Senjecas - All the Birds

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	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

Text

• All the birds have flown up and gone; A lonely cloud floats leisurely by.
• őre m̃e̋ȝes ánu pĭpe̋tak̬e aa̋tak̬e: ve̋iro ne̋vo dénvi ǫ́nu ka̋pa:

őre-Ø	m̃e̋ȝ-es	ánu	pĭ~pe̋t-a=k̬e	a~a̋t-a=k̬e	ve̋iro-Ø	ne̋v-o	dén=vi	ǫ́nu	ka̋p-a
all-ABS	bird-N.p	up	PRF-fly-IND=and	PRF~go-IND=and	lonely-ABS	cloud-N.s	leisure=ADV	by	float-IND

• We never tire of looking at each other - Only the mountain and I.
• m̃us anánum nőőu o le̋e̋da neánu. sóólvi ǧa̋rok̬e muk̬e

m̃-us	anán-um	nőő-u	o	le̋e̋d-a	neánu	sóól=vi	ǧa̋r-o=k̬e	m-u=k̬e
1p-N	each.other-A.s	look.at-SUP	to	tire-IND	never	only=ADV	mountain-N.s=and	1s-n=and

• I take my wine jug out among the flowers to drink alone, without friends.
• báþim nanőm ȝúṡa káim̃vi vilűm sána pőőȝu tááda mu-m̃einkűtom ga̋a̋na:

bá=þim	nan-őm	ȝúṡa	káim̃-vi	vil-űm	sána	pőőȝ-u	tááda	mu=m̃ein.kűt-om	ga̋a̋n-a
out=LAT	flower-G.p	among	alone=ADV	friend-G.p	without	drink-SUP	in.order.to	my=wine.jug-A.s	take.with-IND

• I raise my cup to entice the moon. That, and my shadow, makes us three.
• e̋idem bı̋ru tááda mu-gindom kőþa: nek̬e mu-nı̋ı̋zok̬e m̃un tı̋r va̋a̋na:

e̋id-em	bı̋r-u	tááda	mu=gind-om	kőþ-a	n-e=k̬e	mu=nı̋ı̋z-o=k̬e	m̃-un	tı̋r	va̋a̋n-a
moon-A.s	entice-SUP	in.order.to	my=cup-A.s	raise-IND	that-N.s=and	my=shadow-N.s=and	1p-A	three	make-IND

• But the moon doesn't drink, and my shadow silently follows.
• ésti e̋ide pőőȝa ne. da mu-nı̋ı̋zo sáámvi da̋ga:

ésti	e̋id-e	pőőȝ-a	ne	da	mu=nı̋ı̋z-o	sáám=vi	da̋g-a
but	moon-N.s	drink-IND	not	and	my=shadow-N.s	silent=ADV	follow-IND

• I will travel with moon and shadow, happy to the end of spring.
• kesa̋s mugős sííri ka̋itu. eide̋sk̬e niizősk̬e súna u-ta̋ƣa:

kes-a̋s	mug-ős	sííri	ka̋it-u	eid-e̋s=k̬e	niiz-ős=k̬e	súna	u=ta̋ƣ-a
spring-G.s	end-G.s	until	happy-N.s	moon-G.s=and	shadow-G.s=and	with	FUT=travel-IND

• When I sing, the moon dances. When I dance, my shadow dances, too.
• méti mu ga̋a̋ȝa—e̋ide me̋ba: méti mu me̋ba—mu-nı̋ı̋zo étu me̋ba:

méti	m-u	ga̋a̋ȝ-a	e̋id-e	me̋b-a	méti	m-u	me̋b-a	mu=nı̋ı̋z-o	étu	me̋b-a
when	1s-N	sing-IND	moon-N.s	dance-IND	when	1s-N	dance-IND	my=shadow-N.s	too	dance-IND

• We share life's joys when sober. Drunk, each goes a separate way.
• m̃us—méti þe̋e̋lus—ǧiira̋s ba̋iran ne̋ma: níígu—méti sűfu—ve̋e̋to a̋tom a̋ta:

m̃-us	méti	þe̋e̋l-us	ǧiir-a̋s	ba̋ir-an	ne̋m-a	nííg-u	méti	sűf-u	ve̋e̋to-Ø	a̋t-om	a̋t-a
1p-N	when	sober-N.p	life-G.s	joy-A.p	share-IND	each-N.s	when	drunk-N.s	separate-ABS	way-A.s	go-IND

• Constant friends, although we wander, we'll meet again in the Milky Way.
• alme̋iþantu vı̋lu'—sáámi m̃us ma̋la—numdaae̋s éna náán' u-pa̋na⁝

alme̋iþantu-Ø	vı̋l-u-'	sáámi	m̃-us	ma̋l-a	num.daa-e̋s	éna	náán-'	u=pa̋n-a
constant-ABS	friend-N.s-ELIS	although	1p-N	wander-IND	sky.river-G.s	in	again-ELIS	FUT=meet-IND