Mhybe
A Rhivi title rather than a name, borne by the matron chosen to carry a child to term: the word descends from an older one meaning vessel, a container made for one use and then discarded.
Mhybe is a title of the Rhivi tribes rather than a name, given to the matron chosen to carry a particular child to term. The word descends from the older term Mahybe, meaning vessel, and among the Rhivi a mhybe is a container intended for a single use and discarded afterwards. The woman who bears the title is perhaps middle-aged, with a dark round face. Her mother was a reader of bones, and her father held the Spear of War against the White Face Barghast and against the Malazan Empire.
How far into Malazan have you read?
Set your place and this page rewrites itself to exactly that point. Nothing ahead of you will show.