Liwadi Culture: Time
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Table of Phonemes
| IPA | /w/ | /o/ | /u/ | /j/ | /i/ | /ɪ/ | /k/ | /g/ | /ŋ/ | /h/ | /χ/ | /ɣ/ | /t/ | /d/ | /θ/ | /ð/ | /s/ | /z/ | /p/ | /b/ | /ɸ/ | /β/ | /e/ | /ɛ/ | /ä/ | /l/ | /m/ | /n/ | /ɾ/ | /ʔ/ |
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| Latin | W w | O o | U u | Y y | I i | ï | K k | G g | Ń ń | H h | ḳ | ġ | T t | D d | ṭ | ḍ | S s | Z z | P p | B b | ṗ | ḅ | E e | ë | A a | L l | M m | N n | R r | ʻ |
| Arabic | و | وْ | وُ | ی | ى۬ | ي | ک | ݢ | گ | ح | خ | ݗ | ط | ظ | د | ذ | ص | ض | ٮ | ﺏ | ڡ | ڢ | ه | ۃ | ا | ل | م | ن | ر | ع |
| Name | Wa | O | U | Ya | I | Ï | Ka | Ga | Ńa | Ha | Ḳa | Ġa | Ta | Da | Ṭa | Ḍa | Sa | Za | Pa | Ba | Ṗa | Ḅa | E | Ë | A | Nun | Mim | Lam | Ra | ʻan |
Written history - Weńur Nuʻep وهعوُر نوُعهٮ
- The Litorians do not keep written accounts of their history.
Time
- The Liwadi live on the western side 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 to the west. The future is in the east and the past is in the west. The word for future, liwed لى۬وهظ , is built on the word for east, liwad لى۬وٙظ. The word for past, siper صى۬ٮهر, is built on the word for west, sipur صى۬ٮوُر.
Calendar - Nulen Wimod نوُلهن وى۬موْظ
- The Litorians do not have a complex system of time keeping. There are only four units of time.
- The day (nulen نوُلهن) begins at first light. There is a morning (rotep روْطهٮ), a noon (burud nulen, high sun بوُروُظ نوُلهن), and an evening (epir هٮى۬ر . The night is called kekid کهکى۬ظ. The planet's rotation gives a 28-hour day.
- The month (degon ظهگوْن) is measured from the first sighting of the waxing crescent of the moon (kurim کوُرى۬م).
- The four seasons are recognized: spring (orań وْرٙگ), summer (yotez ىوْطهض), autumn (nońil ىوْگى۬ل), and winter (yopuʻ ىوْٮوُع).
- The year (nemim نهمى۬م) 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 نوُکٙص) of the moon.
- The Liwadis do not have any other words to describe the passing of time except yesterday (aranulen اٙرٙنوُلهن), the day before yesterday (araranulen اٙرٙرٙنوُلهن), tomorrow (oyinulen وْىوْنوُلهن) and the day after tomorrow (oyoyinulen وْىوْىى۬نوُلهن).
- Other than these, only general terms are available, such as past days and coming days.
The Lunar Cycle – Kurim Subak کوُرى۬م صوُبٙک
- 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: pabit degon, gepit degon, dirit degon, etc.
- The months are divided into halves. The waxing moon (warup kurim وٙروُٮ کوُرى۬م) extends from the morning of the first crescent to the morning of the full moon. The waning moon (waluń kurim وٙلوُگ کوُرى۬م) extends from the morning of the full moon to the morning of the first crescent.
