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This page lists curses, phrases, and sayings used by people on the different worlds of the [[cosmere]] and beyond, as well as, where known, their meanings. (I would eventually like to put this information on the individual world pages. Feel free to edit this page and add any more you know of.)
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This page lists curses, phrases, terms, and sayings used by people on the different worlds of the [[cosmere]] and beyond, as well as, where known, their meanings. I would eventually like to put this information on the individual world pages. Feel free to edit this page and add any more you know of.
   
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For those who want to help: as a general rule, if there exists a page for that word/phrase in this usage (or it should exist but doesn't) then it does not belong on this list. This would not exclude things like Stormfather! since in that usage it is not referring to the Stormfather himself rather it is simply referring to the common exclamation.
== Cosmere ==
 
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=== [[Roshar]] ===
 
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Being as the intention is to eventually organize these by nation as well as planet, where applicable (known and relevant) please put each new entry in the relevant (sub)section. If a phrase falls under multiple categories please put it in both.
* [[Stormfather]]
 
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* [[Damnation]]
 
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If you have any questions I can be reached on the [https://discord.gg/zKR6uK Coppermind Discord] or directly as King of Herdaz.
* what in the [[Tranquiline Halls|Halls]]
 
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* storms
 
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= Cosmere =
* [[Shalash|Ash]]'s eyes
 
* [[Kalak]]'s breath
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== [[Roshar]] ==
* [[Kalak]]'s tongue
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=== [[Aimia]]n ===
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* Kelek
 
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* Blight it all{{book ref|sa1|i|5}}
* what in [[Kalak|Kelek]]'s name
 
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}}
* [[Pailiah|Pali]]'s mind
 
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* [[Vedel|Vedeledev]]'s golden keys
 
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=== [[Alethi]] ===
* sweet wisdom of [[Battar]]
 
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* [[Nalan]]'s hands
 
* passions
 
* By [[Ishi]], herald of luck
 
 
* [[Almighty]] above
 
* [[Almighty]] above
 
* By the [[Almighty]]’s tenth name
 
* By the [[Almighty]]’s tenth name
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* Almighty, cast from heaven to dwell in our hearts{{book ref|sa1|38}}
* Blood of my fathers
 
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* may the winds treat you well{{book ref|sa2|52}} <br /> (good luck/goodbye)
* starvin’
 
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* what [storming] storm brought [something]?{{book ref|sa2|41}}{{book ref|sa3|45}} <br /> ("where did [something] come from?", very surprised or sarcastic)
* Heralds send
 
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* share your stormshelter [with someone]{{book ref|sa4|57}} <br /> become friendly [with someone]
* Vun Makak
 
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* Mashala{{book ref|sa1|60}} <br /> (formal title for an aunt)
* Nu Ralik
 
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* Mathana{{book ref|sa1|22}} <br /> (formal title for an older sister)
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* see the same sunrise{{book ref|sa1|69}} <br /> (see eye to eye)
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* Shalashian temperament{{book ref|sa2|50}} <br /> (bad temper)
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}}
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=== [[Azish]]/[[Makabaki]] ===
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* Kadasixes
 
* Kadasixes
 
* Yaezir
 
* Yaezir
* Tashi
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* Tashi{{book ref|sa2.5|3}}
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* Praise [[Yaezir]]{{book ref|sa2|i|9}}
* Dustmother
 
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* If the Prime Kadasix may provide{{book ref|sa1|i|7}}
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* The Prime's own eyes have not seen such a ...{{book ref|sa2|12}}
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* Go with Yaezir's own speed{{book ref|sa4|101}}
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}}
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=== [[Bav]] ===
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* [[Dustmother]]{{book ref|sa1|i|3}}
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* Kurp{{book ref|sa1|i|3}} <br /> a child
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}}
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=== [[Herdazian]] ===
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* winds know{{book ref|sa2|40}} <br /> <!--(Herdazian? (used by [[Palona]]):--> similar to real-life "heaven knows"
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* gancho/a{{book ref|sa3.5|5}} <br /> gendered honorific
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* gon
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* Herdies{{book ref|sa1|59}} <br /> (slang for Herdazians)
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* moolie <br /> (mute)
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* mancha{{book ref|sa2|12}}{{book ref|sa2|46}} <br /> (greeting)
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* chortana{{book ref|sa3|121}} <br /> (woman? used to refer to [[Jasnah]])
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* naco
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* penhito
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* hooch{{book ref|sa3|35}}
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* Rock talkers! You really shine in shade, gancho!{{book ref|sa1|57}}
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* Like ten crashes of thunder on the mounts, gancho!{{book ref|sa1|59}}
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* strawhead{{book ref|sa1|62}} <br /> outsider,non-Herdazian
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* ornachala{{book ref|sa3.5|18}} <br /> breakfast
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* misra{{book ref|sa3.5|7}} <br /> miss (as in a woman)
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* mancha{{book ref|sa3.5|11}}
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* hregos{{book ref|sa3.5|11}} <br /> my friends
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* chorlano{{book ref|sa3.5|13}}
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* velo{{book ref|sa3.5|3}}
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* The Ganlos Riera herself couldn't catch him!{{book ref|sa4|2}}
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}}
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=== [[Purelake]]r ===
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* Vun Makak
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* Nu Ralik
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* lakefish{{book ref|sa2|12}}
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* Sun and tides send it!{{book ref|sa1|i|1}}
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}}
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=== [[Rira (country)|Riran]] ===
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* <!--Today we will not need to scrub the walls, and--> The life will be as white as a sun at night!{{book ref|sa3|36}} <br /> (idiom)
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* Viim cachi eko{{book ref|sa3|66}} <br /> (something related to feeling cold)
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* By the Brightcaller's rays{{book ref|sa1|67}}
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* It isn’t healthy to have a stone curdling in your stomach, still wet with moss.{{book ref|sa3|36}} <br /> (idiom)
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* A mystery, sent by Shishi.{{book ref|sa3|36}}
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}}
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{{anchor|Listener}}
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=== [[Singer]]/[[Listener]] ===
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* Avendla{{book ref|sa4|14}}<br/> (ancient [[Fused]] word for [[Alethkar]], literally "Land of Second Advance".)
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* essai{{book ref|sa4|60}}<br/> (literally translates as hairy. Used to refer to human-lover/traitor)
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* Neshua Kadal{{book ref|sa1|67}} <br /> ([[Knight Radiant]])
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* nistar{{book ref|sa4|83}}<br/>Mystery (ancient singer word)
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* ulo mas vara{{book ref|sa1|45}} <br /> (roughly translates as Monster of the Chasms)
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* urialin{{book ref|sa4|83}}<br/>Light (ancient singer word)
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* chasmspren{{book ref|sa4|48}}<br />(luckspren/mandras)
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* day of first transformation{{book ref|sa2|i|4}}
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* dark home{{book ref|sa2|i|4}} <br /> (where the Last Legion lived before rebelling against Odium, according to legend)
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* the lull<br />(the Weeping)
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* warleader{{book ref|sa2|i|13}} <br /> (Listener general?)
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* warband{{book ref|sa4|86}} <br /> (Listener army)
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* warpair
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* all song and no crescendo{{book ref|sa4|57}} <br /> anticlimactic
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* the stare of a greatshell{{book ref|sa4|57}} <br /> a strong gaze
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* take away their songs{{book ref|sa4|86}} <br /> (killing someone)
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* causing [someone] to sing hopeless songs.{{book ref|sa4|51}}
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* Rhythms ancient and new{{book ref|sa4|67}}
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* the riddens of my life{{book ref|sa4|62}}<br/> The end of my life
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* There will be time enough later to enjoy the Rhythm of Praise.{{book ref|sa4|73}}
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* they attuned Wisdom, not Betrayal, in their actions{{book ref|sa4|73}}
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* she hears a much grander song{{book ref|sa4|83}}
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* thank the purest tones{{book ref|sa4|85}}
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* what crazy rhythm are you listening to{{book ref|sa4|86}}
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* say a name on the breeze and it will return{{book ref|sa4|86}} <br /> "speak of the devil and he is sure to appear"
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* she felt an urgency to do so blowing upon the winds themselves{{book ref|sa2|i|1}}
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* if we miss this opportunity, our children will sing us the songs of Cursing{{book ref|sa2|i|11}}
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* as sure as the storms and the sun{{book ref|sa3|i|6}}
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}}
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=== [[Shin]] ===
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* He who adds{{book ref|sa1|i|4}} <br /> (honorific for a farmer)
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* He who takes away{{book ref|sa1|i|6}} <br /> (pejorative for someone who kills)
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* ''Tan balo ken tala''{{book ref|sa1|i|4}} <br /> (likely a greeting)
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* "Your words are like the hundred doves"<br />"Easy to release, difficult to keep"<br />-[[Szeth]] and [[Taravangian]] <br /> (proverb)
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* Glories within
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* Spirits below {{book ref|sa1|71}}
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* Stones Unhallowed {{book ref|sa3|118}} <br /> (A curse used by Szeth, but also used to describe the stones of [[Urithiru]]{{book ref|sa2|47}})
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* kukori{{book ref|sa1|i|6}} <br /> (a manner of speaking?)
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* stonewalker <br /> (term for people who walk on stone, i.e. the rest of Roshar.)
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* aboshi{{book ref|ob|106}}{{book ref|ob|116}}{{book ref|ob|117}} <br /> (divine honorific; often used when speaking to Heralds)
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* Winds of Fortune guide you{{book ref|sa1|i|4}}
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* The best and truest duty of a person is to add to the world. To create, and not destroy.{{book ref|sa4|i|7}}
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* ''-nimi'' <br /> (honorific suffix)
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}}
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=== [[Spren]] ===
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* You cannot reach the end of a proof without many steps in the middle{{book ref|sa4|75}} ([[inkspren]])
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* to prepare you to be thrown into the [[angerspren]]'s den{{book ref|sa4|82}} (inkspren)
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}}
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=== [[Thaylen]] ===
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* passions
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* tyvnk{{book ref|sa1|i|3}} <br /> (sullen)
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* Shaylor mkabat nour{{book ref|sa1|3}} <br /> (The winds have brought us safely.)
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* Mkai bade fortenthis!{{book ref|sa1|3}} <br /> (meaning unknown.)
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* Gthlebn Thaylen?{{book ref|sa4|30}} <br /> "Do you speak Thaylen?
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}}
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=== [[Unkalaki]] ===
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* airsick lowlander
 
* airsick lowlander
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* Kali'kalin'da
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* Kali'kalin's ghost{{book ref|sa1|55}}
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* holetental{{book ref|sa1|73}} <br /> (the Knights Radiant?)
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* tuanalikina{{book ref|sa2|12}}{{book ref|sa3|37}} <br /> (fourth son or younger)
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* Uma'ami tukuma mafah'liki{{book ref|sa3|37}} <br /> (phrase of respect towards spren)
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* Blessed gods of sea and stone{{book ref|sa3|37}}
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* Your soup is cold{{book ref|sa3|64}} <br /> (idiom, "You are all stupid". Possibly satire.)
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* afah'liki <br /> ([[spren]])
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* ali'i'kamura{{book ref|sa1|49}}
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* alaii'iku{{book ref|sa2|12}} <br /> [[Sighted]]
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* ana'kai{{book ref|sa3|18}}
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* tana'kai{{book ref|sa2|46}} <br /> ("like a king, but more")
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* tuma'alki{{book ref|sa2|9}} <br /> low quality
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* mafah'liki
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* alil'tiki'i{{book ref|sa1|26}}
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* Umalakai'ki! Kama mohoray namavau-{{book ref|sa1|36}} <br /> (something like "Somebody be helping me get him down! Is still alive! We need ladder and knife! Hurry!" [[Rock]] cut himself off while saying this and switched to Alethi)
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* humaka'aban{{book ref|sa1|41}}{{book ref|sa1|46}} <br /> (Unkalaki beard)
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* Uli'tekanaki{{book ref|sa1|43}}{{book ref|sa1|49}}
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* kaluk'i'iki{{book ref|sa1|49}} <br /> (something only a woman can be)
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* Like trying to keep my hands on a live lakefish!{{book ref|sa2|12}}
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* mala’lini’ka{{book ref|sa3.5|9}} <br /> possibly a prayer of thanks
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* toa{{book ref|sa3.5|12}} <br /> Physical
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* liki{{book ref|sa3.5|12}} <br /> Cognitive
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* Apaliki’tokoa’a{{book ref|sa3.5|16}}{{book ref|sa3.5|9}}{{book ref|sa3.5|7}} <br /> [[luckspren]]
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* Tuli’iti’na{{book ref|sa3.5|9}} <br /> nonsense
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* Fal’ala’liki’nor{{book ref|sa3.5|18}} <br /> title given to the one who draws the [[Bow of Hours]]
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* ula’makai{{book ref|sa4|12}} <br /> captain
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* Hualinam'lunanaki’akilu{{book ref|sa4|i|1}} <br /> a poem about a wedding band. [[Cord]]'s full name
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* Oo'kali'laa'e!{{file ref|Alethi Glyphs Page 2.jpg|Alethi Glyphs page 2}}
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}}
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=== [[Veden]] ===
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* Nan <br /> (honorific for a eldest son){{book ref|sa2|45}}
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* Tet <br /> (honorific for a second son){{book ref|sa2|45}}
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* Asha <br /> (honorific for a third son){{book ref|sa2|45}}
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* Van <br /> (honorific for a fourth or youngest son){{book ref|sa2|27}}
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* broken stone{{book ref|sa2|38}} <br /> (used by [[Shallan]]: a moot point, something no longer relevant)
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}}
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=== [[Herald]]s ===
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;General:
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* Heralds send it isn't true{{book ref|sa4|74}}
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* Living Heralds above{{book ref|sa1|68}}
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* Bless the Heralds{{book ref|sa1|3}}
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* Heralds-forsaken{{book ref|sa4|7}}
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* Heralds above{{book ref|sa4|4s}}
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}}
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;[[Battar]]:
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* sweet wisdom of Battar
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* Battah send (them) some sense{{book ref|sa2|14}}
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}}
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;[[Chanarach]]:
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* Chana help (them){{book ref|sa2|75}}
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* Chana knows...{{book ref|sa2|59}}
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}}
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;[[Ishar]]:
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* By [[Ishar|Ishi]], herald of luck
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* Ishi be praised{{book ref|sa1|23}}
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* Ishar's soul{{book ref|sa2|5}}
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}}
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;[[Jezrien]]:
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* Praise [[Yaezir]]{{book ref|sa2|i|9}}
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* Kelek, Jezerezeh, and Heralds above!{{book ref|sa4|21}}
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* Go with Yaezir's own speed{{book ref|sa4|101}}
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}}
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;[[Kalak]]:
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* Kalak's breath
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* Kelek's tongue{{book ref|sa2|86}}
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* Kelek’s own truth{{book ref|sa4|23}}
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* Kelek
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* what in Kelek's name
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* Kelek preserve us{{book ref|sa1|38}}
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* for Kelek's sake{{book ref|sa1|27}}
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* Kelek knows{{book ref|sa1|11}}
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* what in Kelek's tongue{{book ref|sa2|86}}
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* Kelek speed their way{{book ref|sa2|81}}
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* swear to Kelek himself{{book ref|sa3|3}}
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* Stormfather, Kelek, and the Almighty himself!{{book ref|sa3|75}}
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* Thank Kelek{{book ref|sa4|prologue}}
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* By Kalak's mighty breath{{book ref|sa4|17}}
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* Kelek, Jezerezeh, and Heralds above!{{book ref|sa4|21}}
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* Kelek help him{{book ref|sa4|50}}
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* honest-by-Kelek's-own-breath truth{{book ref|sa4|91}}
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}}
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;[[Nale]]:
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* Nalan's hands
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* Nalan send...{{book ref|sa2|88}}
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* Nale's nuts. {{book ref|sa4|7}} <br/>(Would literally translate as “Nale’s Rockbuds”){{wob ref|14120}}
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}}
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;[[Pailiah]]:
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* Pali's mind{{book ref|sa2|i|14}}
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* Pailiah knew...{{book ref|sa2|14}}
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}}
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;[[Shalash]]:
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* Ash's eyes
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* Ash's mask{{book ref|sa4|28}}
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* Ash's brush of endless paint{{book ref|sa4|34}}
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* Shalashian temperament{{book ref|sa2|50}}
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}}
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;[[Talenel]]:
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* Taln's palms{{book ref|sa3|100}}
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* Taln's nails{{book ref|sa3|120}}
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* Talat's hand{{book ref|sa2|54}}
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}}
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;[[Vedel]]:
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{{columns|count=2|
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* Vedeledev's golden keys{{book ref|sa1|7}}
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* Vev's golden keys{{book ref|sa4|prologue}}{{book ref|sa4|46}}
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*
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}}
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=== [[highstorm|Storms]]/[[Stormfather]] ===
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* Stormfather!
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* stormlands <br /> (unoccupied barren parts of Roshar.)
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* stormleavings{{book ref|sa1|49}}{{book ref|sa2|9}}{{book ref|sa2|41}} <br /> (debris left after a highstorm has passed. Also used as an insult or adjective to describe someone or something worthless.)
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* stormpause{{book ref|sa2|i|4}} <br /> (a break in the cycle of highstorms.)
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* stormtop{{book ref|sa2|86}} <br /> (the top of a highstorm.)
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* stormward{{book ref|sa1|18}} <br /> (The direction from which highstorms come; eastward.)
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* riddens{{book ref|sa2|32}} <br /> (aftermath of a storm)
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* Stormwinds{{book ref|sa1|12}}{{book ref|sa4|2}}
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* Stormfather, Kelek, and the Almighty himself!{{book ref|sa3|75}}
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* Storms!
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* Stormfather above and [[Nightwatcher]] below{{book ref|sa4|82}}
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* Storms bright and brash...{{book ref|sa4|prologue}}
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* Storms alight!{{book ref|sa4|prologue}}
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* The Father of Storms and the Mother of the World ignored the desires of men, no matter how grand.{{book ref|sa4|prologue}}
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* What in the Stormfather's unknown name?{{book ref|sa4|2}}
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* to surge forward like an advancing stormwall{{book ref|sa4|3}}
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* Storms send{{book ref|sa4|7}}
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* a storming delight{{book ref|sa4|11}}
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* Storm me{{book ref|sa4|23}}
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* Oh storms … Oh, God of Oaths…{{book ref|sa4|93}}
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* storms above and Damnation beyond{{book ref|sa4|101}}
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}}
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=== [[Vorin]] ===
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* [[Damnation]]
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* what in Damnation's eleventh name{{book ref|sa2|38}}
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* what in the [[Tranquiline Halls|Halls]]
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* unreliable as Damnation itself.{{book ref|sa1|58}}
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* [[Almighty]] above
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* By the [[Almighty]]’s tenth name
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* Almighty, cast from heaven to dwell in our hearts{{book ref|sa1|38}}
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* Almighty send{{book ref|sa1|39}}
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* Holy halls!{{book ref|sa4|34}}
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* Halls above{{book ref|sa4|40}}
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* Damnation take you{{book ref|sa4|50}}
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* Why in the Almighty's tenth name{{book ref|sa4|63}}
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* By the holiest name of the Almighty{{book ref|sa4|76}}
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* storms above and Damnation beyond{{book ref|sa4|101}}
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* Damnation's own device{{book ref|sa4|101}}
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}}
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=== Shards ===
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* Three Gods
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* Stormfather above and [[Nightwatcher]] below{{book ref|sa4|82}}
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* Storming Mother of the World and Father of Storms above!{{book ref|sa2.5|15}}
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* Mother!{{book ref|sa3|117}} <br /> ([[Cultivation]]?)
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* By the Three Gods{{book ref|sa4|2}}
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* The Father of Storms and the Mother of the World ignored the desires of men, no matter how grand.{{book ref|sa4|prologue}}
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* God Beyond wiling{{book ref|sa4|10}}
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}}
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=== [[crem]]/[[cremling]]s ===
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* cremhole{{book ref|sa3|40}} <br /> mouth
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* that's crem <br /> worthless or disgusting
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* stinks like cremslime{{book ref|sa1|60}}
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* crem-covered savages{{book ref|sa2|29}}
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* crem-crusted{{book ref|sa2|50}}
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* crem in the gutter{{book ref|sa2|i|12}}
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* tastes like crem{{book ref|sa2|76}}
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* sitting around collecting/growing crem{{book ref|sa3|66}}{{book ref|sa4|10}} <br /> equivalent to "collecting dust", wasted.
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* mired in crem{{book ref|sa3.5|8}}
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* a cremling did not shed its shell until it had grown too large for it{{book ref|sa4|11}}
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* soft like crem{{book ref|sa4|83}}
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* thinking like crem{{book ref|sa4|113}} <br />dull of mind
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* Like the dancing feet of cremlings.{{book ref|sa4|i|4}}
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}}
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=== Weird Stuff [[Lift]] says ===
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* starvin’/starving <br /> equivalent of storming
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* stumer{{book ref|sa4|5}}
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* whineyspren{{book ref|sa4|i|5}}
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* dummyspren{{book ref|sa4|i|5}}
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* blargegorf{{book ref|sa4|i|5}}
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* storming lamespren{{book ref|sa4|i|5}}
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* cowardspren{{book ref|sa4|i|5}}
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* wisdomspren{{book ref|sa4|i|5}}
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}}
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=== Gems/spheres ===
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  +
* [[Garnet]] lit tongue{{book ref|sa3|28}}
  +
* dunnard{{book ref|sa2|47}}{{book ref|sa2|53}} <br /> (equivalent of dullard, presumably related to "dun" spheres)
  +
* [He] would have my spheres if I let anything happen to you.{{book ref|sa4|37}}
  +
* [someone] was a rare gemstone for certain{{book ref|sa4|50}}
  +
* All the way to your [[gemheart]].{{book ref|sa4|59}}
  +
}}
  +
  +
=== Non-specific ===
  +
{{columns|count=2|
  +
* My head is pounding like a Parshendi drum{{book ref|sa4|111}}
  +
* I think we’d sooner see a chull fly than see...{{book ref|sa4|i|10}}
  +
* [[chull]]-brain{{book ref|sa4|15}} <br /> an idiot
  +
* deevy{{book ref|sa3|44}} <br /> ("Incredible or neat in a smooth way")
  +
* rocksplitter
  +
* Anyone worth his Stormlight is...{{book ref|sa4|40}}
  +
* mossing <br /> (using [[firemoss]])
  +
* deathline{{book ref|sa1|17}}{{book ref|sa1|62}} <br /> (the front line of [[bridgemen]] carrying a bridge during a bridge run.)
  +
* dunnard{{book ref|sa2|47}}{{book ref|sa2|53}} <br /> (equivalent of dullard, presumably related to "dun" spheres)
  +
* drynets{{book ref|sa2|31}} <br /> (curse used by sailors.)
  +
* gloombringer{{book ref|sa2|72}}
  +
* ledgerworm{{book ref|sa2|i|3}} <br /> (a scribe)
  +
* moonheight{{book ref|sa2|42}} <br /> (the time when one of the moons is the highest in the sky?)
  +
* shellheads <br /> (term used by humans to refer to the singers)
  +
* In the name of all heaven{{book ref|sa1|38}}
  +
* Blood of my fathers
  +
* What on Roshar?{{book ref|sa4|i|5}} <br /> equivalent of "What in the world?"
  +
* nanha{{book ref|sa1|25}}{{book ref|sa2|87}} <br /> (honorific for a married woman.)
  +
* aven begah{{book ref|sa3|88}}
  +
* Unseen{{book ref|sa1|26}} <br /> (Capitalized by [[Nohadon]] in [[The Way of Kings (in-world)|The Way of Kings]], but I do not know if this is significant.)
  +
* smells worse than a Horneater's boots in the winter.{{book ref|sa1|27}}
  +
* blood of my ancestors{{book ref|sa1|47}}
  +
* By the blood of our fathers!{{book ref|sa4|40}}
  +
* easy as tripping a horneater{{book ref|sa1|57}}
  +
* Stonefalls{{book ref|sa1|61}}
  +
* Honor of our ancestors protect you.{{book ref|sa1|66}}
  +
* I wonder if the Lifebrother himself sent you to me{{book ref|sa1|71}}
  +
* Like [a] Western skullbearer on feast day.{{book ref|sa2|2}}
  +
* Centerbeat <br /> Presumably the rosharan equivalent of 'eye of the storm'{{book ref|sa3.5|11}}
  +
* Eel's Nest <br /> Rosharan equivalent of [[wikipedia:Crow's nest|crow's nest]]{{book ref|sa3.5|4}}{{book ref|sa3.5|12}}
  +
* Putting our chulls to work before we’ve bought them{{book ref|sa4|17}} <br /> An idiom seemingly equivalent to "Counting your chickens before they hatch."
  +
* hens from the same nest.{{book ref|sa4|15}} <br /> said by Zahel. possibly a Nalthian saying.
  +
* Surely the moons will stop orbiting and the sun will come crashing down.{{book ref|sa4|16}} <br /> equivalent of "Surely the world will end"
  +
* We each have our own Voidbringers to slay{{book ref|sa4|i|1}}
  +
* [He] would have my spheres if I let anything happen to you.{{book ref|sa4|37}}
  +
* This place glows like [[Nomon]]'s own backside.{{book ref|sa4|39}}
  +
* [someone] was a rare gemstone for certain{{book ref|sa4|50}}
  +
* you cannot tame a feral axehound with kind words. You use raw meat.{{book ref|sa4|50}}
  +
* Do not be so quick to share your stormshelter with men you just barely met.{{book ref|sa4|57}}
  +
* All the way to your [[gemheart]].{{book ref|sa4|59}}
  +
* figgldygrak{{book ref|sa4|65}}{{book ref|sa1|54}}<br/>Nonsense. See this [https://www.17thshard.com/forum/topic/93934-that-storming-word-again/ forum post]
  +
}}
   
=== [[Scadrial]] ===
+
== [[Scadrial]] ==
==== Era 1 ====
+
=== Era 1 ===
  +
{{columns|
* [[Lord Ruler]]
 
  +
* [[Lord Ruler]]!
 
* By the forgotten gods
 
* By the forgotten gods
  +
* By the [[First Contract]]{{book ref|mb3|71}}
  +
* Sure as the Lord Ruler{{book ref|mb1|4}}
  +
* Zinc-Tongued raven{{msh ref|1|5}}{{msh ref|5|3}}
  +
* Twixt{{book ref|mb1|4}}{{book ref|mb3|30}}
  +
::A liaison between thieving crews.
  +
}}
   
==== Era 2 ====
+
=== Era 2 ===
  +
{{columns|
 
* Rust and [[Ruin]]
 
* Rust and [[Ruin]]
 
* [[Harmony]]
 
* [[Harmony]]
 
* By the [[Kelsier|Survivor]]'s scars!
 
* By the [[Kelsier|Survivor]]'s scars!
  +
* Oh Survivor of [[Mists]]{{book ref|aol|19}}
  +
* What in the Survivor’s Deadly Name{{book ref|aol|14}}
  +
* Harmony’s forearms{{book ref|aol|4}}
  +
* Lord of Harmony{{book ref|aol|9}}
  +
* Rust on my arms{{book ref|aol|3}}
  +
* Now we're burning {{book ref|aol|19}}
 
* Pound a brittle metal {{book ref|aol|15}}
 
* Pound a brittle metal {{book ref|aol|15}}
* Take that with a pinch of copper {{book ref| aol| 1}}{{book ref| aol| 10}}
+
* Take that with a pinch of copper {{book ref|aol|1}}{{book ref|aol|10}}
* Cold as iron{{book ref|aol| 11}}{{disputed|too close to a real-world phrase?}}
+
* Cold as iron{{book ref|aol|11}}
* Let's melt this down and forge it {{book ref|aol| 8}}
+
* True as titanium{{book ref|aol|10}}
* Bad alloys like him {{book ref|aol| 4}}
+
* Perfect as Preserves{{book ref|mb4|5}}
* You could hit his steel against flint all night and not get a spark {{book ref|aol| 16}}
+
* May [he/she] rest with the Hero{{book ref|mb4|2}}
  +
* Let's melt this down and forge it {{book ref|aol|8}}
  +
* Bad alloys like [[Miles Dagouter|him]] {{book ref|aol|4}}
  +
* You could hit his steel against flint all night and not get a spark {{book ref|aol|16}}
  +
* Soother's sense{{book ref|mb4|2}}
  +
* [he/she] was an odd alloy{{book ref|mb4|12}}
  +
* Preservation's Wings{{book ref|mb4|3}}
  +
* Good steel, man!{{book ref|mb4|8}}
  +
* Oh, [[God Beyond]]{{book ref|mb5|prologue}}
  +
* Sure as Ruin{{book ref|mb5|1}}
  +
* Rusts
  +
* Rusting
  +
* Ruination{{book ref|mb4|6}}{{book ref|mb4|8}}
  +
* What in Harmony’s wrists{{book ref|mb5|9}}
  +
* Ruin those [[Vanishers|thieves]]{{book ref|mb4|4}}
  +
* Rusting iron on a hillside{{book ref|mb5|9}}
  +
* Holy Survivor{{book ref|mb5|12}}
  +
* Sweet Harmonies {{book ref|mb5|14}}
  +
* Wisp hunt {{book ref|mb5|14}}
  +
* Ashfalls{{book ref|mb5|21}}
  +
* [Someone/something] were/are a special alloy{{book ref|mb4|11}}
  +
* Burn our metals{{book ref|mb6|3}}
  +
* Ironeyes' Tomb{{book ref|mb4|15}}
  +
* What in the name of the lost metal{{book ref|mb6|7}}
  +
* How in Harmony’s True Name{{book ref|mb6|10}}
  +
* [[Trell]]’s soul{{book ref|mb6|15}}
  +
* What in Ruin’s name{{book ref|mb6|17}}
  +
* By the [[Rashek|Father]] and the First Contract{{book ref|mb6|19}}
  +
* Harmony’s [[Coppermind|Bands]]{{book ref|mb6|21}}
  +
* Harmony’s [[Tinmind|Rings]]{{book ref|mb6|22}}
  +
* Tough metal to swallow{{book ref|mb6|31}}
  +
* Well, there's a theory rusted away{{book ref|mb4|6}}
  +
* Faster than bendalloy burns{{book ref|mb4|18}}
  +
* Old habits make for strong steel{{book ref|mb4|6}}
  +
* in the alloy of{{file ref|House Record broadsheet.jpg|''The House Record'' Broadsheet}}
  +
* By the Survivor's spear{{book ref|mb4|7}}
  +
* By the [[kandra|Faceless]]{{file ref|House_Record_broadsheet.jpg|''The House Record'' Broadsheet}}
  +
}}
   
=== [[Nalthis]] ===
+
== [[Nalthis]] ==
  +
{{columns|
 
* Colors
 
* Colors
 
* [[Austre]], god of colors
 
* [[Austre]], god of colors
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* That will be crimson to break{{book ref|sa3|83}}
 
* That will be crimson to break{{book ref|sa3|83}}
 
* Eat the wrong flower{{book ref|sa2|18}}
 
* Eat the wrong flower{{book ref|sa2|18}}
  +
* Some Awakener come by and steal your colors?{{book ref|wb|19}}
 
* Green from the ground{{book ref|sa2|i|6}}
 
* Green from the ground{{book ref|sa2|i|6}}
 
* You've got red on your ears{{book ref|sa2|44}}
 
* You've got red on your ears{{book ref|sa2|44}}
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* Like white on black{{book ref|sa3|16}}
 
* Like white on black{{book ref|sa3|16}}
 
* I'd bet my red life on it{{book ref|sa3|79}}
 
* I'd bet my red life on it{{book ref|sa3|79}}
  +
* [Someone/something] feels like another color altogether{{book ref|sa3|108}}
  +
* By the Colors{{book ref|wb|57}}
  +
* I won't hold my Breaths waiting for...{{book ref|sa4|15}}
  +
}}
   
=== [[Taldain]] ===
+
== [[Taldain]] ==
==== Darkside ====
+
=== Darkside ===
 
* Shella
 
* Shella
*
 
   
==== Dayside ====
+
=== Dayside ===
  +
{{columns|
 
* sands
 
* sands
 
* Zensha
 
* Zensha
  +
* traid'ka
 
* aisha
 
* aisha
  +
* ker'naisha totar'kersha
  +
::[[Karshad]]: May the [[Sand Lord]] bless us.
 
* sifting through my sand
 
* sifting through my sand
* traid'ka
 
 
* lonsha
 
* lonsha
 
* eedsha
 
* eedsha
 
* ry'kel
 
* ry'kel
  +
* KanLisht{{book ref|ws1|6}}
* ker'naisha totar'kersha- May the [[Sand Lord]] bless us- in [[Karshad]], the language of the [[Kerztian]] clergy.
 
  +
}}
*
 
   
=== [[Threnody]] ===
+
== [[Threnody]] ==
  +
{{columns|
* [[shadow]]s
 
  +
* Seeing shades in the mist{{file ref|Alethi Glyphs Page 2.jpg|Alethi Glyphs page 2}}
  +
* [[Shade|shadow]]s!
 
* [[God Beyond]]
 
* [[God Beyond]]
  +
* What in helmore!{{file ref|New_Ascendancy_broadsheet.jpg|''The New Ascendancy'' Broadsheet}}
  +
* Bloody helmore{{file ref|New_Ascendancy_broadsheet.jpg|''The New Ascendancy'' Broadsheet}}
  +
* By [[Purity]]'s Eye{{file ref|Alethi_Glyphs_Page_1.jpg|Nazh on Alethi Glyphs}}
  +
}}
   
=== [[First of the Sun]] ===
+
== [[First of the Sun]] ==
*
+
* Father
  +
::A reverential reference to [[Patji (island)|Patji]].
  +
* It's [[deathant]]s!
  +
::A reference to the insects, meaning an unsuspected danger.
  +
<!--I'm pretty sure this is complete. This contains everything I found when I went through the book-->
   
=== [[Sel]] ===
+
== [[Sel]] ==
  +
{{columns|count=2|
* Merciful [[Dominion|Domi]]
 
  +
* Merciful [[Devotion|Domi]]{{wob ref|7591}}{{wob ref|783}}<!--Domi is just the Korathi word for god, derived from Aon Omi (which means love), but it's roots are more with Devotion than Dominion (I know, it's weird)-->
  +
* Idos Domi
  +
* Kolo{{book ref|elantris|1}}
  +
* Burning Domi{{book ref|elantris|5}}
  +
* Gracious Domi{{book ref|elantris|5}}
  +
* Domi curse it{{book ref|elantris|8}}
  +
* Great [[Jaddeth]] Below{{book ref|elantris|9}}
  +
* By Doloken {{book ref|elantris|10}}
  +
* Burning Doloken{{book ref|elantris|10}}
 
* Days
 
* Days
  +
* Days alight
 
* Nights
 
* Nights
  +
* Nights afire{{tes ref|17}}{{tes ref|30}}
  +
* Mother of light
 
* kayana, sule?
 
* kayana, sule?
  +
* [[God Beyond|Unknown God]]{{tes ref|98}}
  +
* DeluseDoo
  +
::[[Duladel]]: loosely translates as "angered for being insulted".{{book ref|elantris|16}}
  +
* Rag Domi!
  +
:: A curse so vile that Sarene only heard it two times before the events of ''Elantris''...{{book ref|elantris|20}} but then heard it three times during the book.
  +
* Do
  +
::[[Jindoeese]]: book.
  +
* Dendo{{book ref|elantris|52}}
  +
::A common name for a Duladen commoner, alias used by [[Galladon]].
  +
* DoMin
  +
::Jindoeese: Domi, or god.
  +
* Doloken
  +
::Duladel: hell.
  +
* Hama{{book ref|elantris|10}}
  +
::Duladel: grandmother.
  +
* Hruggath{{book ref|elantris|18}}
  +
::An obscene oath in [[Fjordell]]; often used with 'Ja,' the shortened, vulgar word for [[Jaddeth]].
  +
* Idos
  +
::Aonic: Merciful. Often used when calling on Domi's name.
  +
* Ja
  +
::The Vulgar version of 'Jaddeth,' God of the Derethi religion,in Fjordell.
  +
* Kayana
  +
::Duladel: insane.
  +
* KuNuKam
  +
::[[Mulla'dil]] word. Roughly translates to “person with an anus for a mouth.”{{tes ref|97}}
  +
* Rulo (feminine: Ruda)
  +
::Duladel: unfortunate one.
  +
* Shu
  +
::Jindoeese: path of.
  +
* Sule
  +
::Duladel: friend.
  +
* Alavanta kamaloo kayana{{book ref|sa1|i|1}}
  +
* [[Enefel]]
  +
:: Trickster, joker.{{wob ref|7594}}
  +
}}
   
== Non-Cosmere ==
+
== [[Lumar]] ==
  +
*Moon of mercy{{book ref |Tress|30}}
=== [[Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians]] ===
 
  +
*Moon of justice {{book ref |Tress|32|}}
* shattering glass
 
  +
*Moon of veils{{book ref |Tress|30}}
*
 
  +
*Moon of menace{{book ref |Tress|31}}
  +
*Moon of meanings{{book ref |Tress|37}}
   
=== [[Reckoners]] ===
+
== Yolen ==
  +
* May two worlds become one to you{{wob ref|2741}}
* [[Calamity]]
 
  +
* didgeridooing
 
  +
== General Cosmere ==
  +
=== Adonalsium ===
  +
* For Ado's sake{{book ref|sa4|37}}
  +
* Oh God. Oh, Adonalsium!{{book ref|sa3|121}}
  +
* Adonalsium knows{{book ref|sa4|50}}
  +
  +
=== God Beyond ===
  +
* God Beyond bless it to be enough{{book ref|sa4|111}}
  +
* The Beyond knows{{book ref|sa4|epilogue}}
  +
* God Beyond wiling{{book ref|sa4|10}}
  +
* Oh, [[God Beyond]]{{book ref|mb5|prologue}}
  +
  +
=== Unknown World ===
  +
(for things that are probably from worlds we haven't seen yet)
  +
* Speak your fears at a mirror a few times when you get home tonight{{book ref|sa1|22}} (likely from Yolen; see [[wob:9584]])
  +
* Long as a soulless star slumbers{{book ref|sa4|99}}
  +
* Long as a rat sends rust{{book ref|sa4|99}}
  +
* Long as seasons see stories{{book ref|sa4|99}}
  +
  +
= Non-Cosmere =
  +
== [[Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians (series)|Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians]] ==
  +
{{columns|count=2|
  +
* Shattering Glass
  +
* By the [[Worldspire|Spire]] itself{{book ref|a4|1010}}
  +
* Rumbling Rawns{{book ref|a1|2}}
  +
* Galloping Gemmells{{book ref|a1|2}}
  +
* Hyperventilating Hobbs{{book ref|a1|2}}
  +
}}
  +
  +
== [[The Reckoners]] ==
  +
{{columns|count=2|
  +
* [[Calamity]]!
  +
* didgeridooing{{book ref|calamity|12}}
 
* sparks
 
* sparks
 
* slontze
 
* slontze
  +
* By the Eternal Sparks{{book ref|calamity|51}}
  +
}}
   
=== [[Skyward Universe]] ===
+
== [[Cytoverse]] ==
  +
=== Human ===
  +
{{columns|count=2|
 
* scud
 
* scud
  +
* What in the stars
*
 
  +
* Saints and stars
  +
* Stars help us{{book ref|sky1|prologue}}
  +
* What in the North Star's light{{book ref|sky1|52}}
  +
}}
  +
=== UrDail ===
  +
{{columns|count=2|
  +
* By the branches{{book ref|redawn|2}}
  +
}}
  +
  +
== [[The Rithmatist]] ==
  +
{{columns|count=2|
  +
* By the [[Master]]
  +
* Dusts be cast aside{{book ref|rithmatist|12}}
  +
* Dusts{{book ref|rithmatist|15}}
  +
* Dusting{{book ref|rithmatist|15}}{{book ref|rithmatist|16}}
  +
* How in the name of the Master{{book ref|rithmatist|16}}
  +
* By the Depths{{book ref|rithmatist|24}}
  +
}}
  +
  +
== [[Firstborn]] ==
  +
* By the Seal{{book ref|firstborn}}
  +
* Void-cursed{{book ref|firstborn}}
   
== Notes ==
+
= Notes =
 
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Latest revision as of 05:23, 16 June 2024

This page lists curses, phrases, terms, and sayings used by people on the different worlds of the cosmere and beyond, as well as, where known, their meanings. I would eventually like to put this information on the individual world pages. Feel free to edit this page and add any more you know of.

For those who want to help: as a general rule, if there exists a page for that word/phrase in this usage (or it should exist but doesn't) then it does not belong on this list. This would not exclude things like Stormfather! since in that usage it is not referring to the Stormfather himself rather it is simply referring to the common exclamation.

Being as the intention is to eventually organize these by nation as well as planet, where applicable (known and relevant) please put each new entry in the relevant (sub)section. If a phrase falls under multiple categories please put it in both.

If you have any questions I can be reached on the Coppermind Discord or directly as King of Herdaz.

Cosmere[edit]

Roshar[edit]

Aimian[edit]

  • Blight it all[1]

Alethi[edit]

  • Almighty above
  • By the Almighty’s tenth name
  • Almighty, cast from heaven to dwell in our hearts[2]
  • may the winds treat you well[3]
    (good luck/goodbye)
  • what [storming] storm brought [something]?[4][5]
    ("where did [something] come from?", very surprised or sarcastic)
  • share your stormshelter [with someone][6]
    become friendly [with someone]
  • Mashala[7]
    (formal title for an aunt)
  • Mathana[8]
    (formal title for an older sister)
  • see the same sunrise[9]
    (see eye to eye)
  • Shalashian temperament[10]
    (bad temper)

Azish/Makabaki[edit]

  • Kadasixes
  • Yaezir
  • Tashi[11]
  • Praise Yaezir[12]
  • If the Prime Kadasix may provide[13]
  • The Prime's own eyes have not seen such a ...[14]
  • Go with Yaezir's own speed[15]

Bav[edit]

Herdazian[edit]

  • winds know[17]
    similar to real-life "heaven knows"
  • gancho/a[18]
    gendered honorific
  • gon
  • Herdies[19]
    (slang for Herdazians)
  • moolie
    (mute)
  • mancha[14][20]
    (greeting)
  • chortana[21]
    (woman? used to refer to Jasnah)
  • naco
  • penhito
  • hooch[22]
  • Rock talkers! You really shine in shade, gancho![23]
  • Like ten crashes of thunder on the mounts, gancho![19]
  • strawhead[24]
    outsider,non-Herdazian
  • ornachala[25]
    breakfast
  • misra[26]
    miss (as in a woman)
  • mancha[27]
  • hregos[27]
    my friends
  • chorlano[28]
  • velo[29]
  • The Ganlos Riera herself couldn't catch him![30]

Purelaker[edit]

  • Vun Makak
  • Nu Ralik
  • lakefish[14]
  • Sun and tides send it![31]

Riran[edit]

  • The life will be as white as a sun at night![32]
    (idiom)
  • Viim cachi eko[33]
    (something related to feeling cold)
  • By the Brightcaller's rays[34]
  • It isn’t healthy to have a stone curdling in your stomach, still wet with moss.[32]
    (idiom)
  • A mystery, sent by Shishi.[32]

Singer/Listener[edit]

  • Avendla[35]
    (ancient Fused word for Alethkar, literally "Land of Second Advance".)
  • essai[36]
    (literally translates as hairy. Used to refer to human-lover/traitor)
  • Neshua Kadal[34]
    (Knight Radiant)
  • nistar[37]
    Mystery (ancient singer word)
  • ulo mas vara[38]
    (roughly translates as Monster of the Chasms)
  • urialin[37]
    Light (ancient singer word)
  • chasmspren[39]
    (luckspren/mandras)
  • day of first transformation[40]
  • dark home[40]
    (where the Last Legion lived before rebelling against Odium, according to legend)
  • the lull
    (the Weeping)
  • warleader[41]
    (Listener general?)
  • warband[42]
    (Listener army)
  • warpair
  • all song and no crescendo[6]
    anticlimactic
  • the stare of a greatshell[6]
    a strong gaze
  • take away their songs[42]
    (killing someone)
  • causing [someone] to sing hopeless songs.[43]
  • Rhythms ancient and new[44]
  • the riddens of my life[45]
    The end of my life
  • There will be time enough later to enjoy the Rhythm of Praise.[46]
  • they attuned Wisdom, not Betrayal, in their actions[46]
  • she hears a much grander song[37]
  • thank the purest tones[47]
  • what crazy rhythm are you listening to[42]
  • say a name on the breeze and it will return[42]
    "speak of the devil and he is sure to appear"
  • she felt an urgency to do so blowing upon the winds themselves[48]
  • if we miss this opportunity, our children will sing us the songs of Cursing[49]
  • as sure as the storms and the sun[50]

Shin[edit]

  • He who adds[51]
    (honorific for a farmer)
  • He who takes away[52]
    (pejorative for someone who kills)
  • Tan balo ken tala[51]
    (likely a greeting)
  • "Your words are like the hundred doves"
    "Easy to release, difficult to keep"
    -Szeth and Taravangian
    (proverb)
  • Glories within
  • Spirits below [53]
  • Stones Unhallowed [54]
    (A curse used by Szeth, but also used to describe the stones of Urithiru[55])
  • kukori[52]
    (a manner of speaking?)
  • stonewalker
    (term for people who walk on stone, i.e. the rest of Roshar.)
  • aboshi[56][57][58]
    (divine honorific; often used when speaking to Heralds)
  • Winds of Fortune guide you[51]
  • The best and truest duty of a person is to add to the world. To create, and not destroy.[59]
  • -nimi
    (honorific suffix)

Spren[edit]

  • You cannot reach the end of a proof without many steps in the middle[60] (inkspren)
  • to prepare you to be thrown into the angerspren's den[61] (inkspren)

Thaylen[edit]

  • passions
  • tyvnk[16]
    (sullen)
  • Shaylor mkabat nour[62]
    (The winds have brought us safely.)
  • Mkai bade fortenthis![62]
    (meaning unknown.)
  • Gthlebn Thaylen?[63]
    "Do you speak Thaylen?

Unkalaki[edit]

  • airsick lowlander
  • Kali'kalin'da
  • Kali'kalin's ghost[64]
  • holetental[65]
    (the Knights Radiant?)
  • tuanalikina[14][66]
    (fourth son or younger)
  • Uma'ami tukuma mafah'liki[66]
    (phrase of respect towards spren)
  • Blessed gods of sea and stone[66]
  • Your soup is cold[67]
    (idiom, "You are all stupid". Possibly satire.)
  • afah'liki
    (spren)
  • ali'i'kamura[68]
  • alaii'iku[14]
    Sighted
  • ana'kai[69]
  • tana'kai[20]
    ("like a king, but more")
  • tuma'alki[70]
    low quality
  • mafah'liki
  • alil'tiki'i[71]
  • Umalakai'ki! Kama mohoray namavau-[72]
    (something like "Somebody be helping me get him down! Is still alive! We need ladder and knife! Hurry!" Rock cut himself off while saying this and switched to Alethi)
  • humaka'aban[73][74]
    (Unkalaki beard)
  • Uli'tekanaki[75][68]
  • kaluk'i'iki[68]
    (something only a woman can be)
  • Like trying to keep my hands on a live lakefish![14]
  • mala’lini’ka[76]
    possibly a prayer of thanks
  • toa[77]
    Physical
  • liki[77]
    Cognitive
  • Apaliki’tokoa’a[78][76][26]
    luckspren
  • Tuli’iti’na[76]
    nonsense
  • Fal’ala’liki’nor[25]
    title given to the one who draws the Bow of Hours
  • ula’makai[79]
    captain
  • Hualinam'lunanaki’akilu[80]
    a poem about a wedding band. Cord's full name
  • Oo'kali'laa'e![81]

Veden[edit]

  • Nan
    (honorific for a eldest son)[82]
  • Tet
    (honorific for a second son)[82]
  • Asha
    (honorific for a third son)[82]
  • Van
    (honorific for a fourth or youngest son)[83]
  • broken stone[84]
    (used by Shallan: a moot point, something no longer relevant)

Heralds[edit]

General
  • Heralds send it isn't true[85]
  • Living Heralds above[86]
  • Bless the Heralds[62]
  • Heralds-forsaken[87]
  • Heralds above[88]
Battar
  • sweet wisdom of Battar
  • Battah send (them) some sense[89]
Chanarach
  • Chana help (them)[90]
  • Chana knows...[91]
Ishar
  • By Ishi, herald of luck
  • Ishi be praised[92]
  • Ishar's soul[93]
Jezrien
Kalak
  • Kalak's breath
  • Kelek's tongue[95]
  • Kelek’s own truth[96]
  • Kelek
  • what in Kelek's name
  • Kelek preserve us[2]
  • for Kelek's sake[97]
  • Kelek knows[98]
  • what in Kelek's tongue[95]
  • Kelek speed their way[99]
  • swear to Kelek himself[100]
  • Stormfather, Kelek, and the Almighty himself![101]
  • Thank Kelek[102]
  • By Kalak's mighty breath[103]
  • Kelek, Jezerezeh, and Heralds above![94]
  • Kelek help him[104]
  • honest-by-Kelek's-own-breath truth[105]
Nale
  • Nalan's hands
  • Nalan send...[106]
  • Nale's nuts. [87]
    (Would literally translate as “Nale’s Rockbuds”)[107]
Pailiah
Shalash
  • Ash's eyes
  • Ash's mask[109]
  • Ash's brush of endless paint[110]
  • Shalashian temperament[10]
Talenel
Vedel

Storms/Stormfather[edit]

  • Stormfather!
  • stormlands
    (unoccupied barren parts of Roshar.)
  • stormleavings[68][70][4]
    (debris left after a highstorm has passed. Also used as an insult or adjective to describe someone or something worthless.)
  • stormpause[40]
    (a break in the cycle of highstorms.)
  • stormtop[95]
    (the top of a highstorm.)
  • stormward[116]
    (The direction from which highstorms come; eastward.)
  • riddens[117]
    (aftermath of a storm)
  • Stormwinds[118][30]
  • Stormfather, Kelek, and the Almighty himself![101]
  • Storms!
  • Stormfather above and Nightwatcher below[61]
  • Storms bright and brash...[102]
  • Storms alight![102]
  • The Father of Storms and the Mother of the World ignored the desires of men, no matter how grand.[102]
  • What in the Stormfather's unknown name?[30]
  • to surge forward like an advancing stormwall[119]
  • Storms send[87]
  • a storming delight[120]
  • Storm me[96]
  • Oh storms … Oh, God of Oaths…[121]
  • storms above and Damnation beyond[15]

Vorin[edit]

  • Damnation
  • what in Damnation's eleventh name[84]
  • what in the Halls
  • unreliable as Damnation itself.[122]
  • Almighty above
  • By the Almighty’s tenth name
  • Almighty, cast from heaven to dwell in our hearts[2]
  • Almighty send[123]
  • Holy halls![110]
  • Halls above[124]
  • Damnation take you[104]
  • Why in the Almighty's tenth name[125]
  • By the holiest name of the Almighty[126]
  • storms above and Damnation beyond[15]
  • Damnation's own device[15]

Shards[edit]

  • Three Gods
  • Stormfather above and Nightwatcher below[61]
  • Storming Mother of the World and Father of Storms above![127]
  • Mother![58]
    (Cultivation?)
  • By the Three Gods[30]
  • The Father of Storms and the Mother of the World ignored the desires of men, no matter how grand.[102]
  • God Beyond wiling[128]

crem/cremlings[edit]

  • cremhole[129]
    mouth
  • that's crem
    worthless or disgusting
  • stinks like cremslime[7]
  • crem-covered savages[130]
  • crem-crusted[10]
  • crem in the gutter[131]
  • tastes like crem[132]
  • sitting around collecting/growing crem[33][128]
    equivalent to "collecting dust", wasted.
  • mired in crem[133]
  • a cremling did not shed its shell until it had grown too large for it[120]
  • soft like crem[37]
  • thinking like crem[134]
    dull of mind
  • Like the dancing feet of cremlings.[135]

Weird Stuff Lift says[edit]

Gems/spheres[edit]

  • Garnet lit tongue[138]
  • dunnard[55][139]
    (equivalent of dullard, presumably related to "dun" spheres)
  • [He] would have my spheres if I let anything happen to you.[140]
  • [someone] was a rare gemstone for certain[104]
  • All the way to your gemheart.[141]

Non-specific[edit]

  • My head is pounding like a Parshendi drum[142]
  • I think we’d sooner see a chull fly than see...[143]
  • chull-brain[144]
    an idiot
  • deevy[145]
    ("Incredible or neat in a smooth way")
  • rocksplitter
  • Anyone worth his Stormlight is...[124]
  • mossing
    (using firemoss)
  • deathline[146][24]
    (the front line of bridgemen carrying a bridge during a bridge run.)
  • dunnard[55][139]
    (equivalent of dullard, presumably related to "dun" spheres)
  • drynets[147]
    (curse used by sailors.)
  • gloombringer[148]
  • ledgerworm[149]
    (a scribe)
  • moonheight[150]
    (the time when one of the moons is the highest in the sky?)
  • shellheads
    (term used by humans to refer to the singers)
  • In the name of all heaven[2]
  • Blood of my fathers
  • What on Roshar?[137]
    equivalent of "What in the world?"
  • nanha[151][152]
    (honorific for a married woman.)
  • aven begah[153]
  • Unseen[71]
    (Capitalized by Nohadon in The Way of Kings, but I do not know if this is significant.)
  • smells worse than a Horneater's boots in the winter.[97]
  • blood of my ancestors[154]
  • By the blood of our fathers![124]
  • easy as tripping a horneater[23]
  • Stonefalls[155]
  • Honor of our ancestors protect you.[156]
  • I wonder if the Lifebrother himself sent you to me[53]
  • Like [a] Western skullbearer on feast day.[157]
  • Centerbeat
    Presumably the rosharan equivalent of 'eye of the storm'[27]
  • Eel's Nest
    Rosharan equivalent of crow's nest[158][77]
  • Putting our chulls to work before we’ve bought them[103]
    An idiom seemingly equivalent to "Counting your chickens before they hatch."
  • hens from the same nest.[144]
    said by Zahel. possibly a Nalthian saying.
  • Surely the moons will stop orbiting and the sun will come crashing down.[159]
    equivalent of "Surely the world will end"
  • We each have our own Voidbringers to slay[80]
  • [He] would have my spheres if I let anything happen to you.[140]
  • This place glows like Nomon's own backside.[160]
  • [someone] was a rare gemstone for certain[104]
  • you cannot tame a feral axehound with kind words. You use raw meat.[104]
  • Do not be so quick to share your stormshelter with men you just barely met.[6]
  • All the way to your gemheart.[141]
  • figgldygrak[161][162]
    Nonsense. See this forum post

Scadrial[edit]

Era 1[edit]

A liaison between thieving crews.

Era 2[edit]

Nalthis[edit]

  • Colors
  • Austre, god of colors
  • Kalad’s phantoms!
  • Lord of Colors!
  • Colors-cursed
  • That will be crimson to break[202]
  • Eat the wrong flower[203]
  • Some Awakener come by and steal your colors?[204]
  • Green from the ground[205]
  • You've got red on your ears[206]
  • Like fresh blue paint on a wall[99]
  • Like white on black[207]
  • I'd bet my red life on it[208]
  • [Someone/something] feels like another color altogether[209]
  • By the Colors[210]
  • I won't hold my Breaths waiting for...[144]

Taldain[edit]

Darkside[edit]

  • Shella

Dayside[edit]

  • sands
  • Zensha
  • traid'ka
  • aisha
  • ker'naisha totar'kersha
Karshad: May the Sand Lord bless us.
  • sifting through my sand
  • lonsha
  • eedsha
  • ry'kel
  • KanLisht[211]

Threnody[edit]

First of the Sun[edit]

  • Father
A reverential reference to Patji.
A reference to the insects, meaning an unsuspected danger.

Sel[edit]

Duladel: loosely translates as "angered for being insulted".[224]
  • Rag Domi!
A curse so vile that Sarene only heard it two times before the events of Elantris...[225] but then heard it three times during the book.
  • Do
Jindoeese: book.
A common name for a Duladen commoner, alias used by Galladon.
  • DoMin
Jindoeese: Domi, or god.
  • Doloken
Duladel: hell.
Duladel: grandmother.
An obscene oath in Fjordell; often used with 'Ja,' the shortened, vulgar word for Jaddeth.
  • Idos
Aonic: Merciful. Often used when calling on Domi's name.
  • Ja
The Vulgar version of 'Jaddeth,' God of the Derethi religion,in Fjordell.
  • Kayana
Duladel: insane.
  • KuNuKam
Mulla'dil word. Roughly translates to “person with an anus for a mouth.”[228]
  • Rulo (feminine: Ruda)
Duladel: unfortunate one.
  • Shu
Jindoeese: path of.
  • Sule
Duladel: friend.
Trickster, joker.[229]

Lumar[edit]

Yolen[edit]

  • May two worlds become one to you[234]

General Cosmere[edit]

Adonalsium[edit]

God Beyond[edit]

Unknown World[edit]

(for things that are probably from worlds we haven't seen yet)

  • Speak your fears at a mirror a few times when you get home tonight[8] (likely from Yolen; see wob:9584)
  • Long as a soulless star slumbers[236]
  • Long as a rat sends rust[236]
  • Long as seasons see stories[236]

Non-Cosmere[edit]

Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians[edit]

The Reckoners[edit]

Cytoverse[edit]

Human[edit]

  • scud
  • What in the stars
  • Saints and stars
  • Stars help us[241]
  • What in the North Star's light[242]

UrDail[edit]

The Rithmatist[edit]

Firstborn[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. The Way of Kings interlude I-5#
  2. a b c d The Way of Kings chapter 38#
  3. Words of Radiance chapter 52#
  4. a b Words of Radiance chapter 41#
  5. Oathbringer chapter 45#
  6. a b c d Rhythm of War chapter 57#
  7. a b The Way of Kings chapter 60#
  8. a b The Way of Kings chapter 22#
  9. The Way of Kings chapter 69#
  10. a b c Words of Radiance chapter 50#
  11. Edgedancer chapter 3#
  12. a b Words of Radiance interlude I-9#
  13. The Way of Kings interlude I-7#
  14. a b c d e f Words of Radiance chapter 12#
  15. a b c d e Rhythm of War chapter 101#
  16. a b c The Way of Kings interlude I-3#
  17. Words of Radiance chapter 40#
  18. Dawnshard chapter 5#
  19. a b The Way of Kings chapter 59#
  20. a b Words of Radiance chapter 46#
  21. a b Oathbringer chapter 121#
  22. Oathbringer chapter 35#
  23. a b The Way of Kings chapter 57#
  24. a b The Way of Kings chapter 62#
  25. a b Dawnshard chapter 18#
  26. a b Dawnshard chapter 7#
  27. a b c Dawnshard chapter 11#
  28. Dawnshard chapter 13#
  29. Dawnshard chapter 3#
  30. a b c d Rhythm of War chapter 2#
  31. a b The Way of Kings interlude I-1#
  32. a b c Oathbringer chapter 36#
  33. a b Oathbringer chapter 66#
  34. a b The Way of Kings chapter 67#
  35. Rhythm of War chapter 14#
  36. Rhythm of War chapter 60#
  37. a b c d Rhythm of War chapter 83#
  38. The Way of Kings chapter 45#
  39. Rhythm of War chapter 48#
  40. a b c Words of Radiance interlude I-4#
  41. Words of Radiance interlude I-13#
  42. a b c d Rhythm of War chapter 86#
  43. Rhythm of War chapter 51#
  44. Rhythm of War chapter 67#
  45. Rhythm of War chapter 62#
  46. a b Rhythm of War chapter 73#
  47. Rhythm of War chapter 85#
  48. Words of Radiance interlude I-1#
  49. Words of Radiance interlude I-11#
  50. Oathbringer interlude I-6#
  51. a b c The Way of Kings interlude I-4#
  52. a b The Way of Kings interlude I-6#
  53. a b The Way of Kings chapter 71#
  54. Oathbringer chapter 118#
  55. a b c Words of Radiance chapter 47#
  56. Oathbringer chapter 106#
  57. Oathbringer chapter 116#
  58. a b Oathbringer chapter 117#
  59. Rhythm of War interlude I-7#
  60. Rhythm of War chapter 75#
  61. a b c Rhythm of War chapter 82#
  62. a b c The Way of Kings chapter 3#
  63. Rhythm of War chapter 30#
  64. The Way of Kings chapter 55#
  65. The Way of Kings chapter 73#
  66. a b c Oathbringer chapter 37#
  67. Oathbringer chapter 64#
  68. a b c d The Way of Kings chapter 49#
  69. Oathbringer chapter 18#
  70. a b Words of Radiance chapter 9#
  71. a b The Way of Kings chapter 26#
  72. The Way of Kings chapter 36#
  73. The Way of Kings chapter 41#
  74. The Way of Kings chapter 46#
  75. The Way of Kings chapter 43#
  76. a b c Dawnshard chapter 9#
  77. a b c Dawnshard chapter 12#
  78. Dawnshard chapter 16#
  79. Rhythm of War chapter 12#
  80. a b Rhythm of War interlude I-1#
  81. a b Alethi Glyphs page 2
  82. a b c Words of Radiance chapter 45#
  83. Words of Radiance chapter 27#
  84. a b Words of Radiance chapter 38#
  85. Rhythm of War chapter 74#
  86. The Way of Kings chapter 68#
  87. a b c Rhythm of War chapter 7#
  88. Rhythm of War chapter 4s#
  89. a b Words of Radiance chapter 14#
  90. Words of Radiance chapter 75#
  91. Words of Radiance chapter 59#
  92. The Way of Kings chapter 23#
  93. Words of Radiance chapter 5#
  94. a b Rhythm of War chapter 21#
  95. a b c Words of Radiance chapter 86#
  96. a b Rhythm of War chapter 23#
  97. a b The Way of Kings chapter 27#
  98. The Way of Kings chapter 11#
  99. a b Words of Radiance chapter 81#
  100. Oathbringer chapter 3#
  101. a b Oathbringer chapter 75#
  102. a b c d e f Rhythm of War prologue#
  103. a b Rhythm of War chapter 17#
  104. a b c d e f Rhythm of War chapter 50#
  105. Rhythm of War chapter 91#
  106. Words of Radiance chapter 88#
  107. Rhythm of War Preview Q&As
    Arcanum - 2020-08-20#
  108. Words of Radiance interlude I-14#
  109. Rhythm of War chapter 28#
  110. a b Rhythm of War chapter 34#
  111. Oathbringer chapter 100#
  112. Oathbringer chapter 120#
  113. Words of Radiance chapter 54#
  114. The Way of Kings chapter 7#
  115. Rhythm of War chapter 46#
  116. The Way of Kings chapter 18#
  117. Words of Radiance chapter 32#
  118. The Way of Kings chapter 12#
  119. Rhythm of War chapter 3#
  120. a b Rhythm of War chapter 11#
  121. Rhythm of War chapter 93#
  122. The Way of Kings chapter 58#
  123. The Way of Kings chapter 39#
  124. a b c Rhythm of War chapter 40#
  125. Rhythm of War chapter 63#
  126. Rhythm of War chapter 76#
  127. Edgedancer chapter 15#
  128. a b c Rhythm of War chapter 10#
  129. Oathbringer chapter 40#
  130. Words of Radiance chapter 29#
  131. Words of Radiance interlude I-12#
  132. Words of Radiance chapter 76#
  133. Dawnshard chapter 8#
  134. Rhythm of War chapter 113#
  135. Rhythm of War interlude I-4#
  136. Rhythm of War chapter 5#
  137. a b c d e f g Rhythm of War interlude I-5#
  138. Oathbringer chapter 28#
  139. a b Words of Radiance chapter 53#
  140. a b c Rhythm of War chapter 37#
  141. a b Rhythm of War chapter 59#
  142. a b Rhythm of War chapter 111#
  143. Rhythm of War interlude I-10#
  144. a b c Rhythm of War chapter 15#
  145. Oathbringer chapter 44#
  146. The Way of Kings chapter 17#
  147. Words of Radiance chapter 31#
  148. Words of Radiance chapter 72#
  149. Words of Radiance interlude I-3#
  150. Words of Radiance chapter 42#
  151. The Way of Kings chapter 25#
  152. Words of Radiance chapter 87#
  153. Oathbringer chapter 88#
  154. The Way of Kings chapter 47#
  155. The Way of Kings chapter 61#
  156. The Way of Kings chapter 66#
  157. Words of Radiance chapter 2#
  158. Dawnshard chapter 4#
  159. Rhythm of War chapter 16#
  160. Rhythm of War chapter 39#
  161. Rhythm of War chapter 65#
  162. The Way of Kings chapter 54#
  163. The Hero of Ages chapter 71#
  164. a b The Final Empire chapter 4#
  165. Mistborn: Secret History part 1 chapter 5#
  166. Mistborn: Secret History part 5 chapter 3#
  167. The Hero of Ages chapter 30#
  168. a b The Alloy of Law chapter 19#
  169. The Alloy of Law chapter 14#
  170. a b c The Alloy of Law chapter 4#
  171. The Alloy of Law chapter 9#
  172. a b The Alloy of Law chapter 3#
  173. a b The Alloy of Law chapter 15#
  174. The Alloy of Law chapter 1#
  175. a b The Alloy of Law chapter 10#
  176. a b The Alloy of Law chapter 11#
  177. The Alloy of Law chapter 5#
  178. a b The Alloy of Law chapter 2#
  179. a b c The Alloy of Law chapter 8#
  180. The Alloy of Law chapter 16#
  181. The Alloy of Law chapter 12#
  182. a b Shadows of Self prologue#
  183. Shadows of Self chapter 1#
  184. a b c The Alloy of Law chapter 6#
  185. a b Shadows of Self chapter 9#
  186. Shadows of Self chapter 12#
  187. a b Shadows of Self chapter 14#
  188. Shadows of Self chapter 21#
  189. The Bands of Mourning chapter 3#
  190. The Bands of Mourning chapter 7#
  191. The Bands of Mourning chapter 10#
  192. The Bands of Mourning chapter 15#
  193. The Bands of Mourning chapter 17#
  194. The Bands of Mourning chapter 19#
  195. The Bands of Mourning chapter 21#
  196. The Bands of Mourning chapter 22#
  197. The Bands of Mourning chapter 31#
  198. The Alloy of Law chapter 18#
  199. The House Record Broadsheet
  200. The Alloy of Law chapter 7#
  201. The House Record Broadsheet
  202. Oathbringer chapter 83#
  203. Words of Radiance chapter 18#
  204. Warbreaker chapter 19#
  205. Words of Radiance interlude I-6#
  206. Words of Radiance chapter 44#
  207. Oathbringer chapter 16#
  208. Oathbringer chapter 79#
  209. Oathbringer chapter 108#
  210. Warbreaker chapter 57#
  211. White Sand Volume 1 chapter 6#
  212. a b The New Ascendancy Broadsheet
  213. Nazh on Alethi Glyphs
  214. Brandon's Blog 2008
    Arcanum - 2008-04-16#
  215. General Twitter 2015
    Arcanum - 2015-02-19#
  216. Elantris chapter 1#
  217. a b Elantris chapter 5#
  218. Elantris chapter 8#
  219. Elantris chapter 9#
  220. a b c Elantris chapter 10#
  221. The Emperor's Soul - Day 17#
  222. The Emperor's Soul - Day 30#
  223. The Emperor's Soul - Day 98#
  224. Elantris chapter 16#
  225. Elantris chapter 20#
  226. Elantris chapter 52#
  227. Elantris chapter 18#
  228. The Emperor's Soul - Day 97#
  229. Brandon's Blog 2008
    Arcanum - 2008-08-21#
  230. a b Tress of the Emerald Sea chapter 30#
  231. Tress of the Emerald Sea chapter 32#
  232. Tress of the Emerald Sea chapter 31#
  233. Tress of the Emerald Sea chapter 37#
  234. Arcanum Unbounded San Francisco signing
    Arcanum - 2016-11-30#
  235. Rhythm of War epilogue#
  236. a b c Rhythm of War chapter 99#
  237. The Shattered Lens chapter 1010#
  238. a b c Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians chapter 2#
  239. Calamity chapter 12#
  240. Calamity chapter 51#
  241. Skyward prologue#
  242. Skyward chapter 52#
  243. ReDawn chapter 2#
  244. The Rithmatist chapter 12#
  245. a b The Rithmatist chapter 15#
  246. a b The Rithmatist chapter 16#
  247. The Rithmatist chapter 24#
  248. a b Firstborn#