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This page contains a glossary to the language of A.K. Dewdney's book about a scientifically-detailed 2D universe, //The Planiverse//. Please add to it if you think something is missing. ---- **Ajem Kollosh**: Arde's single continent, pp.27-28 **Alak**: the one-dimensional Ardean equivalent of the two-dimensional Terran board game of Go (p.203). You can [http://superdupergames.org/gameinfo.html?game=alak|play Alak online]. **Ara Hoot**: small Ardean fish, p.56. See also **Kobor Hoot**. **Arde**: the home planet of the **Nsana** and the setting for //The Planiverse//, p.28 **Balat Srar**: edible Ardean shellfish that lives at the bottom of the ocean, pp.39, 52 **Bar Prala**: mushroom-like plant that grows at the bottom of a body of water, p.145 **Bes Sallur**: huge flying snake, p.212 **bwiki**: Ardean musical instrument like a cross between a drum and a violin, pp.174-175 **Dahl Radam**: high central plateau of **Ajem Kollosh**, 800 km wide, p.31 **day**: Arde's day/night cycle is about 31 hours and 25 minutes long, p.29 **Fiddib Har**: Arde's single ocean, p.27 **fsad**: unit of length, about 4.2 km (p.94). See also **Yendred unit**. **hadd**: Planiversal iron (from Arabic //hadid//) **hadd-hatr**: "ply-iron", unique Planiversal material used to build machines, p.167 **Hadmsh Hab**: algae-like aquatic creatures, p.145 **hadrashar**: Ardean chlorophyll, p.55 **hatr**: plywood-like material made by gluing layers together (usually made from **Basla**?), p.167 **hbool**: rope made by gluing **Basla** fibers together. Because an approximately one-dimensional strip of material can function as either a rope or a board in the Planiverse depending on how flexible it is, hbool is made in much the same way as **hatr**. P.165. **hrabx**: Ardean oxygen or air, p.37 **Ilma Kabosh**: edible Ardean plant that grows on the sea like a water lily, p.55 **Is Felblt**: capital of **Punizla**, p.78 **jeb**: Punizlan coin made of **jebb**, p.94 **jebb**: glassy, quartzlike rock quarried on **Dahl Radam**, p.167 **jebb-hatr**: "ply-quartz", used in Ardean windows, p.167 **Jirri Basla**: common edible tuberous plant, p.70. The Ardean potato? **Kobor Hoot**: large Ardean fish, p.56. See also **Ara Hoot**. **ma eerveh**: Ardean musical instrument like bagpipes, pp.174-175 **Mil Dwili**: giant carnivorous aquatic plant, p.63 **musmar**: Ardean musical instrument like a thumb piano, pp.174-175 **Nagas**: Arde's sister planet, which also orbits **Shems**, p.28 **Nsana**: the two-dimensional sapient alien beings who inhabit Arde. Arde's equivalent of humans. Yendred is a Nsana, and so are the other people he meets on Arde during his journey. (p.17) **Punizla**: western region of **Ajem Kollosh**, 1000 km wide, p.31 **punl**: west, p.28 (Dewdney says //punl// means "east", but this is probably a typo.) **Ra Nifid**: large predator dwelling underground, related to the **Nsana** by evolution. Some **Nsana** keep smaller Ra Nifid as pets. (pp.114-119) **Shems**: Arde's sun, p.28 **Tahti Neml**: small, burrowing creature, p.75 **Tba**: honorific like "Professor" or "Doctor"? (pp.131-158) **Vanizla**: eastern region of **Ajem Kollosh**, 1000 km wide, p.31 **vanl**: east, p.28 (Dewdney says //vanl// means "west", but this is probably a typo.) **Yendred**: The protagonist of //The Planiverse//. He is lives on **Arde** and is a **Nsana**. Note that his name is almost "Dewdney" spelled backwards. **Yendred unit**: Yendred's height, by convention the same as Dewdney's (175 cm). Everything in the book is measured in Yendred units onscreen and converted to metric. (p.31) **Zar Hyet**: small, threadlike, aquatic creatures (akin to worms?), p.145

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