Senjecas- When a Sieve Is Shaken

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			ĭ	ĕ	ŭ
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

When a Sieve Is Shaken

मे॔तु भआ॓र्लऻ थु॓लथो इ॓ल

métu va̋a̋rlo þűlaþo ı̋la (Sirach 27:4-7)

ivrĕȝeka̋s úúda tarne̋xaþo
Translated from the Hebrew

• English Text
• Literal Hebrew Translation
• Devanāgari Text
• Senjecan Translation

Gloss

• 4. When a sieve is shaken, the husks appear; so do people’s faults when they speak.
• in shaking of-sieve remains dung, so dung of.man in reasoning his
• métu va̋a̋rlo þűlaþo ı̋la. ge̋bos ka̋ȝa. góþvi homűm lőkos—métu éȝu' sa̋m̃a:
• मे॔तु भआ॓र्लऻ थु॓लथो इ॓ल। गे॓बोस् क॓य। गो॔थ्भि होमु॓म् लो॓कोस्–मे॔तु ए॔युऽ स॓म॥

métu	va̋a̋r-l-o	þűl-a-þ-o	ı̋l-a	ge̋b-os	ka̋ȝ-a	góþ=vi	hom-űm	lők-os	métu	éȝ-u-'	sa̋m̃-a
when	sieve-AG-N.s	shake-IND-PP-N.s	become-IND	husk-N.p	appear-IND	similar=ADV	person-G.p	fault-N.p	when	3-N.p-ELIS	speak-IND

• 5. The furnace tests the potter’s vessels; the test of a person is in conversation.
• utensil of.potter tests kiln, and test of.man in conversation his
• seda̋uxo liiƣlűs pe̋e̋don sa̋pa: homű' sa̋po vaaős móóda e̋sa:
• सेद॓उक़ो लीग़्लु॓स् पै॓दोन् स॓प॥ होमु॓ऽ स॓पो भआओ॓स् मौ॔द ए॓स॥

sed.a̋ux-o	liiƣ-l-űs	pe̋e̋d-on	sa̋p-a	hom-ű-'	sa̋p-o	vaa-ős	móóda	e̋s-a
forge.oven-N.s	throw-AG-G.s	vessesl-A.p	test-IND	person-G.s-ELIS	test-N.s	conversation-G.s	in	be-IND

• 6. The fruit of a tree shows the care it has had; so speech discloses the bent of a person’s heart.
• crop of.tree shows the fruit its, so word pondered heart of.man
• haisı̋m ma̋a̋los te̋sram—táam uűda—sűűta: góþvi sa̋m̃ra homű' suðős ša̋nram fűɫa:
• हइसिम् मआ॓लौस् ते॓स्रम्–त॔अम् उउ॓द–सू॓त॥ गो॔थ्भि स॓म्र होमु॓ऽ सुधो॓ऽ स्व॓न्रम् फु॓ल़॥

hais-ı̋m	ma̋a̋l-os	te̋sr-am	tá-am	u~űd-a	sűűt-a	góþ=vi	sa̋m̃r-a	hom-ű-'	suð-ő-'	ša̋nr-am	fűɫ-a
tree-G.p	fruit-N.p	care-A.s	which-A.s	PRF~have-IND	show-IND	similar=ADV	speech-N.s	person-G.s-ELIS	heart-G.s-ELIS	bent-A.s	disclose-IND

• 7. Praise no one before he speaks, for it is then that people are tested.
• before reasoning not approve man, this for test of.man
• néum a̋ine—fési sa̋m̃a—hi sampa̋s e̋sa—ȝa hőmu' sa̋paþus ı̋la⁝
• ने॔उम् अ॓इने–फे॔सि स॓म़–हि सम्प॓स् ए॓स–य हो॓मुऽ स॓पथुस् इ॓ल॥

né-um	a̋in-e	fési	sa̋m̃-a	hi	samp-a̋s	e̋s-a	ȝa	hőm-u-'	sa̋p-a-þ-us	ı̋l-a
no.one-A.s	praise-IMP	before	speak-IND	for	moment-G.s	be-IND	that	person-N.p-ELIS	test-IND-PP-N.p	become-IND