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 | Bana: necklaces (usually expensive ones) |
| Bara: belly (a standard slave girl position) |
| Bina: slave beads, necklaces used for ornamenting slave girls |
| Canjellne: challenge |
| Civitatis: City or citizen ("Lo Rask. Rarius. Civitatis Treve" translates as 'I am Rask, Warrior, of the city of Treve') |
| Fora: chain (recall 'Sa-Fora', chain daughter); plural 'fori' ("Sa'ng-Fori", 'without chains', means freedom) |
| Gor: home stone; also, the planet Gor; also, a Kaissa piece |
| Harta: faster |
| Kaissa: without qualification, THE game, the Gorean version of chess |
| Kajira: female slave (plural 'kajirae') |
| Kajirus: male slave (plural 'kajiri') |
| Kan-lara: brand |
| Ki: A negation. Generally, 'not'. |
| Ko-lar: collar |
| La: first person feminine: 'I' |
| Lar-Torvis: the sun (literally, 'the central fire') |
| Lesha: leash |
| Lo: first person masculine: 'I' |
| Mira: a possessive ('mine'?: "Kajira mira" translated as 'my slave girl') |
| Nadu(v): kneel |
| Nikos: victory |
| Or: ten |
| Oralu: thousand |
| Orlu: hundred |
| Paga: an alcoholic drink similar to vodka ("paga" is short form "pagar-sa-tarna", meaning 'pleasure of the life daughter') |
| Rarius: warrior |
| Sa-Tassna: meat (literally, 'life-mother') |
| Sa: daughter (Sa-Tarna, bread, literally translates as 'life daughter', and Sa-Fora, chain daughter, is an expression for slave girl) |
| San: one |
| Sardar: The priest-kings, or the Sardar mountains they live |
| Sula: back(?) |
| Ta: 'to' or 'toward' |
| Tal: hello |
| Tor-Tu-Gor: the sun (literally, 'light upon the home stone') |
| Tor: light (from "Tor-Tu-Gor", 'light upon the home stone', the sun) |
| Tu1: second person (singular feminine): 'you'(?) |
| Tu2: on (from "Tor-Tu-Gor", 'light upon the home stone', the sun) |
| Var1: where (SLAVE GIRL: "Var bina, kajira?", 'Where are the slave beads, slave girl?') |
| Var2: 'a turning'; from "Ta-Sardar-Var", 'turning [in the direction of] the Sardar' and "Ta-Sardar-Ki-Var", 'turning away from the Sardar'. |
| Veck(v): awaken(?) |
| Verus: true(?) |
| Ka-la-na: A sweet wine made from the ka-la-na fruit. The drink is often a symbolizes romantic love. |
| Paga: A grain liquor made from Sa-tarna, it is similar to whiskey and is symbolic of physical love. |
| Kal-da: A beverage, served hot from copper kettles, of cheap ka-la-na wine and the juices of the tospit fruits, such as tospit and larma, and spices. Served like beer, it is cheap and will get you drunk eventually, and is actually pretty good, until you get to the bottom of the kettle. Ugh!! |
| Kajira/Kajirus, bondmaid/thrall: These are slaves, female and male respectively. There are many types of slaves to be found, however, the the most common in the tavern is the common kajira, a multipurpose personal slave, and the female tavern slave. These slaves are referred to as kettle and mat slaves. In other words, they do everything from serve as scullery, to cooking, serving, and warming Master's furs at night. Pleasure slaves are often referred to in talks, but actually are not that common. Just because a slave is used for pleasure, that does not qualify her as a pleasure slave. However. the term is in common use now, as many female slaves are given the basic instruction in how to serve as a sexual slave. |
| Pleasure Slave: A slave specially taught the arts of pleasure. A true pleasure slave knows the position of a slave, many dances, how to cook, serve, and how to make love to a man..all with superb skill. However, the house that trains such tends to put its special flavor to a girl. Many prefer to train their own slaves, rather than have the girl they owned trained like a dog unthinkingly. (Assassin of Gor , the fifth book, has more details on the training) |
| Passion Slave: A girl, not trained, but Bred specifically for sex. No Earth girl is EVER a passion slave. It inconceivable and impossible. No passion slave is ever taken to Earth either. Passion slaves are almost never freed (the only known case was by a rather soft and compassionate Earth man. The other possible case, after taking her life, was acknowledged as free by those who would have had to have a funeral for her). Passion slaves are bred true, and their children will have the mark of the house upon them. In this way they are easily identified.. Male passion slaves are harder to identify, except that he is uncommonly beautiful. DO NOT claim to be a passion slave, unless you have read all there is of Gor and know all there is to be of Gor. |
| Free Woman: Free women are viewed by most Goreans as priceless. Men do not breed with slaves, only a free woman bears a man his children. If a slave gets pregnant, he would either enslave the child, or give it away. Or free the slave long enough to have the child, and in some cases longer, especially if he has turned into mush, as some men seem to be when a woman presents him with child. Free women's rights vary by city and wealth A wealthy woman can get away with a lot. Women are often seen managing shops in the city, since it is dangerous for women to travel, so the men do all the leg work and women do the store fronts. A fee woman is never totally safe. It is not uncommon for young tarnsmen to go roping women off the high bridges of the city just for fun. Sort of like a panty raid, only taking the whole girl. |
| Free Companion: Free companions are the closest thing to a "wife" that a Gorean has. A contract with another free person, usually of the opposite sex, for a period of one year. If not re-avowed on its anniversary, the contract is considered dissolved. Considering the life span of a Gorean is measured in centuries, not years, this is very practical. Free companionships are automatically dissolved if either is enslaved. |
| Ahn: A Gorean Hour. |
| Ar: One of the oldest cities on Gor, it has 10,000 years of recorded history. |
| Brand: Slaves on Gor are branded, usually with Kef, the Gorean equivalent of 'K'. Males slaves are branded with a block K, whereas the female slaves are branded with a cursive K. Many Masters choose to design a unique brand for their slaves though. But the most common is the Kef, signifying Kajira/Kajirus. |
| Cylinder: The Gorean equivalent of a tower or office building. They have electric lights, elevators, as well as stairs. Some may reach a thousand feet high. Each tower is usually reachable by a bridge. The tallest tower in the city is the cylinder of justice (like city hall) |
| Ehn: A Gorean minute. |
| Har-ta!: Faster! |
| "I wish you well": good bye, farewell |
| Robe of Concealment: Women of Gor TYPICALLY wear the the Robes if they are free. Only her eyes show. If any more than her eyes show, she is thought to be slutty (actually showing the face would be like going out nude). Most women would take being stripped naked of all clothing and left their veils. Men of course can let anything hang out (grin), unless there is an objecting free woman nearby. |
| Tal: Hi, hello |
Gor, based on the Novels of John Norman
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