Re: winter quote

>On Tue, 9 Mar 1999, Sally Caves wrote:
>
>> Tenuo al aittear; kraiko al ofykya; edrime al imuif.
>> "My name is winter.  Cessation is my business.  My gift, sleep."
In Graavgaln that would be:

Ghaar zisciiv zhdaavkhnaach.  Ghaar bvuuthce^d,chvill n,iru"vo"khnaach.
Ghaar pulltlaochvill ngaadhaangknnaach.

e^ = e with circumflect ("R" colored schwa)
d, and n, = d cedilla and n cedilla (retroflex)
u" = u umlaut (unround /U/)
o" = o umlaut (unround /O/)
oa = swedish ringed a
ll = velar lateral
tl = lateral stop

Ghaar
I (warrior caste)

zivsciiv
winter (etymologically zis + shiiv, death-time)

zhdaav
name, to be named

-khnaach
1st person masculine present

bvuuthced,
to end, to cease, to terminate

-chvill
nominalizer

n,iru"vo"sh
to do as a career

pulltlao
to sleep

ngaadhaang
to give, to take

So the last sentance is ambiguous.  It could mean "I give sleep" or "I
take sleep" depending on how you care to interpret.

Adam Walker
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