Senjecas - Book I, Chapter 10
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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/ | /ĭ/ | /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 | |
| 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
atősk̬e m̃aka̋sk̬e lűvo – Tao Te Jing
The Book of the Way and the Power
English Translation by Ursula K. LeGuin
Ursula K. LeGuin kía ange̋lo tarne̋xaþo
Chapter Ten – főőto þı̋ro
- Can you keep your soul in its body, hold fast to the one, and so learn to be whole? Can you center your energy, be soft, tender, and so learn to be a baby?
- eȝu-bodős éna tu-ṡ̨űűum ðe̋ru. þűn se̋e̋pu. da ítu őru tűnu ma̋ƣa sa: tu-fe̋domĕ meþı̋d̨u. n̨űmu. m̨őru. da ítu ba̋a̋lu e̋su tűnu ma̋ƣa sa:
eȝu=bod-ős éna tu=ṡ̨űű-um ðe̋r-u þűn se̋e̋p-u da ítu őr-u tűn-u ma̋ƣ-a sa its=body-G.s in your=soul-A.s keep-SUP one hold.fast-SUP and so whole-N.s learn-SUP be.able-IND Q
tu=fe̋d-om=ĕ meþ-ı̋d̨-u n̨űm-u m̨őr-u da ítu ba̋a̋l-u e̋s-u tűn-u ma̋ƣ-a sa your=energy-A.s-EP center-TZR-SUP be.soft-SUP be.tender-SUP and so baby-N.s be-SUP learn-SUP be.able-IND Q
- Can you keep the deep water still and clear, so it reflects without blurring? Can you love people and run things, and do so by not doing?
- tu ṡa̋lo hurom k̬ı̋ı̋lomk̬e ȝe̋xomk̬e a̋uku ma̋ƣa—táádi ne̋uku sána t̨őőla sa: le̋uðum m̃e̋nuk̬e ve̋e̋luk̬e da ítu kı̋u ne kía kı̋u ma̋ƣa sa:
t-u ṡa̋lo-Ø hur-om k̬ı̋ı̋l-om=k̬e ȝe̋x-om=k̬e a̋uk-u ma̋ƣ-a sa táádi ne̋uk-u sána t̨őől-a sa 2s-N deep-ABS water-A.s still-A.s=and clear-A.s=and keep-SUP be.able-IND Q so.that blur-SUP without reflect-IND Q
le̋uð-um m̃e̋n-u=k̬e ve̋e̋l-u=k̬e da ítu kı̋-u ne kía kı̋-u ma̋ƣ-a sa people-A.s love-SUP=and be.in.charge-SUP and so do-SUP not by do-SUP be.able-IND Q
- Opening, closing the Gate of Heaven, can you be like a bird with her nestlings? Piercing bright through the cosmos, can you know by not knowing?
- d̨em̃a̋s lűrantuk̬e pa̋xantuk̬e tu paute̋m súna m̃e̋ȝe sőmu ma̋ƣa sa: ormőþtom f̨óþvi tűűdantu tu sa̋a̋ru ne kía sa̋a̋ru ma̋ƣa sa:
d̨em̃-a̋s lűr-a-ntu-Ø=k̬e pa̋x-a-ntu-Ø=k̬e t-u paut-e̋m súna m̃e̋ȝ-e sőm-u ma̋ƣ-a sa heaven-G.s open-IND-AP-ABS=and close-IND-AP-ABS=and 2s-N nestling-G.p with bird-N.s be.like-SUP be.able-IND Q
ormőþt-om f̨óþ=vi tűűd-a-ntu-Ø t-u sa̋a̋r-u ne kía sa̋a̋r-u ma̋ƣ-a sa cosmos-A.s bright=ADV pierce-IND-AP-ABS 2s-N know-SUP not by know-SUP be.able-IND Q
- To give birth, to nourish, to bear and not to own, to act and not to claim, to lead and not to rule, this is mysterious power.
- ı̋ı̋nu. pa̋a̋tu. pı̋duk̬e űðuk̬e ne. vı̋vuk̬e me̋e̋uðuk̬e ne. de̋ukuk̬e zı̋luk̬e ne. so ƣűűƣo m̃a̋ko e̋sa⁝
ı̋ı̋n-u pa̋a̋t-u pı̋d-u=k̬e űð-u=k̬e ne vı̋v-u=k̬e me̋e̋uð-u=k̬e ne de̋uk-u=k̬e zı̋l-u=k̬e ne give.birth-SUP nourish-SUP bear-SUP=and own-SUP=and not act-SUP=and claim-SUP=and not lead-SUP=and rule-SUP=and not
s-o ƣűűƣo-Ø m̃a̋k-o e̋s-a this-N.s mysterious-ABS power-N.s be-IND
