Alrighty.
I am posting some photos of cliffs and mountains like this, since this is how I envisage some of the Orikrindian temples appearing, situated high in the mountains and built into the rock itself. My feeling at this point is one of their primary deities of their pantheon is a mountain goddess who is seen as a mother, supporting and giving life to many other smaller gods who represent entities that dwell on or around the mountain. I know there is a god that is represented by fire/volcanoes, since those are everywhere in Orikrindia. Somehow I want connect the fire god/mountain goddess in a kind of symbiotic relationship. I’m not sure how yet.
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One more small note on noun cases: I failed to mention that any nouns ending in -s are a little different. I noted that nouns ending in stops (oral or nasal) got an epenthetic -i- inserted before the main case ending for their class. Other final consonants like -r and -l do not. -s however is a little different. In certain respects, it follows the pattern of -l and -r in that it doesn’t get an epenthetic -i-, but in other instances, it does. See below for examples. Note which cases use the epenthetic -i- and which do not.
Inanimate noun: holis ‘door’
Animate noun: selis ‘teacher’
Celestial noun: tus ‘beam of light’
Abstract noun: lyos ‘grief’
nom sg: holis-is OR holis-∅; selis-is/selis-is; tus-ya; lyos-yal
gen sg: holis-ni; selis-ire; tus-sye; lyos-sye
dat sg: holis-im; selis-te; tus-ilya; lyos-lu
acc sg: holis-t selis-t; tus-pya; lyos-pya
loc sg: holis-il; selis-le; tus-cya; lyos-cu
instr sg: holis-ir; selis-in; tus-cya; lyos-ce
voc sg: holis-ca; (all use -ca)
nom pl: holis-sa; selis-sa; tus-ta; lyos-ta
gen pl: holis-ni; selis-si; tus-na; lyos-nya
dat pl: holis-mi; selis-ti; tus-lo; lyos-bi
acc pl: holis-tyin; selis-tyan; tus-ig; lyos-gya
loc pl: holis-len; selis-ic; tus-id; lyos-tya
instr pl: holis-ip; selis-int; tus-id; lyos-tya
voc pl: (all use -ca)
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So we have looked at the case system for full nouns of all classes. Now it is time to look at independent personal pronouns. Ori does mark the subject of the verb as a suffix, but it also includes personal pronouns that are not attached to the verb. See the chart below for how these pronouns exist in each case. Note that third person pronouns are irregular, and also that they exist differently for each class.
These pronouns can be made reflexive by the addition of the suffix -(i)cye:
canicye iyum cyan ‘I saw myself’
Example of pronoun use:
Cala ipalnda ‘I like them’ (lit: they are pleasing to me)
Tan yubru! ‘We see you!’
Elya abarita tresita ummultu ‘In them all blessings lie’
Maropye en eun! ‘Give it to them!’
Lye-trumat suhit ryesubru cyan na tyeli ipalir cyan ‘We sipped the red nectar and it pleased us’
Eu lye-tepet maroi cyan ‘I gave her the fruit’
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Mintaka
Aeniith: A Constructed World 