Senjecas - Book II, Chapter 49

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 Forty-nine – na̋a̋lfoos nűmto to þı̋ro

• English text
• Senjecan translation

Gloss

• The wise have no mind of their own, finding it in the minds of ordinary people.
• pa̋ta eȝu-me̋inra saaṡűm o e̋sa ne: va̋a̋ðmu leuðűs meinra̋m éna éȝam de̋e̋sa:

pa̋ta-Ø	eȝu=me̋inr-a	saaṡ-űm	o	e̋s-a	ne	va̋a̋ðmu-Ø	leuð-űs	meinr-a̋m	éna	éȝ-am	de̋e̋s-a
own-ABS	their=mind-N.s	wise-G.p	to	be-IND	not	ordinary-ABS	people-G.s	mind-A.s	in	3-A.s	find-IND

• They're good to good people and they're good to bad people. Power is goodness.
• va̋du leuðűs o va̋dus e̋sa: e̋ku leuðűs o va̋dus e̋sa: m̃a̋ka va̋ðta e̋sa:

va̋du-Ø	leuð-űs	o	va̋d-us	e̋s-a	e̋ku-Ø	leuð-űs	o	va̋d-us	e̋s-a	m̃a̋k-a	va̋ðt-a	e̋s-a
good-ABS	people-G.s	to	good-N.p	be-IND	bad-ABS	people-G.p	to	good-N.p	be-IND	power-N.s	gooness-N.s	be-IND

• They trust people of good faith and they trust people of bad faith. Power is trust.
• va̋da ooa̋s le̋uðum e̋ȝa. da e̋ka ooa̋s le̋uðum e̋ȝa: m̃a̋ka e̋ira e̋sa:

va̋da-Ø	oo-a̋s	le̋uð-um	e̋ȝ-a	da	e̋ka-Ø	oo-a̋s	le̋uð-um	e̋ȝ-a	m̃a̋k-a	e̋ir-a	e̋s-a
good-ABS	faith-G.s	people-A.s	trust-IND	and	bad-ABS	faith-G.s	people-A.s	trust-IND	power-N.s	trust-N.s	be-IND

• They mingle their life with the world, they mix their mind up with the world.
• eȝu-ǧı̋ı̋ra v̌e̋e̋tom súna ka̋þa. eȝu-me̋inram v̌e̋e̋tom súna ka̋þa:

eȝu=ǧı̋ı̋r-a	v̌e̋e̋t-om	súna	ka̋þ-a	eȝu=me̋inr-am	v̌e̋e̋t-om	súna	ka̋þ-a
their=life-N.s	world-A.s	with	mingle-IND	their=mind-A.s	world-A.s	with	mingle-IND

• Ordinary people look after them. Wise souls are children.
• va̋a̋ðmu le̋uðu éȝun te̋sa: saaṡu ṡ̨űűus ṡı̋ṡus e̋sa⁝

va̋a̋ðmu	le̋uðu	éȝun	te̋sa	saaṡu	ṡ̨űűus	ṡı̋ṡus	e̋sa
va̋a̋ðmu-Ø	le̋uð-u	éȝ-un	te̋s-a	saaṡu-Ø	ṡ̨űű-us	ṡı̋ṡ-us	e̋s-a