Senjecas - Book I, Chapter 17

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 Seventeen – foose̋fto þı̋ro

• English Text
• Senjecan Translation

Gloss

• True leaders are hardly known to their followers.
• m̃e̋e̋ru ne̋e̋ilus eȝu-daƣlűm o ááru ṡa̋naþos ı̋la:

m̃e̋e̋ru-Ø	ne̋e̋i-l-us	eȝu=daƣ-l-űm	o	ááru	ṡa̋n-a-þ-os	ı̋l-a
true-ABS	lead-AG-N.p	their=follow-AG-G.p	to	hardly	know-IND-PP-N.p	become-IND

• Next after them are the leaders the people know and admire;
• éȝun da̋gantu ne̋e̋ilu' sus—táun le̋uðu ṡa̋nak̬e de̋kak̬e—e̋sa:

éȝ-on	da̋g-a-ntu-Ø	ne̋e̋i-l-u-'	s-us	tá-un	le̋uð-u	ṡa̋n-a=k̬e	de̋k-a=k̬e	e̋s-a
3-N.p	follow-IND-AP-ABS	lead-AG-N.s-ELIS	this-N.p	which-A.p	people-N.s	know-IND=and	admire-IND=and	be-IND

• after them, those they fear; after them, those they despise.
• éȝun da̋gantu nus—táun e-na̋a̋a. éȝun da̋gantu nus—táun e-va̋isa:

éȝ-on	da̋g-a-ntu-Ø	n-us	tá-un	e=na̋a̋-a	éȝ-on	da̋g-a-ntu-Ø	n-us	tá-un	e=va̋is-a
3-A.p	follow-IND-AP-ABS	that-N.p	which-A.p	PST=fear-IND	3-A.p	follow-IND-AP-ABS	that-N.p	which-A.p	PST=despise-IND

• To give no trust is to get no trust.
• ne̋a e̋iram dőőu ne̋a e̋iram ga̋u e̋sa:

ne̋a-Ø	e̋ir-am	dőő-u	ne̋a-Ø	e̋ir-am	ga̋-u	e̋s-a
no-ABS	trust-A.s	give-SUP	no-ABS	trust-A.s	get-IND	be-IND

• When the work's done right, with no fuss or boasting, ordinary people say, Oh, we did it.
• méti da̋a̋ro m̃éérvi þűkaþo ı̋la. paka̋sm̃e ƥa̋vum̃e sána. gűm̃u le̋uðu te̋e̋a: aa̋. m̃us éȝom e-kı̋a⁝

méti	da̋a̋r-o	m̃éér=vi	þűk-a-þ-o	ı̋l-a	pak-a̋s=m̃e	ƥa̋v-u=m̃e	sána	gűm̃u-Ø	le̋uð-u	te̋e̋-a
when	work-N.s	right=ADV	complete-IND-PP-N.s	become-IND	fuss-G.s=or	boast-SUP=or	without	ordinary-ABS	people-N.s	say-IND

m̃'=	aa̋	m̃-us	éȝ-om	e=kı̋-a	m̃ar
QUOT=ELIS	oh	1p-N	3-A.s	PST=do-IND	QUOT