Tuesday, July 14, 2015

Terms

Terms of Gor:

  • Askari: - solder/guardsman (inland word)   Explorers of Gor - pg 152
  • Bond-maid Circle -     Marauders of Gor pg 44 - 45
    • - a circle of about 20 feet.
    • "To enter the circle, if one is a female, is, by the laws of Torvaldsland, to declare oneself a bond-maid. A woman of course, need not enter the circle of her own free will. She may, for example, be thrown within it, naked and bound. Howsoever she enters the circle, voluntarily or by force, free or secured, she emerges from it, by the laws of Torvaldsland, as a bond-maid.
  • Canjellne - challenge     SlaveGirl of Gor pg 435
  • Carnarium: - refuse pit outside the walls of AR   Magicians of Gor pg 38
  • Cinbiak: - Curiosity is Not Becoming in a kajira  Beasts of Gor pg 247
  • Delka:      Magicians of Gor pg 176
    • 4th letter of the gorean alphabet
      • formed identically to the 4th letter of the greek letter "delta"
      • in gorean the delta of a river is referred to as it's "delka"
        • resemblance of a delta region to a cartographical triangle
  • Gor: - Home Stone    Tarnsman of Gor pg 26
  • Har-Ta!: - Gorean for "faster"   Beasts of Gor pg 191
  • Haruspexes: - readers of bosk blood and verr livers  Nomads of Gor pg 13
  • Ho: in gorean, is a common prefix indicating, a lineage   Vagabonds of Gor pg 343
  • Home Stone: - flat stone placed in center of dwelling; carved with family sign. Tarnsman of Gor pg 26
    • symbol of sovereignty, territory. Each peasant was a sovereign.
      • Home Stones of villages were placed in the market
      • Home Stones of cities were placed on top of the highest tower.
  • Hydria - water vessel, high handled for dipping   Vagabonds of Gor pg 16
  • Innuit names and meanings: (Red hunters names have meaning in the Innuit language) Beasts of Gor ...(various pages as stated below)
    • Inmak - Steep Mountain
    • Poalu - Mitten
    • Kadluk - Thunder
    • Pudjortok - Thimble
    • Kakidlarnerk - Thistle
    • Akko - Shirt Tail (pg 194)
    • Tatkut - Wick Trimmer (pg 212)
    • Noartok - Fat Belly (pg 294)
    • Karjuk - Arrow (pg 317)
    • Neromiktok - Smooth-and-soft-to-Touch (pg 425)
    • Auyark - Summer (pg 427)
  • Insulae - on the whole, tenements  Magicians of Gor pg 272
  • Kajira - female slave    Magicians of Gor pg 437
  • Kajira Canjellne - slave girl challenge    SlaveGirl of Gor pg 435
  • Kajirae - plural for female slaves     Magicians of Gor pg 437
  • Kajiri - plural for male slaves (or both male and female combined)  Magicians of Gor pg 437
  • Kajirus - male slave      Magicians of Gor pg 437
  • La Kajira - I am a slave girl      Nomads of Gor pg 40
  • Lar-Torvis - Central Fire (another name for Earths Sun)   Tarnsman of Gor pg 28
  • Lo - "I am"       Captive of Gor pg 266
  • Lo Sardar - "I am a Priest King"     Priest-Kings of Gor pgs 76 and 220
  • Nykus - gorean word for Victory    Explorers of Gor pg 100
  • Pagar-Sa-Tarna - Pleasure of the Life-Daughter (also called Paga for short) Tarnsman of Gor pg 61
  • Rarius - Warrior    Captive of Gor pg 266
  • Sa-Fora - Chain Daughter/Daughter of the Chain    Nomads of Gor pg 30
  • Sa`ng Fori - Without Chains (Freedom/Liberty)     Outlaw of Gor pg 216
  • Sa - Tarna - Life Daughter (staple crop)    Tarnsman of Gor pg 43-44
  • Sa - Tassna - Life Mother (meat)     Tarnsman of Gor pg 43-44
  • Scrolls - Books       Marauders of Gor pg 144
  • Ta-Sardar-Gor - To the Priest Kings of Gor    Nomads of Gor pg 89
  • Tetrapoli - "Four Cities" - "Four Towns" in gorean  Rogue of Gor pg 63
  • Thrall - Northern word for male slave    Marauders of Gor pg 103
  • Tor-tu-Gor - Light Upon the Home Stone (more common expression for the sun) Tarnsman of Gor pg 28
  • Ubar San - One Ubar, Ubar of all the Wagons   Nomads of Gor pg 146

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