Lexicon:Modern/Siknei
| Siknei | |
|---|---|
| Stage | Modern CLT |
| Pronunciation | /ˈsik.neɪ/ |
| Part of speech | Noun; Verb |
| Etymology | from middle CRT siksnīnē, from Proto siksnain |
| Related words | Oethboend, Nyvra, Voelrei |
Siknei — sexual union. The ordinary word for the act, and to perform it.
Notes
Neutral in every register. A physician writes it, a magistrate records it in a marriage contract, and two people in a tavern use the same word. There is no polite alternative and no crude one, and the Known World does not find the subject delicate enough to require either.
It was a number once, and had already stopped being a joke long before it reached the Tongue.