Senjecas - Eye Juggler

Pronunciation table

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

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t̬a̋lom sevȝe̋e̋lu - Eye Juggler

• Coyote saw Cottontail’s children playing.
• koȝőte partĕpoɫe̋s le̋idante żőőnaþes e-na̋ka:

koȝőt-e	part.ĕ-poɫ-e̋s	le̋id-a-nte-Ø	żőőn-a-þ-es	e=na̋k-a
Coyote-n.s	Cotton.EP-tail-G.s	play-IND-AP-ABS	beget-IND-PP-N.p	PST=see-

• They were taking out their eyes and throwing them up in the air and catching them in their eye sockets.
• eȝu-t̬a̋lon e-őȝa da ga̋a̋lom éna éȝon ánu e-ȝe̋e̋a da t̬alrőbon éna éȝon e-la̋va:

eȝu=t̬a̋l-on	e=őȝ-a	da	ga̋a̋l-om	éna	éȝ-on	ánu	e=ȝe̋e̋-a	da	t̬al.rőb-on	éna	éȝ-on	e=la̋v-a
their=eye-S.p	PST=take.out-IND	and	air-A.s	in	3-A.p	up	PST=throw-IND	and	eye.socket-A.p	in	3-A.p	PST=catch-IND

• Coyote wanted to play. He had shiny black eyes.
• koȝőte le̋idu e-m̃e̋ṡa: šőrdo t̬a̋los eȝés o e-e̋sa:

koȝőt-e	le̋id-u	e=m̃e̋ṡ-a	šőrdo-Ø	t̬a̋l-os	eȝ-és	o	e=e̋s-a
Coyote-N.s	play-SUP	PST=want-IND	shiny.black-ABS	eye-N.p	3-G.s	to	PST=be-IND

• He took them out and threw them into the air. They were hanging in a cedar tree.
• éȝon e-őȝa da ga̋a̋lom éna éȝon ánu e-ȝe̋e̋a. ésti éȝos iilok̬ı̋s éna la̋vaþos e-ı̋la:

éȝ-on	e=őȝ-a	da	ga̋a̋l-om	éna	éȝ-on	ánu	e=ȝe̋e̋-a	ésti	éȝ-os	iilok̬-ı̋s	éna	la̋v-a-þ-os	e=ı̋l-a
3-A.s	PST=take.out-IND	and	air-A.s	in	3-A.p	up	PST=throw-IND	but	3-N.p	holly.tree-G.s	in	catch-IND-PP-N.p	PST=become-IND

• He shook the tree but he couldn’t make his eyes fall down.
• ha̋isim e-þűla. ésti eȝu-t̬a̋lon foolűða e-fe̋e̋a:

ha̋is-im	e=þűl-a	ésti	eȝu=t̬a̋l-on	fool-űð-a	e=fe̋e̋-a
tree-A.s	PST=shake-IND	but	his=eye-A.p	fall-CAUS-IND	PST=be.unable.IND

• Cottontail’s children laughed and made fun of him. Coyote got angry and chased them.
• partĕpoɫe̋s żőőnaþes e-ı̋nak̬e éȝem e-na̋l̨ak̬e: koȝőte ge̋g' e-ı̋lak̬e éȝen ȝa̋ƣak̬e:

part.ĕ-poɫ-e̋s	żőőn-a-þ-es	e=ı̋n-a=k̬e	éȝ-em	e=na̋l̨-a=k̬e
Cotton.EP-tail-G.s	beget-IND-PP-N.p	PST=laugh.at-IND=and	3-A.s	PST=make.fun.of-IND=and

koȝőt-e	ge̋g-'	e=ı̋l-a=k̬e	éȝ-en	ȝa̋ƣ-a=k̬e
Coyote-N.s	angry-ELIS	PST=beome-IND=and	3-A.p	chase-IND=and

• He couldn’t catch them, so he left. He had to make eyes out of pine sap.
• éȝen la̋vu e-fe̋e̋a. náru e-vı̋da: s̨ulpiitős éha t̬a̋lon va̋a̋nu e-ke̋la:

éȝ-en	la̋v-u	e=fe̋e̋-a	náru	e=vı̋d-a	s̨ul.piit-ős	éha	t̬a̋l-on	va̋a̋n-u	e=ke̋l-a
3-A.p	catch-SUP	PST=be.unable-IND	so	PST=leave-IND	pine.sap-G.s	out.of	eye-A.p	make-SUP	PST=have.to-IND

• That’s why Coyote’s eyes are yellow now.
• koȝote̋s t̬a̋losĕ sós ha ímu xűlos e̋sa⁝

koȝot-e̋s	t̬a̋l-os=ĕ	s-ós	ha	ímu	xűl-os	e̋s-a
Coyote-G.s	eye-N.p=EP	this-G.s	because.of	now	yellow-N.p	be-IND