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Pbycho iemnyo honadieip. (Ondoko) (PPAH-ee-choh ee-YEHMN-yoh HOH-nahd-yeh-eep) lit. ‘My clawtoe doesn’t exist.’ Kind of like our “I wash my hands of this” meets “I was never involved“. Since Jeenare have a conspicuously pointed toenail, I am calling it a clawtoe.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
1: Strange Companions (43.1)
Aop is trying to read something like a telepathic address. Happy Birthday to Jill!
1: Strange Companions (42.3)
1: Strange Companions (42.2)
“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)
vegÈ (Ondoko) ppbeghuo (PPEH-ghoo-OH) Typical term of endearment, somewhat diminutive. Originating from ppyguo, meaning one’s self-awareness of one’s love for someone as a dream or fantasy.
1: Strange Companions (34.1)
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…
1: Strange Companions (33.3)
1: Strange Companions (32.2)
thoh is just an affectionate nick name Sonia’s family has for her.
1: Strange Companions (31.3)
Aop’s grandkæther finds it meaningful to bid Aop good-bye here. Though their native tongue is Ondoko, this phrase can — like many languages — be said with a special emphasis that indicates true meaning. It can be written out: CwRi[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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