Mention in BBC Focus Magazine

[Toruk Makto]

Oe yolom syìp, oe ke yolom tsyìp taluna palulukan-tsyìp lu nìhawng kalin nìtxan

(can you see the pun?)

I get the pun, although I thought tsyìp is really supposed to be a suffix.

[markus031098]

suffix.

Oe yolom syìp, oe ke yolom tsyìp taluna palulukan-tsyìp lu nìhawng kalin nìtxan

(can you see the pun?)

I get the pun, although I thought tsyìp is really supposed to be a suffix.

It is a suffix, but the issue it was in came out 5 months ago, when the language had far less words and possibly didn't have tsyìp as a suffix. So back then, tsyìp would of been the word for chip, but now you might need to use a different one like tyìp or syìp (If those aren't already words aswell).

['Oma Tirea]

suffix.

Oe yolom syìp, oe ke yolom tsyìp taluna palulukan-tsyìp lu nìhawng kalin nìtxan

(can you see the pun?)

I get the pun, although I thought tsyìp is really supposed to be a suffix.

It is a suffix, but the issue it was in came out 5 months ago, when the language had far less words and possibly didn't have tsyìp as a suffix. So back then, tsyìp would of been the word for chip, but now you might need to use a different one like tyìp or syìp (If those aren't already words aswell).

...or just "tsìp"

[`Eylan Ayfalulukanä]

So would a small, surface mount integrated circuit be called a tsìptsyìp?? 

[Le'eylan]

The Na'vi word for chips, by the way, was "tsyìp"

wait wait wait. which he later added another meaning to then?
"tsyìp" as in "ramtsyìp", 'itetsyìp" and "utraltsyìp"? O_O

Or tsyìptsyìp!

tsun oer livu tsyìptsyìp srak?

[markus031098]

suffix.

Oe yolom syìp, oe ke yolom tsyìp taluna palulukan-tsyìp lu nìhawng kalin nìtxan

(can you see the pun?)

I get the pun, although I thought tsyìp is really supposed to be a suffix.

It is a suffix, but the issue it was in came out 5 months ago, when the language had far less words and possibly didn't have tsyìp as a suffix. So back then, tsyìp would of been the word for chip, but now you might need to use a different one like tyìp or syìp (If those aren't already words aswell).

...or just "tsìp"

That wouldn't sound much like chip anymore. I think you need the Y to make it sound like chip so syìp would be the best. Or you could use tsyìp-syuve, which would probably become something like tsyìpyuve or tsyìsyuve.

[Le'eylan]

oel new tsyìptsyìpit alu tsyìpsyuve fpì syuvetsyìp.

[Kamean]

How cute kitty!

I add it to my pictures.

['Oma Tirea]

suffix.

Oe yolom syìp, oe ke yolom tsyìp taluna palulukan-tsyìp lu nìhawng kalin nìtxan

(can you see the pun?)

I get the pun, although I thought tsyìp is really supposed to be a suffix.

It is a suffix, but the issue it was in came out 5 months ago, when the language had far less words and possibly didn't have tsyìp as a suffix. So back then, tsyìp would of been the word for chip, but now you might need to use a different one like tyìp or syìp (If those aren't already words aswell).

...or just "tsìp"

That wouldn't sound much like chip anymore. I think you need the Y to make it sound like chip so syìp would be the best. Or you could use tsyìp-syuve, which would probably become something like tsyìpyuve or tsyìsyuve.

Teri phonology, how then, would you explain that the loanword for badge is pätsì and not pätsyì?  Also, similar things are seen at the masempul.org site (e.g nìToitse instead of nìToitsye).

[markus031098]

suffix.

Oe yolom syìp, oe ke yolom tsyìp taluna palulukan-tsyìp lu nìhawng kalin nìtxan

(can you see the pun?)

I get the pun, although I thought tsyìp is really supposed to be a suffix.

It is a suffix, but the issue it was in came out 5 months ago, when the language had far less words and possibly didn't have tsyìp as a suffix. So back then, tsyìp would of been the word for chip, but now you might need to use a different one like tyìp or syìp (If those aren't already words aswell).

...or just "tsìp"

That wouldn't sound much like chip anymore. I think you need the Y to make it sound like chip so syìp would be the best. Or you could use tsyìp-syuve, which would probably become something like tsyìpyuve or tsyìsyuve.

Teri phonology, how then, would you explain that the loanword for badge is pätsì and not pätsyì?  Also, similar things are seen at the masempul.org site (e.g nìToitse instead of nìToitsye).

Fine, you win.

Lots of quotes.