LIST OF KANBALESE TERMS

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GANLA spicy vegetable

GASHA a type of potato that grows even in poor soil

HAKUMA a translucent white stone

HYOHLU Guardian of the Darkness

JOKOM a nut-filled sweet

KAHL a heavy, woollen, windproof cloak

KOLUKA tea leaf

LA milk or butter made from goat’s milk; the speaker distinguishes between milk or butter with the accent

LAGA cheese made from goat’s milk

LAKALLE a drink made from fermented goat’s milk

LAKOLUKA goat’s milk (la) boiled with koluka, a kind of tea leaf

LAROO meat and potato stew

LASSAL market

LON a unit of time in Kanbal; thirty lon is about one hour

LOSSO a potato flour dough stuffed with various ingredients and deep fried

LUISHA a luminous blue gem that glows in the dark; extremely precious

LYOKUHAKU a precious milky green stone

NAL a copper coin used in Kanbal; one hundred ten nal are worth one silver Yogo coin

NYOKKI a tree root that refreshes the mouth when chewed; the Herders often chew on it

SANGA a yaklike animal that lives on the mountain plateaus of Kanbal

SHIRUYA a type of blanket used in New Yogo

SOOTEE LAN Rider of the Water Currents; a highly intelligent water creature

TITI LAN The Ermine Riders; a little people who live in the caves by day and hunt at night; legend claims that anyone who hinders their hunting will go crazy

TOGAL a poison made from a plant; the Herders use it to fight eagles; a small amount applied to the eyelids dilates the pupils allowing the user to see in the dark

TOH KAL the Titi Lan word for the Herders, it means “Big Brother”; the Herders call the Titi Lan “Chil Kal” or “Little Brother”

YORAM the thunder god and creator in Kanbalese mythology

YUKKA a sweet, tangy fruit

YUKKAL a plant; the juice of its leaves raises body temperature

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Uehashi, Nahoko.

[Yami no Moribito. English]

Moribito II : Guardian of the Darkness / by Nahoko Uehashi ; translated by Cathy Hirano ; illustrated by Yuko Shimizu.—1st ed.

p. cm.

Summary: The wandering female bodyguard Balsa returns to her native country of Kanbal, where she uncovers a conspiracy to frame her mentor and herself.

ISBN 978-0-545-10295-7 (hardcover : alk. paper) [1. Fantasy.] I. Hirano, Cathy. II. Shimizu, Yuko, 1965—ill. III. Title.

PZ7.U277Mp 2009

[Fic]—dc222008037444

First edition, May 2009

Cover design by Phil Falco

e-ISBN 978-0-545-30028-5

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