Glossary — D
- daaih-fung
- typhoon (language=Zhongwen
influenced by Chin — Guangdong — daaih = big + fung = wind) or
alternative of earlier touffon, from Al-fuSHa
tUfAn hurricane, from Ellinika'
typhOn violent storm] (1771) : a tropical cyclone occurring in the region of
the Pilipinas (aka The Philippines) or the China Sea [Merriam-Webster's
Collegiate Dictionary; see cue/www=Merriam-Webster
OnLine]
- danshiki
- a loose-fitting, often brightly colored tunic of African origin, usually
worn by men [Webster]; more commonly: dashiki (language=Yoruba)
- dan-wei
- work unit (language=Zhongwen)
- didgeridoo
- "a drone-pipe (wind instrument), or straight wooden trumpet used by
northwest [Koorie]... made from bamboo or a hollow sapling ... about 1.5
metres long. Decorated ceremonial varieties, however, may be two or three
times longer" (language=unknown variation of Koorie)
[Encyclopædia Britannica; see cue/www=britannica.com];
however, the use of the term "Koorie" may be at best, incomplete
and at worse, too narrow (see cue/www=http://www.nla.gov.au/niac/libs/martin.html),
although it may still be better than the English
- di-hua
- a category of folk medicines descended from the homeostatic traditions of
the Zhongguo ren, derived
from Di Hua Street, Taipei's primary wholesale medical district (language=Zhongwen)
- diili yirrgaalga
- speaking sideways (language=InGuugu-Yimidhirr (Koorie mother-in-law
tongue); see note about use of term "Koorie" under didgeridoo)
- Diné
- Navajo (Navajo; dih-NEH)
- direvnya
- village (language=Rooski);
on Yeibichai, refers to any
recognized urban unit incorporated for self-government and represents the
aggregate pattern of neighborhood-community; see also zhee-tel/y
- disparo
- foolishness, nonsense (language=Español)
- do sa do
- square-dance step in which facing dancers move forward and pass all the
way around each other back to back; probably a corruption of "dos á
dos," meaning "back to back" (language=American, from
Français)
- dreamball
- sphere containing electronic circuitry to project radiation that triggers
specific biologic circuitry in the human brain. When activated, such a
device plunges every person in a two-meter radius into a dream state with
the accompanying natural paralysis (language=Yeibichai/anshin
jargon); see also human
dream archetypes
- dreamstick
- using the same technology as a dreamball, the dreamstick is the favorite
"pacification tool" of the anshin
(language=Yeibichai/anshin
jargon); see also human
dream archetypes
- drome
- a large specially prepared place (language=English, from Moyens Les
Français, Latin, and Ellinika');
on Yeibichai, a nexus for
transportation between direvnya
- durian
- a fruit banned by Singapore Airlines because of its foul, rotten-fish-like smell (language=Bahasa Melayu), but some people really like it: cue/www=http://www.ecst.csuchico.edu/~durian/
