Re: T-shirts

In case somebody is collecting these, I made a Tairezazh one many months
ago, which I didn't see in the collection that started this thread. I think
it was:

Melaiar zdaires laistin! Zazar laists!

That breaks down as:

melai -ar zdair -(e)s laist    -i  -n : zaz     -ar laist    -s
fight IMP death ACC   language GEN PL : create* IMP language ACC

"Create" in the mundanish meaning of building/constructing something - not
divine ex nihilo creation, nor usually artistic creation. I usually
translate the agental derivative _zazel_ as "engineer" - while this is
partly due to unpredictible lexicalization, it gives a good idea what kind
of creation we're dealing with.

                                                    Andreas

Nik Taylor wrote:
>Mario Bonassin wrote:
> > Fight Linguistic Extinction!
> > Invent a Language!
>
>Uiaunnata uasaggiasata nangadi!
>Uasagga glii!
>
>[ujAwn'nata wAsaNgja'sata naN'gadZi]
>[wA'saNga 'gli:]
>
>Breakdown:
>ua-iaunna-ta  ua-sagga   -iasa-ta  nangadi
>G6-death -abl G6-language-adj -abl fight
>
>ua-sagga    gli
>G6-language invent
>
>What're the details of this t-shirt?  When will they be made, and how
>much will they cost?
>
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