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Wesley Parsons,
Re: Mattak, hey, that's great! Not quite as "close to the bone" as I feared! <g> Still . . . dried whale flesh . . . we could call that "Moby Jerky," I suppose.
You are definitely on a roll, here! Lessee, what other tricky ones do we have . . . aside from Trivigaunte terms . . . well hey, let's review them:
TRIV TERMS
Betifham 'arabi? (IV, 85)
Boraz (IV, 220)
'ishsh (IV, 292)
karbaj (IV, 56)
Marhaba! ((IV, 85)
TRIV NAMES
Abanja
Hadale
Hossaan [Arabic "Hassaan" = "handsome"]
Lijam
Matar
Nizam
Rimah
Saba [Arabic "Sabah" = "morning"]
Sigada
Silah
Sirka
Siyuf
VIRONESE NAMES
Mamelta
Murtagon [Botanical "Martagon" = Lily martagon, Turkish red cap.]
=mantis=
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