Senjecas - The Visit, Chapter 1:1-34

Pronunciation table

peműko (labial)								riisűko (dental)								muitűko (alveolar)								vainűko (palatal)							ṡ̨uuše̋nos (vowels with प)								nı̋þo ṡ̨uuše̋nos (weak vowels)
p	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
प	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

talnenþűs k̨őɫraThe Rape of the Earth Maiden

Chapter 1 - The Visit ɫ̨omfa̋a̋ȝo p - nı̋mo

• English Text
• Senjecan Translation

Gloss

• 1. In the beginning Damvelu had two wives.
• toðra̋s d̬ő kőzus damvelűs o e-e̋sa:

toðr-a̋s	d̬ő	kőz-us	damvel-űs	o	e=e̋s-a
beginning-G.s	two	wife-N.p	Damvelu-G.s	to	PST=be-IND

• 2. Dibagu was like the other women of the People, fair of face and fair of hair and fair to look upon.
• diib̨a̋a̋gu teutűs ánu ǧenűm sőmu e-e̋sa. govmőőrmuk̬e govpı̋lmuk̬e ża̋bu gőbuk̬e:

dii.b̨a̋a̋g-u	teut-űs	ánu-Ø	ǧen-űm	sőm-u	e=e̋s-a	gov.mőőr.m-u=k̬e	gov.pı̋l.m-u=k̬e	ża̋b-u	gőb-u=k̬e
bright.full.moon-N.s	People-G.s	other-ABS	woman-G.p	like-N.s	PST=be-IND	fair.face.having-N.s=and	fair.hair.having-N.s=and	look.upon	fair-N.s=and

• 3. She had borne him sons and daughters.
• ii-éȝ' ur-eȝús éra pőikunk̬e zı̋dunk̬' e-iı̋ı̋na:

ii=éȝ='	ur=eȝ-ús	éra	pőik-un=k̬e	zı̋d-un=k̬='	e=i~ı̋ı̋n-a
F=3=ELIS	M=3-G.s	for	son-A.p=and	daughter-A.p=and=ELIS	PST=PRF~bear-IND

• 4. But Dokozu was not like the others, having been taken in her youth in a raid on another people.
• ésti d̬okőzu anúm sóma e-e̋sa ne. ánu le̋uðum þóósa nuðra̋s éna eȝu-bexta̋s éna k̨őɫaþu ı̋laþu:

ésti	d̬okőz-u	an-úm	sóma	e=e̋s-a	ne	ánu-Ø	le̋uð-um	þóósa	nuðr-a̋s	éna	eȝu=bext-a̋s	éna	k̨őɫ-a-þ-u	ı̋l-a-þ-u
but	Dokozu-N.s	other-G.p	like	PST=be-IND	not	other-ABS	people-A.s	against	raid-G.s	in	her=youth-G.s	in	abduct-IND-PP-N.s	become-IND-PP-N.s

• 5. She was swart with hair and eyes the color of fresh earth.
• lőővo talős teerős pilősk̬e t̬alőmk̬e móóda lűűgu e-vűűa:

lőővo-Ø	tal-ős	teer-ős	pil-ős=k̬e	t̬al-őm=k̬e	móóda	lűűg-u	e=vűű-a
fresh-ABS	earth-G.s	color-G.s	hair-G.s=and	eye-G.p=and	with	swart-N.s	PST=be-IND

• 6. However, if truth be told, she was comelier than Dibagu.
• ésti. ébi m̃e̋e̋rta te̋e̋aþa ile̋ȝa. diib̨aagűsɛ sóma e-e̋sa:

ésti	ébi	m̃e̋e̋rt-a	te̋e̋-a-þ-a	il-e̋ȝa	diib̨aag-űs=ɛ	sóma	e=e̋s-a
however	if	truth-N.s	tell-IND-PP-N.s	become-SBJ	Dibagu-G.s	than	PST=be-IND

• 7. Although she had skill in midwifery and in the growing of plants and the tending of animals, she herself was barren.
• sáám' iinþőnom da mula̋lu da tast̬e̋e̋ram e-dűba. éȝu mı̋u hűṡu e-e̋sa:

sáám='	iin.þőn-om	da	mul.a̋l-u	da	tas.t̬e̋e̋r-am	e=dűb-a	éȝ-u	mı̋-u	hűṡ-u	e=e̋s-a
although=ELIS	birth.help-A.s	and	plant-grow-SUP	and	animal.care-A.s	PST=have.skill.in-IND	3-N.s	self-N.s	barren-N.s	PST=be-IND

• 8. And although Damvelu loved her dearly, yet her barrenness weighed heavily upon her.
• da. sáámi damve̋lu lááðvi éȝum e-m̃e̋na. ódu eȝu-hűsta šéérvi eȝús éva e-te̋la:

da	sáámi	damve̋l-u	lááð=vi	éȝ-um	e=m̃e̋n-a	ódu	eȝu=hűst-a	šéér=vi	eȝ-ús	éva	e=te̋l-a
and	although	Damvelu-N.s	dear=ADV	3-A.s	PST=love-IND	yet	her=barrenness-N.s	heavy=ADV	3-G.s	on	PST=weigh-IND

• 9. Careful not to wake the others of the household, he called her to come up from the kurgan.

• 10. "What brings you to the village at this early hour?" she asked as she stepped out into the moonlight.

• 11. "One of the ewes, Mother," he replied with reverence (for the People were in awe of her and her power over birth and growth), "has been in labor for some time and is near death from exhaustion.

• 12. We shall lose the two if you do not come and help."

• 13. Throwing her mantle about her shoulders to ward off the early morning chill, she hastened with him to the flock.

• 14. The flock was pastured at a distance from the village and, by the time they arrived, the silvern moon was slipping below the earth.

• 15. "Now that she has gone, we can better give life to this mother and her offspring," she said as she knelt beside the prostrate ewe.

• 16. At the touch of her hand the ewe became quiet.

• 17. Swiftly she assessed the problem and as swiftly began her work.

• 18. She was still working as the sun began to climb into the sky

• 19. and he had cleared the grasslands by the time she gave two little rams to their mother to be suckled.

• 20. It was then, as she stood up, wiping the sweat from her brow,

• 21. that she first saw him coming out of the sunrise astride a large animal so golden it seemed an extension of the sun himself.

• 22. He approached slowly, seeming to measure the animal's pace to the ascent of the sun.

• 23. The ewe had taken her yeanlings back to the flock, and the shepherd had followed in turn.

• 24. The sun was well up when he reached her standing alone on the vast steppe.

• 25. Looking down at her from atop the animal he asked, "What are you called?"

• 26. "I am called Dukozu, but my true name is Suulwu," she said without fear.

• 27. "What are you doing out here so far from the village."

• 28. "I have been tending a ewe in her labor."

• 29. "Do you cherish them as much as you do your own children?"

• 30. "Alas, Father, I have none of my own. The lambs and the calves are the children whom I cherish."

• 31. "Before the ewes give birth again you will have children of your own."

• 32. With that he reached down and lifted her up to sit in front of him on his animal.

• 33. As fast as the wind they rode off in the direction of the sun's journey

• 34. until they came to a great ash tree, so great that it took seven men linked hand in hand to encircle its trunk.

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