Re: Translation: Trolls and their Management

James Worlton wrote:
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> Morgan Palaeo Associates wrote:
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>> Recent events over in afp involving a Usenet troll have prompted
>> someone to ask for translations of "Do not feed the troll" in various
>> languages. I offered to ask people here for Conlang translations.
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>> Note that this is an opportunity to advertise your conlang off-list,
>> since I'm going to quote responses in afp. Therefore you might choose
>> to mention relevant URLs if you want me to advertise them along with
>> your translation.
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>> An explanation of the word you choose for 'troll' (if not a literal
>> translation) and why would probably be appropriate. As are whatever
>> notes you deem necessary.
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>> Adrian.
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> Orēlynna (or Orêlynna for ASCII):
> totevtido ðunutemy
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> ASCII-friendly version:
> totevtido dhunutemy
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> to-tev-ti-do       ðunute-my
> IMP-feed-not-2Pers troll.ACC-the
> stress accents on '-tev-' and 'dhun-'
The word for troll, ðunte comes from the root ðun, which means a large
animate person/thing. The classifier '-te' is the non-human animate ending.

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