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Ko'catanese Dictionary: Help me understand what the heck they are saying!

• A'ach Tezcha/Tezcha A'ach - Ko'catan's efficient military government, comprised of generals. Only on the Tezcha's birthday may citizens wear a fabric containing real, gold thread.


• achalot nuts - a common seasoning and popular snack


• ak - merchant


• atz - mystical (?)


• Avar'ot Kici'ca - Avar army


• Avar'ya - Avar shaman, magical Avars


• Balo na'te Din - the battle or place where Oxal ix'Tokak lost his right arm


• browncorn - the staple food of the Ko'catani people, can be baked with palm grouse for a wonderful evening meal.


• ca - warrior


• cha'ya - diplomat (?)


• chot - expletive, akin to Qordammit


• ermine - rare, fur-bearing jungle animal


• hopit - a crab, its shell can be crushed to make a blue die


• huf huf - barking


• Huf Huf Moch - The Barking Monster


• huzotz - dragonfly


• imix - baby, little


• imixkinich - little insect, e.g., baby spider


• kauil - poison (?)


• kawilkinich - mutant ant


• kazot - expletive


• kici - from Ko'catan


• kici'ca - Ko'catani Legion


• kinich - insect


• kinkauilkinich - scorpion (?)


• ko - greatest, master


• Ko'catanese - of Ko'catan as in Ko'catanese cuisine


• kohuzotz - queen dragonflies


• kotezleoc - ghost


• kriipas - tree crawlers (?)


• kuto beans - stored dried in hemp bags


• mapkina - either a particular type of fish or 'fish'


• mapkina stew - salty, fishy stew


• moch - monster


• nahzotz - a domesticated lizard, its eggs are found in magic shops throughout Meridian though their precise use is closely held.


• napyijoa - vermin, sewer rats


• pekonch - a thick wine made from the island's grapes, traditionally served in copper mugs. It comes in two main varieties: teot, comparable to a hefty merlot, and kin which is fruity and light enough to be enjoyed by anyone. Wulfgang: Atz'pekonch, the finest Kocatani wine, got it through military connections.


• purple potatoes - sticky potatoes that make excellent pancakes


• puucmecmoch - monster that is both plant and animal


• sko'pa bottle - A blue bottle containing a magical concoction with a strong mint flavor which is rolled over the tongue by most merchants before initiating a transaction.


• slag - discarded fruit, animal bones, and other rubbish allowed to sit in urns.


• tan - fortress


• telo juice - too sweet for the tastes of mainlanders, made from telo fruit with its thick outer husk carved away to release the sweet inner fruit


• temda root - Temda Root is boiled to extract kawil dye, which produces a deep red hue. Some say that chewing the raw sticks provides relief from various ailments.


• teotkauilkinich - giant spider (?)


• tezotz - homeland sewer creature (?)


• utom - orc


• web moss - a carniverous plant prized for its use in magic


• ya - teacher (?)


• yo - large, adult


• yokinich - ant


• zax - foreigner


• zax kici'ca - foreign army


• zax'ca - foreign warrior


• zax'ta - derogatory word for foreigner


• zi zi yijoa - a friendly pet and sometimes food item


• zoszin - expletive

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