Askari - soldier .” The word ‘askari’ is an inland word, which may be translated roughly
as ‘soldier’ or ‘guardsman.’
Explorers
In Swahili, the word 'askari' means soldier
Bila Huruma - A powerful ambitious Ubar in the jungle “Have you heard of Bila Huruma?” asked Samos.
“A little,” I said.
“He is a black Ubar,” said Samos, “bloody and brilliant, a man of vision and
power, who has united the six ubarates of the southern shores of Ushindi,
united them by the knife and the stabbing spear, and has extended his hegemony
to the northern shores, where he exacts tribute, kailiauk tusks and women,
from the confederacy of the hundred villages. Shaba’s nine boats had fixed at
their masts the tufted shields of the officialdom of Bila Huruma.”
Explorers
(Note - In Swahili 'bila' means without and 'huruma' means
'compassion, mercy, sympathy')
Kamba - rope Kamba, incidentally, is an inland word, not Gorean. It means rope.
Explorer
(Note - In Swahili 'kamba' means rope or cord)
Mamba - predatory river tharlarion The word ‘Mamba’ in most of the river dialects does not refer to a venomous
reptile as might be expected, given its meaning in English, but, interestingly,
is applied rather generally to most types of predatory river tharlarion. The
Mamba people were, so to speak, the Tharlarion people. The Mamba people ate
human flesh. So, too, does the tharlarion. It Is thus, doubtless, that the
people obtained their name.
Explorers In Swahili, mamba means crocodile
Ngao - shield The name of the tiny kingdom or ubarate which had won the victory is no
longer remembered. Lake Ngao, which was discovered by Shaba, and named by him,
was named for a shield, because of its long, oval shape. The shields in this
area tend to have that shape. It is also an inland word, of course.
Explorers
(Note - In Swahili 'ngao' means shield)
Nyoka - serpent
Similarly the word Nyoka means serpent.
Explorers (Note - In Swahili nyoka means snake)
Nyuki - an inland village noted for its honey His father had, many years ago, fled from an inland village, that of Nyuki,
noted for its honey, on the northern shore of lake Ushindi. The incident had
had to do with the theft of several melons from the chief’s patch.
Explorers
(Note - the Swahili word for bee is
nyuki)
Tangawizi - Ginger The official name of the canal is the Tangawizi canal, or Ginger canal, but
it is generally called, because of the market, the Fish canal.
Explorers (Note - the Swahili word for ginger is
tangawizi)
Ua - flower The Ua River is, literally, the Flower River. I have chosen, however, to
retain the inland words, as they are those which are commonly used.
Explorer
(Note - the Swahili word for flower is
ua)
Ushindi - victory
Ushindi means Victory.
Explorers
(Note - In Swahili ushindi means conquest or victory)
Utukufu - glory I placed another tarsk bit in his hand. He put these two tiny coins in a
small, shallow copper bowl before him. He was sitting, cross-legged, on a
flat, rectangular stone, broad and heavy, about a foot high, at the western
edge of the large Utukufu, or Glory, square. The stone was his etem, or
sitting place. He was Ubar of the beggars of Schendi.
Explorers (Note - the Swahili word for glory is
utukufu)
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