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CHAPTER VIII


THE SUNDRY NAMES TO THE SEXUAL PARTS OF MAN

Know, O Vizir (to whom God be good!), that man's member bears different names, as:[1]

Ed de keur, the virile member.
El kamera, the penis.
El air, the member for generation.
El hamama, the pigeon.
Et teunnana, the tinkler.
El heurmak, the indomitable.
El ahlil, the liberator.
Ez zeub, the verge.
El hammache, the exciter.
El fadelak, the deceiver.
En naasse, the sleeper.
Ez zodamne, the crowbar.
El khiade, the tailor.
Mochefi el relil, the extinguisher of passion.
Ei khorrate, the turnabout.
El deukkak, the striker.
El aouame, the swimmer.
Ed dekhal, the housebreaker.
El khorradj, the sorter.
El aouar, the one-eyed.
El fortass, the bald.

  1. Rabelais also gives in his history of Pantagruel divers more or less curious names to the organ of generation of man.