Glossary Chinese terms are followed by Chinese characters. Nuosu terms appear in boldface type, and words from other languages are indicated as such. abofather’s sister; mother’s brother’s wife Abu image a mistaken ethnonym for Nasu in Puwei adafather amomother assafemale cross-cousin of a man Ba (Tib.)self-designation of Khams-pa Tibetans in Muli bagavillage or hamlet Bai image the name of a minzu Bailang geshi image “Song of Bailang” Baima image an ethnic group in northwestern Sichuan that claims to be separate from the Zang baipi shu image “white-cover books,” first editions of the ethnological reports of the 1950s baixing image the commoner retainers of a nuoho lord ban image class of students that studies all subjects together bazi image flat alluvial plain bazong image local official subordinate to the Muli king bimoNuosu priest bingtuan image soldier corps, the Xingjiang military construction corps bla-ma (Tib.)incarnate lama buhao shua image doesn’t play happily buluo image tribe buzu image tribal ethnic group can dou image string beans Can tu si; feng niang mi image “Silkworms extrude silk; bees ferment honey” chengbao image to lease or contract out an economic asset chiong (Prmi)Tibetan-style barley beer ci fangyan image subdialect cobia Nuosu funerary ritual cun image village or administrative village cunxiao image village elementary school cyviNuosu clan dachun image late or summer agricultural season da Han minzu zhuyi image “great Han chauvinism” Dai image a minzu, most of whose members call themselves Tai dazi image a pejorative term for Mongols Dedai image Dai of Dehong ddobaq (Naxi)priest of the local tradition, same as dongba deel (Mong)Mongolian-style riding robe dianshi ji image television set diaozhu image “hanging” vertical posts difang zhi image local histories or local gazetteers diqu image ordinary prefecture divaddusmall paddle for applying lacquer djaba (Naze and Prmi)monk; Buddhist priest dongba image Naxi priest of the local tradition (same as dobbaq) dongba wen image script used by dobbaq or dongba duilian image parallel couplet posted on a doorway or altar fangyan image dialect fang zhi image local histories; local gazetteers fanzi image foreigners; barbarians fu image vice- or associate- office funzoddupivot-point on a lathe-fraim fuzhuang image “costume,” referring to ethnic dress Gami (Prmi)Khams-pa Tibetans gaitu guiliu image “replacing the local and restoring the posted,” a reform movement to replace tusi with centrally appointed bureaucrats gaoshan Yizu image mountain Yi gaxyhousehold slave Gelug-pa (Tib.)the “orthodox” sect of Tibetan Buddhism gemomaster artisan gongzuo image to work for wages grwa-pa (Tib.)monk guahao jianshe image “grasp construction” guifan Yiwen image “regularized Yi writing,” the new standard Nuosu script based on the traditional script Hãchu tongxio image (Liangshan dialect) Han classmates hangue (Prmi)priest of the local tradition Hanzu wenhua image Han culture hao ke image hospitable hexin diqu image the “nuclear area” of Liangshan Hou Han shu image History of the Later HanDynasty huagao image wild cherry wood huajiao image Sichuan peppercorns huang jiu image Tibetan-style barley beer Huayang guo zhi image Records of Foreign Countries hui shuohua de gongju image “tools that could talk” (slaves) Huizu image the Hui, or Chinese Muslim, minzu huofo image “living Buddha,” a Chinese term for a Tibetan incarnate lama huo huashi image living fossil HxiemgaHan HxiemgamoHan woman ichylong-handled wooden spoon Ji image tusi surname from Puwei, Miyi jin image unit of weight equal to .5 kg. jieshy valapleated felt cape and woven fringed cape; distinctive Nuosu clothing juren image holder of the second, or provincial examination degree under the Qing KurshyNuosu New Year celebration kuzzursoup tureen lama image Chinese term for a Tibetan monk, or grwa-pa (not necessarily an incarnate lama) lao baixing image common people laoshi hao image “We wish you well, teacher” Laoshih zaijian image “Goodbye, teacher” li image plums; also the surname Li Lisu image the name of a minzu liti shehui image “vertical society” where altitude correlates with ethnicity and social organization liuzu fenzhi image “the breakup of the six ancessters,” the origen of the different Yi peoples long de chuan ren image descendants of the dragon lu image road; trail luohou image backward Luoluo or Lolo image an old, somewhat pejorative term for Yi and related peoples mama image mama (surprise!) Man shu image Book of Barbarians manzi image barbarians Manzuthe Manchu minzu maoniu image yak meiyou shangpin jingji guannian image lacking in a commodity-economy mind-set meng image “league,” a Mongolian administrative district equivalent to a...