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So I don’t remember much about this episode (is it the one where Chiyoko says “Repeat after me” in perfect English, or is that still upcoming?), so I’ll cash in on the first appearance of Gamel’s Yummies to discuss the etymology behind the names of the Greeed.

Uva: from “ubau”, meaning consume (his Yummies tend to eat somehing related to the desire that spawned them)

Kazari: from “kazaru”, meaning decorate (his Yummies possess their hosts and gradually manifest physically on them)

Mezool: from “aizuru”, meaning “to love” (her Yummies follow their creator around as they live out their desire)

Gamel: from “gameru”, meaning “pilfer” (his Yummies are created from himself based on other’s desires)

Ankh is the one exception, probably to highlight him as an outsider to the others, but in the early concepts, he was supposed to be called the more thematically appropriate Ashu, meaning “dominate”.