Eshka Naming Traditions
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[top]Introduction
Eshka names are divided into syllables, most of which are inherited from their parents, and one which is their personal syllable. The syllables don't have to be in any particular order, but there are specific "rules" as to which syllable a parent passes on based on the sex of the parent and the sex of the child (or in some cases the number of parents). The main types of syllables are Family and Personal, as well as other Inherited syllables that are neither.
[top]Reproduction and the Sexes
Eshkas' sex is based on the number of sex chromosomes. They can reproduce asexually and sexually, and the number of genetic parents generally results in the same number of sex chromosomes and therefore a certain sex of offspring. Aneuploidy (where you have extra or missing chromosomes) causes notable frequency of children having a sex that doesn't match the number of parents. This will mostly address how naming is handled by default, and exceptions for aneuploidy will be addressed later.
Females can reproduce asexually, with a bearer (3rd sex), or with a bearer and male.
Female = Bearer
Female + Bearer = Female
Female + Bearer + Male = Male
This means Bearers inherit 1 syllable from their mother, and with their Personal syllable have 2 syllable names. Females inherit 2 + 1 = 3 syllable names, and males inherit 3 + 1 = 4 syllable names.
[top]Syllable Inheritance
A female will pass her Family syllable onto bearer children. Because they're produced asexually, bearers are usually a female's firstborn, and most consistently produced, so they traditionally receive the Family syllable to ensure its longevity accross generations. The Family syllable alternates each generation between female and bearer.
A female passes on her Personal syllable to her daughter, who, in their matriarchal society, is generally the heir. A female's Personal syllable is culturally attached to her personal legacy she has worked to build, and bestows on her daughter more as a gift and (hopefully) good luck for her daughter to also have success in her own endeavours.
A female's remaining syllable (which she inherited as her mother's Personal syllable) goes to any male sons.
A bearer passes on their Family syllable to their daughter. While the bearer marries into another family, this means their mother's Family syllable is still continued, and spreads to other families.
A bearer passes their Personal syllable onto any male sons.
A male passes his Personal syllable onto any male sons.
[top]Aneuploidy and Transgender
Traditionally, they didn't know sex was affected by aneuploidy, and assumed sperm just didn't take and additional parents weren't actually related. As a result, they only gave the normal amount and type of syllables based on sex, unknown genetic parents being left out of the naming process. While aneuploidy is known now, this practice continues to be the case in traditional societies and families.
In more progressive societies, children are named based on confirmed parents. This usually applies to bearers with 2 parents, as an egg deposited directly in a bearer won't actually develop unless fertilized by bearer sperm, guaranteeing the bearer is a genetic parent. However, even if a male also contributes sperm, there's no guarantee it fertilized the egg just because it developed, meaning a female child might have aneuploidy, or their egg might just not have been fertilized by the male.
So for bearers named by both their mother and bearer parent, they'll inherit the bearer's Family syllable, and either their mother's Family syllable (as a bearer normally would), or her Personal syllable (as a daughter/child with 2 parents does), as well as their Personal syllable, resulting in a 3 syllable name like females. Beyond that, the degree to which they're socialized and live like a female varies. They may be considered the heir, and treated differently from bearer siblings that are produced asexually. They may only act in the traditionally female role in terms of their family business, etc. or they might participate in larger societal females roles such as being a suitor to bearers, and having males pledge loyalty. A bearer acting/presenting as a female is called a dækiɲə.
Because Eshka are sexually trimorphic, it's still obvious by their lack of fur, etc. that they're genetically a bearer, but they may take on female pronouns and/or nouns. This is the one case where Eshka society (at the time this worldbuilding focuses) treats sex and gender as separate. Although, because the gender is still assigned by society, bearers in this position often do not identify with a gender different than their sex beyond being socialized that way, and may in a way be considered transgender in that they identify as a gender different than the one they're assigned and socialized as, even though it's the one that traditionally corresponds with their sex.
[top]Taken Name
When bearers marry into a new family, or males pledge loyalty to a matriarch, they will additionally take on her name. So when Kɑnʌnɛtɪ pledges to Sɛzeɪkæ, he becomes Kɑnʌnɛtɪ Sɛzeɪkæ.
[top]Adoption
How naming and name changes are handled with adoption varies individually. Often they'll be adopted by another family member, such as their grandmother, and keep their name. If they're very young and adopted by non-relatives, they might be renamed using their new parents' syllables based on their sex, but will usually keep their personal syllable. Heirs are almost always adopted by family, while bearers and males are more likely to be abandoned to be adopted by others.
If the adoptive parents don't match the child's naming parents, they may only replace some of their syllables (for example, if a female and bearer adopt a male, they might replace the syllables he inherited from his mother and bearer parent, and leave his birth father's syllable). Non-traditional adopting parents (relationships without a female) may pass on syllables as a different parent would (ie. a bearer and male adopt a female, the male may pass on his Personal syllable as the mother normally would, while the bearer passes on their Family syllable as normal).
[top]Lexember Post
Names
Eshka each have a given name which is comprised of inherited and personal syllables. Bearers (3rd sex) and males may also have a kind of "surname" which is their matriarch's entire given name.
FORMAT: word:
Azra / 
T'eajThe basis of 'name' in T'eaj is 1ỻ⭘↓. The index and middle fingers extended and touching, palm facing self, and going from the forehead out (like a 2 finger salute, but with the palm facing self instead of down)
family syllable: kɔitɑ / 134ỻω⭘↓
The syllable passed alternately between female and bearer each generation, continuing indefinitely.
personal syllable: muitɑ / 12ỻϦ⭘↓
The Personal Syllable given specifically for that person, not inherited.
personal syllable (inherited): nɛitɑ / 12ỻѦ⬖↓
Any inherited Personal Syllable (can include ɑʃitɑ).
personal syllable (parent's): nɛitɑ vɔɑʃ / 1234ỻѦ⬖ɓ
Inherited Personal Syllables which were your parents' muitɑ. Usually just said as nɛitɑ unless the distinction is important and not clear from context.
personal (once removed): ɑʃitɑ / 12ỻЩ⭘↓
The Personal Syllable, inherited by a male, of his maternal grandmother.
personal syllable (general): seɪitɑ / 12ỻ₱⭘↓
The type of syllable that is given for an individual, and then passed on for a limited number of generations.
personal name: sæitɑ / 134ỻ₱⭘↓
The entirety of your given name with all its syllables.
matriarch's name: ɑkitɑ / 13ỻШ⭘↓
The name of your matriarch (through marriage or pledge), added onto your name.
name: itɑ / 134ỻЩ⭘↓
Your entire name, including ɑkitɑ if applicable.
So a male's ɑʃitɑ is his mother's nɛitɑ and her mother's muitɑ.
When Nɑkɛkɑɲu pledges to Nɑlisæ he becomes Nɑkɛkɑɲu Nɑlisæ.
Then if asked his itɑ he would answer "Nɑkɛkɑɲu Nɑlisæ" If asked his sæitɑ he would just answer "Nɑkɛkɑɲu"
A bearer's name is comprised of their muitɑ and kɔitɑ.
A female's name is comprised of her muitɑ, kɔitɑ, and nɛitɑ.
A male's name is comprised of his muitɑ, 2 nɛitɑs, and ɑʃitɑ.
Article will probably be updated later with new words.
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