Glossary
cairn - pile of stones marking a route (‘stone man’)
chorten - Tibetan stupa
crevasse - dangerous cracks in a glacier
dal bhat - staple meal of lentils and boiled rice
drangka - stream
ghat - river bank or bridge
gompa - Buddhist temple (literally: ‘mediation’)
himal - snowy mountains
kang - mountain
kharka - grazing ground
khola - stream
kosi - river
la - river
laptse - ridge
mani wall - wall of stones carved with Buddhist mantras
mandala - rounded dome
mantra - prayer formula
nup - west
protozoan - animal of subkingdom, Protozoa; usually unicellular and microscopic
ri - peak
serac - large block of ice typically formed in an icefall
shar - east
Sherpa - of the Sherpa people
sherpa - trekking group assistant
stupa - hemispherical Buddhist religious monument
tsho/cho - lake
yersa - crop growing area above main village
