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As taves irgi pasiilgau
nukrites ziedas grizo ant sakos tai drugelis
Jul 14, 2002 13:00
21 yrs ago
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Lithuanian term

mielai mamai

Non-PRO Lithuanian to English Art/Literary Textiles / Clothing / Fashion textile
This phrase is woven into a small tapestry my uncle gave to me. A picture of a mother and baby (looks like mother may have a halo?) are also on tapestry.
Proposed translations (English)
4 for mother, with pleasure
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Proposed translations

28 mins
Selected

for mother, with pleasure

mamai = dative of mama = mother
miellai = with pleasure
in Lithuanian.
Greetings,

Nikolaus

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Note added at 2002-07-14 13:51:57 (GMT)
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mielai = with pleasure
Reference:

http://www.angelfire.com/mo/Lith/lesson3.html

http://www.lituanus.org/1994_3/94_3_02.htm

Peer comment(s):
agree Eckhard Boehle : Apart from the spelling (mielai!) good investigation, Niko, so it says either "for/to mother, with pleasure" or perhaps simply "to (my/our/the) dear mother"
23 mins
disagree diana bb : It makes me sad when such simple questions cannot be correctly answered. It does not mean 'to mother, with pleasure'. It means 'to (my) dear mother'. 'Mielai' is the dative of the adjective 'miela'.
22 hrs
I wonder, whether this degree of sadness is justified. First, the question was initially asked in the English-monolingual section; second: are not both possible, as mielai on its own is "with pleasure"?
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thank you. I suspected the translation was something like that (since it appears that this could be a religious type tapestry) but had no idea of the language. My uncle had many chinese friends so I thought perhaps it was transliterated chinese or something! "
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I don't know what it means but I find this word sequence in a lithuanian text :"su *Mielai mamai 80chio proga sveikatos linki n vaikaichiu ir provaikaichiu* ir panashus. Kai pagalvoji, tai ir tau, kiek chia beliko iki *mielai mamai....* "
http://www.moteris.lt/your/svetur29.htm

so you should ask in this language pair
Peer comment(s):
agree Eckhard Boehle : yes, it's definitely Lithuanian!
39 mins
neutral diana bb : Yes, it is definitely Lithuanian. And the answer selected is definitely wrong. Sorry for bothering you much too late.
1 day 10 hrs
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