vra-nasuclass="underline" (vrah-nah-SOOL) subject-clan; formed when an elder clan splits because of size or disunity.
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THE AMAUT LANGUAGE: similar to kalliran speech in structure, with many kalliran words appropriated into the language, and showing much tendency to imitate the elaborate politeness styles of the iduve. The alphabet is native, but literature as such dates from first contact with the iduve.
amaut: (ah-MAUT) man, woman; people.
bnesych: (b’NAY-sikK) director; karsh- head at colony’s foundation.
chaju: (CHAH-ju) a musky, potent liquor.
geshe: (GESSH-eh) a stringed instrument.
habish: (hah-BEESH) all-night bar and sidewalk cafe, featuring music, singing, dancing, and chaju.
habishaap: (hah-beesh-APPPH) keeper of a habish.
karsh, karshatu: (kahrssh) basic family unit of the amaut, taking its name from the founder, either male or female, who acquired land and began the family line. Without land there is no karsh save the one of ancestry. Possessing land entitles one to found a karsh of a size commensurate with the productive capacity of the land.
Kesuat: (KEZ-wat) the Sun; home star of the amaut
rekeb: (REK-ebp) a sistrum-like musical instrument.
shakhshoph: (sshak-SHOPPH) lit: hiding-face. Politeness to hide true feelings from outsiders.
sushai: (ssu-SHAI) from sus, Shade. A word of greeting.