Re: Lilipu: The Bonsai Language

alala yialacli alita, everyone!  (Happy New Year.)

I've lost the attribution for this:

> >(Like a flower
> >Born again
> >Each morning
> >Between the sky
> >And the sea
> >Oh my country!)
...but here it is in merechi.

luthiki
na-torap'n miri
yiskesi selityadi,
kuebatra
te lielutra,
alala vielu'ae!

'luTiki
nato'rApn= 'miri
'jiskEsi se'litijadi
ku'EbAtrA
te liE'lutrA,
A'lAlA viE'lu ?aj

luthi  -ki
flower ADJ'R
flower -like

na-   tora  -p  -n         miri
NOM'R begin IMP 3P.SG.INAN again
which begins               again

yiskes -i    selitya -di
every  ADJ'R day     at
ever         day

kueba -tra
sky   between

te   liel  -u  -tra
CONJ water AUG between
and  ocean     between

alala  viel -u  -ae
behold city AUG 1P.POSS
behold country  mine

Now in Toma Heylm:

Herimel
sil melya sayot
myel tamre uyagara,
tom yurale,
sen yufilim -
drid relyek tomoka efim.

A flower
that again is born
at every dawning,
beneath the air,
above the water -
so appears my country.

Herimel
flower

sil melya sayot
REL again be-born.f

myel tamre     uy- agara
at   all/every LOC dawn

tom   yu- rale
under LOC air

sen  yu- filim
over LOC water

drid relyek   tomoka  efim
thus appear.m country 1P.POSS

Amanda