Chume'taly Vocabulary

**A’dlet** – loose pants worn by the lions

**Akla** – leg

**Akla’kedun** – bracers for the lower legs

**Akla’tel** – leg bands

**Alai** – leopard woman’s Hui style shirt

**An** – wrist

**An’tel** – bracelet

**Arpali’maj** – vest woven from several different colors of ribbon
that can be made from complimenting colors or from different shades of a single
color. It is a luxury item among the cheetahs.

**Atel’paloref** – furred mantles made with the animal heads still
attached to the hide

**Bal’rai** – leopard man’s Hui style short vest

**Chi’chayia** – a wooden instrument that resembles an upright
xylophone made of hollowed out pieces of Duronga wood

**Daluren** – layered veils worn by wealthy tiger women

**Duronga** – a fur tree that grows only in the heart of the Chume’taly forest that
is sacred to the Chume’taly

**Et’jul** – leather

**Fe’zuun** – baggy shirts worn by tigers

**Fejularr** – a cloth used by the white panthers and the leopards

**Firr** – ankle

**Firr’tel** – anklet

**Fre ani** – a greeting

**Gi’ri** – loose pants worn by tigers

**Hak’me** – a chain worn around the neck

**Hak’me’pel** – chains worn around the neck decorated with
feathers

**Hak’me’pelun** – chains worn around the neck decorated with beads
and feathers

**Hak’me’telun** – chains worn around the neck decorated with beads

**Hak’menarr** – a single chain with a small pendant

**Huun** – sleeveless under tunics worn by snow leopards

**Ijjihad’menarr** – complex layered chains with many pendants and
ornaments that are worn by wealthy tiger males

**Ja’neal** – hooded coats worn by snow leopards

**Jaken-luren** – a single veil worn by tiger dancers

**Jalfa-luren** – a bridal veil that consists of three layers, each
one longer than the one above it

**Jek** – ear

**Jeken** – Earrings

**Jeken’pel** – earrings worn by panthers made with feathers

**Jeken’pelun** – earrings worn by panthers made with beads and
feathers

**Jeken’telun** – earrings worn by panthers made with beads

**Jeleen** – leopard shirt that resembles a Han style woman’s shirt

**Jelon** – leopard shirt that resembles a Han style men’s shirt

**Jelupp** – pendant

**Ka’daluren** – layered veils worn by wealthy tiger women that
cover the whole face

**Ka’pol** – leopard shirt that resembles a Gin style shirt

**Kedun** – sheath, bracer

**Kel** – shorts

**Ko’vaan** – thick leather leggings with lace up sides that hug they legs worn by
snow leopards

**Ko’vaan’lok** – thick leather leggings with lace up sides that hug
they legs worn by snow leopards that have fur on the cuffs

**Leit** – gloves

**Minal** – crop tops

**Mnalit** – long vests worn by tigers

**Nari** – hip wraps worn by the lions

**Rei’shuun** – fur hats worn by snow leopards

**Se’daluren** – layered veils worn by wealthy tiger women that
cover the lower part of the face

**So’tam** – vests worn by lions

**T’lunak** – loin cloths worn by both the lions and cheetahs

**Tel** – band

**Telun’me** - chains worn around the neck made entirely of beads on a string

**Tluf** – lion tail

**Tlufen** – rings worn on a lion’s tail just beneath the tuft, generally only
sported by wealthy women

**Un’jel** – ribbon

**Veon** – arm

**Veon’kedun** – arm bracers

**Veon’tel** – arm bands

**Verr’tuk** – loose pants, ankle length, worn by leopards

**Vrot’pel** – a style sported by the white panthers that consists of wrapping
strands of cloth (fejularr), leather (et’jul), or ribbon (un’jel) in a
crisscross fashion around the tops of their feet

**Yal’tuk** – loose pants bound just above the knee, worn by leopards

**Zorel** – leopard woman’s Hui style long vest