¿Naro cel ei nau cepoa sia? [' naru,gil enQ,gibua'Za]

In a message dated 2003:01:11 12.38.29 PM, Christian Thalmann (cinga@GMX.NET)
writes:

>As for the title phrase:
>
>|¿Naro  cel    ei  nau     cepoa      sia?|
> none   see:F  it  course  discuss:N  1sg
>"Has nobody seen my discussion thread?"
>
>
...where F and N designate finite and non-finite verb forms.
>|Nau| means "course (of a river), case (possible outcome,
>option" and reflects the language's propensity to borrowing
>idioms from its jungle environment.
    Niceness!
    I am reminded of two similar ideas:

    - there is a Central or South American tribe that has no word for "pray"
or "worship"... they use the metaphor of "wagging one's tail"

    - the future is in back of us because we can not see entirely what maybe
gaining up on us... the past is always in front of us shaping our path thru
time.

Hanuman Zhang, 3-Toed-Sloth-Style Gungfu Typist  ;)

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