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== Colloquialisms == |
== Colloquialisms == |
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Revision as of 11:45, 17 July 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 1-3 hours [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" 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"
Fresh from the jut's receptor -"Brand new/Cutting edge"
Great gaze - "Good day"
Have in sight - "Keep in mind/Remember"
Heard from a veilk's whisper - "A little bird told me"
How does Velzie's gaze behold you? - "How are you doing?"
How beholds you? - Shortened form of "How does Velzie's gaze behold you?"
Keep Velzie entertained, will you? - Requesting wishes 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 instills a vision -
Velzie's smile upon you - "God bless you"
Velzie's wrath - "Swear to god"
Would you hold conflict - "Would you mind"
Geography
Akaniva - A cave-city in Ekiva, facing the coast of Vazni, home of Miltza
-Azni - Suffix indicating a cave-city located in Vazni
Ekiva - A continent on Obeski
Ekivik - A person from Ekiva
-Iva - Suffix indicating a cave-city located in Ekiva
Kozazni - A cave-city in Vazni, presumed home of Kazki
Okizika - Structurist holy site, located in Ekiva, monument on the dangerous surface
Oltazni - A cave-city in Vazni, 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 the corrucystic revolution, also where mindcores (and thus ascension) 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 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
- ↑ Akizet uses it to denote a long period of time during the interview ("i could speak for winks on what followed")