Re: fuzzy blue monkeys(was Re: .sig)
From: | Keith Gaughan <kmgaughan@...> |
Date: | Tuesday, November 13, 2001, 3:58 |
Ar 00:44 13/11/01 +0000, bhac Dan Jones le scríobh chugam:
>Just to chip in, (and temporarily delurk), here's the phrase in Carashan:
>
>mêndos êzoros faffalos
>
>mêndo : monkey, from Shanstanya maindo (< Sanskrit "mainda")
>êzoro : blue, from Aredos adoros
>faffalo : fuzzy, from an unknown source (I just liked the word falafel- it
>seems fuzzy)
In Irish:
Moncaithe gorma clúmhacha
moncaí-PL. gorm-PL. clúmhach-PL.
monkey-PL. blue-PL. fuzzy-PL.
And in Erëtas...
Hlässöbonakkäa Jonäjë
Hlässö-monakkä-a Jonäje-ë
blueness-monkey-PL. fuzziness-ADJ.
K.
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