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Guktik - A predator with bladed arms, said to taste well when paired with zzoust |
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Secri - Red microscopic apex predators on Obeski, possibly fungal. Hijack bodies and change |
Secri - Red microscopic apex predators on Obeski, possibly fungal. Hijack bodies and change both physiology and psychology of the infected in order to spread |
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Veilk - Large animals which roam Obeski and are harvested for their bones (parii) and skin, harbor Celki in their tendrils/stalks |
Veilk - Large animals which roam Obeski and are harvested for their bones (parii) and skin, harbor Celki in their tendrils/stalks |
Revision as of 01:25, 4 May 2023
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[1]
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
Akaniva - An city in Ekiva, facing the coast of Vazni, home of Miltza
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 what is most likely the corrucystic revolution, also where mindcores were invented
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, 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
- ↑ Akizet uses it to denote a long period of time during the interview