Our server costs ~$56 per month to run. Please consider donating or becoming a Patron to help keep the site running. Help us gain new members by following us on Twitter and liking our page on Facebook!
Current time: January 7, 2025, 3:50 pm
Atheist Forums › Discussion › History v
Etruscan language

Thread Rating:
  • 0 Vote(s) - 0 Average
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
Thread Modes
Etruscan language
FlatAssembler Offline
Banned
Religious Views: Atheist
Posts: 2020
Threads: 133
Joined: July 26, 2017
Reputation: 5
#1
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
Find
Reply
BrianSoddingBoru4 Offline
Power-Drunk Administrator
*******
Religious Views: Headology
Posts: 46540
Threads: 543
Joined: July 24, 2013
Reputation: 109
#2
RE: Etruscan language
May 10, 2022 at 11:27 am
Ni feidir liom cnag a thabhairt.

Boru
‘I can’t be having with this.’ - Esmeralda Weatherwax
Find
Reply
FlatAssembler Offline
Banned
Religious Views: Atheist
Posts: 2020
Threads: 133
Joined: July 26, 2017
Reputation: 5
#3
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.

Boru

What does that mean? Google Translate says it means "I cannot knock.", but that makes no sense.
Find
Reply
BrianSoddingBoru4 Offline
Power-Drunk Administrator
*******
Religious Views: Headology
Posts: 46540
Threads: 543
Joined: July 24, 2013
Reputation: 109
#4
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.

Boru

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.’

Boru
‘I can’t be having with this.’ - Esmeralda Weatherwax
Find
Reply
FlatAssembler Offline
Banned
Religious Views: Atheist
Posts: 2020
Threads: 133
Joined: July 26, 2017
Reputation: 5
#5
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.’

Boru

I'm sorry you don't find Etruscan language fascinating.
Find
Reply
BrianSoddingBoru4 Offline
Power-Drunk Administrator
*******
Religious Views: Headology
Posts: 46540
Threads: 543
Joined: July 24, 2013
Reputation: 109
#6
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.’

Boru

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

I’m not.

Boru
‘I can’t be having with this.’ - Esmeralda Weatherwax
Find
Reply
arewethereyet Offline
Don't make me use my mom voice!
*******
Religious Views: Yawn...
Posts: 16682
Threads: 128
Joined: July 10, 2013
Reputation: 65
#7
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.
[Image: MmQV79M.png]  
                                      
Find
Reply
LadyForCamus Offline
Retired Staff
*****
Religious Views: Atheist
Posts: 9915
Threads: 53
Joined: November 27, 2015
Reputation: 92
#8
RE: Etruscan language
May 10, 2022 at 4:29 pm
Huh…?
Nay_Sayer: “Nothing is impossible if you dream big enough, or in this case, nothing is impossible if you use a barrel of KY Jelly and a miniature horse.”

Wiser words were never spoken. 
Find
Reply
The Valkyrie Offline
The last smile some will see...
*******
Religious Views: Time to end them
Posts: 35358
Threads: 205
Joined: August 13, 2012
Reputation: 146
#9
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...

Playing Cluedo with my mum while I was at Uni:

"You did WHAT?  With WHO?  WHERE???"
Find
Reply
BrianSoddingBoru4 Offline
Power-Drunk Administrator
*******
Religious Views: Headology
Posts: 46540
Threads: 543
Joined: July 24, 2013
Reputation: 109
#10
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.

Boru
‘I can’t be having with this.’ - Esmeralda Weatherwax
Find
Reply


Atheist Forums › Discussion › History v
Etruscan language

Possibly Related Threads...
Thread Author Replies Views Last Post
  Ideologies, fiction, motifs & human language. Brian37 0 850 February 22, 2015 at 11:28 am
Last Post: Brian37



Users browsing this thread: 1 Guest(s)