Senjecas - Book I, Chapter 14
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Pronunciation table
(labial) |
riisűko (dental) |
muitűko (alveolar) |
vainűko (palatal) |
ṡ̨uuše̋nos (vowels with प) |
nı̋þo ṡ̨uuše̋nos (weak vowels) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| b | f | v | m̃ | m | t | d | þ | ð | ɫ | l | ṡ | ż | s | z | r | n | k | g | x | ƣ | h | ȝ | š | s̨ | i | e | a | ɔ | o | u | ı | ɛ | y | |||||||||||||
| ब | फ | भ | म़ | म | त | द | थ | ध | ल़ | ल | च | ज | स | स़ | र | न | क | ग | क़ | ग़ | ह | य | स्व | स्य | इ ई पि पी |
ए एै पे पै |
अ आ प पा |
ऒ ॵ पॊ पॏ |
ओ औ पो पौ |
उ ऊ पु पू |
पं | पऺ | पॅ | |||||||||||||
| /p/ | /b/ | /ɸ/ | /β/ | /m̥/ | /m/ | /t/ | /d/ | /θ/ | /ð/ | /l̥/ | /l/ | /ʦ/ | /ʣ/ | /s/ | /z/ | /ɾ̥/ | /n/ | /k/ | /g/ | /ç/ | /ʝ/ | /j̊/ | /j/ | /sʷ/ | /sʲ/ | /i/ | /e/ | /ä/ | /ɒ/ | /o/ | /u/ | /ɪ/ | /ɛ/ | /ʊ/ | ||||||||||||
Glossing abbreviations
| 1s/p = 1st person singular/plural | ABL = ablative suffix | COL = collective | F = feminine | INT = intensive prefix | PRV = privative prefix | SUP = supine |
| 2s/p = 2nd person singular/plural | ABS = absolutive (an unmarked modifying adjective) |
DES = desiderative | FRQ = frequentative | LAT = lative suffix | PST = past | TRZ = transitivizer |
| 3 = 3rd person | ADV = adverb | DIM = diminutive | FUT = future | LOC = locative suffix | REV = reversive | VOC = vocative particle |
| A(.s/p) = accusative (singular/plural) | AG = agent | ELIS = elision | IMP = imperative | M = masculine | Q = interrogative particle | YNG = young |
| G(.s/p) = genitive (singular/plural) | AP = agent (active) participle | ELT = elative | INC = inchoative | OCC = occupation suffix | QUOT = direct quotation | |
| N(.s/p) = nominative (singular/plural) | AUG = augmentative | EP = epenthesis | IND = indicative | PP = patient (past) participle | RPR = recent perfective | |
| V(.s/p) = vocative (singular/plural) | CAUS = causative | EQU = equative degree | INS = instrument | PRF = perfect | SBJ = subjunctive |
Text
The Book of the Way and the Power
Ursula K. LeGuin kía ange̋lo tarne̋xaþo
English Translation by Ursula K. LeGuin
Chapter Fourteen – foona̋a̋lto þı̋ro
- English Text
- Senjecan Translation
- Gloss
- Look at it: nothing to see. Call it colorless.
- éȝom nooe̋ȝa. néom na̋ku. fıte̋e̋ro éȝom feete̋ȝa:
éȝ-om noo-e̋ȝa né-om na̋k-u fı~te̋e̋ro-Ø éȝ-om feet-e̋ȝa 3-A.s look_at-SBJ nothing-A.s see-SUP PRV~color-ABS 3-A.s call-SBJ
- Listen to it: nothing to hear. Call it soundless.
- éȝom aam̃e̋ȝa. néom ve̋nu. fıše̋no éȝom feete̋ȝa:
éȝ-om aam̃-e̋ȝa né-om ve̋n-u fı~še̋no-Ø éȝ-om feet-e̋ȝa 3-A.s listen_to-SBJ nothing-A.s hear-SUP PRV~sound-ABS 3-A.s call-SBJ
- Reach for it: nothing to hold. Call it intangible.
- éȝom neke̋ȝa. néom ðe̋ru. fypűd̨o éȝom feete̋ȝa:
éȝ-om nek-e̋ȝa né-om ðe̋r-u fy~pűd̨o-Ø éȝ-om feet-e̋ȝa 3-A.s listen_to-SBJ nothing-A.s hear-SUP PRV~sound-ABS 3-A.s call-SBJ
- Triply undifferentiated, it merges into oneness, not bright above, not dark below.
- tirgáámvi goȝı̋d̨aþo. dı̋ı̋o úfvi ne. re̋e̋mo nérvi ne. þunta̋s éna ka̋þa:
tir.gáám=vi goȝ-ı̋d̨-a-þ-o dı̋ı̋-o úf=vi ne re̋e̋m-o nér=vi ne þunt-a̋s éna ka̋þ-a three.fold=ADV different-TRZ-IN-PP-N.s bright-N.s above=ADV not dark-N.s below=ADV not first-G.s into merge-IND
- Never, oh! never can it be named. It reverts, it returns to unbeing.
- neténu. fe̋e̋taþo ı̋lu ma̋ƣa neténu: na̋a̋na. ale̋su do ke̋ra:
neténu fe̋e̋t-a-þ-o ı̋l-u ma̋ƣ-a neténu na̋a̋n-a al=e̋s-u do ke̋r-a never name-IND-PP-N.s become-SUP be_able-IND never revert-IND PRV=be-SUP to return-IND
- Call it the form of the unformed, the image of no image.
- éȝom alzinős zı̋nom. ne̋o eimős e̋imo feete̋ȝa:
éȝ-om al~zin-ős zı̋n-om ne̋o-Ø eim-ős e̋im-o feet-e̋ȝa 3-A.s PRV~form-G.s form-A.s no-ABS image-G.s image-N.s name-SBJ
- Call it unthinkable thought. Face it: no face. Follow it: no end.
- éȝom alpűűþ̨o pűűþom feete̋ȝa: éȝom þoose̋ȝa. ne̋o mőőro. éȝom dage̋ȝa. ne̋o műgo:
éȝ-om al=pűűþ̨o-Ø pűűþ-om feet-e̋ȝa éȝ-om þoos-e̋ȝa ne̋o-Ø mőőr-o éȝ-om dag-e̋ȝa ne̋o-Ø műg-o 3-A.s PRV=think-ABS thought-A.s name-SBJ 3-A.s face-SBJ no-ABS face-N.s 3-A.s follow-SBJ no-ABS end-N.s
- Holding fast to the old Way, we can live in the present.
- se̋na a̋tam se̋e̋pantus. m̃us nixra̋s éna ǧı̋ı̋u ma̋ƣa:
se̋na-Ø a̋t-am se̋e̋p-a-nt-u m̃-us nixr-a̋s éna ǧı̋ı̋-u ma̋ƣ-a old-ABS way-A.s hold_fast-IND-AP-ABS 1p=N present-G.s in live-SUP be_able-IND
- Mindful of the ancient beginnings, we hold the thread of the Tao.
- se̋na toðra̋m żűűmru. m̃us ata̋s nűűlom ƣe̋va⁝
se̋na-Ø toðr-a̋m żűűmru-Ø m̃-us at-a̋s nűűl-om ƣe̋v-a ancient-ABS beginning-G.p mindful-ABS 1p-N way-G.s thread-A.s hold-IND
