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; [[Alezarv]]: presumably a Knight Radiant{{epigraph ref|sa1|39}}

; [[Askarki]]: {{quote|The Emuli are a certain tribe of the Askarki people, and they're ethnically Makabaki - dark-skinned, like myself. Their kingdom borders my own, and I visited there many times in my youth.|[[Sigzil]]{{book ref|sa1|55}}|}}

; Attractors: type of fabrial

== B ==

; Battah: Vorin name of the Herald [[Battar]]

; Behardan: maybe [[Nohadon]]{{book ref|sa2|47}}

; Bajerden: maybe [[Nohadon]] {{book ref|sa1|58}}

; [[blackrock]]: a form of stone?{{book ref|sa2|39}}

; [[Breakneck]]: A [[Vorin]] game using stones{{book ref|sa1|25}}{{book ref|sa1|i|6}}

; brushpen: a writing implement used by Vorin women

; causal betrothal: a purported, planned betrothal in Vorin cultures, not yet a binding promise of marriage

; [[chouta]]: [[Herdazian]] food{{book ref|sa2|18}}

; citylord: a lighteyes in charge of a city (mayor)

; clearchip & clearmark: currency

; [[crem]]:

:; crembrick: bricks made from crem

:; cremstone: stone made from crem

:; cremwater: water with crem in it

; darkborn: those with dark eyes

; death rattles: caused by [[Moelach]]?

; decayform: a [[Parshendi]] form

; [[dreamstorm]]: horse suggested to [[Kaladin]]{{book ref|sa2|25}}

; drynets: a sailors curse word{{book ref|sa2|31}}

; duelmaster: the official at a duel?

; dullform: a [[Parshendi]] form

; dunnard: insult relating to dun spheres?{{book ref|sa2|47}}{{book ref|sa2|53}}

== E ==

; [[Eighty's War]]: between [[Emul]] and [[Tukar]], started six years ago{{book ref|sa2|i|14}}

; [[Enthir]]: "a square, stringed instrument"{{book ref|sa1|epilogue}}; [[Wit]] owned one

== F ==

; femalen: [[Parshendi]] gender

; firemark: currency

; [[Firestorm]]: [[Gavilar]]'s blade{{book ref|sa2|art}}

; [[flamestance]]:

; [[Flangria]]: A type of soulcast meat{{book ref|sa2|46}}

; forms:

; gancho:

; [[gerontarch]]: "A [[Selay]] gerontarch?" [[Szeth]] had to kill one. {{book ref|sa1|i|6}}

; gloombringer:

; gon:

; gravitationspren & gravityspren:

; [[gtet]]: [[Thaylen]] sword{{book ref|sa2|i|3}}

; Hapron Street: the street imagined by the beggar in [[Kasitor]]{{book ref|sa1|i|5}}

; hatredspren: spren of [[Odium]]{{book ref|sa2|24}}

; [[havah]]: [[Vorin]] dress{{book ref|sa2|1}}{{book ref|sa2|37}}

;heterochromatic:

;highjudge: A lighteyed woman who acts as kind of a referee and moderator at official duels. Only her word counts in the arena.{{book ref|sa2|56}} She begins and ends a duel.{{book ref|sa1|58}}

; [[highspren]]: A type of sentient spren attracted to those who follow the law.

; hogshide: material used in boots

; [[honu]]: a type of [[lavis]] grain liquor{{book ref|sa2|81}}

; Herdies: That's what [[Lopen]] calls the slaves, bridgemen and such people{{book ref|sa1|59}}

; holetental: "Is of the holetental. For him only," [[Rock]] told the others about [[Kaladin]]'s skills{{book ref|sa1|73}}

; [[Honored Dead]]: a posthumous accolade{{book ref|sa2|i|2}}

; Parap-shenesh-idi: glyphs used to spell [[Parshendi]] in the Stormwarden's script{{book ref|sa2|52}}

; [[ironstance]]:{{book ref|sa2|14}}

;jasnagynistic:

; Jeksonofnone: A bird in a menagerie [[Shallan]] visits{{book ref|sa2|45}}

; jesel: day

; jesesach: date

; jesesan: date

; jeseses: date

; Jezerezeh: Vorin name for [[Jezrien]]

; [[kabers]]: cardgame [[Yalb]] played with some guards in Kharbranth{{book ref|sa1|8}}

; [[kadasix]]: presumably Emuli gods, "If the Prime Kadasix may provide, [[Baxil]] thought"{{book ref|sa1|i|7}}

; [[Kammar]]: An ancient fighting stance designed to defeat enemies without harming them{{book ref|sa1|i|1}}

; [[King's Boon]]: a prize at a particularly epic duel {{book ref|sa2|55}} {{book ref|sa2|57}}

; [[King's Testers]]: scholars who test [[Taravangian]] for intelligence{{book ref|sa2|i|14}}

; kukori: Presumably a Shin word (meaning yet unknown). [[Szeth]] used it once. He said, "You speak like a kukori."{{book ref|sa1|i|6}}

; Laial: a glyph used by [[Sebarial]]{{book ref|sa2|40}}

; [[lait]]: an outcropping of stone which protects an area from the brunt of a [[highstorm]]

; lakefish: any fish from the [[Purelake]]{{book ref|sa2|12}}

; [[Last Legion]]: A historical army of the [[Parshendi]]{{book ref|sa2|i|4}}

; lastclap: catching a shardblade between hands{{book ref|sa2|44}}

; [[lavis]]: a cereal crop

:; lavis polyp

; ledgerworm:

;[[liespren]]:

; Lifebrother: mentioned by [[Taravangian]], a [[vorin]] god {{book ref|sa1|71}}

; [[Lightday]]: The end of the [[Weeping]]s? {{book ref|sa1|44}}

; [[Maakian]]: Follower of a religion {{book ref|sa1|48}}

; [[Mabrow]]: Mabrow Pigherder, a citizen of Hearthstone {{book ref|sa1|37}}

; malen: [[Parshendi]] gender{{book ref|sa2|i|1}}

; mancha: [[herdazian]] greeting{{book ref|sa2|12}}{{book ref|sa2|46}}

; [[Mari's Two Lovers]]: A song sung by members of [[Bridge Four]]{{book ref|sa1|27}}

; mateform:

; [[Mederia]]: Rosharan scholar which [[Shallan]] disapproves of{{book ref|sa1|29}}

; mediationform:

; [[michim]]: a guessing game{{book ref|sa2|71}}

; middlefest: celebration in the middle of the Weeping{{book ref|sa2|45}}

; [[Middlefest Fair]]: Celebration in the middle of the Weeping{{book ref|sa2|45}}

; midpeace:

; moonheight:

; moonset:

; nanha: A polite title used in front of the name of a married darkeyed woman, like "Mrs." in English. In this case, the word should be capitalized. It appeared several times in [[Kaladin]]'s flashback chapter "The Butcher".{{book ref|sa1|25}} [[Elhokar]] also used "nanha" to call [[Lopen]]'s mother.{{book ref|sa2|87}}

::(Elhokar calls Lopen's mother 'nanha' but I don't think it's her name (even she's Herdazian and not Alethi): see http://coppermind.net/wiki/Alethi and there: Nanha. ** [[User:Meg|Meg]] ([[User talk:Meg|talk]]) 20:16, 15 April 2014 (UTC) **)

; Nar street: {{book ref|sa2|43}}

; nightform:

; nimbleform:

; Pailiah: The Vorin name of the Herald [[Paliah]] some{{book ref|sa2|14}}, Pali {{book ref|sa2|i|14}}

; parap: glyph

; polestone: The ten gemstones that are used in Surgebinding and Soulcasting

; prestorm:

; pricity:

; Prime Aqasix: title of [[Azir]] ruler{{book ref|sa2|i|9}}

; [[Proving Day]]: A historic event relating to the [[Herald]]s{{book ref|sa1|5}}

; quq: trailing syllable in [[Tigzikk]]'s name{{book ref|sa1|i|9}}

; researchpair:

; reverser: [[Fabrial]]

;[[Rhythms]]: [[Parshendi]] thing

; riddens:

;[[Right of Challenge]]: {{book ref|sa2|57}}

;[[Right of Travel]]: The right of Alethi citizens of the second nanh and higher to freely travel and move throughout the kingdom

;[[Right to Learn]]: a mandate by the [[Herald]]s so that darkeyes can learn trades

; [[Ring]]: group that sent [[Wyndle]]{{book ref|sa2|i|9}}

; [[Sakisa]]: one of [[Balat Davar]]'s [[axehound]]s{{book ref|sa2|48}}

; Santhid spren

; sebes: first glyph of [[Sebarial]]{{book ref|sa2|40}}

; [[shadowdays]]:

;shalashian

;shamanate: the collective Stone Shamans{{book ref|sa2|i|10}}

;[[shamespren]]:

;[[shardhammer]]:

;shash:

;shellheads

; shenesh: middle glyph of Parshendi{{book ref|sa2|52}}

; [[Sja-anat]]: {{book ref|sa2|4}}

;skullbearer:

;skullplate:

;[[Sons of Honor]]: Group {{book ref|sa2|88}}

;[[sparkflicker]]: A practical [[Herdazian]] ornament without real martial application.{{book ref|sa1|26}}{{book ref|sa2|43}} It's like the steel part of flint-and-steel. Herdazians use sparkflickers to start fires with their own stone fingernails. [[Lopen]]'s saying "flick my sparks" comes from sparkflickers.{{book ref|sa1|49}}{{book ref|sa2|41}}

;[[Spray]]: Horse which taught [[Kaladin]] how to ride{{book ref|sa2|25}}

; stonewalker: shin curse on non-shin

; stormblessings:

; stormcoat:

; stormform:

; stormlands:

; stormleavings:

; stormpause:

; stormshield:

; stormshutter:

; [[stormspren]]:

; stormtop:

; stormwagon:

; stormwall:

;[[Stormwarden]]: People who predict the weather

;[[stormwarden script]]: featured on some art

; stormward: eastward

; stormwater:

; symbolhead:

; [[Salas]]: the smallest and dimmest moon of Roshar, violet in color {{book ref|sa1|2}}

; [[shadowdays]]: time "years before the Last Desolation" {{book ref|sa1|3}}, "The Desolations had happened during the near-mythical shadowdays" {{book ref|sa1|19}}, "So far as Dalinar understood, they had few pieces of art or writing dating from the shadowdays, The Way of Kings being one of the oldest, and the only complete text. And even it had survived only in translation; they had no copies in the original tongue." {{book ref|sa1|28}}, Derethil was a king during the shadowdays {{book ref|sa1|57}}

; [[Shardblade]]: A sword which cuts through stone and souls.

; [[Shardplate]]: Armour used by [[Shardbearer]]s

; Slickrock: {{book ref|sa1|1}}9

; [[Smokestance]]: A sword fighting style{{book ref|sa1|19}}

; Stonewalker: A [[Shin]] curse on those that walk on stone.{{book ref|sa1|prologue}}

; [[Takama]]: A traditional, skirt-like garment.{{book ref|sa1|25}} {{book ref|sa1|54}}{{book ref|sa2|38}} Aladar wears one.{{book ref|sa2|8}} Amaram's guards also wear them.{{book ref|sa2|52}}

; Talat: A reference to [[Talenel]]. People use short forms for the curses. "Talat" is the short form of "Talenel" or "Talenelat". Part of the curse "Talat's hand" used by Shallan.{{book ref|sa2|54}}

; tana: part of the Unkalaki term "tana'kai"? "is like a king, but more"{{book ref|sa2|46}}{{book ref|sa2|45}}{{book ref|sa2|61}}

; Tet: A Veden honorific denoting "second son"

; toparchy:

; Turi: nickname for [[Sebarial]]{{book ref|sa2|40}}

; tyvnk: A Thaylen word meaning "sullen", the name given by [[Rysn]] to her pot of grass{{book ref|sa2|i|3}}

; Ten Deaths: something mentioned by{{book ref|sa1|19}}

; tenner: nickname for tenth dahn{{book ref|sa2|2}}

; trailman: "[[Trailman's flute]]" {{book ref|sa1|57}}

; [[Truthless]]: A curse placed on [[Shin]]

; ulatu: a garment worn by [[Lin Davar]]{{book ref|sa2|19}}{{book ref|sa2|48}}

; Princess Unulukuak’kina’autu’atai: Alias used by [[Shallan]]{{book ref|sa2|28}}

; Vargo: nickname for [[Taravangian]]{{book ref|sa2|i|14}}

; Vathahese: [[Vathah]]'s grunts, Shallan learned "to interpret those, which was essential to speaking Vathahese."{{book ref|sa2|48}} <!--- p. 552 --->

; vesture:

; [[vinestance]]: a stance with defensive footing{{book ref|sa2|57}}

; virture:

; [[vizier]]: a minister of [[Azir]], [[wikipedia: Vizier]]

; [[vizierate]]: the ruling class of [[Azir]]

; [[voidspren]]:

; [[wastescum skirmishes]]: a conflict in the north of [[Alethkar]]?{{book ref|sa1|6|16}}

; [[Windstance]]: A sword fighting style preferred by [[Dalinar]]{{book ref|sa1|19}}

; warcamp:

; warform:

; warleader:

; warpair:

; [[weevilwax]]: substance used to seal things{{book ref|sa2|prologue}}{{book ref|sa2|47}}{{book ref|sa2|88}}

; windblades: geographic feature of Kholinar {{book ref|sa1|60}}

; winehouse: lighteyes wine bar

; workform:

; Yaezir: The name given to the Herald Jezrien in [[Azir]]{{book ref|sa2|i|9}}

; [[Ysperist]]: followers of a religion.{{book ref|sa1|48}}

; [[yu-nerig]]: {{book ref|sa2|49}}

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