Senjecas - poor

Pronunciation table

peműko (labial)								riisűko (dental)								muitűko (alveolar)								vainűko (palatal)							ṡ̨uuše̋nos (vowels)								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	ǫ	o	u			ĭ	ĕ	ŭ
/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	EQU = equative degree	INS = instrument	PRF = perfect	SUP = supine
2s/p = 2nd person singular/plural	ABS = absolutive (an unmarked modifying adjective)	CONV = conversive	F = feminine	INT = intensive prefix	PRV = privative prefix	TRZ = transitivizer
3 = 3rd person	ADV = adverb	DES = desiderative	FRQ = frequentative	LAT = lative suffix	PST = past	VOC = vocative particle
A(.s/p) = accusative (singular/plural)	AG = agent	DIM = diminutive	FUT = future	LOC = locative suffix	Q = interrogative particle
G(.s/p) = genitive (singular/plural)	AP = agent (active) participle	ELIS = elision	IMP = imperative	M = masculine	QUOT = direct quotation
N(.s/p) = nominative (singular/plural)	AUG = augmentative	ELT = elative	INC = inchoative	OCC = occupation suffix	RPR = recent perfective
V(.s/p) = vocative (singular/plural)	CAUS = causative	EP = epenthesis	IND = indicative	PP = patient (past) participle	SBJ = subjunctive

Adjective

• 1. With little or no possessions or money - pe̋e̋di
• That poor family cannot pay for their food.
• pe̋e̋du a-ða̋mu eȝu-edős ṡ̨óga þa̋mu fe̋e̋a:

pe̋e̋du-Ø	a=ða̋m-u	eȝu=ed-ős	ṡ̨óga	þa̋m-u	fe̋e̋-a
poor-ABS	that=family-N.s	their=food-G.s	for	pay-SUP	be.unable-IND

• 2. Of low quality, inferior - ne̋ri
• That shop sells merchandise of poor quality.
• a-mı̋ƣo ne̋ra k̬ointa̋s fa̋a̋r̨om fa̋a̋ra:

a=mı̋ƣ-o	ne̋ra-Ø	k̬oint-a̋s	fa̋a̋r̨-om	fa̋a̋r-a
that=shop-N.s	poor-ABS	quality-G.s	merchandise-A.s	sell-IND

• 3. Of soil without nutrients - gősi
• This soil is poor in phophorus.
• i-ta̋lo aastaainős túȝa gőso vűűa:

i=ta̋l-o	aastaain-ős	túȝa	gős-o	vűű-a
this-soil-N.s	phosphorus-G.s	in	poor-N.s	be-IND

• 4. Pitiable - bűɫ̨i
• That poor man's wife has just died.
• bűɫ̨u a-m̃iirűs kőzu neṡűma:

bűɫ̨u-Ø	a=m̃iir-űs	kőz-u	neṡ-űm-a
poor-ABS	that=man-G.s	wife-N.s	die-RPR-IND

• 5. Deficient in a specified way - þőmi
• Cow's milk is poor in iron.
• ȝune̋' s̨űűþo s̨aalős túȝa þőmo e̋sa:

ȝun-e̋-'	s̨űűþ-o	s̨aal-ős	túȝa	þőm-o	e̋s-a
cow-G.s-ELIS	milk-N.s	iron-G.s	in	poor-N.s	be-IND

• 6. Inadequate, insufficient - alma̋ti
• She has received poor recognition for her work.
• éȝu daarős ṡ̨óg' alne̋ka że̋e̋nram tĭte̋ka:

éȝ-u	daar-ős	ṡ̨óg-'	al=ma̋ta-Ø	że̋e̋nr-am	tĭ~te̋k-a
3-N.s	work-G.s	for-ELIS	PRV=adequate-ABS	recognition-A.s	PRF~receive-IND

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