Limli Cuture: Food
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Pronunciation table
| POA | dental | alveolar | palatal | glottal | vowels | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IPA | /φ/ | /β/ | /w/ | /n/ | /t/ | /l/ | /s/ | /ŋ/ | /k/ | /ɣ/ | /j/ | /h/ | /ä/ | /e/ | /o/ | /u/ | /i/ | |||||||
| Latin | f | v | w | n | t | l | s | ń | k | ǵ | y | h | a | e | o | u | i | |||||||
| Hangul | ㅁ | ㅍ | ㅂ | 1 | ㄴ | ㄷ | ㄹ | ㅅ | ㄲ | ㄱ | ㅋ | 2 | ㅎ | 아 | 에 | 오 | 우 | 이 | ||||||
| Name | Mi 미 |
Fi 피 |
Vi 비 |
Wi 위 |
Ni 니 |
Ti 디 |
Li 리 |
Si 시 |
Ńi 끼 |
Ki 기 |
Ǵi 키 |
Yi 의 |
Hi 히 |
a 아 |
e 에 |
o 오 |
u 우 |
i 이 | ||||||
Notes
- 1 The compound vowels are used for <w>, e.g., ㅘ, wa.
- 2 The iotified vowels are used for <y>, e.g., 요, yo.
Foods - tane yi
- Obviously, the species of plants and animals that live on Litoria are not the same as those that live on Earth. I will, however, use English words to name the Litorian plants and animals that resemble their Terran counterparts.
- The men hunt for various reptiles and birds. When eggs are available they are collected.
- Both the men and the women glean from rivers, lakes and tidal pools: fish, crayfish, frogs, turtles. If the village is near the ocean, the villagers can find fish, crabs, oysters, and seaweed. If a sea turtle is sighted, the villagers will try to capture it. However, they are afraid of the various sea predators.
- Various roots and tubers, fruits and nuts, seeds and fungi are collected by the women. Eaten fresh at first, they are dried to keep over the dry season. There are a number of species of flowers that are edible.
- Grasshoppers, cicadas, locusts and grubs, when they are in season, are added to the menu.
- In the fall honey is gathered from wild bees. Various tree saps are also used as sweeteners.
- In the areas where they are available, cattails are harvested for their stems, leaf bases, flower spikes, pollen and rhizomes.
Beverages - ara yi
- If enough fruit is harvested, some of it is made into an alcoholic beverage.
- Tisanes are brewed from various species of leaves and flowers.
- Game is not dressed in the field so that the blood will be available for drinking to those back home.
Meals
- The Limli eat two meals a day. Breakfast (yala tane) is eaten shortly after sunrise (savi uńna). Supper (hole tane) is eaten just before sunset (reva tane). These times take full advantage of daylight for work. A mid-day snack (wema savi tane), usually of fresh fruit or vegetables, may be taken, especially by the children.
- The Limli eat while seated on the floor around a rush mat on which are placed the various foods of the meal.
- Dishes are made from wood, stone and bone. Coconut shells are frequently used to make cups/bowls.
- The only table utensil is the obsidian knife. There is plenty of obsidian (rona kaka) on the islands. Hands are used for every other eating task.
