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Of White Pills and Lobster - Glossary

Ranks in the Hunturan Army:

• Byatskhan Tsergüüd - tiny troopers - child soldiers (slang)
• Baildagch - private/soldier
• Akhlagch - sergeant
• Akhmad - captain
• Khurandaa - colonel
• Deslegch General -vice general
• General
• Khan - head of the Army forces and face of the state, elected by the Kurultai
• Minister - head of the Secret Services and law enforcement, elected by the Kurultai

Ranks in the AkutōNakama:

• Oyabun - head
• Wakagashira - first lieutenant
• Shateigashira - second lieutenant
• Kyodai - big brothers- sergants
• Shatei - little brothers - foot soldiers
• Saiko-komon - administration
• Shingiin - legal
• Kaikei - accountants

Shatar pieces:

• Noyan (lord) - King
• Bers (snow panther) - Queen
• Terge (cart) - Rook
• Teme (camel) - Bishop
• Mori (horse) - Knight
• Fu (child) - Pawn

Family in Hunturan:

• Aniaa - mom
• Agaa - dad
• Emee - grandma

Honorifics:

• Akhaa - mr
• Egchee - mrs
• Bagshaa - teacher

Secret services:

• TeJing - Cantonese secret services
• Naicho - Nihonese secret services
• Khisighsten - Hunturan secret services

Society:

• Niyukta: those who work for wages
• Sewa: those who serve (armed forces)
• Parmatii: those who own the means of production
• Kurultai - Council of the 13 most economically powerful tribes, each tribe delegates one: the head of the tribe. Succession base: Agnatic Seniority. They create legistlation and elect the heads of the judical system as well as the leadership of the executive branch.

Swear words:

Both serves as a jack-of-all-trades: (like fuck or kurwa)

• Pizda - cunt
• Kuso - shit 

Deities:

• Tengiir - Creator, the ruler of the eternal sky
• Erlik Han or Yerleg – They refer to the same entity in most cases: the ruler of the underworld, bringer of death. Sort of like Lucifer and the Devil would in Christianity (Yerleg becomes the nickname of Surtr)
• Kısh Khan – Ruler of Ice and Winter
• Alaz-Batyr – God of Fire
• Ay Dede – Godess of the Moon

Other:

• Zuslan - weekend house
• GMO - Genetically Modified Organism
• Jiangshi / Ab - vampire-like creature in eastern mythologies
• Pixiu - Chinese mythology: a winged lion that goes out in search of wealth, which he finds by smell. He then brings gold and silver back and guards the treasure for his master.
• Quái thú - monster 
• Tsagaan Sar - new years 
• Stupa - is a mound-like or hemispherical structure containing relics
• Ganbaru - to commit oneself fully to a task and to bring that task to an end
• Boortsogn - sweet fried dough
• Tsai - sweet milk tea
• Khuushuur -  fried meat pastries 
• Teveg - furry or feathery leather tiny ball 
• Kowtow – to show obsequious deference, to kneel and touch the forehead to the ground in token of homage, worship, or deep respect.

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