Glossary

A list of rough translations provided by the Mindspike of the Obesk language and what they mean.

Time
Eye - A year on Obeski, roughly 2.33 Earth years

Radiant - Presumably analogue to a season or month, or other sub-division of a year

Gaze - Roughly analogue to a day

Wink - Roughly analogue to an hour

Colloquialisms
A cloud passing underneath the eye - Total darkness

A glow between the veilk-stalks - A hidden treasure, referring to the celki which often grow on veilk

Beneath the receptors of - In comparison to

Cousinly eyes - Eyes with black pupils, a human's eyes

Death - Can mean an altered living state, possibly refers to ascension to become a Qou

Eyes closed - No idea

Great gaze - Good day

Heard from a veilk's whisper - A little bird told me

How beholds you / How does Velzie's gaze behold you - How are you doing

Keep Velzie entertained, will you? - A wish for safe journey

Kelnit - Insult, means "incompetent fighter"

My shining parasites - My lucky stars

Sludged - Dead/destroyed corru

Through some giggle of Velzie - By some twist of fate

Velzie's smile upon you - God bless you

Velzie's wrath - Swear to god

Would you hold conflict - Would you mind

Geography
Akanivik- An city in Ekiva, facing the coast of Vazni

Ekiva - A continent on Obeski

Ekivik - A person from Ekiva

Kozazni - A cave-city in Vazni, presumed home of Kazki

Okizika - Structurist holy site, monument on the dangerous suface (located on Ekiva?)

Oltazni - A cave-city in Vazni, presumed home of Akizet and Cavik

Vazni - A continent on Obeski

Vaznian - A person from Vazni

Zevazni - A central cave-city, said to be the origin of a revolution

Culture
Castes - Groups which obesk are mainly born into, with the exception of Qou (see Kiv, Jut, Tir, Vel)

Cavernguard - An obesk who guards caverns

Constructor - A structurist who likely builds monuments

Ekivik Geometric - An artistic style that is angular and minimalist

Glazika - Possibly a caretaker figure made of corru (UNCONFIRMED)

Jut - A caste that acts as engineer for obesk, said to "teach" corru in some way and typically have short receptors

Kiv - A caste that acts as security for obesk, typically have long receptors

Parasite - A boardgame with circular pieces on a grid, whoever has the most areas/pieces wins the game with corner pieces implied to have more value than others

Qou - A caste of obesk which have become one with corru, inhabit mindcores and construct bodies out of corru and typically are referred to as once-caste, with caste being a stand in of the caste which they were a part of in their larval form

Structurist - Old-fashioned worshipper of Velzie, prays with palms facing upwards and at face level

Tir - A caste that digs and/or hunts for obesk, typically have branched receptors

Vaznian Surrealism - A swirling and fantastical art style

Vel - A caste without much information as of writing, typically have curled receptors

Tools
Corruskivi - A corru repair tool which can easily pass through corru, used by Tozik

Kavruka - Used to refer to either a bomb, or a bomb-like surface creature

Sfer/Sfer cubes - Corru fuel

Valika - A wide conical headwear, used as camouflage on the surface

Zenruka - A self-destructing device that acts as an alarm, exploding at a set time after a period of decay

Ecology
Cave Keeper - A striped arachnid native to Obeski, seen as cute by some Obesk (with said cuteness possibly being tied to strength/size)

Celki - A fruit/fruitlike organism which lives off of Veilk, their seeds that are said to scurry and are sought after by obesk

Guktik - A predator with bladed arms, said to taste well when paired with zzoust

Secri - Red microscopic apex predators on Obeski, possibly fungal. Hijack bodies and change their physiology and brain in order to spread

Veilk - Large animals which roam Obeski and are harvested for their bones (parii) and skin, harbor Celki in their tendrils/stalks