# Mattak attack!

*The Whorl list — 1 messages, 1 voices, 21 Mar 1997*

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### m.driussi
*21 Mar 1997, 18:50*

Reply:  Item #2818749 from WHORL at LISTS.BEST.COM@INTERNET#

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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