Re: This morning

--- Sally Caves <scaves@...> wrote:
> God be with us and our enemies. Prayers in all
> conlangs.
In Vya:a:h --
  Yyiolloo Hyy'ytheiL na:miL, tekkiikin.
  "May exist God for us, enemy even"

  yyi - "over," as prefix to vb "surpass/overly"
  oll - "be" (* similar to Finnish "olla")
  yyioll - "exist" (infinitive & 3rd p.sing form)
  -oo - "may," suggesting a wish or desire
  (eg, "hyyva:noxdjoo" - "may (you have a) goodnight"
  similar to suffix "-a:a:" too)
  hyy'y - (honorific prefix)
  theiL - "man" but also "individual" (gender-less)
  Hyy'ytheiL - "God" here, but can refer to really
   any main entity of any religion (ie, in the context
   of Buddhism, it would refer to "Buddha"...)
  na:m - "we" in the sense of "you & I & everyone"
    (this is the spoken form - written form "yyai")
  -iL - "for" in the sense of "to (a person)" only
  tekkii - "enemy" (* similar to Japanese "teki")
  -kin - "even" (* false cognate to Finnish "-kin")
----------------------------------------------------

Just a brief word on the recent tragedies in the
States, I just hope and pray that everything somehow
works out.  Even though I live in Tokyo, my entire
family is scattered throughout the States - some of
which live near NY - so my own unsettling feeling for
their safety I am sure must be intensified for those
of you there.  From what I've heard from my colleagues
in Tokyo as well as London, Dublin, Hong Kong and
Sydney, everyone around the globe basically supports
the States.  May we surpass this foe united, with as
little blood-shed as possible.

Hyy'ywaa:a:,
glhLczosh L hyyva:voaazenoxdjoo!

[Wishing You] Peace,
thank you and good morning/day/night!

Matt33

PS. Tough conjuring up a word for enemy, I admit!
This, because my conculture for Vya:a:h -- in the
distant galaxy called "Vaa:vy'yy" ["vaa:" means
"scared" and "vy'yy" means "unity", made up of "vy"
(for "one" or "#1") and suffix "-yy" (meaning similar
to "-ness")] -- is supposed to be an 'enlightened'
society of human-like creatures who live at all costs
in peace.  I gave in to adding this sort of
vocabulary, because things like enemy refer an actual
concept - even if that concept doesn't really apply to
the Vaa:vy'yy galaxy.







__________________________________________________
Terrorist Attacks on U.S. - How can you help?
Donate cash, emergency relief information
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/fc/US/Emergency_Information/

Reply