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-The sapient species of Nekenalos ([[:kavkem]]a and [[:Nayabaru]]) share their time-keeping systems. The terms are derived from //[[:Kendane͡ivash]]//. In difference to other //Kendane͡ivash// nouns, the terms used for time-keeping serve as their own plural form - in other words, the plur of //skuro// is still //skuro//, not //skuroa//.+The sapient species of Nekenalos ([[:kavkem]]a and [[:Nayabaru]]) share their time-keeping systems. The terms are derived from //[[:Kendane͡ivash]]//. 
 + 
 +In difference to other //Kendane͡ivash// nouns, the terms used for time-keeping serve as **their own plural form** - in other words, the plural of //skuro// is still //skuro//, not //skuroa//.
  
 ===== Celestial, Chiefly Used In Mythological Contexts ===== ===== Celestial, Chiefly Used In Mythological Contexts =====
  
-==== Skuro ("Era") ====+==== skuro ("Era") ====
  
-One [[:Daskuvar]] orbit around [[:Mekiva]].+One [[planet:Daskuvar]] orbit around [[:Mekiva]].
  
 Expressed in other units: Expressed in other units:
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   * ~18223 years   * ~18223 years
  
-==== Siro ("Ward") ====+==== siro ("Ward") ====
  
-One [[:Dasirvi]] orbit around Mekiva.+One [[planet:Dasirvi]] orbit around Mekiva.
  
 Expressed in other units: Expressed in other units:
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   * 1276.46 days   * 1276.46 days
  
-==== Nero ("Year") ====+==== nero ("Year") ====
  
-One orbit of [[:Nekenalos]] around Mekiva.+One orbit of [[planet:Nekenalos]] around Mekiva.
  
 This is not as useful a unit of time as one might naively expect. Since Nekenalos has no seasons, a year is purely of celestial interest. This is not as useful a unit of time as one might naively expect. Since Nekenalos has no seasons, a year is purely of celestial interest.
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 ===== Celestial, In Civilian Use ===== ===== Celestial, In Civilian Use =====
  
-==== Tevo ("Pass") ====+==== tevo ("Pass") ====
  
-Time it takes for [[:Tevasur]] to realign with Nekenalos and Mekiva, i.e. orbit Mekiva once (~241 Earth days) plus change (~85 Earth days to catch up to Nekenalos, keeping in mind that Nekenalos also continues to move). Note that due to orbital eccentricity, "re-align" is not actually what one might expect.+Time it takes for [[planet:Tevasur]] to realign with Nekenalos and Mekiva, i.e. orbit Mekiva once (~241 Earth days) plus change (~85 Earth days to catch up to Nekenalos, keeping in mind that Nekenalos also continues to move). Note that due to orbital eccentricity, "re-align" is not actually what one might expect.
  
 Expressed in other units: Expressed in other units:
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   * ~327 days   * ~327 days
  
-==== Yennedo ("Calendar") ====+==== yennedo ("Calendar") ====
  
-Time it takes for [[:Yeenajei]] to orbit Mekiva often enough that the orbit sequence begins exactly at a Nekenalosan midnight and ends exactly at a Nekenalosan midnight.+Time it takes for [[planet:Yeenajei]] to orbit Mekiva often enough that the orbit sequence begins exactly at a Nekenalosan midnight and ends exactly at a Nekenalosan midnight.
  
 Expressed in other units: Expressed in other units:
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 ^ //Weeks// ^ TH  ^ TU  ^ QA  ^ YU  ^ KA  ^ TH  ^ TU  ^ QA  ^ YU  ^ KA  ^ ^ //Weeks// ^ TH  ^ TU  ^ QA  ^ YU  ^ KA  ^ TH  ^ TU  ^ QA  ^ YU  ^ KA  ^
-^  1-2      | 1   | 2   | 3   | 4   | 5   | 6   | 7   | 8   | 9   |     | +^  1-2      | 1   | 2   | 3   | 4   | 5   | 6   | 7   | 8   | 9   ^     | 
-^  3-4      | 10  | 11  | 12  | 13  |     | 14  | 15  | 16  | 17  | 18  | +^  3-4      | 10  | 11  | 12  | 13  ^     | 14  | 15  | 16  | 17  | 18  | 
-^  5-6      | 19  | 20  | 21  | 22  |     | 23  | 24  | 25  | 26  | 27  | +^  5-6      | 19  | 20  | 21  | 22  ^     | 23  | 24  | 25  | 26  | 27  | 
-^  7-8      | 28  | 29  | 30  | 31  |     | 32  | 33  | 34  | 35  | 36  | +^  7-8      | 28  | 29  | 30  | 31  ^     | 32  | 33  | 34  | 35  | 36  | 
-^  9-10     | 37  | 38  | 39  | 40  |     | 41  | 42  | 43  | 44  |     | +^  9-10     | 37  | 38  | 39  | 40  ^     | 41  | 42  | 43  | 44  ^     | 
-^ 11-12     | 45  | 46  | 47  | 48  | 49  | 50  | 51  | 52  | 53  |     | +^ 11-12     | 45  | 46  | 47  | 48  | 49  | 50  | 51  | 52  | 53  ^     | 
-^ 13-14     | 54  | 55  | 56  | 57  | 58  | 59  | 60  | 61  | 62  |     | +^ 13-14     | 54  | 55  | 56  | 57  | 58  | 59  | 60  | 61  | 62  ^     | 
-^ 15-16     | 63  | 64  | 65  | 66  | 67  | 68  | 69  | 70  | 71  |     | +^ 15-16     | 63  | 64  | 65  | 66  | 67  | 68  | 69  | 70  | 71  ^     | 
-^ 17-18     | 72  | 73  | 74  | 75  | 76  | 77  | 78  | 79  | 80  |     | +^ 17-18     | 72  | 73  | 74  | 75  | 76  | 77  | 78  | 79  | 80  ^     | 
-^ 19-20     | 81  | 82  | 83  | 84  |     | 85  | 86  | 87  | 88  | 89  |  +^ 19-20     | 81  | 82  | 83  | 84  ^     | 85  | 86  | 87  | 88  | 89  |  
-^ 21-22     | 90  | 91  | 92  | 93  |     | 94  | 95  | 96  | 97  | 98  |  +^ 21-22     | 90  | 91  | 92  | 93  ^     | 94  | 95  | 96  | 97  | 98  |  
-^ 23-24     | 99  | 100 | 101 | 102 |     | 103 | 104 | 105 | 106 | 107 |  +^ 23-24     | 99  | 100 | 101 | 102 ^     | 103 | 104 | 105 | 106 | 107 |  
-^ 25        | 108 | 109 | 110 | 111 |     |     |||||+^ 25        | 108 | 109 | 110 | 111 ^     ^     |||||
  
-==== Yeno ("Week") ====+==== yeno ("Week") ====
  
-Time it takes for [[:Yeenajei]] to orbit so it is in the same place relative to Nekenalos (i.e. one proper orbit plus a little bit of change), rounded to Nekenalosan days. Since Yeenajei does not orbit a multiple of Nekenalosan days, this has a day variance. See "Calendar" for the pattern of short to long weeks.+Time it takes for [[planet:Yeenajei]] to orbit so it is in the same place relative to Nekenalos (i.e. one proper orbit plus a little bit of change), rounded to Nekenalosan days. Since Yeenajei does not orbit a multiple of Nekenalosan days, this has a day variance. See "Calendar" for the pattern of short to long weeks.
  
 Yeenajei raw orbit in other units: Yeenajei raw orbit in other units:
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 Each week consists of the following four to five named days: Each week consists of the following four to five named days:
  
-  * **Taathysa** (from "taath", day, and "ysazas", to bear) \\ Abbreviated TH +  * **Taathysa**, the //Youngest Day// (from "taath", day, and "ysazas", to bear) \\ Abbreviated TH 
-  * **Taatuman** (from "taath", day, and "tumanus", to learn) \\ Abbreviated TU +  * **Taatuman**, the //Learning Day// (from "taath", day, and "tumanus", to learn) \\ Abbreviated TU 
-  * **Taaqan** (from "taath", day, and "qanos", to live) \\ Abbreviated QA +  * **Taaqan**, the //Living Day// (from "taath", day, and "qanos", to live) \\ Abbreviated QA 
-  * **Taayut** (from "taath", day, and "yutas", to die) \\ Abbreviated YU +  * **Taayut**, the //Dying Day// (from "taath", day, and "yutas", to die) \\ Abbreviated YU 
-  * **Taakas̈** (from "taath", day, and "kas̈us", to sleep) \\ Abbreviated KA+  * **Taakas̈**, the //Sleeping Day// (from "taath", day, and "kas̈us", to sleep) \\ Abbreviated KA
  
 The //Sleeping Day// (//Taakas̈//) is not always present. See the Calendar section for more details. The //Sleeping Day// (//Taakas̈//) is not always present. See the Calendar section for more details.
  
------+==== taath ("Day") ====
  
-Taath (“Day”) 
 Time it takes for Nekenalos to rotate around itself. Time it takes for Nekenalos to rotate around itself.
  
 Expressed in other units: Expressed in other units:
-~25 Earth hours (24.97 Earth hours = 24 hours, 58 minutes and 2 seconds) + 
-Fractional Units +  * ~25 hours //(24.97 Earth hours = 24 hours, 58 minutes and 2 seconds)// 
-Paro (“Hour”)+ 
 +===== Fractional Units ===== 
 + 
 +==== paro ("Hour") ==== 
 An eighth of a Nekenalosan day. The hours have names, though they are rarely used: An eighth of a Nekenalosan day. The hours have names, though they are rarely used:
  
-Sunfloat +  * **Kigaronosh**, //sunfloat// \\ Starts at midnight, lasts halfway until what we would call sunrise. 
-Starts at midnight, lasts halfway until what we would call sunrise. +  * **Vaagaronosh**, //twilight sunfloat// \\ Starts halfway between midnight and what we would call sunrise, ends at what we would call sunrise. 
-Twilight Sunfloat +  * **Vaatanosh**, //twilight sunrise// \\ Starts at what we would call sunrise, lasts halfway until noon. 
-Starts halfway between midnight and what we would call sunrise, ends at what we would call sunrise. +  * **Taanosh**, //sunrise// \\ Starts halfway between what we would call sunrise and noon, ends at noon. 
-Twilight Sunrise +  * **Kivanosh**, //sunset// \\ Starts at noon, lasts halfway until what we would call sunset. 
-Starts at what we would call sunrise, lasts halfway until noon. +  * **Vaakinosh**, //twilight sunset// \\ Starts halfway between noon and what we would call sunset, ends at what we would call sunset. 
-Sunrise +  * **Vaaka͡inosh**, //twilight sunsink// \\ Starts at what we would call sunset, lasts halfway until midnight. 
-Starts halfway between what we would call sunrise and noon, ends at noon. +  * **Kiika͡inosh**, //sunsink// \\ Starts halfway between what we would call sunset and midnight, ends at midnight.
-Sunset +
-Starts at noon, lasts halfway until what we would call sunset. +
-Twilight Sunset +
-Starts halfway between noon and what we would call sunset, ends at what we would call sunset. +
-Twilight Sunsink +
-Starts at what we would call sunset, lasts halfway until midnight. +
-Sunsink +
-Starts halfway between what we would call sunset and midnight, ends at midnight.+
  
 Expressed in other units: Expressed in other units:
-0.125 Days + 
-~3 Earth hours (3.12125 Earth hours = 3 hours, 7 minutes, 16.5 seconds) +  * 0.125 taath ("Days") 
-~11237 Earth seconds (11236.5 Earth seconds) +  * ~3 Earth hours //(3.12125 Earth hours = 3 hours, 7 minutes, 16.5 seconds)// 
-Paparo (“Matter”) +  * ~11237 Earth seconds //(11236.5 Earth seconds)// 
-Every hour is split into eight “matters”.+ 
 +==== paparo ("Matter") ==== 
 + 
 +Every hour is split into eight "matters".
  
 Expressed in other units: Expressed in other units:
-0.125 Hours + 
-~23 Earth minutes (23.409375 Earth minutes = 23 minutes, 24.5625 seconds) +  * 0.125 paro ("Hours") 
-Sapo (“Minute”) +  * ~23 Earth minutes //(23.409375 Earth minutes = 23 minutes, 24.5625 seconds)// 
-Every “matter” is split into eight minutes.+ 
 +==== sapo ("Minute") ==== 
 + 
 +Every "matter" is split into eight minutes.
  
 Expressed in other units: Expressed in other units:
-0.125 Matters + 
-~3 Earth minutes (2.926172 Earth minutes = 2 minutes, 55.5703125 seconds) +  * 0.125 paparo ("Matters") 
-~176 Earth seconds (175.5703125 Earth seconds) +  * ~3 Earth minutes //(2.926172 Earth minutes = 2 minutes, 55.5703125 seconds)// 
-Resho (“Phrase”) +  * ~176 Earth seconds //(175.5703125 Earth seconds)// 
-Every minute is split into eight “phrases”.+ 
 +==== resho ("Phrase") ==== 
 + 
 +Every minute is split into eight "phrases".
  
 Expressed in other units: Expressed in other units:
-0.125 Minutes + 
-~22 Earth seconds (21.9462890625 Earth seconds) +  * 0.125 sapo ("Minutes") 
-Vemako (“Second”) +  * ~22 Earth seconds //(21.9462890625 Earth seconds)// 
-Every “phrase” is split into eight seconds.+ 
 +==== vemako ("Second") ==== 
 + 
 +Every "phrase" is split into eight seconds.
  
 Expressed in other units: Expressed in other units:
-0.125 Phrases + 
-~3 Earth seconds (2.7432861328125 Earth seconds)+  * 0.125 resho ("Phrases") 
 +  * ~3 Earth seconds //(2.7432861328125 Earth seconds)//
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