1: Strange Companions (48.1)
Tybesh is another name for Ninam, where the Wildlanders live. Often at odds: What isn’t spoken lightly and what cannot be done about what is.
Tybesh is another name for Ninam, where the Wildlanders live. Often at odds: What isn’t spoken lightly and what cannot be done about what is.
tipbi (teep-PBIH-EE) Ondoan blessing. dos dzos (exclamation, Old Lore) (dzoh-ss) “Alright!”
To see the coral is to either “see the writing on the wall” or to otherwise see clearly. kuhji (NAL) One hundred millionth of a Kaian year — about half a second. (The same word for the duration is quikpad[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“Hello!” used here by Ilon as an expression of greeting something surprising. Conifer type entities are so called ‘mountain trees’. HAO| (how-[glottal stop]) mountain (NAL) HAC (hwahch) tree (NAL)
Double-sized entry this week; no update next Tuesday.
MÈlgus mnuolgush (Ondoko) (mnoo-OHL-goossh) Most males of the East can name their envy of Ondo’s impressive contraptions. Among them, the inter-oceanic airship is often called “mool-gooch” from its Ondo name, which our diplomat here pronounces more authentically, to Sonia’s ear.
kavodznek(o) (NAL) Rebellion with a hint of sabotage — as the protesting students are accused of epitomizing, anyway. EM OV! Aem ov! (NAL) (am OHV) “Yeah, girl.” Not as encouraging an exclamation as it sounds. In Pærth political society, ‘girl’[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Karsap is a substance used on Ondoan slaves to keep them docile and happy, or so it’s said. We are introduced to Boon as not more than a tot here.
smaniæl (NAL) (SMAH-nee-yeah-l) “Damn!” and said with the Senator’s drawl perhaps “Sheeyooot!” shitegoli (Ondoko) (SHEE-tay-EH-go-lee) Early dinner — one of four dinner types in the long Kaian day, as accounted by much of Ondo culture. Unrelated to drawling cusses. kenzgr[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…