May you all... (Vyh)

Easy enough for me to reply to!  Here's the Vya:a:h,
if anyone's interested.

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> "May you all live long! May it not rain on your
> heads forever!"
VYH. ROMANIZED TRANSLATION
YYinkjankjoekansh-maa ta:mLe-vLLLe yyiauxlta:a:!
YYi yy'czyoooepa:a: uunk suuigkja:afoo!

1-TO-1 BREAKDOWN
Through.long.period.[indef art]-manner
you[plural].to-life.to exist.you[plural].may!
Onto [honorific].self.[humblizer].head ever
water.dance.[negative].may!

VYH. TO ENG. BACK-TRANSLATION
Through a long period-of-time, may you all live!
Onto each of your heads, may rain not ever fall!

NOTES
* YYinkjankjoekansh-maa
     yyi + nkjankjoe + kan + sh + -maa
  yyi = through, over, on(to), exceed, sur-
  nkjanjkoe = long time <> nkjoenkjoe = short time
  kan = period, frame (of time)
  sh = [indefinite article] a/n
  -maa = manner, fashion (in the way of [preceding])
* Ta:mLe-vLLLe
      ta:m + Le + -vLL + Le
  ta:m = you (plural)
  Le = to (used only with "may" or wishing)
  vLL = life
  *Hyphen (-) between the two links them, and it also
   reinforces the concept of "live" towards the verb,
   which in Vyh. would not be the actual verb "live"
   (as in the sense of "inhabitate") but "exist".
   Hence, the direct translation "may you exist, this
   wish being to you and to your life" becomes the
   idea expressed above "may you live..."
* YYiauxlta:a:   ( *-> yyiolta:a: )
       yyi + auxlta:a: (= _oll_ + _-ta:a:_)
  yyioll = exist (or live, make a compelling presence)
  -ta:a: = (not a separate word, added to verbs to
           express "may" when the subject is 2nd pl.
           only -- "Haussk'tauxlta:a:" is "Welcome
           [all of you"])
           (note that verbal stem's final vowel turns
           to _aux_ before adding -ta:a:)
* Yy'czyoooepa:a:
       yy' + czyo + ooe + pa:a:
   yy' = [honorific, also "cancels" out true meaning
         of _ooe_; see below]
   czyo = self (as in "yourself" or "myself"; re-
          inforces idea that it's "your own" head)
   ooe = under, below, lower, in-, il-
         (But here, it is used in conjunction with
         a body part; so, it gives an even stronger
         implication that it is "each one of you"
         whose heads we're talking about.  Common
         feature of Vyh, to call something on oneself
         "silly" or "insufficient" even though it is
         not really meant.)
   pa:a: = head
* UUnk
   = ever, never, (single instance)
     (Can take on a variety of meanings depending on
     usage.  Here, with a negative, it means "never".
     In other cases, it can mean "ever" as in "have
     you ever been there?"  Yet in other cases, it
     can mean "even" as in "I wasn't even there!" or
     "once" as in "I might have gone once" or "some-
     time" as in "Could you have arrived sometime
     around 9?")
* Suuigkja:afoo
        suui + gkja: + -af- + -oo
  suui = water
  gkja: = dance
       (Note that when used together, _suuigkja:_
       always takes on the meaning of "to rain" or
       "rainfall".  The Enclaves see the rain [water]
 @@@as partying, hence dancing, while coming down)
  -af- = [negative] not
  -oo = may (wish, desire, used only when subject is
        3rd sing., as in "it")

M.E.S.

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