The Wolf & Yearning

Glossary

The cover work was done by my husband & myself. He painted the mountains for a painting class. I loved it so much, I put it in Procreate and added the wolf and boy, title, etc.

You can skip the glossary if you want. It's just name meanings and stuff like that.... I find it interesting.

WuguLang: 无辜的狼  Innocent Wolf

Though Lang can also mean: clear, bright, wave, speaker, UNRESTRAINED, dissipated, minister, official, youth, corridor, veranda, porch, tinkling of pendants, JADE-LIKE STONE, clean and white, betel palm, betel nut, large hammer, wasteland, DRAGONFLY, mantis, tall tree and on and on and on.... Chinese is a difficult language.

Lang after a name, like if Wugu was a singular name Wugu-Lang would be innocent husband.

Lang-er is cutesie nickname for WuguLang. Would be like "Wolfie".

White-eyed wolf 白眼狼(bái yǎn lánɡ) means ungrateful and vicious person, an ungrateful wretch (especially a child)

BTW, wugu can also mean witchcraft in Chinese (巫蛊)

XiangWang: 向往 Yearning

I won't even try to tell you everything this could mean.

Also known as Chou: 丑 Ugly
Kong: Empty
General Stuff about "East Nation"
I took a lot of this stuff from Mandarin Chinese, but I have a lot of Asian friends, so I rip off Korean, Japanese, whatever.... I'm the author, I make the rules.

The suffix -er added after a name is a way to cutesify a name. Er is also the number two. (Confused yet?) Another way to cutesify a name, say it twice, like WangWang.

The prefix a- is also a way to cutesify as name.

Gege-older brother
JieJie-older sister
Meimei-little sister
A-niang-Mama
Fuqin-father
Ba-Dad
Shushu-uncle
Gonzi-young master/young sir
Jun-Lord/Monarch
FeiFei: depending on the pinyan/characters
菲菲: luxurious/beautiful
or
狒狒: baboon

:D Take your pick

Shixiong-older or higher ranking martial brother
Shidi-younger or lower ranking martial brother
Shishu-martial uncle
Shizun-master teacher
ChenXing: Morning Star
YueLiang: Moon
Xialiu: Vulgar/Obscene/lower place
qī qiào-the seven apertures of the human head: 2 eyes, 2 ears, 2 nostrils, 1 mouth
chi: 1 foot
zhang: 3.58 meters
li: 1/3 a mile approximately
Jin: 1.1 pound
I also use this website a lot for reference:
https://chinese.yabla.com/chinese-english-pinyin-dictionary.php
This website also has a pronunciation icon, so you can hear the word spoken.
South Nation Stuff

The language is mostly taken from Quechua, but general South American too

Yachachiq-Teacher
Kamachiq-Lesser teacher
Yachay Monaq-Learning Lover
B'alam Quitze-Smiling Jaguar
Wawqi-brother when a man is speaking.

West Nation Stuff

Mostly taken from Gaelic and Irish

https://www.teanglann.ie/en/
https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/irish-girl-names
https://www.irishcentral.com/culture/irish-boy-names

Roisin (ro-sheen)

This name means "little rose," and has been used in Ireland since the sixteenth century. When Irish patriotic poetry and song was outlawed in Ireland, Irish bands would disguise their nationalistic verses and love songs, and sing about Roisin Dubh ("Dark Rosaleen") as the poetic symbol for their country.

Niamh (neev or nee-iv)

Meaning radiance, luster or brightness. In Irish mythology, Niamh was the daughter of Manannan, the god of the sea - she was known as 'Niamh of the Golden Hair' and was usually depicted riding on a white horse. She was the lover of poet-hero Oisin; together they lived in Tir-na-nOg, the land of eternal youth.

Aisling (ash-ling)

This name means "dream" or "vision" from the Gaelic word 'aislinge' and refers to an "aisling," which is a poetic genre of Irish language poetry from the late 17th century. It only started being used as a first name in the 20th century. The poetic genre has been personified in Ireland as a beautiful woman in peril.

Neamhai Teanga: The celestial language, pronounced Nee-ow-yee Chon-g-eh (depending on where you are) or Tsog-gw-eh.

North Nation Stuff

Taken from Igbo
Onye Ndu- One Life