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Urmi, Christian: A Lost Ring

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Geoffrey Khan	Khan, Geoffrey. The Neo-Aramaic Dialect of the Assyrian Christians of Urmi. 4 vols. Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics 86. Leiden-Boston: Brill, 2016, vol. 4	Yulia Davudi	Sydney, AU

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0:00	xá-yuma ⁺málla ⁺Nasrádən … ʾisàk̭tuˈ talùk̭oləˈ ɟu-bèta.ˈ ⁺ṱavvúyələ ⁺bàro,ˈ lélə mačùxo.ˈ ⁺pláṱələ ɟu-dàrta,ˈ ɟu-dárta ⁺tàmmaˈ ⁺ṱavvúyəl ⁺bar-ʾisàk̭ta.ˈ bàxtu márəlaˈ ⁺màllaˈ ʾàtənˈ ʾisàk̭tuxˈ ɟu-bèta tulk̭òt.ˈ k̭á-mu xíšət ɟu-dàrta ⁺ṱavvúyə ⁺báro?ˈ mára bàxtaˈ béta xə̀šcələ.ˈ ɟári ⁺pálṱən ɟu-dárta ⁺bàrəl,ˈ ⁺ṱavvúyən ⁺bàro.ˈ xá-yuma ⁺málla ⁺Nasrádən … ʾisàk̭tuˈ talùk̭oləˈ ɟu-bèta.ˈ ⁺ṱavvúyələ ⁺bàro,ˈ lélə mačùxo.ˈ ⁺pláṱələ ɟu-dàrta,ˈ ɟu-dárta ⁺tàmmaˈ ⁺ṱavvúyəl ⁺bar-ʾisàk̭ta.ˈ bàxtu márəlaˈ ⁺màllaˈ ʾàtənˈ ʾisàk̭tuxˈ ɟu-bèta tulk̭òt.ˈ k̭á-mu xíšət ɟu-dàrta ⁺ṱavvúyə ⁺báro?ˈ mára bàxtaˈ béta xə̀šcələ.ˈ ɟári ⁺pálṱən ɟu-dárta ⁺bàrəl,ˈ ⁺ṱavvúyən ⁺bàro.ˈ	One day mullah Nasradin loses his ring in the house. He looks for it but does not find it. He goes out into the yard, in the yard and there looks for the ring. His wife says ‘Mullah, you lost your ring in the house. Why have you gone to look for it in the yard?’ He says ‘Wife, it is dark in the house. I must go out into the yard (where) it is light and look for it.’

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