Verse:Hmøøh/Imθumitil

The Imthumăytil (Investigations) are a collection of stories, anecdotes, parables, and lectures, in Classical Windermere.

Todo

• Scientific concepts?

The round table

Doan ngith, dur id tach cheth mi mogor lăytheath. Enwiets Păda Brăwied: "Mea ra łănam runse?"

one time, sit NOM six child in circle VN.discuss. PFV-ask Master B.: "many what 2PL here?"

Once, six children were in a round table. Master Brăwied asked them: "How many of you are here?"

Roac ăngnung imcheth nătha, emcă'aw doan: "Müeșrüch te-stiw: tsin tach mognas, șrüch te-stiw thref, șrüch te-chloas chustiw..."

when PROG-count PL-child other answer one: 63 because six individual, 15 pair, 20 group_of_3

While the others were still counting, one child replied: "Sixty-three: 6 individuals, 15 teams of two, 20 teams of 3, ..."

Łop enwiets Păda Brăwied: "Ǎna mea ra moach, srüe hădean do croth nătha?"

then PFV-ask Master B.: "then many what be_at, if enter one person other"

So Master Brăwied asked: "Well then, how many people will be there if another person enters?"

Emcă'aw id ceth ăbay, "Op călu ho-bang tsor tăy'uag paleac, sach făbeang imtăy'uag nătha ya-croth mălem fi!"

PFV-answer NOM child just "here, here to-us all team previous, as_well_as <REFL>form PL-team other with-person new that"

The child nonchalantly responded: "Well, we have all of the old teams, as well as another set of teams with the new person!"

Notes

The notion of choosing subsets from six items may have been a metaphor for cooking. The Windermereans recognized 6 basic tastes (sweet, sour, salty, bitter, spicy, umami), and each combination is essentially a taste on its own. The mystic Etsoj Jopah interpreted the parable as a recipe for building a just intonation scale from prime factors, thus introducing the notion of Combination Product Sets into Talman music.