Senjecas - A Kingfisher Dives

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			ĭ	ĕ	ŭ
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 ए 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

A Kingfisher Dives

ṡeerőle ðűűpa

चैरो॓ले धू॓प

• English Text
• Devanāgari Text
• Senjecan Translation

Gloss

• A kingfisher dives and far away I feel the Western River call:
• ṡeerőle ðűűpa da mu m̃esda̋a̋em ha̋m̃u műȝa m̃a:

ṡeeről-e	ðűűp-a	da	m-u	m̃es.da̋a̋-em	ha̋m̃-u	műȝ-a	m̃a
kingfisher-N.s	dive-IND	and	1s-N	west.river-A.s	call-SUP	feel-IND	QUOT

• “Come home, come home, child of my fertile valley.”
• nőmom do ǧeme̋ȝa. nőmom do ǧeme̋ȝa. ba̋lo mu-leðős ṡiṡű m̃ar:

nőm-om	do	ǧem-e̋ȝa	nőm-om	do	ǧem-e̋ȝa	ba̋lo-Ø	mu=leð-ős	ṡiṡ-ű	m̃ar
home-A.s	to	come-SBJ	home-A.s	to	come-SBJ	fertile-ABS	my=valley-G.s	child-V.s	QUOT

• There’s a tiny thread that joins us, from imagination to reality –
• tı̋po—táo feer̈a̋s ápa m̃exta̋s do m̃un ƣe̋ða—nűűlo vűűla:

tı̋p-o	tá-o	feer̈-a̋s	ápa	m̃ext-a̋s	do	m̃-un	ƣe̋ð-a	nűűl-o	vűűl-a
tiny-N.s	which-N.s	imagination-G.s	from	reality-A.s	to	2p-A	join-IND	thread-N.s	there.be-IND

• it’s like a flash of blue lightning.
• hele̋s kőőxo paaugő' sóma e̋sa⁝

hel-e̋s	kőőxo-Ø	paaug-ő-'	sóma	e̋s-a
lightning-G.s	blue-ABS	flash-G.s-ELIS	like	be-IND

• ṡeerőle, European kingfisher (Alcedo atthis).
• m̃esda̋a̋e, the Western River, the Dniester.