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serpentface · 6 months ago

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FAMILY TITLES AMONG THE HILL TRIBES

(ft. various linguistic notes and tangents)

In-universe Brakul’s self-given title of ‘Red-Dog’ is Brakul 'ne-Dainh' in his native language (Bict-Urbinnas dialect of the Highland language group) and Brakul 'Chin-Reyla' in Wardi. Ne-Dainh/Chin-Reyla is not something he treats as or considers an actual surname or identity, just a self-styled nickname. He already has a title.

Family names/surnames are not a native practice among the Hill Tribes (though some clans or individual families have adopted this practice), and all traditionally use titles that designate immediate ancestry, clan and tribe. These full titles are officially given when one comes of age and are spoken aloud in ceremony (with the entire direct male and female lines listed by name, with most traditions expecting 12 generations of each being named).

The function is to cement one’s sense of place in the world, and their place in a direct ancestral line, which puts the person under the full watch and guidance of their ancestors. It's also a critical method of recording lineage- the long held practice of each person memorizing at least 24 total direct ancestors allows for very long, largely accurate records of family history to be kept, with some people able to trace their ancestry all the way back to initial settlement of the Highlands (or even beyond).

Brakul’s full title is:

“Brakul virsum Kuligan et Borunil an Briyonis ne-Taig an Bict-Urbinnas”

Which dead literally translates to “Brakul son of Kuligan and Borunil of the Foothills (of) Red-Cattle, of the North (Urbin/Erubin) River Valley” but has a much richer meaning in the original language.

"BRAKUL VIRSUM KULIGAN ET BORUNIL"

The actual meaning here is closer to ‘Brakul, son of Kuligan and his father’s fathers, and Borunil and her mother’s mothers’.

“Virsum” means ‘child (son/daughter) of’ (the gender is contextual), but implies the person’s status as a descendant of a full male and female line of ancestors. A different word is used if you’re just saying ‘I’m so and so’s son”. The title describes him as a son of his father Kuligan and of Kuligan’s male line, and of his mother Borunil and Borunil's female line.

All ancestors (within this particular system of kinship, divided into one direct male line from the father and one direct female line from the mother, and not including husbands from the female line or wives from the male line) are invoked and credited with the word ‘virsum’. Speaking it as part of the personal title is part of the routine and necessary honoring of one’s ancestors, who watch over their descendants from the afterlife and can temporarily return to the land to guide and protect (and sometimes punish, or teach sharp lessons to) the living.

"AN BRIYONIS NE-TAIG"

The actual meaning here would be understood as ‘clan/people of the foothills where cattle are lit red by the setting sun'.

‘Briyonis’ is the word for ‘foothill’, citing his clan’s specific location being the foothills that form the slopes of the north Urbin river valley. He is of a lesser clan within the powerful North Urbin River tribe. His clan benefits from close affiliation to their more powerful ruling clans located directly in the river valley, which grants them access to a greater variety of cultivated foods, but their actual position in the foothills still renders them predominantly reliant on cattle for subsistence. Clan names referencing cattle or horses are very common, given their frequent centrality to life.

The ‘ne-Taig’ literally means ‘red cattle’, but the ‘ne’ color word for red specifically invokes shades of red seen in and cast by a rising/setting sun. This red cast is culturally regarded as a unique beauty and evocative (and part of the name) of the solar god Hraighne. The foothills his clan is physically located on are a vantage point from which the western horizon is not fully obscured by mountains, and they experience very striking sunsets and are directly touched by the light. This is fairly unique to this location, and is invoked in the clan name and identity. ‘Ne-Taig’ here suggests a visual of grazing cattle illuminated red by the sun as it crosses the horizon.

‘Ne-Dainh’ carries the same implication, a dog illuminated red by setting sunlight. The Wardi language does not have a comparable word for a sunlit red and ‘Chin-Reyla’ really does just mean ‘(orangeish) red dog’ (‘reyla’ is specific to orangey-red colors, which is the closest match he could get. There’s no way to impart the meaning of ‘sunlit-red dog’ in Wardi that is non-clunky enough to be appropriate for a name).

"AN BICT-URBINNAS"

‘an Bict-Urbinnas’ is fairly simple, Bict means ‘north’, and 'Urbin' is the name of the specific river that stems from a northern and eastern tributary. This river has a very ancient name (or a derivative of one) that predates settlement by the Hill Tribes, and its exact meaning is lost.

The root -(n)nas designates a river valley, but has strong implications of being an esteemed and bountiful place, rather than solely a literal geographical descriptor (as the river valleys are centers of power and trade in the highlands). It may be a loanword from the Wardi language family, as its usage is VERY similar in form and function to the Wardi -(n)nos, which also suggests a place of esteem and bounty (more specifically having connotations of a kingdom).

’An’ literally means ‘of’, but in the specific sense of describing the place and identity of a collection of people. ‘an Bict Urbinnas’ would be understood in speech as ‘of the north Urbin River Valley (people)’. The clans historically settled in and around the valley of the North Urbin River form the totality of the Bict-Urbinnas tribe.

The ‘Urbin’ word predates the contemporary Wardi name ‘Erubin’ for the river, the latter of which invokes the semi-mythological founding figure Erub, who himself was of a Wardi tribe located downriver to the south of the Highlands. The real historically extant ‘Erub’ was most likely named Urub after the river, with his cited name shifting over the centuries in folklore, and the Wardi name for the river shifting with it.

‘Erubin’ as a corruption of ‘Urbin’ functions very well in Wardi language due to ‘-bi/bin’ denoting something as a ‘gift’, usually in a more metaphorical sense. ‘Erubin’ is understood as meaning ‘(The river that is) Erub’s gift’, and the Erubin/Urbin river is a key tributary to the much larger Black river, one of the key rivers that feeds the region's wetter and more fertile west. This 'gift' meaning also occurs in the name of the southeastern Imperial Wardi city-state Erubinnos, which is understood as meaning ’((The kingdom that is) Erub’s gift’. He is considered to have conquered and taken the land (from the core city's actual founders, the Wogan people) and established a kingdom there in the early days of warring Wardi tribal monarchies.

#Just dropping this randomly because it's a pretty complete lore dump in my notes app #Family names are a big fucking deal in the Wardi cultural sphere and not having one is associated with being a bastard or otherwise #displaced or unwanted. If pressed Brakul either fully lies and says 'ne-Dainh' (which will just come off as 'oh it's some foreign name')#Or lists his actual title (not a family name but equally important). Sometimes listing all 24 generations if he's particularly annoyed.#It's only strictly necessary to memorize 12 ancestors in each line but it's considered good practice to be able #to cite associated non-direct ancestor husbands/wives/siblings/etc. That's where the tattoos as a mnemonic device comes in #It's easy to memorize 24 ancestors but very difficult to memorize 24 ancestors and at least some of their family members #And remembering and honoring the dead by name is of great importance- both puts you under the protection of more #ancestors (including non-direct ones) and ensures the dead's status in the afterlife is secure (it's believed that fully forgotten #dead leave the celestial fields and can no longer directly intercede with the living- though with some additional nuances to what #constitutes being fully forgotten)#Venerating and remembering the dead is a huge focus of cultural practice and additional methods are used to safeguard #ancestors (and other honored dead without descendants) whose names have been forgotten. There's one yearly holiday focused entirely on #the nameless dead where they are invoked and honored via little straw dolls that are burnt in bonfires high in the mountains so the #smoke is sent up to the Fields. It takes weeks of preparation and tens (maybe hundreds idk I'm bad with scale) of thousands of #dolls will be made each year across the Highlands for this purpose. Honoring them with effigy even without name is usually #considered enough to safeguard their afterlife for at least another year.#Also yeah kinship systems among the Hill Tribes (and very similarly among the Finns) follow a male line/female line system #Only father's father's fathers (...) and mother's mother's mothers (...) are considered direct ancestors (though all four grandparents #are sometimes honored as ancestors even if only two are considered DIRECT ancestral kin- this tradition varies)#Inheritance systems are somewhat matrilineal given that a wife is considered the owner and arbiter of property and a husband is #its protector and active manager. If a man and woman from different clans (or tribes) marry any children will be considered to be of #the clan/tribe of whichever spouse does NOT relocate in marriage.#Whether the husband moves in with the wife or the wife moves in with the husband is dependent on an arbitration process #and the husband (and his family) being able to provide a bride price (which is somewhat of a payment for the land/property #the wife's mother will be passing down to the new husband's management should he move in- and displays his ability to care #for and provide valued assets. A man who can provide a bride price tends to receive greater respect)#This is most commonly going to be livestock (and almost ubiquitously includes a single cattle to be butchered for the wedding feast)#But can include other valuables or assets like land or grain/seeds or etc. There is no intra-Highlands monetary system and the internal #economy is built on trade. So Imperial Wardi currency is mostly useless but is sometimes given in marriages between clans with strong

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otome-on-the-side · 2 months ago

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I’ve been a bit too depressed to engage with om much (and this only worsened with how cash grabby nightbringer got, no matter how much I wanted to engage with the story) but it is so sad to see a game that was as promising as it was get throttled by the company that owned it, despite the effort of everyone involved

#text #obey me #based on how cagey and delayed the news was on how Seperate nightbringer and the og app were #I Firmly believe it was getting fought against tooth and nail until it was too late #it’s clear that the people writing and making the story had so many ideas that Never panned out or never got to pan out #due to management demands #never getting to see 13 / raph/ and meph as full characters- likely in part due to how negative the reaction to 13 #the dropped story threads due to the release of nightbringer - key example being Simeon ‘falling’#all I can think of is the point made during the writers strike- which was the fact that most of the time befucked writing is due to-#-management. rushed / unreasonable deadlines. weird plot shit that was made to be put in bc someone higher up the chain wanted it #so on #this game was so clearly someone’s baby and it got. shaken to death so badly #and a game that so clearly was always meant to be inclusive (with flaws. oh god the flaws)#I’m sad is all

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itsahotminuteinbetween · 5 months ago

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gonna be more sporadic in posting from here on out, folks

#personal #blog stuff #we are taking some self-studies this year #so that's gonna gonna be fun for our terrible time management #on our way to get the worst burnout ever but #anyhow #yea a lot going on this year #i'm gonna try to figure out the doodle posting schedule #we're gonna aim for every week but it might be every other #we'll see #will prob delete this later #oh yea and fun fact our computer is being odd so we might have to find a new doodle app #anyways #(also on our way to get bullied possibly but that's just the way the cookie crumbles ig)

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honeybard · 5 months ago

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made a decision to delete the mobile app and try to limit my phone usage a bit more so just in case anyone notices, I am gonna be a little less active here for a time <3

#been having some trouble with focus and executive dysfunction so just need to take away my scrolling apps for a bit 🙏#also i've been going through a hard time this week and seeing constant bad news and opinions via social media makes it harder to cope tbh #so yeah i'll still be here just less often if i can manage it. i'll still be active on discord though <3 #chatter

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obeetlebeetle · 7 months ago

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ok first week of four tens is over...... My back and shoulders hurt so bad I started crying earlier, we had 1-2 security incidents every day and two bad closings in a row (single staffed bc one person has to leave before closing to start project work) (said project work is what is killing my back and also shoulders) PLUS I gotta do all my regular tasks and not let my work fall behind. which it did a little bit this week. I am so fucking TIRED

#PLUS roommate of three years moving out PLUS new roommate current lease is almost up PLUS we have been waiting for a week on our apt app #to go thru.yall #the property manager called my MOM. if we dont get it im gonna scream.#all this and im supposed to be able to react well to social change in my environment? help #ok. sorry it'll all be literally fine i just have to be dramatic first #etc etc

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liddlediddy · 1 year ago

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@aquaspiderart 's Pokecémber Day 1: Favorite Normal Type

#pokecember #pokemon #silvally #my art #woah i can't believe i managed 2 whole drawings in one day... i mean they're still mediocre finger drawings on my phone but still. im happy!#this feels like an obsessive episode where i get really into something (this new drawing app) for a couple days and then completely move on.#i hope i can make it through pokecember though!!!

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annoyingexboyfriend · 2 days ago

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My 2024 Dating Wrapped

0 relationships

3 confessions (not by me)

5 talking stages

2 situationships

2 first dates

7 people kissed

1 man using me to cheat

1 sleepover at a man's house to avoid paying $65 for an uber home from the club

1 friendship where his new gf made him unfollow me

2 ghosted

1 block

4 creeps at bars

1 “this is my boyfriend aha” and 2 "this is my girlfriend aha" about my mates

0 fucks left to give in 2025

bonus stats

4 blondes

3 moustaches

3 under 6 foot tall

2 over 6 foot tall

4 kisses were friends (2 accidental)

2 "you're bisexual. no? so, you're straight" comments...

1 rumour I was/am in a throuple with my lesbian couple friends

2 annual "I love you!" reminder messages from a guy I had met twice (2nd year in a row)

1 confusing lie that a friend and I are in a longterm cis-het relationship while neither of us are cis-het

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newsepick · 1 month ago

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gifti3 · 2 months ago

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so yea running servers isnt like a cheap thing is what ive been learning these past couple weeks

#fair warning this is me just like going off new knowledge so i could be getting things wrong #buying an actual server isnt really that expensive itself! the issue is like actually running it and when you have actual ppl on said serve #thats where costs start racking up #theres different ways to go about handling a server but mainly what ive been getting from this is:#self hosting (running urself) or managed hosting (having a 3rd party run it for you)#so when ur small or solo u can get away with managed servers cause theyre pretty lowcost or free #and you usually want to go this route if you dont have the skills built up to take care of a server yourself #or if you arent interested in learning cause its pretty time consuming and u have to upkeep it #but they are scary expensive once u get a certain amount of users from what ive seen #its extremely convenient and gives u peace of mind but theres no point using the service if ur making enough money #especially since you wont have as much control of your server if its managed #so at that point just hire people to take care of your own servers you buy #however there are still server costs u need to pay (along with the people u have hired)#im only bringing this up to say that solmare is running ''two'' separate servers for two seperate games (as far as ik)#and probably arent making that much more in profit cause #me as a user...if i have two games that r practically the same on my phone im not spending money on both #its either one or the other #but you still need to pay accordingly to have both of these servers up #like realistically they arent gonna be able to keep both apps running indefinitely #but yea whatever they were saying in the beginning about having both games running and not forgetting about the og #was either a very generous guess or they were just lying #if it were like a nikki game situation where all the games r very different then maybe it would have been feasible #anyways yea sorry i needed an excuse to talk about the website stuff ive been learning!! and obey me is always in the back of my head #im like thinking about this stuff a lot cause for my site i need to have a server and its like okay we r gucci rn #i can stick with managed for now cause im assuming its gonna stay small #but like...theres always that non zero percent chance that it might not be gucci later on lol #so been researching a lot and i just dont wanna run my own server that sounds so boring its not even funny #so yea im just like AHHH

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forget-me-nights · 2 months ago

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I know this is obvious to most but friendly reminder that if your phone is overstimulating you with all these notifications and messages… you can and should turn them all off! Or at least put them on silent not sound, vibration or lightning (???) Unsubscribe to ad emails you don’t read anyway and put WhatsApp on silent (except maybe a select few)!

You’ll be bombarded with the new stuff and development when you have time to open the apps anyway, so no need to unnecessarily stress and overwhelm yourself!!

#mental health #phone addiction #like bro I was ready to throw my phone at the nearest wall at the next unnecessary vibration #overstimulation #news #apps #stress management #stress

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jayskaiart · 3 months ago

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btw. im on bluesky too lol! follow me if you want to :P i cant promise i’ll be super active but i’ll try to start posting my art there too

#this is also thr last time i make an acc in a new app tbh #i cant manage so many accs im tired!!

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carlos-tk · 4 months ago

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i have a wip idea that i’ve been thinking about for 3 days straight and i know!!! i’m going to actually have to lock in to ever actually get it written. but gee it’s making me giddy!!

#my notes app has a new entry so that’s something #mind the fact i have numerous on hold wips #and have basically not written for 3 entire months #(bar a teeny tiny amount of sentences i managed to congure in july)#hurtling towards a 4th 😓#scariest is i also know im going to need a plan for it instead of just flying by the seat of my pants #screaming crying throwing up tearing my hair out etc #i miss writing i miss sharing i miss reading #i miss it all i miss you all ❤️‍🩹#sorry i’ve missed so much #literally feels like i’ve been on another planet since june 😖#life has been.. a lot #d stuff

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dogbunni · 4 months ago

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#man i have GOT to get off of instagram #i open the app and see a post about animal abuse that has me in tears straight off the bat #then when i manage to shake that off i open the comments on a cute post about a kids tv show and am greeted with violent transphobia #i dont use twitter anymore bc i couldnt open the damn app without seeing brand new types of transphobia and instagram is getting worse #tumblr has it too but i can avoid it here. otherwise i think i would have a nokia brick at this point #im on instagram to keep up w my irl friends i think at this point i need to unfollow like everyone i dont know irl #and then stop opening the explore tab #its a little sad tho bc i like sending my brother funny reels like i know thats not important but :(#i wish i could open an app without taking psychic damage tho #i need a better way to get news tho like getting my news from tumblr and subreddits cannot be good #dogbunni diary log

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humming-fly · 2 years ago

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You played the FMA mobile game?? How???

oh it's actually fairly easy! someone made a whole slideshow document outlining how you do it but essentially if you have an iPhone you just have to make a japanese apple ID account and then log into it and download the app that way (then you can just log back into your english one you only need the japanese one when the app requires an update)

Here's the full slideshow outlining how to download the game as well as how to play it!

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1YBiaQYRkOK30xiCU_VrCVl_jjq5wgi5MyCXUqb6xLdU/edit#slide=id.p

#i am currently level 110 lol #managed to 6 star lan fan within like 10 days of downloading the game which was an excellent start #also managed to 6 star the new year event ling yesterday which is exciting #tbh at this point i'm just grinding for resources so the Second greedling comes out i can 6 star him #i bet i'll probably spend far less time on the app after that happens haha #reply #purplealchemist

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paleangels13 · 5 months ago

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Helloo, I still exist did anyone even notice I was mostly gone lol

Anyone interested in ehhh...slightly unhinged work-related talk?

No?

Well. Too bad

Anyone that knows me irl please ignore the tags – I'm embarrassed ✨🥰

#I said ignore the tags #please ignore them #I'm serious #alright soooo...i started this new job about 1 1/2 months ago... It's not great or anything neither is the payment but it's alright #also I can walk there from home bc it's so close by which is nice I guess #anywayyy it's a grocery store owned and run by a family (my boss and his wife + their 2 (3??) adult children)#now my boss is kinda hard to figure out I always think he's annoyed which makes me insecure but I think that's just how he is idk lol #but he isn't rude or anything (at least I never noticed??)#his wife seems nice and so does (one of) their daughter(s(?))#his son – who is idk probably in his early 30s?? could also be late 20s but I can't guess people's age – is the manager #he's nice as well I think and he even jokes around with (some of) the employees from time to time #either way...this is all rather irrelevant. Point is some part of me has decided to be uhhh weird about him in the past week ig #and I don't think that feeling was there before?? Idk I don't consider him attractive or anything (at least I don't think I do??) + he's #married (?? He's definitely taken) and has two children I think judging from his profile picture in our work-app at least and like I said #he could also be quite a bit older (I mean...yk)#anywayyy i am being weird about him and something within me turned into teenager mode or whatever and iiiiiiii don't know what to do lol #not that it's really a big deal I suppose it's just that he's my boss' son and my supervisor/manager/superior/?? which makes thoughts #outside of work weird (:#no i will not elaborate #alright tag rant over I'm not sure I really wanna post this this feels awkward to post publicly hah :')#will probably delete later #someone send help #((:

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