Senjecas astronomy

Sun - sų̋le

• 001 nę̋d-a, i.v. rise [of the sun].

-a, sunrise.

• 002 sų̋l-a, sun is shining.

-dų̋a, sunset.

-e̋na, solar year.

-f̣oþmődo, corona. ( < f̣oþo, light; mődo, circle)

-i, adj. sunny.

-ƿi, adj. heliacal.

-tą̋go, solar system. ( < tą̋go, system)

-ƶı̋mo, solar eclipse. ( < ƶı̋mo, eclipse)

Moon - zę̋re

• 003 ḅą̋g-a, i.v. be the full moon.

-a, week of the full moon.

-e, full moon.

• 004 dűst-a, i.v. be the first quarter moon.

-a, week of the first quarter moon.

-e, first quarter moon.

• pol kőðle, crescent moon. ( < kőðlo, sickle)
• 005 þ̇őlg-a, i.v. be the last quarter moon.

-a, week of the last quarter moon.

-e, last quarter moon.

• 006 zę̋-ra, i.v. moon is shining.

-ra, lunar month.

-rdı̋la, lunar year.

-rdų̋a, moonset.

-r̨e̋no, moonrise.

-re, moon.

-rba̋lo, moon’s orbit.

-rzı̋na, lunar phase.

-rƶı̋mo, lunar eclipse.

• 007 ƶa̋ng-a, i.v. be the new moon.

-a, week of the new moon.

-e, new moon.

Planets - d̬ǫ̋nes

• 008 d̬ǫ̋ne, planet .
• cpd ąnd̬ǫ̋ne, Saturn. ( < a̋no, ring)
• cpd bad̬̓ǫ̋ne, Jupiter. ( < ba̋di, brown)
• cpd bund̬ǫ̋ne, Neptune. ( < bűn, eight)
• cpd nevd̬ǫ̋ne, Venus. ( < ne̋vo, cloud)
• cpd pind̬ǫ̋ne, Mercury. ( < pini, small)
• cpd reuðd̬ǫ̋ne, Mars. ( < re̋uði, red)
• cpd sefd̬ǫ̋ne, Uranus. ( < se̋f, seven)

Stars – cűkes

• cpd ąicűke, morning star.
• 009 cű-ke, star.

-kı̋ȝ=o, galaxy.

=i, adj. galactic.

-xgı̨̋ro , constellation. ( < gı̨̋ro, picture)

-xne̋v=o, nebula. ( < ne̋vo, cloud)

=i, adj. nebular, nebulous.

-xni, adj. starlike, starry, stellate.

-xri, adj. starry, full of stars, star-studded.

• hǫlcűke, pole star, Polaris.
• cpd ȝiþcűke, evening star.

Constellations - cuxṅa̋ros

• cpd hurƶa̋vde, Hydra. ( < hűro, water; ƶa̋vde, snake)
• pol ḷőmlu, Sagittarius. ( < ḷőmlu, archer)
• 010 ca̋lpe, Pleiades
• pol ȝémus, Gemini. (< ȝe̋mu, twin)
• pol kę̋ine , Cancer. ( < ke̋ine, crab)
• cpd me̋ƶe ną̋ȝe, Canis Major.
• cpd num-dą̋e, Milky Way. ( < nűmo, sky; dą̋e, river)

-ke̋ðlu, Orion. ( < ke̋ðlu, hunter)

-ve̋r=e, Ursa Major. ( < ve̋re, bear)

=ke, Ursa Minor.

• pol pı̋ne ną̋ȝe , Canis Minor.

Other heavenly bodies – a̋no nűmo ƿe̋xos

• cpd balta̋ino, asteroid. ( < ba̋la, to orbit; ta̋ino, rock)
• cpd numta̋ino, meteorite. ( < nűmo, sky; ta̋ino, rock)
• cpd ᵹeðcűk-e, meteor. ( < ᵹeða, to shoot)

-i, adj. meteoric.

• 011 vő-ko, tail [of a comet].

-xcűke, comet.

Astronomy terms – cuxsąra̋s fę̋tas

• cpd v̌ęþ-ȝővta, perigee. ( < v̌ęto, earth; ȝővta, nearness)

-þ̓ı̋fta, apogee. ( < þı̋fta, farness)

• cpd f̣oþdı̋la, lightyear. ( < f̣őþo, light; dı̋la, year)