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Etruscan language
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Etruscan language
May 10, 2022 at 11:14 am
What do you guys think, would "Nac avil pulumχva falatul snuiaφ, aca Rasnal amuce ziv, nanatnam ica cnara." be good Etruscan for "The Etruscan language has been dead for years as numerous as the stars of heaven and nobody knows it."?

I got this on an Internet forum here, and it seems very plausible to me: https://www.reddit.com/r/ancientrome/com...&context=3

Nac - for (time)

avil - year; it goes in singular, as we can see in the phrase 'nac ci avil', 'for three years', attested on Pyrgi Tablets

pulumχva - stars; irregular plural (not with the suffix -ar-), attested also on Pyrgi Tablets

falatul - of the sky (genitive singular of "falatu")

snuiaφ - as numerous; the phrase 'pulumχva snuiaφ' meaning 'as numerous as stars' is attested on Pyrgi Tablets

aca - voice, (perhaps) language

Rasnal - Etruscan

amuce - has been; the perfect of ama (to be)

ziv - dead

nanatnam - "nana-tnam", "nana" meaning "nobody" and "tnam" being the suffix corresponding to Latin "-que".

ica - this

cnara - to know
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RE: Etruscan language
May 10, 2022 at 11:27 am
Ni feidir liom cnag a thabhairt.

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RE: Etruscan language
May 10, 2022 at 11:35 am
(May 10, 2022 at 11:27 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Ni feidir liom cnag a thabhairt.

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What does that mean? Google Translate says it means "I cannot knock.", but that makes no sense.
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RE: Etruscan language
May 10, 2022 at 11:38 am
(May 10, 2022 at 11:35 am)FlatAssembler Wrote:
(May 10, 2022 at 11:27 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Ni feidir liom cnag a thabhairt.

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What does that mean? Google Translate says it means "I cannot knock.", but that makes no sense.

The ‘knock’ is a euphemism. Colloquially, it means ‘I’m unable to give a fuck.’

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RE: Etruscan language
May 10, 2022 at 11:43 am
(May 10, 2022 at 11:38 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:
(May 10, 2022 at 11:35 am)FlatAssembler Wrote: What does that mean? Google Translate says it means "I cannot knock.", but that makes no sense.

The ‘knock’ is a euphemism. Colloquially, it means ‘I’m unable to give a fuck.’

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I'm sorry you don't find Etruscan language fascinating.
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RE: Etruscan language
May 10, 2022 at 12:48 pm
(May 10, 2022 at 11:43 am)FlatAssembler Wrote:
(May 10, 2022 at 11:38 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: The ‘knock’ is a euphemism. Colloquially, it means ‘I’m unable to give a fuck.’

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I'm sorry you don't find Etruscan language fascinating.

I’m not.

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RE: Etruscan language
May 10, 2022 at 1:42 pm
Wow, we've moved from all things Latin to Etruscan.

Aren't there language forums out there somewhere?

Bound to be...this isn't one of them though.
  
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May 10, 2022 at 4:29 pm
Huh…?
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RE: Etruscan language
May 10, 2022 at 5:11 pm (This post was last modified: May 10, 2022 at 5:12 pm by The Valkyrie.)
As someone with a keen interest in all things archaeological and associated disciplines, I saw 'Etruscan' in the title and thought this would be interesting...
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RE: Etruscan language
May 10, 2022 at 5:43 pm
(May 10, 2022 at 5:11 pm)The Valkyrie Wrote: As someone with a keen interest in all things archaeological and associated disciplines, I saw 'Etruscan' in the title and thought this would be interesting...

You fool.

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