Re: conlang greetings? (was Re: Let me introduce myself)

> --- Yoon Ha Lee froge sionk:
> > Okay, anyone else?  I'll collect greetings in people's conlangs and
> > compile them onto my website (with permission, of course).
In Yivríndil, the standard greeting is "Aiya," and the leave-taking is
"Laiya."  Neither has any formal meaning--they're like "Hello" in
English.  However, because "aiya" looks like a verb, a verb "aiya"
meaning "to greet" and a noun "ai" 'greetings' have been back-formed.

More formally one might say:
Voaiya daruivona ("great greetings by my pleasure")
Volaiya iloivona ("leave-takings with my sadness")


Jesse S. Bangs     Pelíran
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