Difference between revisions of "Stormlight Archive/glossary"

; [[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|b|sa1|c|55}}|}}

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

;[[Spray]]: Horse which [[Kaladin]] learnt to ride{{book ref|b|sa2|c|25}}

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

; [[shadowdays]]: time "years before the Last Desolation" {{book ref|b|sa1|c|3}}, "The Desolations had happened during the near-mythical shadowdays" {{book ref|b|sa1|c|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|b|sa1|c|28}}, Derethil was a king during the shadowdays {{book ref|b|sa1|c|57}}

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

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

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

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

; Talat: Possibly a reference to Talenel? Part of the curse "Talat's hand" used by Shallan.{{book ref|b|sa2|c|54}}

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

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

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

; [[takama]]: skirtlike garment {{book ref|b|sa1|c|25}} {{book ref|b|sa1|c|54}}

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

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

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

; Tyvnk: means sullen, [[Rysn]]'s grass{{book ref|b|sa2|i|3}}

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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