Forum: The Dark Tower Dictionary

An-tet refers to people linked by destiny. The term also implies an intimate or emotional link. Occasionally it can imply sexual intimacy.

Can-tah - Little gods. These are small ordinary-looking objects with special power that can hypnotize those who look at them. The sköldpadda was a...

Breakers are special people with great mental power. There are searched out and collected by the men of the Crimson King. They get transported to...

Boom-Flurry - a special plant that grows in the desert. It's related to the cactus but it's much more dangerous. It can move and this way it can...

Ka-shume is a very strong feeling that can be caught by each member of the ka-tet and it has a very special meaning: soon the ka-tet will get broken...

Thankee, sai can be translated as 'Thank you, sir' or 'Thank you, madam'. It can be used by a noble (Roland himself says it quite a lot) or by the...

Hume - humans

Todash is the space between the worlds, empty except for terrifying monstrosities. "Going Todash" is the act of teleporting between the worlds by...

Lobstrosity - a large mutant crustacean, vaguely resembling a lobster, with a taste for fingers. Lobstrosities have a hard spiny exoskeleton and...

Ves-ka Gan is the Song of the Turtle. Maturin, the Turtle is one of the guardians of the Beams.

Thinnies are the signs the world has moved on. Where the existence has gotten really weak and worn out thinnies appear. A thinny has a very...

Roont can be translated as ruined. Roland and his ka-tet meet a great deal of roont children in Calla who were kidnapped by the wolves. These...

Steek-tete means Little Needle. It's a butte near Algul Siento not very far from Fedic Station.

Ka-Gan - Another term for Gan. Presumably not a name, but a reference to Gan's position and practical function. Probably means the creator of...

Muffin-ball - A special type of berry. It grows on bushes and is essentially harmless, however it can bring very vivid dreams for those who taste it.

Gan means God in High Speech.

Ka is some kind of untouchable force or will that shapes the future and the fate of people. It's not easy to define this word because it has way...

Ki'box - There is a phrase folks use in the Calla: headbox, heartbox, ki'box. Ki'box means one's lower functions. Animal functions.

Graf - apple beer (cider?)

Low men - also known as can-toi. Can-toi have the head of a rat, however they wear human masks which allow them to blend in, also believed to be the...