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Dictionary PageGLOSSARYPeople and Tribes of the Desert im'taym'i: desert people verritaym'i: dragon people yhscanna: living on the edge of the desert lands, the yhscanna trade with the im'taym'i, dealing in foods and items not grown of manufactured in the Lands of the Mother. They have green eyes and retractable claws. heebai'noo taym: Red Canyon People heebai'ethee: Red Valley Tribe neekeesee ethee: Falling Water Tribe Relationships and Ranks Ih'mah: Mother (of a tribe) Ih'mah'i: more than one Ih'mah Ih'mah'ah: Mother of the Tribe's Mother Ih'mah'ae'mah: Mother of the Tribe Mother's Mother (Grandmother of the Ih'mah) ee'Ih'mah: the Ih'mah to be, eldest daughter of the Ih'mah Ih'mah'nai: Dark Mother (of a tribe) ae'mah: birthmother ae'mah'ah: birthmother's mother (maternal grandmother) vel'nisha: first husband wi'nisha: second husband gi'nisha: third husband nisha: husband ah'sha: bloodfather, the one who sired you deh'sha: the father who taught you, also swordfather (a boy's word, girls do not have a deh'sha) da'sha: uncle, your father's brother or close kinsman da'she: uncle, your mother's brother or close kinsman vel'yeeth: first male, highest non-married male of a tribe, is often vel'mi, vel'yho or the vel'jan of a tribe, more than one of the vel positions must be held by a tribe's vel'yeeth to achieve this status in a tribe. vel'mi: first hunter vel'yho: first warrior vel'jan: first lover, the one chosen to please visiting women of a tribe vel'sha: first father, the eldest male in a tribe; married Clothing ee'va: headcloth cee'va: face veil ee'vai: headband (the twist of fabric that keeps the ee'va, cee'va and i'shur'va in place) i'shur'va: dust veil (very thin, it goes over the eyes) beesa'mey: under robe, man's beesa'bey: under robe, woman's va'beesa: inner robe im'beesa: outer robe im'neesa: Dark Sister's robe mey'fa: trousers, man's bey'fa: trousers, woman's nee'fa: Sister's trousers Plants and Animals juma'im: one-horned split hooved animalÐunicorn verresh: dragon, sinuous and fast, armed with envenomed fangs, the males also have poisonous claws on their 'thumbs' loleelua: goose-like, flightless bird valued for its rich, oil laden meat ki'i palm: nut tree, the shells of the nuts are used for yellow dye. lioa palm: sweet, red fruit, similar to a fig, but with the staining qualities of a raspberry tavu palm: nuts are about the size of a tennis ball and are very oily. Used for cooking oil the nuts are pressed to release the oil, the meats are used for eating and shells are dried for horse fodder. lady's palm: also called silver palm, provides another nut with a thin sweet layer between the shell and nutmeat. The sweet layer is the source of sugar. It is dried in the sun and added to cactus to make cactus candy. The nut is used much like ki'i. kio'aelen: a vine found in the deep desert, the flowers are used for making the red dye for tattooing, especially for the vel'jan of a tribe. It's fruit is preserved dried or as jam that is often saved for the Lady's High Holy Days. shubva: the root is used as a tea to reduce fever deeka reed: reduces swelling sifa: a cactus that provides fruit, is edible and has a beautiful lavender colored bloom veyh: a plant, the leaves of which are ground to a fine powder and are used to stop bleeding. It also has anti-infective properties Words and Phrases suh: hush Eelah'za tah'haelee'ae: Greetings, my venture was a success Tah'haelee'ae inaree mae'a: My venture was a success because of you! Tah'lahlahee! Eelah'za Ih'mah!: I/We have returned. Greetings to you Mother. Shee'sa, Ih'mah eessahnee!: Help, a tribe's Mother is in mortal danger! yai: an exclamation equivalent to 'hey!' aiee: an exclamation equivalent to 'oh, my' yugh: an exclamation equivalent to 'yuck' eck'im: a person not of the desert people, insulting when one im'taym'i uses it to refer to another tribesperson, it implies a lack of civilized behavior and a lack of worth. In many cases it will result in a fight between the name caller and the person so designated Animal Commands hai'la, hai'lu: calm, easy, used by the Sisterhood, part of a 'secret language' used to train animals jep: up, stand juma'vel: first among the juma'im Divinity YhnYhnay: Also called Goddess-Moon, the Lady of Silver Light, or the Mother, the deity of the im'taym'i people. Lady of the Dead: the Dark Aspect of YhnYhnay, the Dark Moon Special Terminology prickleburr: a spiny seedpod from a vine, they cling stubbornly to whatever they come in contact with birthmother: the mother who gave you life; ae'mah sundreaming: daydreaming fairnight: goodnight sword-vain: an overly proud warrior kinbrother/kinsister: these can be cousins, half-brothers/sisters, or children living in your ae'mah's tent that you are not related by any blood ties to bloodsons/blooddaughters: children of your body milkmother: the mother who served as your wet nurse; foster-mother sword-sister: a woman of the Sisterhood who has sworn an oath of kinship with you sword-mother: an older woman of the Sisterhood who has sworn an oath of kinship with a girl of the Sisterhood, and has taken on the responsibility of training her sword-daughter: a young girl of the Sisterhood who has sworn an oath of kinship with an older woman of the Sisterhood, she is the responsibility of her sword-mother to train sky-climbing: said of bucking and rearing horses or juma'im, it comes from the way their hooves seem to reach upward as though the animal is seeking to climb into the sky to escape YhnYhnay's Blessings: usually refers to the oases of the desert lands, but can also refer to the Gifts of PowerÐForeseeing, Healer Gift etc.Ðgranted to her followers, or the innate skills that men have such as swordsmanship or the ability to hunt Goddess Touched: guided by the Goddess, usually said of those with Goddess granted Visions, Foreseeing or other powers; often found in those of silvery coloration like Yhnez fliptail: scorpion declared: homosexual; declared men are usually driven out of their tribes and often form tribes of their own, living together for mutual protection and company, but this is not always the case, some tribes retain them, like H'jen of Falling Water What the Names of the Main Characters Mean Aleea: Grace Sifa: see the listing in plants above, in a name it implies the plant's flower Vel: first, very commonly given to first born sons Eesah: Dawn Venyhn: Dark Moon, implying a boy born during the Dark of the Moon Yhnez: Moongift, implying a child Favored by Goddess Moon Yhoneeka: Protectress Sh'yhn: Burning Moon Des'im: Wind of the Desert, implying a great warrior who will cut through his enemies like the desert wind Ji'soh: Swordstrength, implying a gifted warrior. Meekin: Amber Son, implying an amber colored boy, or one of great value Kao'vair: Joyous Ivory, implying a happy boy of pale complexion Vernef: Dragontooth, implying something strong and useful Kensa: Daughter of Black, implying the daughter of a Dark Sister Iathee'yhn: Wisdom of the Moon Deeka'yhn: Healing Reed of the Moon, implying someone who will be a gifted healer, perhaps those of the flesh, or those of the heart Kennah: Daughter Vai'im: Ivory Desert, usually given to a person born in a place of very light colored sand Iba: Day H'jen: Brown skin, implying a person with a very dark complexion L'im: Sand for the Desert, implying that the boy's mother had too many sons and she needed them as she needed more 'sand for the desert.' Yhnleea: Moonsong, implying a great and enduring beauty Eck'im names: Zhehnehv: Son of Battle, implying a boy of great fighting skill. |
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