Senjecas weather

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/

Notes

1. afx = a word formed from a root and an affix, e.g., ƣosı̋ɠo, blizzard < ƣo, emphatic prefix + sı̋ɠo, snow storm.
2. cpd = a compound of two or more roots, e.g., ṡűṡa, t.v. whirl-, swirl-, (-around) + m̃e̋e̋e, wind = ṡusm̃e̋e̋e, whirlwind.
3. drv = a word derived from a root, e.g., m̃e̋e̋e, wind < m̃e̋e̋a, to blow.
4. These words are not numbered, as only original roots are numbered.
5. There are 49 root words (lemmata) of which 2 are verbs and none are adjectives which can be treated as stative verbs. Thus .04 percent of the vocabulary is verbs.

Precipitation - aamfőőlra

Rain - sűűm̃e

• cpd aamfőőlra, precipitation [a̋a̋me, water; főőla, i.v. fall].
• cpd ȝeƣsűűm̃|o, sleet. -a, i.v. sleet [ȝe̋go, ice; sűűm̃e, rain].
• 001 ka̋in|o, fog [> Biscayan kain, fog]. -a, i.v. fog (up). -i, adj. foggy. -ı̋d̨a, t.v. fog (up), befog. -ı̋ho, fog bank. -la̋þo, foggy weather. –ta, fogginess.
• 002 me̋iƣ|o, mist, haze [> Old Greek ομίχλη, mist]. -a, i.v. mist. -i, adj. misty, hazy. -ı̋d̨a, t.v. mist. -ı̋ho, fog bank. -ka̋ðo, shroud of mist. –ta, mistiness haziness.
• 003 musűre, heavy rainfall, cloudburst; ~om sűűm̃a, rain heavily [> Telugu musuru, constant rain].
• 004 rő|so, dew [> Latin rōs, dew]. -si, adj. dewy. -sı̋d̨a, t.v. bedew, dew. -s̈e̋ibo, dewdrop.
• 005 sűűm̃|e, [anim.] rain [> Old Greek ὑει, rain]. -a, i.v. rain. -főőla, rainfall. -ı̋d̨a, t.v. rain. -se̋ibo, raindrop.
• 006 ṡa̋d|o, shower [> PUr *śada, rain]. -a, i.v. shower.
• 007 ṡı̋n|o, drizzle [> Tamil ciṇukku, drizzle]. -a, i.v. drizzle.
• 008 že̋l|o, downpour [> Georgian zɣwel, pour down]. -a, i.v. pour (down).

Snow/Ice - tőm̃o/ȝe̋go

• 009 alűngo, snow bank [> Greenland Inupik alutsinniq, snow cliff].
• cpd haþȝe̋go, thin coating of ice on rock.
• 010 ȝe̋|go, ice [> English icicle]. -ƣl̨űűno, falling graupel. -ƣtőm̃o, fallen graupel.
• 011 ke̋r|o, frozen crust on snow [> Finnish kerte, thin crust on snow]. -a, i.v. form a crust on snow.
• 012 kı̋rmo, thin covering of snow [> Turkish kɨraɣu, hoarfrost].
• 013 l̨űűn|o, falling snow [> Korean 눈 nun, snow]. -a, i.v. snow. –ko, flurry. -pa̋vo, snowflake. -ri, adj. snowy, niveous. -ro, snowfall.
• 014 műƣro, soft snow [> Chaplino muʁája, soft snow].
• 015 m̃a̋ṡo, wet snow [> Saami vuoǯ'ǯe, wet bare ice].
• 016 m̃őpo, sleeping hole in the snow [> Enets báʔa, sleeping place].
• 017 nila̋ƣo, freshwater ice [> Inupik nilaɣ-, glazed frost].
• 018 őőko, ice hole.
• cpd pustőm̃o, firn [pűṡa, t.v. compress; tőm̃o, fallen snow].
• 019 rı̋no, snow on trees [> Saami ridne, rime on trees].
• 020 rűƣ|a, i.v. melt [of ice] [> Western Canadian Inupik aujaq, summer]. -o, melting ice or snow.
• 021 sőso, muddy snow [> Finnish sose, mash].
• 022 sűð|o, frost [> Mansi šaĺ, frost]. -a, i.v. frost. -i, adj. frosty. -ı̋d̨a, t.v. frost.
• 023 s̨őmo, hoarfrost, rime [> Japanese しも shimó, frost].
• 024 s̨űng|o, frazil ice, grease ice, slush. -i, adj. slushy.
• 025 ṡ̨a̋a̋to, icicle.
• 026 ṡ̨a̋g|o, frozen snow [> Korean 차다 chada, be cold]. -a, i.v. become frozen [of snow].
• 027 tő|m̃o, fallen snow [> Georgian თოვლი tovli, snow]. -m̃da̋ko, blanket of snow [da̋ko, blanket]. -m̃ka̋ði, adj. snow-, -covered, –capped [ka̋ða, t.v. cover]. -m̤̃e̋e̋o, snowdrift [m̃e̋e̋e, wind]. -m̃i, adj. snowy, niveous. -m̃rı̋ı̋no, sastruga [rı̋ı̋no, ridge].
• 028 t̨ől|o, hail [> Turkish dolu, hail]. -ðűűo, hailstorm [ðűűo, storm]. -a, i.v. hail. -ta̋a̋ino, hailstone [ta̋a̋ino, stone].

Wind - m̃e̋e̋e

• cpd aamṡűṡo, waterspout [a̋a̋me, flowing water; ṡűṡa, i.v. whirl].
• 029 anṡa̋ƣo, wind off the land [> Nunivak ancaʁnǝq, outgoing tide].
• 030 a̋nþe, north wind [> Etruscan antha, north wind].
• 031 a̋rƣ|a, windward [> Inupik asusuuʁ-, against wind]. -ĕþim, adv. windward. -i, adj. windward.
• 032 ha̋inṡe, very cold wind [> Gipuzkoan antzigar, very cold wind].
• 033 kana̋ke, wind from off the sea [> Alaskan Yupik kanakǝq, wind from the sea].
• pol m̃e̋e̋|e, wind [anim.]; ðuu~, storm wind [ðűűo, storm]; reið~, fair wind [re̋iða, ride]; tar~, crosswind [ta̋ra, t.v. cross]; þoos~, headwind [þőősa, t.v. oppose]. -i, adj. windy. -ke, breeze, zephyr;
• pol na̋bo, gust [na̋ba, burst].
• 034 ne̋nge, south wind [> Japanese みなみかぜ mìnamikaze, south wind].
• 035 pőőðe, east wind.
• cpd sausm̃e̋e̋e, foehn [sa̋usi, adj. dry].
• 036 űmto, draft [> Inupik ussaʁniq, draft].
• 037 za̋le, west wind [> Turkish yel, wind].

Storms - ðűűos

• 038 ðűű|o, storm [> Greek θΰω, storm]. -a, i.v. storm, be stormy. -i, adj. stormy, inclement. -ko, squall.
• cpd ðuum̃ðűűo, dust storm [ðűűm̃o, dust].
• cpd ðuum̃ne̋vo, dustcloud [ðűűm̃o, dust; ne̋vo, cloud].
• 039 he̋l|e, [anim.] lightning [> Georgian el-, glimmer (of lightning)]. -a, i.v. lightning. -pa̋a̋ugo, lightning flash [pa̋a̋ugo, flash].
• cpd ȝersűűm̃e, monsoon [ȝe̋ra, season; sűűm̃e, rain].
• cpd lila̋þo, foul weather [lı̋o, mud; la̋þo, weather].
• drv ƣosı̋go, blizzard [ƣo-, emphatic prefix; sı̋go, snow storm].
• 040 sı̋go, snow storm [> Mongolian siɣurɣa(n), snow storm].
• 041 sűr|e, [anim.] whirlwind, cyclone, twister; aus̈űre, typhoon [a̋usa, east]; m̃es̈űre, hurricane [m̃e̋sa, west] [> Tamil cūr_ai, whirlwind]. -i, adj. cyclonic.
• 042 tőn|o, thunder [> Latin tonāre, thunder]. -a, i.v. thunder. -ðűűo, thunderstorm. -he̋lo, thunderbolt. -ı̋d̨a, t.v. thunder. -ƣőrmo, thunderclap.

Clouds - ne̋vos

• cpd ðuune̋vo, storm cloud, thundercloud, nimbostratus cloud [ðűűo, storm].
• cpd gumne̋vo, cumulus cloud [gűmo, heap].
• 043 mőko, cirrus cloud.
• 044 ne̋v|o, cloud. [> English nebulous]. -a, i.v. cloud, become cloudy. -ðı̋ho, cloud bank. -ı̋d̨a, t.v. cloud over, becloud. -mi, adj. cloudy, clouded. -m̃e̋e̋o, clouddrift [m̃e̋e̋o, drift]. -ri, adj. cloudy, overcast.
• cpd suum̃ne̋vo, raincloud [sűűm̃e, rain].
• 045 še̋rgo, cloudy sky [> Dutch zwerk, heavens].

Fair sky - ga̋no

• 046 ga̋no, clear, fair sky [> Japanese あま áme sky].
• 047 őv|o, heat of the sun. -a, i.v. heat [by the sun]. -ı̋d̨a, t.v. heat [by the sun].
• 048 tulı̋mo, rainbow [> Inupik tulim(m)aq, rainbow].
• 049 vı̋ı̋l|o, fine-, good-, pleasant-, -weather [> English blithe]. -a, i.v. be fine, good, pleasant [weather]. -i, adj. fine, good, pleasant [weather].

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