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GoshDiggityDangit wrote: 22 Aug 2022 01:18 Sorry for being so long, I was away from my computer.
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VaptuantaDoi wrote: 24 Aug 2022 10:19
qwed117 wrote: 24 Aug 2022 00:57 Is that first consonant a voiced plosive?
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/d/?
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does the Latin ancestor to *jaul have a bi/poly-syllabic stem?
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Just to keep it on the latest page, the phrase is

jaulétin notau
[ʒoleˈtẽ nuˈto]:


shimobaatar wrote: 24 Aug 2022 15:39
VaptuantaDoi wrote: 24 Aug 2022 10:19
qwed117 wrote: 24 Aug 2022 00:57 Is that first consonant a voiced plosive?
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/d/?
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qwed117 wrote: 24 Aug 2022 21:05 does the Latin ancestor to *jaul have a bi/poly-syllabic stem?
[tick] (poly-syllabic)
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is it of the form *diV or *diC?
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qwed117 wrote: 25 Aug 2022 08:27 is it of the form *diV
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jaul- < diabolus?
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shimobaatar wrote: 25 Aug 2022 15:48 jaul- < diabolus?
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Thinking about nātālis, is the phrase at all related to Christmas?
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shimobaatar wrote: 26 Aug 2022 01:44 Thinking about nātālis, is the phrase at all related to Christmas?
Ooo, maybe it could be like Krampus! Little demon of Christmas or something!
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a "little demon" sounds more like an elf no?
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GoshDiggityDangit wrote: 26 Aug 2022 04:12
shimobaatar wrote: 26 Aug 2022 01:44 Thinking about nātālis, is the phrase at all related to Christmas?
Ooo, maybe it could be like Krampus! Little demon of Christmas or something!
Some sort of Krampus-like figure was what I was thinking as well. [:)] Although, in hindsight, I could also see it meaning "elf", as qwed117 suggested.
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shimobaatar wrote: 26 Aug 2022 01:44 Thinking about nātālis, is the phrase at all related to Christmas?
[tick] Very much so
GoshDiggityDangit wrote: 26 Aug 2022 04:12
shimobaatar wrote: 26 Aug 2022 01:44 Thinking about nātālis, is the phrase at all related to Christmas?
Ooo, maybe it could be like Krampus! Little demon of Christmas or something!
[cross] Its meaning is less obvious than that
qwed117 wrote: 26 Aug 2022 06:58 a "little demon" sounds more like an elf no?
Not an elf. The phrase doesn't refer to any mythological being.
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Does the phrase refer to a particular event/tradition/custom associated with Christmas?
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shimobaatar wrote: 26 Aug 2022 15:45 Does the phrase refer to a particular event/tradition/custom associated with Christmas?
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Maybe it's something like a Yule Log?
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Is it like a Christmas bonfire? In Guatemala they burn old trash on Christmas, and call it la quema del diablo; is it related to that?
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GoshDiggityDangit wrote: 27 Aug 2022 01:55 Maybe it's something like a Yule Log?
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qwed117 wrote: 27 Aug 2022 03:10 Is it like a Christmas bonfire? In Guatemala they burn old trash on Christmas, and call it la quema del diablo; is it related to that?
Interesting guess, but wrong. It's a more wide-spread tradition, although apparently it doesn't exist in the US.
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Is it a food? Or is a person?
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qwed117 wrote: 27 Aug 2022 05:01 Is it a food? Or is a person?
Neither.
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Is it related to the belief in some places that the Devil died when Jesus was born?
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The longing of the spirit can never be stilled.” ― St. Hildegard von Bingen
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