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**** "High mountain people" (TNG Novel: ''A Time to Kill'') | **** "High mountain people" (TNG Novel: ''A Time to Kill'') | ||
**** Generally larger, stronger (TNG Novel: ''A Time to Kill'') | **** Generally larger, stronger (TNG Novel: ''A Time to Kill'') | ||
**** Chief political faction: Gatni Party (TNG Novel: ''A Time to Kill'', ''A Time to Heal'') | |||
*** Elininae (TNG Novel: ''A Time to Kill'', ''A Time to Heal'') | *** Elininae (TNG Novel: ''A Time to Kill'', ''A Time to Heal'') | ||
**** Chief political faction: Lacaam Coalition (TNG Novel: ''A Time to Kill'', ''A Time to Heal'') | |||
* Homeworld: [[Tezwa]] | * Homeworld: [[Tezwa]] | ||
* Biological notes | * Biological notes | ||
** Average body temperature higher than most humanoids (TNG Novel: ''A Time to Kill'') | ** Average body temperature higher than most humanoids (TNG Novel: ''A Time to Kill'') | ||
** Requires sleep for about one-third of a Tezwan day (TNG Novel: ''A Time to Heal'') | |||
* Cultural notes | * Cultural notes | ||
** [[Food and drink#Tezwan|Tezwan food]] | ** [[Food and drink#Tezwan|Tezwan food]] | ||
** | ** Tezwan languages | ||
*** | *** Seshto majority language on Tezwa (TNG Novel: ''A Time to Heal'') | ||
**** Elininae benediction spoken at the end of meetings or gatherings (TNG Novel: ''A Time to Kill'') | *** Words and phrases | ||
**** Vague nonspecific religious connotations (TNG Novel: ''A Time to Kill'') | **** ''aleem no'cha'' (TNG Novel: ''A Time to Kill'') | ||
**** Replied to with | ***** Elininae benediction spoken at the end of meetings or gatherings (TNG Novel: ''A Time to Kill'') | ||
*** "A step early, a step late, we walk blindly to our fate" (TNG Novel: ''A Time to Kill'') | ***** Vague nonspecific religious connotations (TNG Novel: ''A Time to Kill'') | ||
***** Replied to with ''aleem neel'ko'' (TNG Novel: ''A Time to Kill'') | |||
**** ''zert'' (TNG Novel: ''A Time to Heal'') | |||
***** Profane; analogous to "shit" (TNG Novel: ''A Time to Heal'') | |||
*** Common idioms | |||
**** "A step early, a step late, we walk blindly to our fate" (TNG Novel: ''A Time to Kill'') | |||
** Funerary practices | ** Funerary practices | ||
*** Sorrow songs are performed by kin of the dead to honor their memory (TNG Novel: ''A Time to Heal'') | *** Sorrow songs are performed by kin of the dead to honor their memory (TNG Novel: ''A Time to Heal'') | ||
Latest revision as of 17:06, 30 May 2019
- Appearance: Avian
- Feathers in place of hair (TNG Novel: A Time to Kill)
- Coloration fades with age as with hair (TNG Novel: A Time to Kill)
- Non-round irises (TNG Novel: A Time to Kill)
- Average Tezwan stands about two meters tall (TNG Novel: A Time to Kill)
- Two major ethnic groups (TNG Novel: A Time to Kill, A Time to Heal)
- Trinae (TNG Novel: A Time to Kill, A Time to Heal)
- "High mountain people" (TNG Novel: A Time to Kill)
- Generally larger, stronger (TNG Novel: A Time to Kill)
- Chief political faction: Gatni Party (TNG Novel: A Time to Kill, A Time to Heal)
- Elininae (TNG Novel: A Time to Kill, A Time to Heal)
- Chief political faction: Lacaam Coalition (TNG Novel: A Time to Kill, A Time to Heal)
- Trinae (TNG Novel: A Time to Kill, A Time to Heal)
- Feathers in place of hair (TNG Novel: A Time to Kill)
- Homeworld: Tezwa
- Biological notes
- Average body temperature higher than most humanoids (TNG Novel: A Time to Kill)
- Requires sleep for about one-third of a Tezwan day (TNG Novel: A Time to Heal)
- Cultural notes
- Tezwan food
- Tezwan languages
- Seshto majority language on Tezwa (TNG Novel: A Time to Heal)
- Words and phrases
- aleem no'cha (TNG Novel: A Time to Kill)
- Elininae benediction spoken at the end of meetings or gatherings (TNG Novel: A Time to Kill)
- Vague nonspecific religious connotations (TNG Novel: A Time to Kill)
- Replied to with aleem neel'ko (TNG Novel: A Time to Kill)
- zert (TNG Novel: A Time to Heal)
- Profane; analogous to "shit" (TNG Novel: A Time to Heal)
- aleem no'cha (TNG Novel: A Time to Kill)
- Common idioms
- "A step early, a step late, we walk blindly to our fate" (TNG Novel: A Time to Kill)
- Funerary practices
- Sorrow songs are performed by kin of the dead to honor their memory (TNG Novel: A Time to Heal)
- Names of family members are inscribed on ancestral family tavas (large stone edifices) after they pass (TNG Novel: A Time to Kill, A Time to Heal)