Senjecas - Prayer of St. Francis

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	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
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

sa̋a̋ku fransiskűs lı̋lo
The Prayer of St. Francis

• English Text
• Senjecan Translation

Gloss

• Lord, make me an instrument of Your peace.
• anderű. tu-miirta̋s xe̋momĕ mum va̋a̋ne:

ander-ű	tu=miirt-a̋s	xe̋m-om-ĕ	m-um	va̋a̋n-e
Lord-V.s	your=peace-G.s	instrument-A.s-EP	1s-A	make-IMP

• Where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon;
• vái þi̋xra vűűla. m̃e̋nam se̋e̋u mum he̋ne. vái ma̋iþo vűűla. dűűr̈am.

vái	þi̋xra-Ø	vűűl-a	m̃e̋n-am	se̋e̋-u	m-um	he̋n-e	vái	ma̋iþ-o	vűűl-a	dűűr̈-am
where	hatred-ABS	there.be-IND	love-A.s	sow-SUP	1s.-A	let.IMP	where	injury.N.s	there.be-IND	pardon-A.s

• where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope;
• vái bűxra vűűla. őőram. vái vı̋ṡa vűűla. ı̋ṡam.

vái	bűxr-a	vűűl-a	őőr-am	vái	v=ı̋ṡ-a	vűűl-a	ı̋ṡ-am
where	doubt-N.s	there.be-IND	faith-A.s	where	PRV=hope-N.s	there.be-IND	hope-A.s

• where there is darkness, light; and where there is sadness, joy.
• vái re̋e̋mta vűűla. f̨őþom. da vái se̋uƣta vűűla. ba̋iram:

vái	re̋e̋mt-a	vűűl-a	f̨őþ-om	da	vái	se̋uƣt-a	vűűl-a	ba̋ir-am
where	darkness-N.s	there.be-IND	light-A.s	and	where	sadness-N.s	there.be-IND	joy-A.s

• O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console;
• o ȝűmu veel̤ű. mum šo me̋e̋vi te̋isaþum ı̋lu šo te̋isu pe̋m̃u ne a̋ȝe.

o	ȝűmu-Ø	veel-l-ű	m-um	šo	me̋e̋-vi	te̋is-a-þ-um	ı̋l-u	šo	te̋is-u	pe̋m̃-u	ne	a̋ȝ-e
Oh	divine-ABS	be.in.charge-AG-V.s	1s-A	so	much-ADV	console-IND-PP-A.s	become-SUP	as	console-SUP	seek-SUP	not	grant-IMP

• to be understood as to understand; to be loved as to love;
• šo þűmaþus ı̋lu šo þűmu. šo m̃e̋naþus ı̋lu šo m̃e̋nu.

šo	þűm-a-þ-u	ı̋l-u	šo	þűm-u	šo	m̃e̋n-a-þ-u	ı̋l-u	šo	m̃e̋n-u
so	understand-IND-PP-N.s	become-SUP	as	understand-SUP	so	love-IND-PP-N.s	become-SUP	as	move-SUP

• for it is in giving that we receive; it is in pardoning that we are pardoned;
• hi méti m̃us dőőa. te̋ka: méti m̃us dűűra. dűűraþus ı̋la:

hi	méti	m̃-us	dőő-a	te̋k-a	méti	m̃-us	dűűr-a	dűűr-a-þ-us	ı̋l-a
for	when	1p-N	give-IND	receive-IND	when	1p-N	pardon-IND	pardon-IND-PP-N.p	become-IND

• and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.
• da méti m̃us ne̋ṡa. še̋ðm̃a ǧı̋ı̋am éna że̋na:

da	méti	m̃-us	ne̋ṡ-a	še̋ðm̃a-Ø	ǧı̋ı̋-am	éna	że̋n-a
and	when	1p-N	die-IND	eternal-ABS	life-A.s	into	be.born-IND