Senjecas - Before Entering the Sea

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 ए 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

Before Entering the Sea
म॓रेम् ति॓रु फे॔स
marem tı̋ru fésa

• English Text
• Senjecan Translation

Gloss

• It is said that before entering the sea a river trembles with fear.
• ȝa da̋a̋e ma̋rem tı̋ru fésa naaős ha ðe̋la—te̋e̋aþo ı̋la:

ȝa	da̋a̋-e	ma̋r-em	tı̋r-u	fésa	naa-ős	ha	ðe̋l-a	te̋e̋-a-þ-o	ı̋l-a
that	river-N.s	sea-A.s	enter-SUP	before	fear-G.s	with	tremble-IND	say-IND-PP-N.s	become-IND

• She looks back at the path she has traveled, from the peaks of the mountains, the long winding road crossing forests and villages.
• ǧarṡı̋mon ápa f̨őőlom—táom tĭta̋ƣa—fűronk̬e ṡe̋im̃onk̬e ta̋ranto pı̋ðo m̃e̋ipanto pa̋a̋vom pu nőőa:

ǧar.ṡı̋m-on	ápa	f̨őől-om	tá-om	tĭ~ta̋ƣ-a	fűr-on=k̬e	ṡe̋im̃-on=k̬e	ta̋r-a-nto-Ø
mountain.peak-A.p	from	path-A.s	which-A.s	PRF~travel-IND	forest-A.p=and	village-A.p=and	cross-IND-AP-ABS

pı̋ðo-Ø	m̃e̋ip-a-nto-Ø	pa̋a̋v-om	pu	nőő-a
long-ABS	wind-IND-AP-ABS	road-A.s	back	look.at-IND

• And in front of her she sees an ocean so vast that to enter there seems nothing more than to disappear for ever.
• da eȝés n̨óópa kéþu re̋m̃e tı̋ı̋rtem na̋ka—ȝa tóru tı̋ru mĭme̋e̋o neó' sóma še̋dam éna ma̋a̋ȝu ka̋ȝa:

da	eȝ-és	n̨óópa	kéþu	re̋m̃e-Ø	tı̋ı̋rt-em	na̋k-a
and	3-G.s	before	so	wide-ABS	ocean-A.s	see-IND

ȝa	tóru	tı̋r-u	mĭ~me̋e̋o-Ø	ne-ó-'	sóma	še̋d-am	éna	ma̋a̋ȝ-u	ka̋ȝ-a
that	there	enter-SUP	EL~more-ABS	nothing-G.s-ELIS	than	eternity-A.s	into	disappear-SUP	appear-IND

• But there is no other way. The river cannot go back.
• ésti a̋no a̋to vűűla ne: da̋a̋e ke̋ru fe̋e̋a:

ésti	a̋no-Ø	a̋t-o	vűűl-a	ne	da̋a̋-e	ke̋r-u	fe̋e̋-a
but	other-ABS	way-N.s	there.be-IND	not	river-N.s	return-SUP	be.unable-IND

• Nobody can go back. To go back is impossible in existence.
• néu ke̋ru ma̋ƣa: ke̋ru buira̋s éna alma̋a̋ƣu e̋sa:

né-u	ke̋r-u	ma̋ƣ-a	ke̋r-u	buir-a̋s	éna	al=ma̋a̋ƣ-u	e̋s-a
nobody-N.s	return-SUP	be.able-IND	return-SUP	existence-G.s	in	PRV=possible-N.s	be-IND

• The river needs to take the risk of entering the ocean, because only then will fear disappear, because that's where the river will know it's not about disappearing into the ocean, but of becoming the ocean.
• da̋a̋e tı̋ı̋rtem tı̋ru mőőilu ı̋ı̋ƣa—hi sóólvi sampa̋s na̋a̋o u-ma̋a̋ȝa—hi no—vái da̋a̋e u-sa̋a̋ra—e̋sa—ȝa tı̋ı̋rtem éna ma̋a̋ȝu sépa ne. de tı̋ı̋rte ı̋lu sépa e̋sa⁝

da̋a̋-e	tı̋ı̋rt-em	tı̋r-u	mőőil-u	ı̋ı̋ƣ-a	hi	sóól=vi	samp-a̋s	na̋a̋-o	u=ma̋a̋ȝ-a	hi	n-o
river-N.s	ocean-A.s	enter-SUP	risk-SUP	need-IND	because	only=ADV	moment-G.s	fear-N.s	FUT=disappear-IND	because	that-N.s

vái	da̋a̋-e	u=sa̋a̋r-a	e̋s-a	ȝa	tı̋ı̋rt-em	éna	ma̋a̋ȝ-u	sépa	ne	de	tı̋ı̋rt-e	ı̋l-u	sépa	e̋s-a
where	river-N.s	FUT=know-IND	be-IND	that	ocean-A.s	in	disappear-SUP	about	not	but	ocean-N.s	become-SUP	about	be-IND