click letter to go to itJ or KI
*anklet, identificatory
-(noun): temporary metal anklet fastened about a captured Earth girl's ankle for transportation to Gor; used in place of a collar.
Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 181
*Free Islands
-(noun): also known as exchange islands, they are administered as Free Ports by the Merchants. Included are Teletus, Tabor, and Scagnar. Others were Farnacium, Hulneth and Asperiche. In the south are Anango and Ianda, and in the far north, Hunger and Skjern, west of Torvaldsland. These islands, and free ports on the coast such as Lydius and Helmutsport, Schendi and Bazi make possible the commerce between Cos and Tyros and cities of the mainland.
Book 6: Raiders of Gor, page 137
*ice house
-(noun): a place Goreans can go to purchase ice during the summer, although most Goreans cannot afford this luxury; the ice cut from ponds in the winter and is stored under saw dust until use.
Book 16: Guardsman of Gor, page 295
*iglu
(noun): Innuit word, meaning dwelling or house, the Red Hunters cut blocks of ice with snow knifes to construct them.
Book 12: Beasts of Gor, page 336
*Ihn
-(noun): the Gorean second of which there are 80 in an ehn (minute).
Book 2: Outlaw of Gor, page 26
Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor, page 352
*Immunity of the herald
-(custom): a tradition that an individual bearing a message between warring parties is immune from enslavement.
Book 6: Raiders of Gor, page 175
*Impalement
-(verb): the impalement of a person on the pole lance or spear with the dying body raised for all to view.
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 157
*ina
-(noun): a letter of the Gorean alphabet.
Book 11: Slave Girl of Gor, page 383
*Initiates, Caste of
(noun): regarded by the lower Castes as representatives of the Priest-Kings, the high Castes and more intellectual citizens do not take their teaching seriously, but tend to tolerate them because of their influence on the lower Caste citizens. The Initiates regard themselves as the Highest Caste. They have their own laws and courts. Their education is wholly focused on mathematics and interpretations of revelations of the Priest-Kings. The Priest -Kings themselves consider the Caste an example of the aberrations of human kind. The Initiates believe only they can achieve eternal life. Initiates do not eat meat or beans, and are celibate. Their numbers are replenished by recruiting young men to become novices. White Caste.
Book 3: Priest-Kings of Gor, page 11
Book 9: Marauders of Gor, pages 26 - 37
Book 22: Dancer of Gor, page 279
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, page 17
*initiatory whipping
-(noun): the beating usually of about 10 strokes which a slave girl receives upon being brought into a new house-hold to remind her that she is a slave and under discipline. Sometimes called the lesson of the leather. A final blow delivered at the end of the initiatory whipping is called the gratis or mnemonic blow.
Book 15: Rogue of Gor, pages 129 and 130
Book 16: Guardsman of Gor, pages 204 and 205
*inland language
-(noun): dialects used in the Ushindi region.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 100
*insula
-(noun): a crowded, cramped tenement type dwelling, which rents living space to it's inhabitants. They are not noted for their ventilation, luxury, or roominess.
Book 21: Mercenaries of Gor, pages 273-275
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, pages 9 and 102
*iron belt
-(noun): commonly consisting of a horizontal metal bar or strap that snugly encircles a girl's waist with a vertical component attached to the front of this horizontal bar with a hinge. The vertical component is then swung up between a slave's legs and all are fastened at the small of the back with a padlock. Locked around a girl, it ensures that she will not be sexually used by any, save the one with the key.
Book 19: Kajira of Gor, page 103
Book 22: Dancer of Gor, page 299
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, pages 57 and 293
*iron collars, hung in
-(noun): an ancient modality of execution that involves the offenders being chained and suspended by iron collars on posts, taking two to three days to die.
-Book 23: Renegades of Gor, page 14
*Iron Master
-(noun): one who is skilled at piercing ears and noses, branding, and affixing collars to slaves.
Book 4: Nomads of Gor, page 173
*iron pens
-(noun): the subterranean retention facilities in a Slaver's house where slaves are kept for training and prior to sale.
Book 5: Assassin of Gor, pages 117 and 273
*Isanna
-(noun): the Little Knife Band of the Kaiila Tribe of the Red Savages.
Book 18: Blood Brothers of Gor, page 24
*Isbu
-(noun): the Little Stone Band of the Kaiila Tribe of the Red Savages.
Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 315
*Itancanka
-(noun): Kaiila and Dust Leg word meaning Master, see also Wicayuhe.
Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 231
*rence islands
(noun): part of the Vosk Delta where the communities of rence growers dwell. They live on rence islands which are small, seldom more than 200 by 250 feet and about 8 to 9 feet thick with an exposed surface above the water of about 3 feet. They are formed entirely from interwoven stems of the rence plants and float in the marsh. To prevent unwanted movement, they are tethered by marsh vine to near-by strong rence roots.
Book 6: Raiders of Gor, pages 13 and 14
*slave bracelet, identificatory
-(noun): used in lieu of a collar, described as silver, it is attached to the wrist of a slave. Information about the owner is inscribed.
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, pages 430, 441, and 459
*slave ignorance
-(noun): it is sometimes deemed appropriate that slaves be deliberately kept in ignorance, i.e., not knowing the names of their captors, their whereabouts, or what is to be done with them, at the Master's whim.
Book 22: Dancer of Gor, pages 89 and 380-381
*veil, intimacy
-(noun): a long, linear, diaphanous face veil worn by Free woman. It's opacity is determined by how many times it is wrapped about the face.
Book 12: Beasts of Gor, page 404
*wagon, ice
-(noun): a wagon specifically built to transport ice from ice houses to the residents of those Goreans wealthy enough to afford ice for the summer
Book 16: Guardsman of Gor, page 295
*woodpecker, ivory-billed
-(noun): bird found in the lower canopies of the rainforests near Schend.i
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 311
*gant, jungle
-(noun): a bird related to the marsh gant which inhabits the river in rainforests inland of Schendi.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 311
*jard
-(noun): a small scavenger bird that flies in large flocks. A flock can strip the meat from a tabuk in seconds. Found near Lydius.
Book 12: Beasts of Gor, page 149
Book 22: Dancer of Gor, page 426
*Jarl
-(noun): the title for a leader of warriors in Torvaldsland; also the title by which all free men of Torvaldsland are addressed by slaves.
Book 9: Marauders of Gor, pages 57, 63, and 142
*jit monkey
-(noun): a simian mammal which inhabits the rainforests inland of Schendi; nocturna.l
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 312
*panther, jungle
-(noun): Less dangerous to man than the northern variety inhabitant of the rainforest.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 312
*vart, jungle
-(noun): a relative of the northern vart, it inhabits the rainforests inland of Schendi.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 312
*wagon, justice
-(noun): a form of execution which involved tar and tallow, the contents from a wagon's grease bucket, and fire; a detailed description is not given, but it is noted as evidence of the Gorean's distaste of criminals.
Book 23: Renegades of Gor, page 22
*zad, jungle
-(noun): a less aggressive cousin of the Tahari zad; small, yellow-winged, scavenging birds with long, yellowish, slightly curved beaks; found in the rainforest inland of Schendi.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 415
*axe, Kurii
-(noun): great, double-bladed iron axe some seven or eight feet in height. The blade, from tip to tip is two feet in width. The handle is made of carved, green needle wood, round and four inches in diameter
.Book 9: Marauders of Gor, page 171
*bondage knot
-(noun): a loose knot tied in a slave's long hair near her right cheek or before her right shoulder that has two meanings, depending on how it is used. If a slave girl approaches a Master and kneels naked before him, looping the knot herself, she silently begs for use. If a Master ties the knot himself, notably during a time of battle, it is his way of marking the girl as taken if he must continue on, leaving her bound behind.
Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor, page 27 and 321
Book 22: Dancer of Gor, pages 299-300
*capture knot
-(noun): a knot recognized for it's unique turnings as rope or binding fiber tied by a Warrior; usually in the capture of a slave girl but also used on any likely foe.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 58
*clad Kajir
-(phrase): among the Wagon Peoples, this phrase refers to slaves who wear four articles; the curla, chatka, kalmak and koora.
Book 4: Nomads of Gor, page 30
*clock, Kaissa sand
-(noun): a device used for timing kaiisa moves, it has a spigot arrangement to enable the flow of sand. When it is open for one player, it is off for the other. Each player enables it, as his play is completed.
Book 12: Beasts of Gor, page 85
*Hand, Kur
-(noun): name of a military unit in Kurii which consists of six Blood.
Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 22
*hortator
-(noun): also known as a keleustes; on an oared ship, the man responsible for beating time for rowers on a copper drum or wooden block.
Book 6: Raiders of Gor, page 183
Book 20: Players of Gor, page 34
*kaffiyeh
-(noun): a head covering of the tribesmen of the Tahari, it is a squarish cloth, folded into a trangle, and placed over the head, two points at the side of the shoulders, one in back to protect the back of the neck. It is bound to he head by several loops of cord, the agal.
Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor, pages 20 and 301
*Kaiila
-(noun): a tribe of Red Savages which inhabits the Barrens; their language is related to that of the Dust Legs.
Book 17: Savages of Gor, pages 148, 229, and 307
*Kaiila River
-(noun): a river in the Barrens, it has two branches known as the North Kaiila River and the South Kaiila River. The Snake River is a tributary of the North Kaiila River. These rivers mark important boundaries in the territories of the Isanna, Napoktan, Wismahi, Isbu and Casmu bands of the Kaiila tribe. It is conjectured that the Kaiila Tribe, finding large herds of kaiila, took the name for themselves, and later the River of the Kaiila Tribe became, simply, the Kaiila River
Book 18: Blood Brothers of Gor, page 24
*kaiila, desert
-(noun): also known as sand kaiila; this omnivorous animal is related to the southern kaiila and similar in most aspects barring pelt color and rearing of young; pelt color is tawny or black and young are suckled for a length of time. The men of the Tahari Desert use this mount.
Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor, page 71
*kaiila, southern
-(noun): large (20-22 hands) carnivorous mammal with long neck and silky fur; its eyes have 3 lids; is viviparous has incredible stamina (capable of covering 600 in a day) and can be domesticated for riding in spite of its vicious temper. It has a rich gold to black. The kaiila is a mammal, but there is no suckling of the young, who begin hunt within hours of birth. These are the mounts of the Wagon Peoples.
Book 4: Nomads of Gor, page 13
*kail
-(direction): directional division of a gorean map.
Book 4: Nomads of Gor, page 3 (footnote)
*kailiauk, Barrens, herds of
-(noun): gigantic, dangerous beast that stands 20-25 hands at the shoulder and weighing as much as 4,000 lbs, they migrate across the Barrens in massive herds, hunted by Red Savages and those who trade in their hides. They have a trident horn.
Book 17: Savages of Gor, pages 40 and 95
*Kailiauk, city of
-(noun): town on the Frontier of The Barrens, NE of Fort Haskins. It is a major trade center for the purchase, processing and selling of kailiauk hides taken from the massive herds which traverse The Barrens. It is also a slave trade center, dealing primarily in barbarian girls which are sold at various points along the perimeter.
Book 17: Savages of Gor, pages 77 and 93-98
*kailiauk, forest
-(noun): four-legged wide-headed, lumbering, stocky ruminants, described as short-trunked and tawny. The males have 3 trident-like horns, with brown and reddish bars on the haunches. The males are 400 to 500 Gorean stone (1600-2000lbs) and are 10 hands at the shoulder. The females are 8 hands and weigh 300 - 400 Gorean stone (1200-1600 lbs). Their horns and tooled hides are major exports of the port of Schendi.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 93
*kailiauk, prairie
-(noun): short-trunked, stocky, awkward ruminant of the plains. Their color is tawny with haunches marked in red and brown bars. Their wide heads bear a trident horn. They instinctively circle when resting, their she's and young protected within.
Book 4: Nomads of Gor, page 2
*Kailiauk, Tribe
-(noun): a tribe of Red Savages which inhabits the Barrens; their language is a dialect of Kaiila.
Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 233
*Kaissa
-(noun; lit. 'the game'): a board game much favored on Gor; the board is marked with 100 squares colored alternately red and yellow; there are 20 pieces per side which represent Ubar and Ubara, Initiates, Riders of the High Tharlarion, Tarnsmen, Scribes, Builders, Spearmen or Spear Slaves, and the Home Stone; it is played much like chess the object being to capture one's opponent's Home Stone; in Torvaldsland the Ubar, Ubara, Tarnsman, Initiate, and Scribes are replaced by the Jarl, Jarl's Woman, Ax, Rune-Priest, and Singer respectively. Instead of a Home Stone, the object is to take the Hall.
Book 8: Hunters of Gor, page 47
Book 9: Marauders of Gor, pages 56-63
Book 22: Dancer of Gor, page 221
*kaissa ciphers
-(noun): used by the caste of players for transmission of private messages but can be used by anyone; often extremely difficult to decipher.
Book 20: Players of Gor, page 243
*kajira
-(noun): female slavel; pl. kajirae.
Book 4: Nomads of Gor pages, 29 and 40
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, page 437
*kajira canjellne
-(phrase): Gorean term meaning literally 'slave challenge'; one Gorean challenges another to combat the winner taking the slave as prize.
Book 11: Slave Girl of Gor, page 21
*kajirii
-(noun): serves as the plural designation for kajirus, and also is the proper term for the plural when speaking of both slave genders.
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, page 437
*kajirus
-(noun): male slave; pl. kajiri.
Book 4: Nomads of Gor, page 30
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, page 437
*Kajuralia
-(noun; lit. 'Festival of Slaves'): this holiday is celebrated in most northern civilized cities with the exception of Port Kar; many cities celebrate on the last day of the 12th Passage Hand but in Ar and some other cities on the last day of the 5th month the day before the Love Feast; in this day practical jokes from slaves are tolerated.
Book 5: Assassin of Gor, page 229
*ka-la-na wine
-(noun): a ruby red wine, fermented from the fruit of the yellow-wood ka-la-na tree, variously described as rich and delicate as well as 'bright, dry, and powerful'. Like the wines of earth the quality of ka-la-na varies from that of a common table wine to premium brands such as the very expensive 'Slave Gardens of Anesidemus' and 'Boleto's Nectar', a medium-grade wine. Ar is particularly noted for it's production of fine ka-la-na. Ka-la-na wine is reported to have an aphrodisiac effect on females.
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, pages 26, 79, 96, 168
Book 4: Nomads of Gor, page 151
Book 7: Captive of Gor, page 114, 331, 332
Book 15: Rogue of Gor, pages 158 and 375
Book 21: Mercenaries of Gor, pages 344 and 360
*kal-da
-(noun): A hot almost scalding drink made of distilled Ka-la-na wine mixed with juices of fruits such as tospit and larma and hot spices. It is considered a peasant drink. (Note: an instance of an alternate spelling, i.e., Cal-da exists).
Book 2: Outlaw of Gor, pages 76, 78, 80 and 226
Book 12: Beasts of Gor, page 61
*kalika
-(noun): musical instrument having a long neck and hemispheric soundbox its 6 strings being plucked; similar to a banjo.
Book 4: Nomads of Gor, page 153
*kalmak
-(noun): vest of black leather worn by the slave girls of the Wagon Peoples.
Book 4: Nomads of Gor, page 30
Book 11: Slave Girl of Gor, page 329
*kamba
-(noun): word from the inland language meaning rope.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 100
*Kamba River
-(noun): empties directly into the Thassa outside the Harbor of Schendi. It leads into the rainforest.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, pages 99-100
*kanda
-(noun): a plant which grows in desert regions of Gor. It's roots are extremely toxic, even poisonous, but the leaves can be rolled and formed into strings which are chewed or sucked to produce a stimulant effect
Book 3: Priest-Kings of Gor, page 25
Book 4: Nomads of Gor, page 43
*kan-lara
-(noun): slave brand.
Book 11: Slave Girl of Gor, page 80
*Kashani
-(noun): a minor tribe of the Tahari; they are a vassal tribe of the Kavars.
Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor, page 47
*kaska
-(noun): a small hand drum.
Book 4: Nomads of Gor, page 153
Book 22: Dancer of Gor, pages 179-180
*Kassar
-(noun): one of the 4 Tribes of the Wagon Peoples, they are are known as the Blood People. Their standard is a scarlet three-weighted bola, hanging from a lance. Their brand, which is used on both slaves and bosk, is a stylized representation of a bola, three circles joined at the center by lines.
Book 4: Nomads of Gor, page 14
*Kassau
-(noun): a town at the northern bank of the forest, it is a town of wood. The town is surrounded by a wall, with two gates, one large, facing the inlet, leading in from Thassa, the other small, leading to the forest behind the town. The main business of Kassau is trade, lumber and fishing, particularly parsit fish from the plankton banks north of the town. Lumber, particularly ka-la-na and tem-wood are traded to the North, which is virtually treeless. Kassau is the seat of the High Initiate of the North.
Book 9: Marauders of Gor, pages 25-28
*Kataii
-(noun): one of the 4 tribes of the Wagon Peoples. The Kataii are black-skinned. Their standard is a yellow bow, bound across a black lance. Their brand is a yellow bow, facing to the left.
Book 4: Nomads of Gor, page 14
*katch
-(noun): foliated leaf vegetable.
Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor, page 37
*Kavar
-(noun): a major tribe of the Tahari, their vassal tribes are the Ta'Kara, Bakahs, Cha,r and Kashani. Their war cry is 'Kavars Supreme!'.
Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor, pages 160 and 186
*kef
-(noun): a letter of the Gorean alphabet analogous with the Earth letter 'K'; the first letter of the Gorean words for male and female slaves and hence often used as a brand.
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, page 67
*keleutes
-(noun): also known as a hortator. On an oared ship, the man responsible for beating time for rowers on a copper drum or wooden block.
Book 6: Raiders of Gor, page 183 and 280
Book 20: Players of Gor, page 34
*kes
-(noun): short tunic of black leather worn by the male slaves of the Wagon Peoples.
Book 4: Nomads of Gor, page 30
*kettle-and-mat girl
-(noun): a slave girl whose function is divided between household tasks and sexual servitude.
Book 4: Assassin of Gor, page 112
Book 6: Raiders of Gor, page 99
*ki
-(adv.): no not; also indicates a negative.
Book 4: Nomads of Gor, page 3 (footnote)
*Kinyanpi
-(noun): warrior tarnsmen of the Red Savages, they are also called, 'The Flighted Ones'.
Book 18: Blood Brothers of Gor, pages 238 and 244
*kirtle
-(noun): the garb of a slave girl of the Torvald thin white woolen garment ankle-length with a deep plunging neckline.
Book 9: Marauders of Gor, page 81
*klim
-(noun): directional division of a Gorean map.
Book 4: Nomads of Gor, page 3 (footnote)
*knee walk, simple
-(noun): a slave travels on knee's, without standing, to fetch items or tend to duties.
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, page 342
*knee walk, Turian
-(noun): mentioned, but not described except that it is sometimes used by slave dancers.
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, page 342
*Kneel to the Whip
-(position): this command orders a slave to kneel, bowing her head to her knees, her wrists crossed under her as though bound. The position is intended to expose her back to the whip.
Book 3: Priest-Kings of Gor, page 201 and 202
Book 7: Captive of Gor, page 200
Book 15: Rogue of Gor, page 21
Book 18: Savages of Gor, page 137
*knife brand
-(noun) rather like a tattoo, an appropriate design is cut into the thigh of a slave and a colored powder is rubbed into it.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 330
*knife, hook
-(noun): a common knife with a curved blade used in slave competitions or hand-to-hand combat
Book 5: Assassins of Gor, page 86 and 260
*knife, killing
-(noun): described as a throwing knife like those used in Ar, smaller than the quiva, a kanda paste is applied to the tip of the blade. An assassin's weapon.
Book 5: Assassin of Gor, pages 41-42
*knife, snow
(noun): large curved tabuk-bone, saw-toothed knife, used to cut into the snow to make snow blocks as for building iglu's in the Innuit country of the far north.
Book 12: Beasts of Gor, page 325
*knife, turf
-(noun): wooden-bladed, saw-edged, paddle-like tool, used by Red Savages to cut and saw sod. When the handle is held in the right hand and the blade is supported with the left, it may be used as a shovel.
Book 18: Blood Brothers of Gor, pages 311-312
*koda
-(noun): Dust Leg word meaning friend.
Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 257
*kodakiciyapi
-(noun): Dust Leg word meaning peace, friendship.
Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 257
*kola
-(noun): Kaiila word meaning friend.
Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 257
*ko-lar
-(noun): slave collar.
Book 11: Slave Girl of Gor, page 80
*koora
-(noun): strip of red fabric worn as a headband by the slave girls of the Wagon Peoples.
Book 4: Nomads of Gor, page 30
Book 11: Slave Girl of Gor, page 329
*ko-ro-ba
-(noun): archaic Gorean term for village market.
Book 2: Outlaw of Gor, page 40
*Ko-ro-ba, city of
-(noun): the Home Stone of Tarl Cabot, Ko-ro-Ba is found high in the northern latitudes of Gor, NW of Ar and one thousand pasangs from the Sardar Mountains. Described as a city of lofty cylinders, set among rolling green hills, it was destroyed by the will of the Priest-Kings to enlist Tarl of Ko-ro-ba in a search which would ensure the continuation of their ancient, but endangered species.
Book 2: Outlaw of Gor, page 39 - 42
Book 7: Captive of Gor, page 59
*kort
-(noun): a large, brownish-skinned, sphere-shaped vegetable, usually some 6 inches in width. The interior is yellowish, fibrous and heavily seeded.
Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor, page 37
*Kur
-(noun): a large (8-9') furred, mammal having 4 legs, which can stand upright or on all fours; each paw has 6 multiple-jointed digits with retractable claws and an opposing thumb. It has 2 rows of teeth. They are incredibly strong and ferocious, and are carnivorous, regarding humans as food. The Kur are members of an alien race, the Kurii.
(See *Kurii)
Book 9: Marauders of Gor, pages 92, 109
Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 21-22
*kurdah
-(noun): a small light semi-circular tent c. 3' in diameter and 4' high carried by a pack kaiila in which women (slave or free) may ride; the frame is of tem-wood and is covered with layers of white rep-cloth; used mainly in the Tahari.
Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor, page 69
*Kurii, race of
-(noun): an alien race existing in their space ships, which orbit in the asteroid belts of the outer atmosphere, their 'Steel World'. It is thought that their own world had been destroyed, partially as a result of their advanced technology, ferocity, and greed. They are locked in a war with the Priest-Kings for the domination of Gor and Earth. Their ships have sometimes been shattered and have fallen to the surface. It is the practice of the Priest-Kings to destroy the wrecks, but they do not hunt down and exterminate the survivors. These marooned Kur are allowed to live if they abide by the laws of the Priest-Kings. They are extremely powerful, hightly intelligent, fond of killing and technologically advanced. (See *Kurii; *steel world)
Book 9: Marauders of Gor, pages 92-93 and 295
Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor, page 362
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 94
*kurt
-(noun): the five-bladed slave whip.
Book 11: Slave Girl of Gor, page 83
*lance, kailla
-(noun): used for hunting kailiauk and mounted warfare, there are two types. The hunting lance are longer, heavier, and thicker than the war lance, and are undecorated except for the feathers of the prairie fleer. The point of the hunting lance is longer and narrower. The shafts are made from black, supple, and strong, made from tem wood. head is made of metal, bone or stone, affixed to the shaft with sinew, rawhide or metal trade rivets. Any decoration or mountings, such as wrist loops are bound onto the weapon with rawhide and sinew.
Book 4: Nomads of Gor, page 15
Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 42
*merchant kaissa
-(noun): refers to the standardized version of kaissa played at fairs and tournaments.
Book 20: Players of Gor, page 8
*milk, kaiila
-(noun): used by the peoples of the Tahari as verr milk is used elsewhere, it is reddish with a salty strong taste due to the content of ferrous sulfate.
Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor, page 71
*Port Kar
-(noun): facing the gleaming Thassa by way of the Tamber Gulf, is the crowded, squalid, malignant city at the mouth of the Vosk Delta called Port Kar. It is sometimes referred to as the Tarn of the Sea. It is the only city on Gor that recognizes a Caste of Thieves, and it is the only city on Gor actually built by slaves under the whip of their Masters. The city is a mass of holdings, each almost a fortress, all crossed and divided by hundreds of canals.Port Kar is ruled by a several conflicting Ubars, and, under them, the Council of Captains who are responsible for maintaining and managing the great arsenal, as well as the fleets of Port Kar. Her name is a synonym in Gorean for cruelty and piracy.
Book 6: Raiders of Gor, pages 6 and 103
*Priest-King
-(noun): Sardar; golden insect-like creatures about a yard wide and almost 18 feet tall with six legs and globe-like head. Keepers of the Sacred Place in the Sardar Mountains.
Book 3: Priest-Kings of Gor, page 75
*reins, kaiila
-(noun): a light rein, plaited with 10 to 12 strips of dyed leather. Each strip is cut with knives to be thinner than a thread, but the combination is very strong and durable. Used by the Tribesmen of the Tahari.
Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor, page 56
*Second Knowledge
-(noun): the education available to the higher castes; it is more esoteric and includes knowledge of Earth.
Book 3: Priest-Kings of Gor, pages 41 and 45
*shield, Kurii
-(noun): a wide iron shield, round and four feet in diameter.
Book 9: Marauders of Gor, page 171
*shrub, kanda
-(noun): A shrub of the Gorean desert; a lethal poison can be extracted from its roots while chewing the leaves has an addictive narcotic.
Book 4: Nomads of Gor, page 43
*shrub, kes
-(noun): a shrub whose salty blue secondary roots are a main ingredient in sullage, a Gorean soup.
Book 3: Priest-Kings of Gor, page 45
*signature knot
-(noun): a complex knot whose tying is known only to the one who invented it.
Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 214
*slave kennel
-(noun): a small room, usually 3'x3'x4', having an iron grill for a door in which a slave girl may be confined at night .
Book 15: Rogue of Gor, page 117-118
*sleen knife
-(noun): knife carried, sheathed, at the waist of Panther Girls.
Book 7: Captive of Gor, page 122
*talmit, kajira
-(noun): headband worn by work slaves; it can denote girls with authority over other slaves.
Book 7: Captive of Gor, pages 285-286
*tarn keeper
-(noun): one that oversees tarn handling.
Book 5: Assassin of Gor, page 168
*Third Knowledge
-(noun): that which, if it exists, is reserved for the Priest-Kings.
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 41
*tree, ka-la-na
-(noun): a tree with very strong yellow wood used for making bows; the fruit of the ka-la-na is used to make ka-la-na wine.
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 96
*Tu Kajira
-(phrase; declarative): You are a slave.
Book 11: Slave Girl of Gor, page 80
*whale, Karl
-(noun): four-fluked baleen whale hunted by the Red Hunters
.Book 12: Beasts of Gor, page 36
*whip knife
-(noun): a whip with razors embedded in the tip.
Book 6: Raiders of Gor, pages 107 and 109
*Year Keepers
-(noun): those that keep in memory the year names for the Wagon Peoples sometimes on thousand consecutive names.
Book 4: Nomads of Gor, page 12 (footnote)
*Yellow Knives
-(noun): a tribe of Red Savages which inhabits the Barrens.
Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 148
*Yellow-Kaiila Riders
-(noun): a warrior society of the Kaiila tribe of Red Savages, represented by a yellow kaiila print, outlined in red, over red horizontal bars on the flanks of their kaiilas.
Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 314
