#Lexember post Four- Conlanging objects in the Calenyan world - Eating
People wanted to know what the Cālenyena ate with, on, and at.
Cālenyen eating words evolved from sitting-around-a-cookfire eating to sitting-around-a-large-platter eating. Original tools for eating were small knives sharpened on one side, zēzupēk, zēpēk, food-knife.
They discovered the concept of a forked stick for picking up larger amounts of food; this became a pūtupēk, pūpēk, food-spear.
(most of the Cālenyen innovations were originally stolen from another culture.)
"Today," in the reign of Emperor Alessely (I think this should probably be spelled Alesulē), a properly set eating arrangement will involve:
zēpēk, in a pair
pūpēk, only one
gazē (From the Bitrani savia), a deep-bowled spoon
tōrēk, from tōrupēk, "food-field (of battle)," a wide round platter on which dishes are arranged to be shared.
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Cālenyen eating words evolved from sitting-around-a-cookfire eating to sitting-around-a-large-platter eating. Original tools for eating were small knives sharpened on one side, zēzupēk, zēpēk, food-knife.
They discovered the concept of a forked stick for picking up larger amounts of food; this became a pūtupēk, pūpēk, food-spear.
(most of the Cālenyen innovations were originally stolen from another culture.)
"Today," in the reign of Emperor Alessely (I think this should probably be spelled Alesulē), a properly set eating arrangement will involve:
zēpēk, in a pair
pūpēk, only one
gazē (From the Bitrani savia), a deep-bowled spoon
tōrēk, from tōrupēk, "food-field (of battle)," a wide round platter on which dishes are arranged to be shared.
This entry was originally posted at http://aldersprig.dreamwidth.org/426961.html. You can comment here or there.