Re: Ethymologie- &-Re: Sally's survey

Quoting Christian Thalmann <cinga@...>:

> --- In conlang@yahoogroups.com, Roger Mills <romilly@E...> wrote:
>  > BlankCzhang wrote:
>  > >     --- my favourite Cantonese greeting (other than the
> ultra-familiar "So
>  > > you have not died yet?" -
>
> Funny.  =)
>
> In Jovian:  |Eor eja nau morivas?|
>              [Er 'e:j@ no mA'ri:v@s]
>              therefore even not die:PST:2s
>
> In Obrenje: |Pri kelese, tapondre.|
>              [pri k@'le:S ta 'pOndr@]
>              from see:PSV:PTC:d, NEG:die:PST:2
>
> "From what is seen" is an idiom for "so, therefore, then".
Possible Tairezan version:

Á, sha zdairek esh tuzg glen?
[A: Sa 'zdairEk ES tUz glEn]
"Ah, you (sg) did not die since last?"

(_Tuzg_ is normally [tUzg] - the final stop drops above due to the following
[g].)

                                                       Andreas