Liwadi Culture: Time
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Table of Phonemes
| IPA | /h/ | /χ/ | /ɣ/ | /w/ | /o/ | /u/ | /k/ | /g/ | /ŋ/ | /t/ | /d/ | /θ/ | /ð/ | /p/ | /b/ | /ɸ/ | /β/ | /s/ | /z/ | /j/ | /i/ | /e/ | /ɛ/ | /ä/ | /n/ | /m/ | /l/ | /ɾ/ | /ʔ/ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latin | H h | ḳ | ġ | W w | O o | U u | K k | G g | Ń ń | T t | D d | ṭ | ḍ | P p | B b | ṗ | ḃ | S s | Z z | Y y | I i | E e | ė | A a | N n | M m | L l | R r | ʻ |
| Arabic | ح 1 |
خ | ݗ | و 2 |
ۉ | ۆ | ک 3 |
ݢ | گ | ط 4 |
ظ | د | ذ | ٮ 5 |
ﺏ | ڡ | ڢ | ص 6 |
ض | ې | ي | ه 7 |
ا | ن | م | ل 8 |
ر | ع | |
| Name | Ha حا |
Ḳa خا |
Ġa ݗا |
Wa وا |
Wo وۉ |
Wu وۆ |
Kaf کاڡ |
Gaf ݢاڡ |
Ńaf گاڡ |
Tal طال |
Dal ظال |
Ṭal رال |
Ḍal زال |
Pa ٮا |
Ba با |
Ṗa ڡا |
Ḃa ڢا |
Sad صاط |
Zad ضاط |
Ya ېا |
Yi ېي |
Ye ېه |
Yė ېٰ |
Alif ا |
Nun نۆن |
Mim ميم |
Lam لام |
Ram رام |
ʻam عام |
Written history - Weńur Nuʻep وهگۆر نۆعهٮ
- The Litorians do not keep written accounts of their history.
Time
- The Liwadi live on the western shore of a vast ocean. Most of them live along the shore and every morning they watch the sun rise over the ocean. As it sets in the west, it passes behind a great mountain range and darkness comes from the east.
- For this reason, time passes from the east (talel طالهل) to the west (dapel ظاٮيل). The future (sańig صاگيݢ) is in the east and the past (sarap صاراٮ) is in the west.
Calendar - Nulen Wimod نۆلهن ويمۉظ
- The Litorians do not have a complex system of time keeping. There are only four units of time.
- The day (nulen نۆلهن) begins at first light. There is a morning (rotep رۉطهٮ), a noon (burud nulen, high sun, نۆلهن بۆرۆظ), and an evening (epir هٮېر) . The night is called kekid کهکيظ. The planet's rotation gives a 28-hour day.
- The month (degon ظهݢۉن) is measured from the first sighting of the waxing crescent of the moon (kurim کۆريم).
- The four seasons are recognized: spring (orań ۉراگ), summer (yotez ېۉطهض), autumn (nońil نۉگيل), and winter (yopuʻ ېۉٮۆع).
- The year (nemim نهميم) begins when the trees begin to leaf. It is 384 Litorian days in length.
- The closest thing to a week is the four phases (nukas نۆکاص) of the moon.
- The Liwadis do not have any other words to describe the passing of time except yesterday (aranulen ارانۆلهن), the day before yesterday (araranulen ارارانۆلهن), tomorrow (oyinulen ۉېينۆلهن) and the day after tomorrow (oyoyinulen ۉېۉېينۆلهن).
- Other than these, only general terms are available, such as past days and coming days.
The Lunar Cycle – Kurim Subak کۆريم صۆباک
- The lunar cycle contains eight months of 48 days each. The first month begins the morning after the sighting of the first crescent of the waxing large moon after the leafing of the trees. The other months begin the morning of the successive crescent moons. These months are merely numbered: hedit degon, wanit degon, kubit degon, etc.
- The months are divided into halves. The waxing moon (warup kurim وارۆٮ کۆريم) extends from the morning of the first crescent to the morning of the full moon. The waning moon (waluń kurim والۆگ کۆريم) extends from the morning of the full moon to the morning of the first crescent.
