Darkness Risen (The Ava'Lonan Herstories Book 4) (33 page)

obin’tu
– a tent

ol’bey’one
– a healer; one skilled in healing

Ov’ta’mu
– a teacher of the arts of sex and sensuality

panquin
– a soft, saddle-like cushion for riding

papi’ras
– paper– or parchment–like sheets made by wumans

pay’ta
– the rhythm of a living body; also the rhythm used to build personal rites
with

pay’ta’ri
– the inspection of the innerself (body, mind, soul) for any changes or damage

pec’ta
– special loincloth worn by Queens at formal gatherings

pen’lata
– something precious; something treasured

Rhundi
– another of the Av’Touched races, bird-like beings

Right
of Ssk’en’ato – the right of skin, to claim kinship to a departed Cribeau

rit’ati
– special assistants to people of powerful av’rito’ka, who train to work in
tandem with the powerful wielder during major rite-casting

rita
– magic

rite
– a structured use of magic, either practical or ceremonial

Rite
of Solu – a special communion with Av, in which great stores of energy are
transmitted directly from Av to the rite–caster

Ritious
City – the capital city of the wuman Realm, the seat of power and home to the
High Family and High Tribe

ritu’chi
– the most private part of the conscious self

Salaka
Dign – the drums present at the feast honoring the ancestors

san’chron
– a unit of time, approximately an hour and a half; a turn has thirty san’chrons

Shalgo
Imantu Solu – the Supreme One, the Creator and the Creation

Solu’san
– the forbidden sharing of the Rite of Solu between two people, for the one
with greater av’rito’ka may absorb the mind of the other; this practice was
not, however, forbidden before the Omni–Demarcu

Sor’n
– the direction ninety degrees to the left of Av rising

sparrowette
– a weapon, a cross between a spear and an arrow, launched by a heavy,
two–person bow

Ssacrema’av
– Cribeau rites for the dead

Supreme
One – the Creator, the universe, embodied by Av; Shalgo Imantu Solu

T’Av’li
– the Palace at the center of the Ritious City, home of the High Family

tamarind
– a tart fruit that grows in a pod

tan’ka
– travel drums

ten’gran
– ten grans, or about eleven minutes

ten’turn
– ten turns, one tenth of a Season

thrista
– a type of stinging nettle

to’maka
– a weapon with a hooked blade

Trade’Marm
– a master Trade woman

Tru’Av’ru
– the wall of force that originally divided the world of Alona seven thousand
cycles ago

tukni
– mid–tone drums that are used for calling, major rite–casting and story–telling;
also used to tell the passing of the eve

tuku
– bass drums, used for solemn or grave news

tum’tyn
– high, bongo–like drums used for personal rites

Tures
– the turn of rest after the Salaka

turn
– one rotation of Alona; a day, the turning of dark to light, day to night

Turo’dan
– the prophesied ending of the age of Light, when all that was sundered would
be made whole and all that was whole would be undone

Twa’zin’he
– those who ride the silver crests; a Katari tribe

Voice
– the advisor and spokesperson of a Queen

War’don’mi
– a kata or fighting form of the martial arts, part of the teaching aides of
the warru

War’ri’u
– the first observance of the Chajana

warru
– a warrior

Warru
First – the chief warrior of a Queen, usually well versed in strategy and
tactics

Warru
Second – the second in command of a Queen’s warru

Weste
– the direction of Av setting

Wulady
– the Katari name for wumans

wuman
– human beings on the world of Alona, one of the Av’Touched races

Yakan’tsu
– a political party determined mainly by region and affiliation

Ya’kano
– Greater Goddess of Light, Rite and Rita, Daughter of Av

yoni’do
– bovine animals, used for meat, leather and other animal products

yora
– a small, spine-covered mammal

Yo’teng
– the division of the world of Alona by the Tru’Av’ru

Zehj’Ba
– a phenomenon that is draining the Av’ru and the Av’rujo of life and light
energy

zenith
– the middle of the turn

Zwin’buta’lngi
– those who run with the lavender winds, a Katari Tribe