1: Strange Companions (35.1)
wiquemiv (Ondoko) U IqÊmib (oo-whih-EE-kwhemn-EEBV) The sailor means the government type of committee dealing with the Eelpick continent; Ondo conducts many operations on a delegation and committee system.
wiquemiv (Ondoko) U IqÊmib (oo-whih-EE-kwhemn-EEBV) The sailor means the government type of committee dealing with the Eelpick continent; Ondo conducts many operations on a delegation and committee system.
whahth The Senator has something like a North Atagaian drawl on this word, which means ‘shit’. Nawwrmally pronounced with a strawwnger middle (oo-UH-thh) but naturally the accent Sonia hears gives it a certain charm.
Building “a house of stairs” is a turn of speech meaning to avoid an issue or to overachieve in the wrong direction. Te l be thelhbeo (Ondoko) (t-hehh-lhh-BAY-yoh) cross-dresser They probably call zem this because they believe zer stitched together[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
huittuu (HWEET-too) “snake” (Ondoko) A common pest of some Lajal ships.
shwawkojeow SÉko jeA O (shwah-KOH-jay-OW) Ondoko for “squatter” — literally, “croucher”. Ilon encounters a roving army from some past battle on Ataga. Its lemoforms — often just called “shades” when one doesn’t want to get close enough[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Kaian Tree — one of 21 days in the Kaian year. In this case three days before the winter solstice, and the day on which terrorists are reported to have murdered the President of Pærth. The insults given to the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
thoh is just an affectionate nick name Sonia’s family has for her.
lalanu (LALANU) is NAL slang for “winter leaf or leaves of grass” — in short, a flake. Ilon insinuates the East (where he is from) is as male-dominated as Ondo asserts; jokingly he translates Ondo’s name for his home hemisphere:[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…