Senjecas - Book I, Chapter 12

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

atősk̬e m̃aka̋sk̬e siia̋mɫo – Tao Te Ching
The Book of the Way and the Power
Ursula K. LeGuin kía ange̋lo tarne̋xaþo
English Translation by Ursula K. LeGuin

Chapter Twelve – food̬őto þı̋ro

• English Text
• Senjecan Translation

Gloss

• The five colors blind our eyes. The five notes deafen our ears. The five flavors dull our taste.
• pe̋n te̋e̋ros m̃u-t̬a̋lon áȝarı̋d̨a: pe̋n še̋nos m̃u-ma̋inon vaðı̋d̨a: pe̋n t̨a̋a̋tos m̃u-t̨a̋a̋þromĕ mubı̋d̨a:

pe̋n	te̋e̋r-os	m̃u=t̬a̋l-on	áȝar-ı̋d̨-a	pe̋n	še̋n-os	m̃u=ma̋in-on	vað-ı̋d̨-a	pe̋n	t̨a̋a̋t-os	m̃u=t̨a̋a̋þr-om=ĕ	mub-ı̋d̨-a
five	color-N.p	our=eye-A.p	blind-TRZ-IND	five	note-N.p	our=ear-A.p	deaf-TRZ-IND	five	flavor-N.p	our=taste-A.s=EP	dull-TRZ-IND

• Racing, chasing, hunting, drives people crazy. Trying to get rich ties people in knots.
• bőnuk̬e ȝa̋ƣuk̬e ve̋e̋duk̬e le̋uðum oikı̋d̨a: ƣa̋vu ı̋lu sa̋pu le̋uðum ne̋da:

bőn-u=k̬e	ȝa̋ƣ-u=k̬e	ve̋e̋d-u=k̬e	le̋uð-um	oik-ı̋d̨-a	ƣa̋v-u	ı̋l-u	sa̋p-u	le̋uð-um	ne̋d-a
race-SUP=and	chase-SUP=and	hunt-SUP=and	people-A.s	crazy-TRZ-IND	rich-N.s	become-SUP	try-SUP	people-A.s	tie_in_knots-IND

• So the wise soul watches with the inner not the outer eye, letting that go, keeping this.
• saaru sa̋a̋ṡu ṡ̨űűu ȝűo ne pűűso t̬alős kía ge̋þa. nom se̋m̃u. som ðe̋ru⁝

saaru	sa̋a̋ṡu-Ø	ṡ̨űű-u	ȝűo-Ø	ne	pűűso-Ø	t̬al-ős	kía	ge̋þ-a	n-om	se̋m̃-u	s-om	ðe̋r-u
so	wise-ABS	soul-N.s	inner-ABS	not	outer-ABS	eye-G.s	by	watch-IND	that-A.s	let.go-SUP	this-A.s	keep-SUP