kobayashi ḫamṭu
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new parents: *decide to do literally anything different with their kid from how their parents brought them up*
their parents:
their parents:
November 26, 2025 at 3:59 PM
new parents: *decide to do literally anything different with their kid from how their parents brought them up*
their parents:
their parents:
meant to just take a bad picture of saturn (yellow) & the moon on either side of aquarius, but inadvertently got photobombed by فم الحوت Fomalhaut (green)
November 26, 2025 at 12:29 AM
meant to just take a bad picture of saturn (yellow) & the moon on either side of aquarius, but inadvertently got photobombed by فم الحوت Fomalhaut (green)
wondering if someone can help me make sense of this ܠܝ /li/ 'to me' here (Mt. 26:11).
it looks like a literal translation of the 1sg acc pronoun in the Greek:
ἐμὲ δὲ οὐ πάντοτε ἔχετε
"you won't always have me"
but the obj case only makes sense if you have a transitive "have" verb, wh Syriac lacks
it looks like a literal translation of the 1sg acc pronoun in the Greek:
ἐμὲ δὲ οὐ πάντοτε ἔχετε
"you won't always have me"
but the obj case only makes sense if you have a transitive "have" verb, wh Syriac lacks
November 25, 2025 at 7:32 PM
wondering if someone can help me make sense of this ܠܝ /li/ 'to me' here (Mt. 26:11).
it looks like a literal translation of the 1sg acc pronoun in the Greek:
ἐμὲ δὲ οὐ πάντοτε ἔχετε
"you won't always have me"
but the obj case only makes sense if you have a transitive "have" verb, wh Syriac lacks
it looks like a literal translation of the 1sg acc pronoun in the Greek:
ἐμὲ δὲ οὐ πάντοτε ἔχετε
"you won't always have me"
but the obj case only makes sense if you have a transitive "have" verb, wh Syriac lacks
i believe it's from this song, at least partially
youtu.be/HqIGCdd8LhQ?...
youtu.be/HqIGCdd8LhQ?...
![The song is probably best known for the chanted vocal refrain "ma-ma-ko, ma-ma-sa, ma-ko ma-ko-sa",
", which was adapted and used in songs by many prominent artists such as Michael Jackson's
"Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" from his album Thriller (1982) and Rihanna's hit single "Don't
Stop the Music" from Good Girl Gone Bad (2007).
The refrain is a play on the word makossa, Dibango's main music genre. 15]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:26gfiesadzjgf44w2dv5yeo7/bafkreidcad7z4qqltuxzxutvusxbsgjx375ofr2vqrd3ucm3twybu5hyym@jpeg)
November 25, 2025 at 1:54 PM
i believe it's from this song, at least partially
youtu.be/HqIGCdd8LhQ?...
youtu.be/HqIGCdd8LhQ?...
yeah or [t̪ʰ] i think (dental, not alveolar). pretty common in Indian English
![• Most major native languages of India lack the dental fricatives /0/ and /ğ/ (spelled with th), although [0] occurs variably as intervocalic allophones in Gujaratil? and Tamil. Usually, the aspirated voiceless dental plosive [t"] is substituted for /0/ in the north (it would be unaspirated in the south) and the unaspirated voiced dental plosive [d], or possibly the aspirated version [d'], is substituted for /0/..58. For example,
"thin" would be realised as [tin] instead of /Oin/ for North Indian speakers, whereas it would be pronounced unaspirated in the south.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:26gfiesadzjgf44w2dv5yeo7/bafkreihjueqq4ayxklhlhve4bid72j32ut7xwd3n36mpsc7mc7zglahfvq@jpeg)
November 22, 2025 at 5:43 PM
yeah or [t̪ʰ] i think (dental, not alveolar). pretty common in Indian English
in this Syriac version of Genesis 41, why are the first 7 cows in absolute state (tawrān) and the second 7 are emphatic (tawrātā)?
they're both the subject of ܣܳܠܩܳܢ sālqān "going out (f. pl. abs.)" and both follow ܗܐ hā "behold.."
they're both the subject of ܣܳܠܩܳܢ sālqān "going out (f. pl. abs.)" and both follow ܗܐ hā "behold.."
November 21, 2025 at 2:16 PM
in this Syriac version of Genesis 41, why are the first 7 cows in absolute state (tawrān) and the second 7 are emphatic (tawrātā)?
they're both the subject of ܣܳܠܩܳܢ sālqān "going out (f. pl. abs.)" and both follow ܗܐ hā "behold.."
they're both the subject of ܣܳܠܩܳܢ sālqān "going out (f. pl. abs.)" and both follow ܗܐ hā "behold.."
doesn't سند sanad (يسند yisnid) frequently mean "lean (intrans.)" in colloquial Arabic? i don't see this meaning anywhere in H&B, only trans. "support" (with ppl مسنود masnūd "leaning" = supported).
they have اتسند itsanad for "lean" but it's still a basic meaning of Form I سند sanad is it not?
they have اتسند itsanad for "lean" but it's still a basic meaning of Form I سند sanad is it not?
November 19, 2025 at 4:48 PM
doesn't سند sanad (يسند yisnid) frequently mean "lean (intrans.)" in colloquial Arabic? i don't see this meaning anywhere in H&B, only trans. "support" (with ppl مسنود masnūd "leaning" = supported).
they have اتسند itsanad for "lean" but it's still a basic meaning of Form I سند sanad is it not?
they have اتسند itsanad for "lean" but it's still a basic meaning of Form I سند sanad is it not?
today's Syriac exercises
(Thackston ch. 6)
(Thackston ch. 6)
November 18, 2025 at 3:35 PM
today's Syriac exercises
(Thackston ch. 6)
(Thackston ch. 6)
for قرّب, Hinds & Badawi have the original transitive/causative meaning as the 3rd entry:
November 17, 2025 at 9:26 PM
for قرّب, Hinds & Badawi have the original transitive/causative meaning as the 3rd entry:
AFAIK, this phenomenon of redundant prepositional conjugation is similar to what happened in Irish, where (going even further) some of the 3ms forms became grammaticalized as new prepositions:
Irish faoi "under, about" < Old Irish foí "under (fo) him"
Irish as "from" < Old Irish ass "from (a) him"
Irish faoi "under, about" < Old Irish foí "under (fo) him"
Irish as "from" < Old Irish ass "from (a) him"
November 13, 2025 at 3:44 PM
AFAIK, this phenomenon of redundant prepositional conjugation is similar to what happened in Irish, where (going even further) some of the 3ms forms became grammaticalized as new prepositions:
Irish faoi "under, about" < Old Irish foí "under (fo) him"
Irish as "from" < Old Irish ass "from (a) him"
Irish faoi "under, about" < Old Irish foí "under (fo) him"
Irish as "from" < Old Irish ass "from (a) him"
an unrelated question i have is why the spirantization situation for perfect verbs, as Thackston gives it, apparently differs from this paradigm in Greenspahn's Intro to Aramaic.
specifically: why does the 3rd radical ב not have dagesh lene in 1cs kiθveθ & 3fs kiθvaθ?
cf. Syriac keθ/b/eθ, keθ/b/aθ
specifically: why does the 3rd radical ב not have dagesh lene in 1cs kiθveθ & 3fs kiθvaθ?
cf. Syriac keθ/b/eθ, keθ/b/aθ
November 7, 2025 at 3:47 PM
an unrelated question i have is why the spirantization situation for perfect verbs, as Thackston gives it, apparently differs from this paradigm in Greenspahn's Intro to Aramaic.
specifically: why does the 3rd radical ב not have dagesh lene in 1cs kiθveθ & 3fs kiθvaθ?
cf. Syriac keθ/b/eθ, keθ/b/aθ
specifically: why does the 3rd radical ב not have dagesh lene in 1cs kiθveθ & 3fs kiθvaθ?
cf. Syriac keθ/b/eθ, keθ/b/aθ
taking Thackston's description of Syriac stress at face value, the 2mp & 2fp perfects are stressed differently:
masc. /kə-ˈθav-ton/ vs. fem. /kə-θav-ˈteːn/
is this correct? and/or do the main Syriac traditions abide by this?
why does f. *-tina yield long /eː/ but m. *-tunu yields short /o/?
masc. /kə-ˈθav-ton/ vs. fem. /kə-θav-ˈteːn/
is this correct? and/or do the main Syriac traditions abide by this?
why does f. *-tina yield long /eː/ but m. *-tunu yields short /o/?
November 7, 2025 at 2:52 PM
taking Thackston's description of Syriac stress at face value, the 2mp & 2fp perfects are stressed differently:
masc. /kə-ˈθav-ton/ vs. fem. /kə-θav-ˈteːn/
is this correct? and/or do the main Syriac traditions abide by this?
why does f. *-tina yield long /eː/ but m. *-tunu yields short /o/?
masc. /kə-ˈθav-ton/ vs. fem. /kə-θav-ˈteːn/
is this correct? and/or do the main Syriac traditions abide by this?
why does f. *-tina yield long /eː/ but m. *-tunu yields short /o/?
i wanted to know where the word 'solecism' came from and stumbled upon some ancient sociolinguistics
November 3, 2025 at 6:11 PM
i wanted to know where the word 'solecism' came from and stumbled upon some ancient sociolinguistics
this guy (Salimbene di Adam)'s father is trying to get his son to quit the monastery and refers to the other monks there as "pissintunici", tunic-pissers 😭
October 27, 2025 at 1:50 PM
this guy (Salimbene di Adam)'s father is trying to get his son to quit the monastery and refers to the other monks there as "pissintunici", tunic-pissers 😭
i like to use this example. yeah i can't imagine it's an easy job
![an english sentence crossreferenced with the order of the same sentence in french (order mostly the same) german (some different) and turkish (basically inverted)
From turkishlearning community on Reddit
French:
rai-s essese un costume que j 'ai ysa dans un magasin en face de notre höte!
nearly parallel order of
morphemes and concepts
English:
d like to try on å sutl
e see-n in a'shop across the street from our hotel.
German:
sprobier-on, dan ichin eina Gechalte
nearly parallel order (except for verb in local clause)
Enslish:
l'd like to try on a suit I've see-n in a shop across the street from our hotel.
Jurkisb:
Orel-imiz-in kargı-sın-da-ki dükkin-da gör-düğ-i,bir elbise-ui dene-uck iste-r.
inverse order of
morphemes and concepts
English:
I'd like to fry on a suit 've see-n in a shop across the street ]rom our hote](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:26gfiesadzjgf44w2dv5yeo7/bafkreifpn6ln53ix67xik62blfydckgqa6eduupazjbnjslet4u4b2bsdu@jpeg)
October 22, 2025 at 3:21 PM
i like to use this example. yeah i can't imagine it's an easy job
disgustingly excited about this new acquisition
October 22, 2025 at 2:58 PM
disgustingly excited about this new acquisition
got some random wine yesterday that they were featuring at the local place and i was tickled that they had a little Phoenician 𐤁 /b/ on there
"Beirut" is from Phoenician 𐤁𐤓𐤕 bērūt, from the plural of *biʔr "well"
"Beirut" is from Phoenician 𐤁𐤓𐤕 bērūt, from the plural of *biʔr "well"
October 17, 2025 at 1:14 PM
got some random wine yesterday that they were featuring at the local place and i was tickled that they had a little Phoenician 𐤁 /b/ on there
"Beirut" is from Phoenician 𐤁𐤓𐤕 bērūt, from the plural of *biʔr "well"
"Beirut" is from Phoenician 𐤁𐤓𐤕 bērūt, from the plural of *biʔr "well"
acoenonoëtus (< ἀ-κοινο-νόητος) "without common-sense"
October 16, 2025 at 7:14 PM
acoenonoëtus (< ἀ-κοινο-νόητος) "without common-sense"
mildly interesting
October 16, 2025 at 2:06 PM
mildly interesting
huh yep looks like this is indeed the Pi'el participle of the "forget" verb
October 10, 2025 at 1:15 PM
huh yep looks like this is indeed the Pi'el participle of the "forget" verb
i saw this in the bio of Zeno of Citium and thought it was interesting. i wonder what exactly the Phoenician reading would be (a participle with m- plus some form of [nsy] i guess)
October 10, 2025 at 12:12 PM
i saw this in the bio of Zeno of Citium and thought it was interesting. i wonder what exactly the Phoenician reading would be (a participle with m- plus some form of [nsy] i guess)