Re: The last enemy
From: | Michael Poxon <mike@...> |
Date: | Thursday, July 26, 2007, 23:52 |
Omina:
Nuinarde daginadain kaksu baresto dan, gurina da.
[for-the-having-of] [of its destruction][enemy] [last] [aux+relative
suffix], [death][is]
Notes:
Baresto is literally "oldest". Compare lanesto "first" from lan "young,
new". Both these words are formal. The usual terms were 'Besto' and 'Lesto',
bes- and les- in compounds (Omina is a heavily compounding language)
Omina has no passive. "(it shall) be destroyed" is rendered as "for the
getting of its destruction" (nuina-rde dagina-da-en)
... although the Auleri would not have seen death (the state, not the
process) as an enemy.
Mike
The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.
Here's a Taruven version I came up with:
ypharrury etširis ekuì.
Seo Sanghyeon