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 1-3 hours

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" or "with respect to"

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

Death - Contextually refers to the altered living state of a Qou after undergoing ascension

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
Vazni - A continent on Obeski

Vaznian - A person from Vazni

Zevazni - A central cave-city, said to be the origin of the corrucystic revolution, also where mindcores (and thus ascension) were invented

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

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

-Azni - Suffix indicating a cave-city located in Vazni

Ekiva - A continent on Obeski

Ekivik - A person from Ekiva

Akaniva - A cave-city in Ekiva, facing the coast of Vazni, home of Miltza

-Iva - Suffix indicating a cave-city located in Ekiva

Okizika - Structurist holy site, located in Ekiva, monument on the dangerous surface

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 builds religious 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, typically have branched receptors

Vaznian Surrealism - A swirling and fantastical art style

Vel - A caste without much information as of writing, are vaguely implied to enjoy playing tricks (or possibly have to in order to live), 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 - Fuel and currency, is a fungus grown on/from essential metals

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 both physiology and psychology of the infected 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