Senjecas - Sheep and Horses

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

őm̃esk̬e mőresk̬e
The Sheep and the Horses

• English Text
• Senjecan Translation

Gloss

• A sheep with no wool saw horses, one pulling a heavy wagon, one carrying a big load and one carrying a man quickly.
• vybőke őm̃e mőren. še̋e̋ro m̃e̋ƣom da̋bante tévem. me̋żo na̋pom na̋pante tévem da m̃ı̋ı̋rum ááþvi ne̋xante tévem e-na̋ka:

vy-bőke-Ø	őm̃-e	mőr-en	še̋e̋ro-Ø	m̃e̋ƣ-om	da̋b-a-nte-Ø	tév-em	me̋żo-Ø	na̋p-om	na̋p-a-nte-Ø	tév-em
PRV-wool-ABS	sheep-N.s	horse-A.p	heavy-ABS	wagon-A.s	pull-IND-AP-ABS	one-A.s	big-ABS	backpack-A.s	carry-on_back-IND-AP-ABS	one-A.s

da	m̃ı̋ı̋r-um	ááþ=vi	ne̋x-a-nte-Ø	tév-em	e=na̋k-a:
and	man-A.s	quick=ADV	carry-IND-AP-ABS	one-A.s	PST=see-IND

• The sheep said to the horses, "My heart becomes cramped seeing a man driving horses."
• őm̃e more̋m o e-te̋e̋a: m̃a mőren tadı̋d̨antu m̃ı̋ı̋rum na̋kanto mu-sűðo tiiı̋d̨aþo ı̋la m̃ar:

őm̃-e	mor-e̋m	o	e=te̋e̋-a	m̃a	mőr-en	tad-ı̋d̨-a-ntu-Ø	m̃ı̋ı̋r-um	na̋k-a-nto-Ø
sheep-N.s	horse-G.p	to	PST=speak-IND	QUOT	horse-A.p	drive-TRZ-IND-AP-ABS	man-A.s	see-IND-AP-ABS

mu=sűð-o	tii-ı̋d̨-a-þ-o	ı̋l-a	m̃ar
my=heart-N.s	cramp-TRZ-IND-PP-N.s	become-IND	QUOT

• The horses spoke, "Listen, sheep, our hearts become cramped upon having seen: the man, the master makes sheep's wool into warm clothing for himself and the sheep has no wool!"
• mőres e-sa̋m̃a: m̃a om̃e̋. a̋a̋m̃e. m̃u-sűðos tiiı̋d̨aþos ı̋la—méti m̃us na̋ka: m̃ı̋ı̋ru ve̋e̋l̤u eȝu-miűs éra te̋p' outős éna om̃e̋s bőkom va̋a̋na. da őm̃e bőkom űda ne:

mőr-es	e=sa̋m̃-a	m̃a	om̃-e̋	a̋a̋m̃-e	m̃u=sűð-os	tii-ı̋d̨-a-þ-os	ı̋l-a	méti	m̃-us	na̋k-a
horse-Np	PST=speak-IND	QUOT	sheep-V.s	listen-IMP	our=heart-N.p	cramp-TRZ-IND-PP-N.p	become-IND	when	1p-N	see-IND

m̃ı̋ı̋r-u	ve̋e̋l-l-u	eȝu=mi-űs	éra	te̋p-'	out-ős	éna	om̃-e̋s	bők-om	va̋a̋n-a	da	őm̃-e	bők-om	űd-a	ne
man-N.s	be_in_charge-AG-N.s	his=self-G.s	for	warm-ELIS	clothing-G.s	into	sheep-G.s	wool-A.s	make-IND	and	sheep-N.s	wool-A.s	has-IND	not

• Having heard this, the sheep fled into the plain.
• som vıve̋nante őm̃e ma̋a̋xom éna e-ɫ̨őka⁝

s-om	vı~ve̋n-a-nte-Ø	őm̃-e	ma̋a̋x-om	éna	e=ɫ̨ők-a
this-A.s	PRF~hear-IND-AP-ABS	sheep-N.s	field-A.s	into	PST-flee-IND