| Word | Pronunciation | Definition | |
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| maka | (MAH-kah) | (adjective) | Something that is sick. Since it comes from 'muka' for disease, it means any kind of illness or disease. |
| makit | (mah-KEET) | (noun) | Darkness. There are lots of words that translate to darkness, but this is the one for the plain, lights-out type. |
| mal | (mall) | (adjective) | This is an adjective meaning 'highest'. It is also a prefix you put on anything you want to elevate, and show respect to. |
| malavai | (MAH-lə-vye) | (noun) | Something a younger angel calls an older Image when he is someone to trust, someone who will shelter them. May says it means that the older image protects you, and using that word shows affection and loyalty to the older angel. |
| mavau | (mah-VOW) | (noun) | This is a problem or difficulty someone has to face, or somehow deal with. May says it's one of a few ways to say 'problem' that come with negative associations. It carries with it a demand that somebody deal with it. |
| meye | (meh-YEH) | (noun) | A friend. Often used as a form of address. |
| muka | (MOO-ka) | (noun) | Any kind of illness or sickness. I finally pestered Nathan enough to explain why this sounds so much like the words for monkeys and primates. He says it comes from long before there were mammals, and that the words for primates come from the sound they made. He says the fact that 'mukadadh' sounds like 'living creature of sickness' is something some Marat stress when saying it, but he treats that about as seriously as he does people who pretend the word 'history' has a male bias. |
| mukat | (moo-KAHT) | (noun) | This is a primate of any kind. |
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