lia-makalero

[Paul Kroeger]

Chris,

"Maski" is used in Tok Pisin (PNG) to mean 'never mind; forget it'.  I was
told it came from German "es macht nichts".  How is it used in Tagalog?

-- Paul Kroeger

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Christopher Sundita" <csundita at yahoo.com>
To: <an-lang at anu.edu.au>
Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 11:00 AM
Subject: Re: [An-lang] lia-makalero


> This is Tetum, correct?
>
> Could you tell me what the "maski" means?  I am curious, because it's in
> Tagalog.  The etymology is supposedly from Spanish "más que." If a phrase
> existed in Portuguese, I would have expected "mais que" maybe.
>
> --Chris
>
> --- Juliette Huber <schuelietet at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > Karu belun sira hotu,
> >
> >   ha'u hakarak husu Ita-nia ajuda kona-ba ema matenek lia-makalero i
ninia
> > fatin iha Europa (di'ak liu se iha rai Olanda ka Portugal).
> >   Nia razaun katak ha'u hakarak halo peskiza ba lia-makalero. Maski ha'u
> > rasik sei la'o ba Timor-Leste, di'ak tebe-tebes se iha ema iha Europa
mós
> > ne'ebe prontu ajuda ha'u. Se Ita-Boot sira hatene ema ne'ebe hakarak
ajuda
> > ha'u, favór ida haruka lai mensajen ne'e ka fó-hatene nia naran ba ha'u.
> >   Nune'e de'it.
> >   Ha'u hato'o ha'u-nia obrigadu ba Ita-nia atensaun no he'in hela
Ita-nia
> > lia-hatán.
> >
> >   Juliette Huber
> >   Leiden, Olanda
> >
> >
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