The CBB

Whoops, was away. I'll edit this post with answers to everything as I have time now.

So they're a fishing culture... What sort of food would you expect in their cuisine? Food wise, the Ashenai mostly live on fish and seaweed, but members of the upper class can usually afford food like exotic fruit and even land animals. In order of rarity from least to most: Fish ( Em ), Eel ( Sol ...

(and I asked because of the paint)

Paint is only worn during the three festival days of the year, for military-related events, and for any special occasion.

do the Ashenai regard boatliving as a choice or something their ancestors were forced into? (ie, their neighbors took the Ashenai lands centuries ago, leaving the proto-Ashenai no option but to live on the sea) For as far back as the legends reach, Ashenai have seen boatliving as an advantage. They...

Obligatory basic information to get the questions kicked off: -They are primarily a boat culture, and while there exist several large cities on land, they are all by the coast and heavily depend on small inland settlements for lumber for their boats. Ashenai live in small communities of houseboats c...

:eng: 1) Two plus two equals four. 2) Four minus two equals two. 3) Two multiplied by two equals four. 4) Four divided by two equals two. kuː ɰa ʃa lo̟ :con: 1) ku wa ku sha lo. [kuː ɰa kuː ʃa lo̟] two and two is four 2) lo nedon ku, sha ku. [lo̟ ne̞do̟n kuː , ʃa kuː ] four turn.away.PRS.3S two, is ...

Ashenai:
Yonan tsazhene wa tsayoche koyap ayo tsayanani jumayon.
[io̟nan t͡saʒe̞ːne̞ ɰa t͡saio̟t͡ʃe̞ ko̟iap aio̟ t͡saianan_ d͡ʒuːmaio̟n.]
fox of.brown and of.quick forward.above dog of.lazy jump.PRS.3S

Açen: Ni man hei eyuh!

The first verse: I see a red door, and I want it painted black: No colors anymore, I want them to turn black. (or "... I wish they'd all turn black") I see the girls walk by, dressed in their summer clothes; (or "... in their calico") I have to turn my head until my darkness goes...

Orion113 wrote:Next: Balda
Verb, something to do with the mind.

Adapted to the word Bazh'da:To prove someone wrong after a long argument.

Don't know how I connected that to the mind, but I suppose in the "mentally superior" sense.

Next: Tsat'naideno
A word describing a colour.

Ah, right, they're pearls. Living in a world where the majority of the surface is water, pearls are a common decoration in ritual and simply used as jewelry. I forgot to add it to the pictures as I scanned them in and then colored them, but they are held up using leather strips much like bracelets t...

In order, "Street/Everyday," "Formal/High Class," "Ritual," and the cult known as the "Skullborn Women" or Apishutsa Nanala. You can disregard the arrows on the first model.

1. I want to sleep. Eh tsemo kanami. I want to sleep. 2. I want to eat that cake. Ja jinaš eh tsemo hi. That flour-cake I want to eat. 3. I want a cupcake. Eh tsemo peima am jinašo. I want one biscuit. 4. I want you to go to the grocery store and buy me some milk. Eyuh tsemo ih tsweyiko lemařa šapo...