CHANNELS

Note: This is a work-in-progress. As more chapters come, introducing more words, more words will be added. In addition, some words may be changed at the author's discretion. This glossary should be a guide, however, to help understand the foreign words of the chapters in their current state. Other descriptions, more detailed definations, and pronunciations will appear in the glossary in the future.

UNITS OF MEASUREMENT

Inklet = approximately an inch; slightly less comparitively

Cartra = a little more than a yard

Quartra = a quarter cartra

Macktra = equivalent to miles

Ticuit = second

Mitract = minute

Nuor = hour

Halo = day

Chaft = month

Rev = Year

SLANG WORDS

Drael = Azian underworld; Hell

Drav = similar to damn in usage

Kefkil = a type of weed that grows out of dung

Eonik = an insulting slur for a weakling

Graff = equivalent to "fuck"

Prod - short for Prodigy

Reg = slang-term for non-Prodigies

Kin = Telekinetic

Green = Telepathic

Ghost = Prodigy with the fugue ability

OTHER WORDS

Ak = "son of" - similar to "junior," it is added to the end of a name when a boy is named after his father; e.g. Maddock Traz-ak literally translates as "Son of Maddock Traz." In Alban society, it is considered a great honor for a son to receive his father's name.

Sei = sir, a term of respect

Tir = a title for one who has not taken the monk's oaths in the Wirksind Abbey

Tigh-Albans = The primary race on Albatraz, a cross-breed of Albans and Zan

Keurs = One of the Clans of Alba; they occupy most of the Yulkeur Forest, and are a savage race, further divided into clans of their own, often at war with each other and unforgiving of those who invade their territory

Novate = student

Birna = An ancient Azian greeting that is still used today in some parts of Albatraz

Classia = an alcoholic drink