Linguistic Gap Analysis
Linguistic Gap Analysis — Luke 1–24 (English → Odia)
1. Purpose and Method
This document performs the diagnostic pass that the Luke Core Glossary (08_core_glossary.md) and the extended Luke term registry (assets/bible_term_registry.json) already draw on: it names where Odia’s existing religious vocabulary is insufficient, missing, or dangerously crowded for this curriculum’s eight doctrines, and it converts that diagnosis into concrete transliteration/paraphrase decisions and a ranked risk list for Phase 2 routing.
Three distinct failure modes are tracked separately, because they require different remedies:
- True gaps — no existing Odia word or fixed phrase covers the concept at all; a coinage or descriptive compound must be built.
- Crowded semantic neighborhoods — Odia does have a ready word, but that word’s primary living association belongs to Odisha’s Jagannath-Vaishnav devotional tradition, Shakta tradition, Puranic cosmology, folk-spirit belief, or the guru-śiṣya tradition, and will misdirect the reader unless deliberately fenced.
- Documentation gaps — the concept is common, unambiguous Odia vocabulary, but has not yet been formally entered in translation memory despite anchoring a named curriculum doctrine; left unformalized, Phase 2 workers may improvise inconsistent renderings.
All risk tiers below use the baseline’s exact definitions (doctrine_risk_registry.json). Nothing here overrides an established baseline or Luke-registry rendering; this analysis explains why those choices were made and identifies what remains open.
2. Doctrine Vocabulary Matrix
| # | Curriculum Doctrine | Available Odia Terms | Weaknesses / Collision Risks | Recommended Strategy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jesus as Savior for All Nations and All People (Jew/Gentile, Rich/Poor) | ତ୍ରାଣକର୍ତ୍ତା (Savior), ଅନ୍ୟଜାତି (Gentiles), ଦରିଦ୍ର/ଧନୀ (poor/rich), ପ୍ରତିବାସୀ (neighbor), ଶମରୀୟ (Samaritan) | No single noun cleanly renders “all nations/peoples” without sounding political-territorial; ତ୍ରାଣକର୍ତ୍ତା risks being heard as one benefactor-title among several regional protector-deity titles unless anchored to ପରିତ୍ରାଣ’s exclusivity. | Always pair ତ୍ରାଣକର୍ତ୍ତା with explicit exclusivity language in surrounding teaching; render “all nations” (24:47) as the descriptive ସମସ୍ତ ଜାତି, never abbreviated to a single collective noun; teach Luke 10:25-37 and 17:11-19 as deliberate boundary-crossing, per the baseline’s unity_of_jews_and_gentiles precedent. |
| 2 | The Holy Spirit’s Work in Salvation History | ପବିତ୍ର ଆତ୍ମା (baseline), ଅଭିଷେକ କରିବା (anoint), ପରମେଶ୍ୱରଙ୍କ ସାମର୍ଥ୍ୟ (power) | ἐπισκιάσει “overshadow” (1:35) has no entry yet in either registry — a true gap directly touching the Incarnation doctrine; ଅଭିଷେକ collides with Snana Yatra ritual bathing. | Add ଛାୟା କରିବା (“to overshadow”) as a new Critical-risk Christology term with a mandatory translator note explicitly distancing it from any physical covering/veiling ritual; retain ଅଭିଷେକ with its existing mandatory note. |
| 3 | Good News to the Poor and Marginalized | ଦରିଦ୍ର, ବିଧବା, କୁଷ୍ଠୀ, ଉପକର ସଂଗ୍ରାହକ, ନମ୍ର/ଉନ୍ନତ କରିବା | ”Marginalized” as an abstract umbrella category has no single Odia equivalent; τεθραυσμένος (“oppressed/crushed,” 4:18) has no established rendering and carries acute Dalit-caste-political sensitivity if mishandled. | Prefer Luke’s own concrete named categories (poor, widow, leper, tax collector) over any single abstract noun; render τεθραυσμένος as ନିପୀଡିତ (“oppressed”) rather than any caste-marked vocabulary, with mandatory joint theologian + native-speaker sign-off per existing escalation flag. |
| 4 | Repentance and Forgiveness of Sins | ମନ-ପରିବର୍ତ୍ତନ (repentance), ପାପ କ୍ଷମା (forgiveness of sins), ପାପ (sin), ବାପ୍ତିସ୍ମ (baptism) | ମନ-ପରିବର୍ତ୍ତନ is a coined compound, not yet a fixed liturgical term in general Odia usage; risk of being read as a one-time emotional resolution rather than sustained reorientation; ବାପ୍ତିସ୍ମ competes with Mahanadi/Snana Yatra ritual bathing. | Fix ମନ-ପରିବର୍ତ୍ତନ now and apply it with total cross-document consistency (parallel to the baseline’s Romans 1:16-17 rule); anchor Luke 13:1-5 explicitly against karma-retribution readings in teaching notes; retain ବାପ୍ତିସ୍ମ with its mandatory purification-rite distinction note. |
| 5 | Prayer and Dependence on God | ପ୍ରାର୍ଥନା (prayer — see §3, documentation gap), ମଧ୍ୟସ୍ଥତା (intercession), ପିତା (Father), ଆବ୍ବା (Abba) | προσευχή “prayer” itself is not yet formally entered despite anchoring a named curriculum doctrine; “dependence” as a theological posture (not mere petition) needs descriptive phrasing; persistent/importunate prayer (11:5-13; 18:1-8) risks being assimilated to mantra/japa repetition-for-merit. | Formally add ପ୍ରାର୍ଥନା to translation memory as a Medium-risk standard term; render persistence-in-prayer passages with explicit relational-dependence framing rather than repetition-count language; distinguish direct filial access (ଆବ୍ବା, ପିତା) from ritual intermediation through a priest/offering. |
| 6 | The Kingdom of God Present and Future | ପରମେଶ୍ୱରଙ୍କ ରାଜ୍ୟ (baseline), ଆଜି (today), ଅନନ୍ତ ଜୀବନ (eternal life), ପ୍ରଭୁଙ୍କର ଗ୍ରାହ୍ୟ ବର୍ଷ (acceptable year), ହାଦେସ୍ / ପାରାଦୀଶ | Luke 17:20-21 (ἐντὸς ὑμῶν, “within/among you”) is a landmark structural ambiguity; both eschatological place-terms (Hades, Paradise) sit in an already-crowded svarga/pātāḷa cosmological neighborhood. | Render 17:20-21 with the corporate/relational sense (“in your midst,” ତୁମ୍ଭମାନଙ୍କ ମଧ୍ୟରେ) rather than an individualistic-interior sense, per the existing glossary caution; retain transliterated ପାରାଦୀଶ / ହାଦେସ୍ over any svarga/pātāḷa-rooted alternative. |
| 7 | The Cost and Joy of Discipleship | ଶିଷ୍ୟ (disciple), କ୍ରୁଶ (cross), ଅନୁସରଣ କରିବା (follow), ଆନନ୍ଦ (joy), ଉପବାସ (fasting) | ଶିଷ୍ୟ shares its root with the guru-śiṣya tradition (self-chosen path to personal attainment); ଆନନ୍ଦ shares its root with sat-cit-ānanda bliss theology; ଉପବାସ is shared vocabulary with Ekadashi-style merit fasting. | Retain all three established terms (no viable substitutes exist) but require contextual anchoring at every major occurrence (9:23; 14:26-33; 15:7,10,32) so discipleship, joy, and fasting are consistently tied to concrete response to Christ’s specific call, not generic spiritual attainment. |
| 8 | Jesus’ Compassion and Table Fellowship with Sinners | ଅନୁକମ୍ପା (compassion), ପାପୀ (sinner), ସହଭୋଜନ (table fellowship), ଉପକର ସଂଗ୍ରାହକ (tax collector) | କରୁଣା (rejected alternative) carries cosmic/Buddhist-bhakti compassion associations that would abstract Jesus’ concrete, personal reactions; ସହଭୋଜନ sits in genuine tension with the Ananda Bazaar caste-crossing mahaprasad tradition (real convergence, but also real theological surplus that must not be flattened). | Use ଅନୁକମ୍ପା consistently, anchored to named individuals (widow of Nain, the father, the Samaritan) rather than an abstract compassion-principle; teach table-fellowship scenes with explicit note that Luke admits no outsider/non-Hindu-style exclusion at all, going further than even the Ananda Bazaar practice. |
3. Missing Vocabulary — True Gaps and Documentation Gaps
These concepts either have no adequate existing Odia word/phrase, or have a common word that has not yet been formally locked into translation memory despite doctrinal load-bearing status. Left unresolved, Phase 2 workers will improvise inconsistent renderings.
| Concept | Greek | Luke Refs | Gap Type | Proposed Odia | Risk | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overshadow (Spirit’s incarnational act) | ἐπισκιάσει | 1:35 | True gap — no existing registry entry | ଛାୟା କରିବା | Critical | Directly touches Incarnation/Holy Spirit’s Work doctrines. Must not read as a physical veiling ritual or the periodic re-covering of a cult image; mandatory translator note. |
| Prayer (as such) | προσευχή | 1:13; 3:21; 5:16; 6:12; 9:18, 28-29; 11:1-13; 18:1-14; 19:46; 22:39-46 | Documentation gap — common word, no formal entry despite naming a curriculum doctrine | ପ୍ରାର୍ଥନା | Medium | Formalize now; distinguish sustained relational address to the Father from ritual formula-recitation. |
| Anxiety (contrast term for dependence) | μέριμνα | 12:22-31 | True gap | ଚିନ୍ତା / ଉଦ୍ବେଗ | Medium | Needed as the deliberate foil to “dependence on God”; low doctrinal risk but currently absent from any registry. |
| Agony in prayer | ἀγωνία | 22:44 | True gap | ପ୍ରାଣ ସଙ୍କଟରେ ପ୍ରାର୍ଥନା (descriptive) | Medium | Gethsemane scene; keep descriptive rather than a single noun to preserve the intensity without inventing an unfamiliar compound. |
| Almsgiving | ἐλεημοσύνη | 11:41; 12:33 | True gap, doctrinally sensitive | ଦାନ (ଦରିଦ୍ରଙ୍କୁ ଦାନ) | High | ଭିକ୍ଷା (the more common colloquial word) carries a merit-transaction connotation (giving to sadhus/mendicants for religious credit) parallel to the baseline’s grace seba/bhoga caution; ଦାନ with an explicit “to the poor” gloss avoids this. |
| Inheritance | κληρονομία | 15:12; 18:18, 30 | True gap | ଉତ୍ତରାଧିକାର | Medium | Distinct from ଅଧିକାର (already reserved for authority, ἐξουσία) to avoid a collision between two unrelated doctrines. |
| Disabled / crippled | ἀνάπηρος | 14:13, 21 | True gap | ଚଳନଶକ୍ତିହୀନ | Medium | Names concrete marginalized guests at the Great Banquet; avoid any term implying karmic-cause disability. |
| Oppressed / crushed | τεθραυσμένος | 4:18 (core passage) | True gap, high sensitivity | ନିପୀଡିତ | Critical | Core-passage term. Avoid any caste-specific vocabulary (e.g., Dalit-adjacent framing); mandatory joint theologian + native-speaker sign-off, per existing escalation flag #6. |
4. Crowded Semantic Neighborhoods (Fencing Required)
The following terms are not missing vocabulary — Odia has a ready word — but that word’s dominant living association belongs to a specific regional tradition and must be actively fenced off from that association in every occurrence.
| Odia Term | Doctrinal Use | Crowding Neighbor(s) | Fencing Strategy |
|---|---|---|---|
| ପ୍ରଭୁ / ପରମେଶ୍ୱର | Lord / God | ଠାକୁର (Jagannath’s everyday devotional name), ଭଗବାନ (generic deity) | Never substitute; established baseline rule, reaffirmed for Luke’s exclusive “Jesus is Lord”-adjacent confessions (1:43, 76; 2:11; 6:46). |
| ପରିତ୍ରାଣ | Salvation | ମୋକ୍ଷ / ମୁକ୍ତି (rebirth-cycle release) | Never substitute; reaffirmed at Zacchaeus’s restitution-evidenced salvation (19:9). |
| ଅଭିଷେକ କରିବା | Anoint | Snana Yatra ceremonial image-bathing | Retain (no safer alternative exists) but attach mandatory translator note at every occurrence, especially the core passage (4:18). |
| ପାରାଦୀଶ / ହାଦେସ୍ | Paradise / Hades | ସ୍ୱର୍ଗ (temporary, merit-exhaustible Puranic heaven) / ପାତାଳ (mythological underworld, not a place of moral judgment) | Retain transliterations, not native cosmological terms; teach explicit contrast with Puranic three-tier cosmology. |
| ଅନୁକମ୍ପା | Compassion | କରୁଣା (abstract cosmic/Buddhist-bhakti compassion) | Anchor concretely to named narrative acts (7:13; 10:33; 15:20), never used as a free-standing doctrinal abstraction. |
| ଆନନ୍ଦ | Joy | ସତ-ଚିତ-ଆନନ୍ଦ (bliss-theology triad) | Anchor to specific saving events (angelic announcement, found-sheep celebration, resurrection appearances), never presented as an attainable interior state. |
| ଶିଷ୍ୟ | Disciple | Guru-śiṣya self-directed spiritual apprenticeship | Frame consistently as response to Christ’s sovereign call and total lordship (9:23; 14:26-33), never as a self-chosen path to personal attainment. |
| ଉପବାସ | Fasting | Ekadashi and other deity-day obligatory merit fasting | Teach as voluntary, occasional, non-merit-generating discipline (2:37; 5:33-35; 18:12). |
| ବାପ୍ତିସ୍ମ | Baptism | Snana Yatra image-bathing; Mahanadi merit-bathing | Frame as a once-for-all repentance-response, not a repeatable purificatory or merit act. |
| ମାମୋନ (ଧନ) | Mammon | Risk of being read as the proper name of an actual named deity in a culture with a large pantheon | Retain as transliterated loanword plus descriptive gloss, never a bare native noun alone; mandatory translator note at 16:9-13. |
| ସଙ୍କଟ | Tribulation | କ୍ଲେଶ (karma-generating mental affliction in Hindu/Buddhist thought) | Reserve ସଙ୍କଟ exclusively; never substitute କ୍ଲେଶ, which would reframe eschatological distress as impersonal karmic affliction. |
| ଶୟତାନ / ଦୁଷ୍ଟାତ୍ମା | Devil / Demon | ଭୂତ / ପିଶାଚ (folk ghost/ancestral-spirit categories) | Retain the established terms; never substitute folk-spirit vocabulary that would reduce a singular cosmic adversary to one of many local malevolent spirits. |
| ମନ-ପରିବର୍ତ୍ତନ | Repentance | Ritual penance / karma-offsetting expiatory acts | Teach Luke 13:1-5 explicitly as a direct counter to proportional-guilt/karma-retribution reasoning. |
| ପରମେଶ୍ୱରଙ୍କ ରାଜ୍ୟ (17:20-21 rendering choice) | Kingdom “within/among you” | Advaita inner-divine-spark (antaryāmī/ātman) framework | Prefer corporate “in your midst” rendering over an individualistic-interior one. |
5. Transliteration vs. Paraphrase Decision Log
| Term | Decision | Rationale |
|---|---|---|
| Savior (σωτήρ) | Native compound (ତ୍ରାଣକର୍ତ୍ତା), not transliteration | Built on the established ପରିତ୍ରାଣ root for lexical consistency; a transliterated loanword would sever it from that root and weaken doctrinal linkage. |
| Anoint (χρίω) | Native term retained (ଅଭିଷେକ କରିବା) despite collision risk | No safer native alternative exists; the OT royal/priestly anointing sense is already fixed Odia Bible usage. Collision is managed by mandatory note, not avoidance. |
| Messiah / Christ | Transliteration retained (ମସୀହା / ଖ୍ରୀଷ୍ଟ) | Baseline-established; both forms needed since Luke uses both the explicit title “Messiah” and the name-title “Christ.” |
| Mammon (μαμωνᾶς) | Transliteration + gloss (ମାମୋନ (ଧନ)) | A native noun alone would lose Jesus’ personification of wealth as a rival master; transliteration prevents the term from being mistaken for the everyday word for money while the gloss supplies meaning. |
| Paradise (παράδεισος) | Transliteration (ପାରାଦୀଶ) | Native ସ୍ୱର୍ଗ carries incompatible Puranic merit-exhaustion theology; transliteration is the only clean option, paired with descriptive teaching. |
| Hades (Ἅδης) | Transliteration or descriptive phrase (ହାଦେସ୍ / ମୃତ ଲୋକଙ୍କ ସ୍ଥାନ) | Native ପାତାଳ names a mythological cosmological tier, not a place of moral judgment; transliteration avoids that mismatch. |
| Son of Man (υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου) | Native compound (ମନୁଷ୍ୟପୁତ୍ର), not paraphrase | A literal compound preserves the Daniel 7 title-structure; a paraphrase (“a human being”) would destroy the christological force. |
| Sabbath (Σάββατον) | Transliteration (ସାବ୍ବାତ) | No native Odia term names this specific OT institution without importing an unrelated “day off” or festival-day association. |
| Passover (πάσχα) | Native descriptive compound (ନିସ୍ତାର ପର୍ବ, “festival of deliverance”) | Already fixed Odia Bible usage; retained over transliteration, but requires Exodus-background teaching to avoid conflation with regional festivals sharing surface renewal/deliverance themes. |
| Ascension (ἀνάληψις) | Native compound preferred (ଉର୍ଦ୍ଧ୍ୱଗମନ) over the svarga-rooted alternative | ସ୍ୱର୍ଗାରୋହଣ shares the same svarga-root flagged Critical under Paradise; ଉର୍ଦ୍ଧ୍ୱଗମନ (“upward-going”) sidesteps that specific collision, pending final confirmation against any pre-existing Odia Bible convention. |
| Forgiveness of sins (ἄφεσις ἁμαρτιῶν) | Fixed native compound (ପାପ କ୍ଷମା), not transliteration | Must never share the ମୋକ୍ଷ/ମୁକ୍ତି root; a compound built on ପାପ (sin, baseline) and କ୍ଷମା (forgive) keeps the phrase unambiguously personal and moral rather than cosmic-release-oriented. |
| Release of captives (ἄφεσις, literal sense) | Object-bound paraphrase (ମୁକ୍ତି (ବନ୍ଦୀ ପାଇଁ)) rather than a single word | The only Odia word close to “release” (ମୁକ୍ତି) is itself a forbidden salvation-alternative; binding it explicitly to “for prisoners” narrows the risk. This remains the single hardest unresolved case in the whole curriculum (see §6, rank 1). |
| Repentance (μετάνοια) | Native coined compound (ମନ-ପରିବର୍ତ୍ତନ), not transliteration | No existing single Odia word captures reorientation-of-mind-and-direction without either a ritual-penance flavor or excessive vagueness; a transparent compound is safer than importing a Greek loanword the audience cannot parse. |
| Eternal life (ζωὴ αἰώνιος) | Native compound (ଅନନ୍ତ ଜୀବନ) | Preferred over any moksha-adjacent phrasing; “unending life” as a relational-personal category is directly expressible in Odia without a collision-prone root. |
| Overshadow (ἐπισκιάσει) | Native phrase (ଛାୟା କରିବା), newly proposed | A plain descriptive verb is safer than any noun-based coinage that might acquire unwanted ritual-veiling connotations over time. |
| Oppressed/crushed (τεθραυσμένος) | Native term (ନିପୀଡିତ), not a caste-marked alternative | Preserves the social-liberation force of the core passage while avoiding terms that would read as a specific caste-political claim rather than Christ’s general proclamation to the crushed. |
6. Ranked List of Highest-Risk Ambiguities
Ranked by combined doctrinal weight, collision severity, and centrality to the core passage (ଲୂକ 4:16-21) and the eight curriculum doctrines.
| Rank | Ambiguity | Passage(s) | Why It Is Highest-Risk |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ἄφεσις — single Greek word covering both “forgiveness of sins” and “release of captives” | ଲୂକ 4:18 | Core passage. Odia possesses no safe single root spanning both senses without touching the forbidden ମୋକ୍ଷ/ମୁକ୍ତି family; the current object-bound workaround is a mitigation, not a solution. Every occurrence requires theologian review and a translator note explaining the untranslatable wordplay. |
| 2 | χρίω / ἀνοίντ — anoint | ଲୂକ 4:18 | Core passage. ଅଭିଷେକ is the only viable Odia term but is also the precise ritual vocabulary for Snana Yatra’s ceremonial bathing of the Jagannath image — the single sharpest term-level collision in the curriculum. |
| 3 | βασιλεία τοῦ θεοῦ ἐντὸς ὑμῶν — “within/among you” | ଲୂକ 17:20-21 | A genuine grammatical ambiguity in the source with direct doctrinal consequence: an interior-individualistic rendering risks being heard through an Advaita inner-divine-spark framework rather than Luke’s corporate, kingdom-in-their-midst sense. |
| 4 | πτωχός + τεθραυσμένος — poor / oppressed-crushed | ଲୂକ 4:18; 1:52-53; 6:20; 7:22 | Core-passage-adjacent. Poverty risks a karma-framework reading (poverty as deserved discharge of past-life debt); “crushed/oppressed” risks being heard as a caste-political claim rather than Christ’s universal proclamation. Requires joint theologian + native-speaker sign-off. |
| 5 | παράδεισος / Ἅδης — paradise / Hades | ଲୂକ 23:43; 16:23; 10:15 | Both terms sit inside Odisha’s live three-tier Puranic cosmology (svarga/pātāḷa), where svarga is explicitly merit-exhaustible — the exact opposite of Luke 23:43’s promise of immediate, permanent presence with Christ. |
| 6 | μετάνοια — repentance | ଲୂକ 3:3, 8; 13:1-5; 15:7, 10; 24:47 | The coined compound ମନ-ପରିବର୍ତ୍ତନ is not yet a fixed popular term and risks being assimilated to ritual-penance/expiation logic without sustained, consistent teaching reinforcement — especially given Luke 13:1-5’s explicit rejection of proportional-guilt reasoning. |
| 7 | βάπτισμα — baptism | ଲୂକ 3:3-21; 7:29; 12:50 | Sits directly alongside Odisha’s dense ritual-bathing landscape (Snana Yatra, Mahanadi bathing); risk of the ordinance being read as one more purificatory or merit-generating rite among several, rather than a once-for-all repentance-response. |
| 8 | μαμωνᾶς — mammon | ଲୂକ 16:9, 11, 13 | Personification of wealth as a rival master is unfamiliar in Odia religious idiom and risks either being flattened to a plain noun (losing the personification) or misheard as a proper deity-name in a pantheon-rich culture. |
| 9 | μαθητής — disciple | ଲୂକ 5:30-33; 9:23; 14:26-33 | The only available term (ଶିଷ୍ୟ) is the same word used across the region’s guru-śiṣya tradition, which frames discipleship as a self-chosen path to personal spiritual attainment — the inverse of Luke’s call-and-response discipleship under Christ’s total lordship. |
| 10 | ἐπισκιάσει — overshadow | ଲୂକ 1:35 | Newly identified gap with no existing registry entry; sits at the exact seam between the Incarnation and Holy Spirit’s Work doctrines and must be phrased to avoid any accidental resonance with ritual covering/veiling of a sacred object. |
| 11 | ἀνάληψις — ascension | ଲୂକ 24:50-53 | The likely “natural” rendering (ସ୍ୱର୍ଗାରୋହଣ) shares the same svarga-root collision flagged for Paradise; the lower-risk alternative (ଉର୍ଦ୍ଧ୍ୱଗମନ) remains provisional pending confirmation against any pre-existing fixed Odia Bible convention. |
| 12 | σπλαγχνίζομαι / χαρά — compassion / joy | ଲୂକ 7:13; 10:33; 15:20; 1:14; 15:7, 10, 32 | Both landing words sit inside crowded, prestigious devotional-philosophical vocabulary (κρuṇā cosmic compassion; sat-cit-ānanda bliss) that can silently abstract Luke’s sharply concrete, narrative-anchored usage into generalized religious sentiment. |
7. Recommendations for Phase 2 Carry-Forward
- Formalize the documentation gap immediately: add ପ୍ରାର୍ଥନା (prayer) to translation memory as a named Medium-risk entry before any Phase 2 segment touching Romans-8-style intercession language or Luke’s prayer teaching (11:1-13; 18:1-14; 22:39-46) is processed.
- Add the five newly identified true-gap terms (ଛାୟା କରିବା overshadow; ଚିନ୍ତା/ଉଦ୍ବେଗ anxiety; ଦାନ almsgiving; ଉତ୍ତରାଧିକାର inheritance; ଚଳନଶକ୍ତିହୀନ disabled) to the Luke term registry with risk tiers as proposed in §3, prior to first occurrence in Phase 2.
- Escalate ନିପୀଡିତ (oppressed/crushed, ଲୂକ 4:18) for mandatory joint theologian + native-speaker sign-off before the core passage is first translated, per the existing escalation flag; this is the single most culturally sensitive new coinage in the curriculum.
- Do not resolve rank-1 and rank-2 ambiguities (ἄφεσις dual sense; anoint) by seeking a “cleaner” single-word solution — the object-bound and note-based mitigations already adopted are the correct strategy; further simplification would silently reintroduce the moksha/mukti or Snana Yatra collision this analysis exists to prevent.
- Confirm the ἀνάληψις (ascension) rendering against any pre-existing fixed Odia Bible convention before Phase 2 reaches ଲୂକ 24:50-53; this is the one open item explicitly deferred rather than resolved.
All chapters of Luke have been reviewed for this gap analysis; chapters not separately itemized above (e.g., 10, 12–13, 21) contribute no term-level gaps beyond those already captured in the Core Glossary and are confirmed reviewed with no additional linguistic gaps identified.