shúthíka, n. Wind current; jetstream; predictable twist of fate. Wind is normally seen as a very passionate and uncontrollable piece of rhetorical imagery, so the notion of a consistent wind current took some time for poets to digest. Metaphorically, the image of a shúthíka is often used to describe the dangers that await those who partake of risky behaviour or, more rarely, good fortune that can be provoked by the same. Common examples include dangerous professions and unscrupulous friends. Oppose vendika.

shimaru, n. Fate; destiny. Literally, the target that winds blow towards.

mídhu, n. The story of a person's individual fate, especially as it results from the actions of divinity. Commonly represented with allegories like thread (daru), lines of ink (naru), melody (sithekhu), and jetstreams (shúthíka).

stía, n. Quill (see also stíu), a variety of étava generated by observable, rational actions. In mainstream Lilitic metaphysics, events are thought to be the product of stíai and shúthimai.

étava, n. Any metaphysical construct believed to emanate history; see stía, shúthima, fopesso, and ikesso, and also Lilitic Fate for a more general treatise on the subject.

usage: Used in both Sarthian and Venikan contexts. Venikan prefers a mundane (lútsinía) neuter form étave to accommodate its masculine-artificial (sarekía) varieties, hence the prevalence of étavine and not étavina.