<DIV>Alfred,</DIV>
<DIV>Thanks for taking the time to help out with this.</DIV>
<DIV>Jonathan<BR><BR><B><I>"Alfred W. Tüting" <ti@fa-kuan.muc.de></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">> Misun oglu waste maka sitomni yalo<BR>It looks like Lakota (primarily because I recognize waste or "good" and <BR>maka or "earth" as being Lakota), but the rest I'm not so sure about. Is <BR>it perhaps because of mis-spelled words? <<<BR><BR><BR>Yes it is! But I'd guess it should be rather:<BR><BR>"Misun, oglu waste maka sitomni yelo!"<BR>[misuN' oglu' was^te' makxa' sito'mni yelo']<BR><BR>which I'd - quite hesitantly - translate as:<BR><BR>"My younger brother, good luck throughout (the) earth (male speech)!"<BR><BR>oglu - luck, fortune; to befall one<BR>(so MAYBE: 'oglu waste' is meant as 'good luck' - which I'd judge as an <BR>Anglicism)<BR><BR>sitomni - all over, throughout<BR><BR>Please don't ask wether or not this is good Lakota. (or my translation <BR>is erroneous :-( ).<BR><BR>Toksa ake<BR><BR>Alfred</BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR><DIV>
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