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'''Onnawasta''' ([[Ash]]: ''oadna-oasda'', lit. "sunrise-sunset", IPA [ | '''Onnawasta''' ([[Ash]]: ''oadna-oasda'', lit. "sunrise-sunset", IPA [ˈɔ̯ɑʔ.ᵈn̠ɐˌwɔ̯ɑs̠.t̠ɐ]) is an anglicisation of the name of a simple symbol simultaneously representing the two eponymous events of the day as a circle for the sun with a line for the horizon drawn through it, like the Unicode symbol ⦵ ("circle with horizontal bar") at code point U+29B5. It is a popular design in many contexts. | ||
Originally emblematic of a cyclic (conservative, unchanging) worldview, it has come to take on an almost opposite, progressive meaning of looking to the future as each day passes. | Originally emblematic of a cyclic (conservative, unchanging) worldview, it has come to take on an almost opposite, progressive meaning of looking to the future as each day passes. | ||
==Appa== | ==Appa== | ||
[[File:appa-onnawasta-200px.png|frame|right|<center>''' | [[File:appa-onnawasta-200px.png|frame|right|<center>'''ʼahba oadna-oasda'''</center>]] | ||
The emblem of the coastal town of [[Verse:Ash/Appa|Appa]] is a more intricate version of an onnawasta. | The emblem of the coastal town of [[Verse:Ash/Appa|Appa]] is a more intricate version of an onnawasta. | ||