Senjecas - Tecumseh

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

• When your time comes to die, be not like those whose hearts are filled with fear of death,
• méti tu-neste̋na tőpa—sómi sus—taúm sűðos nesra̋s naaa̋s ha pe̋e̋laþos ı̋la—ese̋ȝa mee—

méti	tu=nes.te̋n-a	tőp-a	sómi	s-us	ta-úm	sűð-os	nesr-a̋s	naa-a̋s	ha	pe̋e̋l-a-þ-os	ı̋l-a	es-e̋ȝa	mee
when	your=death.time-IND	arrive-IND	like	this-N.p	heart-N.p	who-G.p	death-G.s	fear-G.s	with	fill-IND-PP-N.p	become-IND	be-SBJ	not

• so that when their time comes they weep and pray for a little more time to live their lives over again in a different way.
• m̨úmi—méti eȝu-te̋na tőpa—ɫı̋ı̋ga da gőȝa mooda̋s náánu eȝu-ǧı̋ı̋ran ǧı̋ı̋u ga̋a̋mka tena̋s ṡ̨óga lı̋la:

m̨úmi	méti	eȝu=te̋n-a	tőp-a	ɫı̋ı̋g-a	da	gőȝa-Ø	mood-a̋s	náánu	eȝu=ǧı̋ı̋r-an	ǧı̋ı̋-u	ga̋a̋m-ka-Ø	ten-a̋s	ṡ̨óg-a	lı̋l-a
so.that	when	their=time-N.s	arrive-IND	weep-IND	and	different-ABS	way-G.s	again	their=life-A.p	live-SUP	more-DIM-ABS	time-G.s	for	pray-IND

• Sing your death song, and die like a hero going home.
• tu-nesga̋a̋ȝom gaaȝe̋ȝa. da nőmantu šainű' sóma neṡe̋ȝa⁝

tu=nes.ga̋a̋ȝ-om	gaaȝ-e̋ȝa	da	nőm-a-ntu-Ø	šain-ű-'	sóma	neṡ-e̋ȝa
your=death.song-A.s	sing-SBJ	and	go.home-IND-AP-ABS	hero-G.s-ELIS	like	die-SBJ

- Tecumseh (1768-1813)