Senjecas - Gospel Preface

Pronunciation table

peműko (labial)								riisűko (dental)								muitűko (alveolar)								vainűko (palatal)							ṡ̨uuše̋nos (vowels)								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	ǫ	o	u			ĭ	ĕ	ŭ
/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	EQU = equative degree	INS = instrument	PRF = perfect	SUP = supine
2s/p = 2nd person singular/plural	ABS = absolutive (an unmarked modifying adjective)	CONV = conversive	F = feminine	INT = intensive prefix	PRV = privative prefix	TRZ = transitivizer
3 = 3rd person	ADV = adverb	DES = desiderative	FRQ = frequentative	LAT = lative suffix	PST = past	VOC = vocative particle
A(.s/p) = accusative (singular/plural)	AG = agent	DIM = diminutive	FUT = future	LOC = locative suffix	Q = interrogative particle
G(.s/p) = genitive (singular/plural)	AP = agent (active) participle	ELIS = elision	IMP = imperative	M = masculine	QUOT = direct quotation
N(.s/p) = nominative (singular/plural)	AUG = augmentative	ELT = elative	INC = inchoative	OCC = occupation suffix	RPR = recent perfective
V(.s/p) = vocative (singular/plural)	CAUS = causative	EP = epenthesis	IND = indicative	PP = patient (past) participle	SBJ = subjunctive

Text

vaðteeős tirsa̋m̃os - Gospel Preface (1:1-4)

mukánȝeka̋s úúda tarne̋xaþo

Translated from the Greek

• New American Bible
• Literal Greek Translation
• Senjecan Text

Gloss

• 1. Many have undertaken to compile a narrative of the events which have been fulfilled in our midst,
• Since many attempted to.compile narrative about the having.been.fulfilled among us events,
• hi m̃e̋umus m̃úm ȝúṡa þűkaþa evra̋sĕ sepa ȝe̋kaþom le̋żu e-sa̋pa.

hi	m̃e̋um-us	m̃-úm	ȝúṡa	þűk-a-þa-Ø	evr-a̋s=ĕ	sepa	ȝe̋k-a-þ-om	le̋ż-u	e=sa̋p-a
since	many-N.p	1p-G	among	fulfill-IND-PP-ABS	event-G.s=EP	about	tell-IND-PP-A.s	compile-SUP	PST=attempt-IND

• 2. precisely as those events were transmitted to us by the original eyewitnesses and ministers of the word.
• just.as delivered to.us the from beginning eyewitnesses and servants having become of the word,
• ṡámvi móódu tǫ̋ǫ̋slusk̬e sam̃ős nı̋ı̋xlusk̬e m̃úm o toðra̋s áfa e-dőőa.

ṡám=vi	móódu	tǫ̋ǫ̋s-l-us=k̬e	sam̃-ős	nı̋ı̋x-l-us=k̬e	m̃-úm	o	toðr-a̋s	áfa	e=dőő-a
exact=ADV	as	witness-AG-N.p=and	word-G.s	serve-AG-N.p=and	1p-G	to	beginning-G.s	from	PST=deliver-IND

• 3. I too have carefully traced the whole sequence of events from the beginning, and have decided to set it in writing for you, Theophilus.
• it.seemed.good to.me.also having investigated from.beginning everything carefully, in.orderly.way to.you to.write, most.noble Theophilus,
• o kŭkőővu þeófilű. tús o ȝa̋ru mús o étu va̋du e-ka̋ȝa—hi mu toðra̋s áfa zéémvi páfvi vísom zĭza̋xa—

o	kŭ~kőővu	þeófil-ű	t-ús	o	ȝa̋r-u	m-ús	o	étu	va̋d-u	e=ka̋ȝ-a
o	EL~noble-Ø	Theophilus-V.s	2s-G	to	write-SUP	1s-G	to	too	good-N.s	PST=seem-IND

hi	m-u	toðr-a̋s	áfa	zéém=vi	páf-vi	vís-om	zĭ~za̋x-a
because	1s.N	beginning-G.s	from	careful-ADV	orderly=ADV	everything-A.s	PRF~investigate-IND

• 4. so that Your Excellency may see how reliable the instruction was that you received.
• that you.may.know about which you.were.taught of.words the certainty.
• táádi tu sam̃őm—táon tu dőkaþu e-ila—kı̋ı̋stam sare̋ȝa⁝

táádi	t-u	sam̃-őm	tá-on	t-u	dők-a-þ-u	e=il-a	kı̋ı̋st-am	sar-e̋ȝa
in.order.that	2s-N	word-G.p	which-A.s	2s-N	teach-IND-PP-N.s	PST=become-IND	certainty-A.s	know-SBJ