Senjecas - Book II, Chapter 60
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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 | 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
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 60 – tir főőto þı̋ro
- Rule a big country the way you cook a small fish.
- me̋ża me̋xam zile̋ȝa épi tu pı̋ne d̨a̋gem dűƣa:
me̋ża-Ø me̋x-am zil-e̋ȝa épi t-u pı̋ne-Ø d̨a̋g-em dűƣ-a great-ABS country-A.s rule-SBJ as 2s-N small-ABS fish-A.s cook-IND
- If you keep control by following the Way, troubled spirits won't act up.
- ébi tu a̋tom da̋gu kía dőmram ðere̋ȝa. toári ga̋a̋su űűnus u-dustı̋na ne:
ébi t-u a̋t-om da̋g-u kía dőmr-am ðer-e̋ȝa toári ga̋a̋su-Ø űűn-us u=dus=tı̋n-a ne if 2s-N way-A.s follow-SUP by control-A.s keep-SBJ then troubled-Ø spirit-N.p FUT=mis=behave-IND not
- They won't lose their immaterial strength, but they won't harm people with it, nor will wise souls come to harm.
- alm̃e̋ka eȝu-m̃a̋ltam u-ha̋ȝa ne—de éȝam xéma leuðum u-ðevı̋d̨a ne—ném̃o sa̋a̋ṡu űűnus ðevı̋d̨aþus u-ı̋la:
al=m̃e̋ka-Ø eȝu=m̃a̋lt-am u=ha̋ȝ-a ne de éȝ-am xéma leuð-um u=ðev-ı̋d̨-a ne PRV=material-ABS their=strength-A.s FUT=find-IND not but 3-A.s with people-A.s FUT=harm-TRZ-IN not
né-m̃o sa̋a̋ṡu-Ø űűn-us ðev-ı̋d̨-a-þ-us u=ı̋l-a not-or wise-ABS spirit-N.p harm-TRZ-IND-PP-N.p FUT=become-IND
- And so, neither harming the other, these powers will come together in unity.
- da ítu nek̬enús ánum ðevid̨antús i-m̃a̋kas þunta̋s éna u-műþa⁝
da ítu nek̬en-ús án-um ðev-id̨-a-nt-ús i=m̃a̋k-as þunt-a̋s éna u=műþ-a and so neither-G.s other-A.s harm-TRZ-IND-AP-G.s this=power-N.p unity-G.s in FUT=come.together-IND
