Triv Terms

m.driussi · 01 Apr 1997, 14:31 · from whorl-v0004.mbox · original

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From: m.driussi at genie.com
Subject: (whorl) Triv Terms
Date: Tue,  1 Apr 97 14:31:00 GMT
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[Posted from Whorl, the mailing list for Gene Wolfe's Book of the Long Sun]

So, Mamelta continues to elude us?  <Sigh.>

In the meantime I've managed to find a few of the words used as the
aristocratic language of the Trivigauntis.

Trivigaunte Terms
"boraz"   =3D (in addition to whatever meaning) a family name [Hebrew?]

"karbaj"  =3D (in addition to unknown meaning) a family name [Arabic],
used for example as a personal name for a racehorse ("El Karbaj")

"marhaba" =3D hello [Arabic]

(Q&D update: 23 copies remain unreserved)

=3Dmantis=3D

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