A chronic, progressive, fatal central nervous system disease found mainly among the Fore and neighboring peoples of New Guinea, caused by a prion that probably resembles the scrapie agent of sheep, transmissible to nonhuman primates, and believed to be transmitted by ritual cannibalism.

a subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Turkish lira

plural of kurultai

(historical) A political and military council of ancient Mongol and Turkic chiefs and khans.

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic mineral containing aluminum, copper, hydrogen, nickel, oxygen, silicon, vanadium, and zinc.

A Dravidian language spoken in India and Bangladesh.

An eastern Yapen language.

(Buddhism) a bodhisattva in Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism