Re: fuzzy blue monkeys(was Re: .sig)

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)

Dan

Tristan Alexander McLeay escreva:
>Seeing as I'm partly responsible for evilly going round and forcing a new
>.sig upon you, in Eta'bnanni (a'=a acute, pronounced /rA_Lmn{_Ln/), it'd
>be:
>
>(T: Transliteration of native orthographies.
>  N: A more phonetic alternative romanisation.
>  I: X-Sampa IPA.
>NB: A morphemic breakdown in the alternative romanisation.
>In the T, ' is an acute accent on the previous letter.
>In the N, " is an umlaut and ` a grave accent on the previous letter.
>nG and Ng=eng)
>
>(There are two tones, low and normal.)
>
>  T: to'difai     ko'wainG   MANgKIi.
>  N: to"`rifa"    xo`ma"`    manGkii
>  I: "T3\_Lrip\{  "xO_Lm{_L  mANki:
>NB: to"`rifa-i   xo`ma-i`   mangki-i
>     blue-NOM     fuzz-INSTR monkey-NOM
>
>`Fuzzy blue monkey', also, `The blue monkey with fuzz', although the
>latter would best have the word 'ko'wainG to'difai MANgKIi'.
>
>Tristan
>anstouh@yahoo.com.au
>
>On Sun, 11 Nov 2001, nicole dobrowolski wrote:
>
> > Matt33 froge sionk (wrote):
> > > Nor Vyääh!  Actually, the Vyäähns
> > > have never even seen a monkey as this animal does not
> > > exist in Vaävy'yy..
> > >
> >
> > well i'm pretty sure Germans have seen monkeys and if my
> > Deutsch skills have not completely deserted me fuzzy blue
> > monkeys would be:
> > fraumigen blauen Affen (i think... or would it be fraumige
> > blaue Affen...  if anyone on the list who knows German would
> > like to berate me for butchering the language [and then send
> > a correction!] i'd be eternally grateful :)
> >
> > fuzzy blue monkeys...shmuli atae muhnkia... jiqek qelek
> > nimmekel...Luddiga blå apor...
> > ..nicole
> >
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