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Ileane (Ee-lee-an): “light bearer”
Iobert (Yo-bayrt): “glorious warrior”
Iseabal (Eesh-a-bal): “dedicated to God”
Lach (Lak): “by the water”
Ladhar (Lah-dar): “path”
Ladmann (Lad-man): “guide”
Lealbhallain (Leel-val-layn): “loyal champion”
Liusadhe (Lee-oo-sath): “bringer of light”
Lufu (Loo-foo): Hillwild name meaning “love”
Madaidh (Ma-dayh): “the fox”
Meredydd (Mer-e-dith): “guardian from the sea”
Meri (Me-ree): “star of the sea”; the Being through whom the teachings of the Spirit are conveyed to earth. The Meri is the firstborn of the Eibhilin beings of which the only the Gifted are truly aware
Mertuile (Mer-tweel): castle around which Creiddylad is built; ancestral home of the House Malcuim
Nairne (Nayrn): “place by the river alder grove”
Ochan (O-kan): “boy” or “youth”
Osmaer (Oz-mayr): “divinely glorious”; station-name of the human Vessel of the Meri-s spirit
Paeccs (Payks): “peaceful”; second Cyne of Caraid-land; son of Malcuim the Uniter
Phelan (Fay-lan:) “little wolf”
Ruadhe (Roo-ah): “the red”
Ruanaidhe (Roo-nayh): Hillwild name meaning “red one”; treacherous nephew of Haefer Hageswode; said to have been turned into a river silkie after murdering Cyne Siolta
Saxan (Sak-san): “swordsman”
Scandy (Skan-dee): “boisterer”
Siolta (Shee-ol-ta): “teal”
Taminy (Ta-mi-nee): “pure”
Thearl (Thayrl): “stern one”; Cyne of Caraid-land during the Blue Cusp; son of Cyne Siolta and Goscelin the Just
Toireasa (Twa-ree-sa): “reaper”
Wyth (Wythe): “dweller in the willows”; by implication, “a healer”
APPENDIX 3: TERMS
abbod (ab-od): the foremost Osraed at Ochanshrine
aidan (ay-dan): Hillwild term for the aislinn Gift; literally “little fire”; indicates the touch of the Eibhilin realm
aingeal (ayn-geel): “messenger”; Eibhilin guardian spirit
aislinn (ays-lin): “vision” or “dream”, a vision experienced either dreaming or waking which is a reflection of reality
ambre (am-ber): “golden” unit of Caraidin currency minted in gold
anwyl (an-weel): “beloved” or “dear”
backstere (bak-steer): “baker”
Cirke (Keerk): Caraidin place of worship
cailin (kay-lin): “girl”, “maiden”
claefer (clay-fer): “clover” small silver coin. There are four claefer to the ambre.
cleirach (clee-rak): “scholar”, “teacher”; the cleirach is educator, administrator and adjudicator in the rural holdings and settlements. Trained in religion, he may also be called upon to lead worship
cwen (Kwen): “female ruler”
cyne (Kyne): “ruler”, “leader”
cyneric (Kyne-erik): “lord ruler”; clear heir to the Throne and Circlet
daeges-eage (daygs-eeg): “eye of the day”; a customary Caraidin greeting
duan (doo-an): the song that accompanies a Runeweave
Eibhilin (Eye-vi-lin): “light”; of the spiritual realm or realm of light. Also, beings of this realm.
eiric (Eye-rik): “home ruler” or “master” or “lord,” usually of an estate or holding
inyx (ee-niks): “spell” or “magic”; combines with the duan to create the Runeweave
jagger (jag-ger): “teamster”, “wagon driver”
lorimer (lo-ri-mer): “saddle maker”
marschal (mar-shal): “steward”, “horse master”, hence, a leader of troops
mercer (mer-ser): “merchant”, “shopkeeper”
moireach (mwa-reek): “mistress” or “lady”; as of an estate or holding
oonagh (oo-nah): “one”, “single”; brazen coin, smallest monetary unit of Caraid-land. There are 100 oonagh to the ambre.
Osraed (Awz-rayd): “divine counselor”; chosen of the Meri to convey the teachings of the Spirit to society
Osric (Awz-rik): “divine ruler”; Cyne by Divine right as was Malcuim the Uniter
ren (ren): foremost Hillwild Chieftain
renec (reh-nek): female Chieftain; the most famous of the Hillwild Renic was Garmorgan, an ally of Bearach Spearman during the First War of the Crystal
riagan (ree-gan): “little cyne”; male child of the House Malcuim
saphir (sa-fir): “silver”; a tiny silver coin. There are ten saphir to the ambre.
sorcha (sor-sha): “bright”; half-ambre coin minted in pure silver
steadman (sted-man): “farmer”, “stead owner”
tannere (ta-neer): “tanner of hides”, “leather worker”
tyne (tyne): “river”
weard (weerd): “watcher”, “guardian”; the weard accompanies a Pilgrim on his travels, providing food, shelter and assistance
webber (web-ber): “weaver of cloth”
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Taminy
The Mer Cycle, Book Two
Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff
Book View Café Edition
March 26, 2013
ISBN: 978-1-61138-248-8
Copyright © 1993 Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff
First published: Baen Books, 1993
Cover illustration © 2013 Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff
Cover design by Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff
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About the Author
New York Times Bestselling author of Star Wars: Shadow Games and Star Wars: The Last Jedi (collaborations with Michael Reaves), Maya became addicted to science fiction when her dad let her stay up late to watch The Day the Earth Stood Still. Mom was horrified. Dad was unrepentant. Maya slept with a night-light in her room until she was 15.
She started her writing career sketching science fiction comic books in the last row of her third grade classroom. She was never apprehended. Since then her short fiction has been published in Analog, Amazing Stories, Century, Realms of Fantasy, Interzone, Paradox and Jim Baen’s Universe.
Her debut novel, The Meri (Baen), was a Locus Magazine 1992 Best First Novel nominee (also available as a trade paperback from Sense of Wonder Press and an eBook from Book View Café). Since, she has published ten more speculative fiction novels, including collaborations with Marc Scott Zicree and Michael Reaves.
Maya lives in San Jose where she writes, performs, and records original and parody (filk) music with her husband and awesome musician and music producer, Chef Jeff Vader, All-Powerful God of Biscuits. The couple has produced five music albums: RetroRocket Science, Aliens Ate My Homework and Grated Hits (parody), and the original music CDs Manhattan Sleeps and Mobius Street. To top it off, they’ve also produced three musical children: Alex, Kristine, and Amanda.
Other books by Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff:
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Coruscant Nights Book Four
Del Rey / Lucas Books 2012
with Michael Reaves
Star Wars: Shadow Games
Del Rey / Lucas Books 2011
with Michael Reaves
The Meri
Book One of the Mer Cycle
Book View Café 2012
A Princess of Passyunk
Book View Café 2010
Taco Del & the Fabled Tree of Destiny
Book View Café 2010
Mr. Twilight
Del Rey 2006
with Michael Reaves
Magic Time: Angelfire
Harper-Collins/Eos 2002
with Marc Scott Zicree
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