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some proverbs

From:Patrick Dunn <tb0pwd1@...>
Date:Friday, April 7, 2000, 19:37
namgu miak bala ussasui
namgu miak i bala uxi

namsux olunu, esni cama

su zaguma oro tasupe.


namgu -- greatness (from nam (abstraction) gu (big)
mi -- man, person (miak -- genitive describing a patient)
bala -- in (from ba (heart) la (location))
ussasu -- wisdom (ussasui -- dative)  (from us (part) sa (mind) su
(sweet))
i -- is not, not, no
ux -- power, strength (uxi -- dative)

namsux -- wisdom from sux (wise)
unu -- there is not (olunu -- subjunctive, rendered "if there is not")
esni -- riches, wealth (from es (gold) ni (silver))
ca -- shit
-ma -- copulative suffix

su -- sweet
zagu -- longhouse (from za (enclosure) gu (large))
oro -- more than
tasupe -- honey (from ta (substance) su (sweet) pe (mouth))