Plants are dark blue-black-leafed (absorbing different, greater range of spectra and reflecting less green)
Seryeh River – ‘quick’ river (wraps around the western side of Shanzhai). The two rivers join and become the Kabir, just north of Madina
Shanzhai – seat of Jun Second Koh-Lin.
Sulcrete – concrete where the binding agent is sulphur rather than lime (limestone does not exist on a planet without an organic geologic history)
Yan – ‘flame’ = yanstones
Yirun & Er’run – extra two days at the end of the year. Mianshou = End of year celebrations last for these two days and anything done on these days (apart from violence) is unpunishable.
Zalam – slums within Madina
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Trade Houses
Artist House (purple veil/purple hat)
Healer House (white veil/hat, grey robe)
Jiaoji (Courtesan) House (red veil)
Merchant House (green veil/green hat)
Messenger House (orange)
Miner House (grey hat)
Trades House (brown hat/veil)
Weishi House (black veil/black hat)
Xintou House (gold veil, gold robe) Mistress Rua
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Jun Families ABC
Jun First Jenna Zah-Hill – Silver and Black.
Jun second Carval Ma-Safra - silver and purple.
Jun second Alric Koh-Lin - silver and green.
Jun third Han-Asad - gold and black (Vassal to Zah-Hill)
Jun Third Yu-Smith - gold and green (vassal to Koh-Lin)
Jun Third Lee-Hay - gold and purple (vassal to Ma-Safra)
Jun Fourth Wen-Gates - copper and purple. (vassal to Ma-Safra)
Jun Fourth Han Gray-Saud - copper and black (vassal to Zah-Hill)
Jun Fourth Neri Qin-Turner - copper and grey (vassal to Zah-Hill)
Jun Fourth Knight-Hun - copper and green (vassal to Koh-Lin)
Jun Fifth Jaber-Lun - red and purple (vassal to Ma-Safra)
Jun Fifth Seif-Li - red and green (vassal to Koh-Lin)
Jun Fifth Zhou-Issa - red and teal (vassal to Koh-Lin)
Jun Fifth Easton-Green - red and black (vassal to Zah-Hill)
Jun Fifth Amoudi-Mann - red and grey (vassal to Zah-Hill)
Jun Sixth Ortega-Miller - blue and black (Zah-Hill)
Jun Sixth Quing-Mai - blue and grey (Zah-Hill)
Jun Sixth Price-Khan - blue and green (Koh-Lin)
Jun Sixth Yasif-Do - blue and teal (Koh-Lin)
Jun Sixth Khoury-Ban - blue and purple (Ma-Safra)
Jun Sixth Blake-Swift - blue and indigo (Ma-Safra)
Johnston house - blue & green tartan
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Mandrin
Numbers and distances and times
Yi – one (Luna-Yi = first moon – reddish)
Er – two (Luna-Er = second moon – silver)
San - three
Si - four
wu - five
Liu - six
Qi - seven
Ba - eight
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Chi – approx 33.33cm
Zhang – approx 3.33m
Gongli – kilometre
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Months:
Yiyue – first month of the lunar year (1st month of spring)
Eryue – second (spring 2)
Sanyue – 3rd (spring 3)
Siyue – 4th (summer 1)
Wuyue – 5th (summer 2)
Liuyue – 6th (summer 3
Qiyue – 7th (summer 4)
Bayue – 8th (summer 5)
Jiuyue – 9th (summer 6)
Shiyue – 10th (autumn)
Shiyiyue – 11th (autumn)
Shi’eryue – 12th (autumn)
Shisanyue – 13th (winter1)
Shisiyue – 14th (winter2)
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Words:
ading – antiseptic/disinfectant
Bai - to pay respect / worship / visit / salute
Bei – flower bud
Bi – coin
Che-ma – cart horse
Chuizi – a hammer-strike
Erheyi – two-in-one
Feihua – nonsense, rubbish.
Gangzhi – made of steel
Gongren - worker
Gu – archaic - legendary venomous insect / to poison / to bewitch / to drive to insanity / to harm by witchcraft / intestinal parasite
Hepan – river plains
hunli - wedding
Huoche – wagon/truck/van
Jiali - Home (name of Ma-Safra city)
Nari – double-edged sword
Jiaoji – courtesan
Jin - gold
Jinbi – gold coin
jiu – rice wine/liquor/alcohol
Jun - monarch/lord/gentleman/ruler
Junren – soldier/serviceman/military personnel
Khaan – king/horde leader (Mongolian)
Kuaisu – fast/rapid
Kuai long – fast dragon
Kui - Chief/head/outstanding/stalwart/exceptional
Lanhua - orchid
Lanse – blue (lancha tea)
Lu – deer
Luotuo – camel
Manxing – slow poison
Mawei – ponytail
mayao – anaesthetic
Mianshou - - to avoid suffering / to prevent (sth bad) / to protect against (damage) / immunity (from prosecution) / freedom (from pain, damage etc) / exempt from punishment
Molian – to temper oneself/ to steel oneself/ self-discipline/ endurance
Nai – mother
Rong – salamander
Runiu – dairy cattle
Shangwei – captain (military rank)
Shanzhai – fortified hill village/mountain stronghold
Shen – deity/soul/spirit/mysterious
Shenshi – my lord
Shi - is / are / am / yes / to be
Shifu – teacher
Shunu – my lady
Si-xing – death penalty / to act recklessly
Song – sponge (cake)
Tiebi – iron coin
Tongbi – copper coin
Watu – poison frog toxin
Weishi - guardian/defender
xiao – similar to/resembling (ie: xiao-cat)
xiang - elephant
Xintou – thoughts/heart/mind
Xiongshou – assassin
Xituo – to cleanse/to purge/ to wash away
Xue – blood
xun – herb
ya-zheng - correct (literary) / upright / (hon.) Please point out my shortcomings. / I await your esteemed corrections.
Yan – flame
Yinbi – silver coin
Yinghan – man of steel/tough guy, unyielding
Yongbing – mercenary/hired gun
Zaohua – good luck/nature (the mother of all things)
Zhi – to stop/prohibit
Zitan – red sandalwood
Zuoce – left side
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Insults/swearing
diyu – hell/underworld
Feihua – nonsense / rubbish / superfluous words / You don't say! / No kidding!
gaisi – damn it!
gouri - lit. fucked or spawned by a dog / contemptible / lousy, fucking
hundan – scoundrel/bastard/hoodlum/wretch
huo-zui – living hell/suffering/hardship
jian-gui – curse it/to hell with it
Jiba – penis (vulgar)
Jiche – pain in the ass/damn!/crap!
Jijin – elite/best of the best
qusi – go to hell/drop dead
salai – make a scene/raise hell
shazi – idiot/fool
suilie – disintegrate/shatter into pieces
Wasai – exclamation to express amazement/wow!
zhen-shide - Really! (interj. of annoyance or frustration)
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Rabic
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Days
: Ahad (one), Ithnan (two), Thalatha (three), Arba’a (four), Khamsa (five), Sitta (six)
Ahmar – Red (Ahmar Mountains run down the Eastern boundary of the kingdom)
Alcazar – from Al-qasr – fort, castle, palace
alem'erekh – fight
Aswad – Black (Aswad ranges run down the centre of the kingdom)
Badiya – desert
Dafdae - frog
Gharb – west (Gharb ranges run down the Western boundary of the jundom)
Herq – burn
Heryeq – fire
Hilya – trinket/ ornament/jewel/finery
Iblis - Devil
Istilqa – sleep
Jabal – Mountain
Jadid – New (name for the southern jundom)
Jiyl – generation.
Kabir – big (the Kabir river runs through the middle of the kingdom and empties into Melcor’s port 700 gongli away to the northeast)
Kalima – World
Khiba – tent
Madina – City
Malik – King
Mamlakah – the kingdom
Menzel - home
Mhareb – warrior/fighter
Mumit – deadly
Nasir – vulture (nasiri = plural)
Sabat – coma, lethargy, torpor
Sahalia - lizard
Shaytan – demon, fiend, serpent
Selb – Steel, betterment, loin, crucifixion
sery'eh – Quick (Seryeh River to northwest of Shanzhai)
Tabib – doctor
Zalam – Darkness
Zanbur – hornet, wasp
Zibal - scavenger
Zinzana – cell/prison
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Insults/swearing
Hamagi (hamag = plural) – uncivilised, barbaric
Haraami – thief
Hmar – jackass
Jahim - hell
Kaddaab – liar
Kalb – dog
Kalet – filthy street bastard
Khara – shit! (frustration)
Saafil – base;loathsome
Waa faqri – damn!
Wisix – dirty/filthy (morally)
Zift – Idiot
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