To steal the context from Cracks and Shards: "elvtarsok": Noish-pa cannot think of the Dragaeran word he wants to describe Kelly's people, in relation to the murdered Franz [Tek52]: [Noish-pa:] "Well, his people, his -- what is the word? Elvtarsok?" [Vlad:] "Friends? Associates?" Noish-pa is never at a loss for words, in any sense. Is Brust doing something with the first syllable's resemblance to "elves"? I checked an online Hungarian-English dictionary, and found these two suspects: elvtárs comrade and társak companions Regards /mrtn _________________________________________________________________ Don't just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! http://search.msn.com/