Re: Names of chess pieces in (con)langs

The Kassi have a Chess-like game called Daçezzhi, derived from a game
called Fives played by a group known as the Traders.  It is played on an
11x11 board.  There are seven different pieces: General, Aide, Knight,
Chariot, Dragon, Archer, and Soldier.  These are literal translations of
the native names (well, in the case of Dragon, the nearest equivalent in
our mythology).  The term Dragon originated from a misunderstanding of
the old name (which I don't know), a name which referred to a creature
the Kassi were not familiar with.  They replaced it with the name of a
mythical creature, and made it more powerful.

More information can be found at http://wiki.frath.net/Daçezzhi

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