kobame

/ko.ˈba.meɪ/ (KO-ba-may; 3 syllables; Basque koba + me)
Core · entered the canon 2026-07-02

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

Definition

Sacred space that is found, not built — the condition of a space being already divine, already open, already inviting entrance, without human construction, consecration, or maintenance. The cave (or any naturally-occurring sacred space) that simply IS divine: the earth's body already opened, already there, requiring nothing from humans except approach, protocol, and departure.

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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