hebikoly hebiikoly (Ondoko) (he-BEE-khol-aye) Tattoos, deliberate scarring and sacred body markings. This entry concludes page 53. There will be no update next week. To be honest, I uploaded this page in just two parts this time so that I could[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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1: Strange Companions (53.1)
Special thanks to Rachel and Brandon for use of their shelter to develop page 53. I really appreciate it! OalN oaln (Old Lore) (WAHLN) This concept is fairly universal in dominant Kaian languages; for Old Lore speakers, this word could[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
1: Strange Companions (52.3)
s twka (SHTUH-khah) Ondoko for chrone — elderly woman (see: WORLD for more about basic gendered terms) ‘The Great Chrone’ is a humble way of referring to the Great (unnameable) Creator of Fenzara, the deity of Fenzarthol. dassh narmok (DAES-sh[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
1: Strange Companions (52.2)
Thuhnkmohnth (thuhnk-MOH-nth) This abbreviated Old Lore word shouted at Ilon basically means “Nonsense!”
1: Strange Companions (52.1)
The definite article Codex is a book written many times, with many variations in the attempts, all assumed to gain secret knowledge from a single ancient document. We will learn more over the course of the story. If something buds,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
1: Strange Companions (51.3)
Some funny terms here, maybe. According to the old saying, to go into thunder’s path is to walk into wild throngs of uncontrollable people. A vicess is a hired vicar of the Great House and implies a much greater supervisory[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
1: Strange Companions (51.2)
moltupb (mohl-TOO-PPB) Ondoko. In Ondoko, a general vulva shape; the word also refers to the vulva as a symbol of nurturing, after marsupial-type creatures that partially keep their young in pockets from which they are also born. fhahu (FA-hoo) Old[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
1: Strange Companions (51.1)
faidu (NAL) (FYE-doo) Dawn — sort of interchangeable for “sunrise”, excepting of course that sunrise and sunset on Kaian last tens of hours and are treated as entire days. Zo velthutha ruthav. (NAL) (ZOH vail-DTHOO-THAH roo-THAHV) “I thank you” —[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
1: Strange Companions (50.3)
xËbtetu tsuibtaytu (Ondoko) (tsweeb-tay-too) Slightly slanderous term for non-females, literally like “anti-woman” The contact Sonia got from her colleague references a “Lion House”, which may have sounded more promising before she realized it was a hotel for mingi (cats).
1: Strange Companions (50.2)
daygedz (day-gehdz) Old Lore word for the “snailigator”. mingor (MIHN-gohr) Slang for “cat”.