’s House: hospital
Chammuri language and terms
amir: prince, ruler of Chammur
belbun: Chammuran term for four-legged rat; term Briar learned in Chammur for rat
cham: large sum coin in Chammur; silver equals twenty copper davs; gold cham equals twenty silver chams
dav: copper is smallest coin in Chammur; silver dav equals three copper davs
doa: daughter of (noble house only)
doen: son of (noble house only)
eknub: foreigner
hammam: bathhouse
hedax: rank similar to lieutenant
Mohunite: completely veiled follower of Mohun (both sexes)
mutabir: head of law enforcement and courts in Chammur
pahan: teacher, mage
souk: market
takamer (m), takameri (f): rich person
tesku: leader of a street gang
thukdak: Chammuran slang for street rat
zernamus(es): parasite like a tick, one that survives by living off the rich; tick-like parasite
Namornese terms
argib: basic coinage of the empire, silver argib is the basic regular coin of Namorn, copper argib basic change coin
bidis, bidisa: literally “dagger” - first rank noble, baron, baroness
cleham, clehame: literally “sword” - third rank noble, count, countess
clehamat: a count’s estate
giath, giatha: literally “shield” - fourth rank noble, duke, duchess
naliz: piece of dung
Ravvi: Mrs., even if the woman is no longer married
Ravvikki: Miss
Ravvot: Mr.
Ravvotki: young Mr.
saghad, saghada: literally “arrow” - second rank noble, lord, lady
saghadat: estate held by a saghad
Speakers: headmen or mayors of Namornese village
Viymese: female mage or wizard
Viynain: male mage or wizard
Tharite language and terms
Arurim: law enforcement (police) group in Tharios
arurimat: police station
bik: smallest copper coin in Tharios, like the penny
dhaskoi: male mage
dhasku: female mage
giladha: citizen
kakosoi: dung
koria: lady
koris: mister, or sir
kyten: a draped garment like a gown, with clasps at the shoulder
malipi: haunt or spiritual leech
mirizask: stink-maker, scum
okozou: short form meaning "no one worth any trouble is involved"
prathmun: the untouchables of Thairos, those who handle the dead; outcast class of Tharios
shenos: foreigner, outsider
skodi: marketplace
yaskedasi: plural/male entertainer, resident of Khapik
yaskedasu: female entertainer, resident of Khapik
Tradertalk
azigazi: mirage
bijili: power source/storage
Blue Traders: those who trade with boats, on salt or fresh water
daka: a negotiator who brings profit
gilav: a caravan's leader (same as a ship's captain)
hamot: idiot
jishen: something that feeds off of others and then kills them
kaq: the lowest kind of non Trader, translates as "dirt under foot"; someone useless, really insulting
lugsha: craftsperson or artisan who provides goods (plural lugshai)
mimander: Trader mage; Trader mage, educated solely in one field of magic useful to Traders, such as avalanches, sea storms, rain, winds, or snow
nisamohi: woman who loves other women; lesbian
pavao: rotten piece of filth
pijule fakol: the afterlife for those who don't pay debts
qunsua(nen): to cleanse, literally to wash off bad luck
saati: a non-Trader who is a true friend; a friend who is closer than blood family, a friend of the heart
suraku: survival box with food and water (mostly on ships)
trangshi: outcast, unclean
Tsaw’ha: the Tradertalk words for themselves, literally translates as “Our People”
uvumi: patience
White Traders: those who trade with caravans, in sand or snow
wirok: a person who buys provisions, low-status
xurdin: non-Trader mage
yerui: a ghost-devil that feeds and destroys
zokin: balance on the Trader books, a person's stock of honor
Briar's slang
Bag: Briar’s slang, contraction for Moneybag, or rich person
bleater: Briar’s slang for someone stupid
bleatin’, bleating: Briar’s slang for crying, complaining
daftie: Briar’s slang for crazy person
jagging: Briar’s slang, person with too many small, irritating sharp edges
kid: [Briar’s] slang for child
mate: Briar’s slang for friend closer than family
maukie: Briar’s slang, full of maggots or little worries
neb: Briar’s slang for nose
street rat: Briar’s slang for homeless person living by her/his wits
yatter: Briar’s slang, chatter, talk
General
bindi: paint, metal, or jewel placed between the eyebrows
bunjingi: miniature tree form in which trunk is long, with a few branches balanced at the upper end
Dedicate: one who has dedicated her/himself to the service of a Living Circle god
droughtwort: herb that ensures that a man who eats it cannot father children
harriers: the Provost’s Guard in Emelan
Kurchali: adjective describing the empire or the common language spoken by the nations that once were part of the empire
lawkeepers: law enforcement personnel of the empire
myrrh: a spice with magical properties, used in Rosethorn’s Facilitator oil and traded by the Rokat family
regular(s): regular army, professionally trained soldiers, not recent volunteers or those recently drafted to fight
shakkan: miniature tree; miniature tree form like an elongated S pointing to right of viewer
snood: a heavy silk net for hair
Tharian: people of Tharios
Tharite: language of Tharios
Yanjingyi: possessive and adjective form of Yanjing
Battle Magic glossary
Locations
Alion: province where Winter Palace is located [Yanjingyi]
Chammur: Evvy's most recent home in eastern Sotat
Drimbakangs: tallest mountains in the world
Garmashing: capital of Gyongxe
Hanjian: port city on Storm Dragons Ocean, southeastern Yanjing
Inxia: kingdom to immediate north of Yanjing
Kajura: nation to south and west of Kombanpur
Kombanpur: Parahan’s home in the Realms of the Sun, to the south and west of Gyongxe and Yanjing
Lho: longer arm of Drimbakang mountains south of Gyongxe
Qayan: kingdom to north of Yanjing
Realms of the Sun: lands, including Kombanpur, south and west of the Drimbakang mountains
Sharlog: arm of Drimbakang mountains in southeast of Gyongxe
Storm Dragons Ocean: ocean to the east of Yanjing
Yithung: kingdom to far northeast of Yanjing
Zhanzhi: Evvy’s home province
Zugu: “finger” of Drimbakang mountains, reaching from Lho around Garmashing
Deities
Ganas Gazig Rigyal Po: Snow Leopard King (west husband of La Ni Ma)
Ganas Rigyal Po: Snow King (southeast husband of La Ni Ma)
Heibei: Yanjingyi god of luck
Kangri Skad Po: Talking Snow Mountain King (middle husband of La Ni Ma)
Kanzan: Yanjingyi goddess of healing
La Ni Ma: southern Gyongxe sun goddess
Lakik: Briar’s trickster god
Raiya: Kombanpur goddess of mercy and kindness
General
abatis(es): branch(es) or X-shaped log structure(s) set in ditches with sharpened point facing outward; an obstacle
baita: home-away-from-home, a Yanjingyi temple in a foreign land
Banpuri: language of Kombanpur and its neighbors
bleat-brain: Imperial slang for someone stupid
caravansary: an inn with a large courtyard that provides accommodation for caravans
cave snake: a creation of the mountains from human bone in the beginning: a skull with a body that is all vertebrae; they now breed on their own
Chammuri: dialect of Chammur
chetu: toad spit in tiyon
company: (of soldiers) 100 fighters
cuirass: piece of armor that protects the chest and back
damohi: homosexual in Tradertalk
deep runner: a creation of the mountains, horse-like, with an eagle’s head, golden beak, thin legs, and metal hooves
emchi: mage in Gyongxin
flank: the right or left side of a military formation
fluorite: a transparent crystal that comes in many colors, in this case clear, dark green, and purple
frog: braid loop-and-knot fastening
get: child
gilav: head of Trader caravan [Tradertalk]
greaves: leg armor worn beneath each knee
halberd: long spear with a broad blade that can be used to chop as well as stab
Imperial: language common to the countries around the Pebbled Sea, all part of the Kurchal empire before its fall; home language for Briar and Rosethorn
infantry: foot soldiers
kag: an obscene term [Tradertalk]
knap: to chip stone with sharp blows, as when shaping flint or obsidian to form an edge
lathe: the arch or bow part of a crossbow
Long: present ruling dynasty of Yanjing, also Yanjingyi term for dragon
mage: someone who has received formal training in the use of magic at a school or through a succession of teachers who are trained by schools
midday: lunch
momo: Gyongxin dumpling with various stuffings
nanshur: mage in tiyon
Ningzhou: language of Yanjingyi imperial court
numia: Banpuri for “little sister”
palanquin: covered and enclosed platform chair with cushions, set on rods front and back, used to carry people
pipa: four-stringed musical instrument; strings are plucked with a plectrum, or pick
prebu: Banpuri for “master/mage”
puissant: powerful, mighty
qi: (kee) Yanjingyi court dialect for power, magic
qus: Zhanzhi (Evvy’s birth dialect) for “maggots”
semjen: Gyongxin for “animals”
sep(s): Banpuri for “louse (lice)”
shaman: someone from a tribal society who is a medium between the real world and the spirit world and who also does magic; in the tribes between eastern Sotat and Yanjing, shamans practice magic in groups, often by dancing
tiyon: common language spoken between eastern Laenpa to the Storm Dragons Ocean, and from the Sea of Grass to the southern Realms of the Sun
waigar: foreigner in tiyon
yujinon: rotters, lowlifes, incompetents [Chammuri]
zadan: bomb
zayao: explosive powder
Zhanzhou: language of Evvy’s home province