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From: kriha_p@actrix.gen.nz (Paul J. Kriha)
Subject: Re: Good Finn is a dead and buried one?
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Marek1@ix.netcom.com (Marek Konski) wrote:

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>Another example from Mallory -- an excerpt from a Lithuanian folksong:
>
>
>Lithuanian                English
>
>Menuo sauluze vede        The Moon leads (home) the Sun,
>Pirma pavasareli          In the first of spring,
>Sauluze anksti keles      The Sun rose early,
>Menuzis atsiskyre         The Moon left her.
>Menuo viens vaikstinejo   The Moon alone wandered,
>Ausrine pamylejo          With the Morning Star he fell in love.
>Perkuns, didziai supykes  Perkunas very angry,
>Ji kardu perdalijo        With his sword he cut (him) to pieces.
>
>Please try to find somebody speaking two or more Slavic languages (and
>not knowing any Baltic language) able to make any sense of it.

OK, I think I could qualify for that.
I don't know any Baltic languages at all while I can speak a couple
Slavic ones and understand several.  I must say, the Lithuanian version
with an exception of a single word is a complete Double Dutch to me.

"pamylejo" ... sounds like "to make love to" ?

I would be interested to know if this is a late import
or a descendant of common IE root.

Czech cognates (?):
transient
  pomilovat  -  make love to
  pomiluje   -  he makes love to
intransient
  milovat    -  to love (intransient version)
  miluje     -  he loves

Cheers,
Paul JK
