debweme

/dɛbˈwɛ.meɪ/ (deb-WEH-may; 3 syllables; Ojibwe debwe- stress preserved in compound, Sumerian -me suffix)
Core · entered the canon 2026-07-06

The stone is uncarved — this word has no glyph yet. The place was prepared before the carving.

Definition

Truth bounded by lived experience — the principle that one may only speak to the extent one has lived, and that speaking beyond one's experience is not error but deceit.

The gap it fills

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Evidential structure

No morpheme decomposition is carved in canon for this word — the cathedral does not guess one from its shape.

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