Senjecas - Book I, Chapter 16

Pronunciation table

peműko (labial)								riisűko (dental)								muitűko (alveolar)								vainűko (palatal)							ṡ̨uuše̋nos (vowels)								nı̋þo ṡ̨uuše̋nos (weak vowels)
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	F = feminine	INT = intensive prefix	PRV = privative prefix	SUP = supine
2s/p = 2nd person singular/plural	ABS = absolutive (an unmarked modifying adjective)	DES = desiderative	FRQ = frequentative	LAT = lative suffix	PST = past	TRZ = transitivizer
3 = 3rd person	ADV = adverb	DIM = diminutive	FUT = future	LOC = locative suffix	REV = reversive	VOC = vocative particle
A(.s/p) = accusative (singular/plural)	AG = agent	ELIS = elision	IMP = imperative	M = masculine	Q = interrogative particle
G(.s/p) = genitive (singular/plural)	AP = agent (active) participle	ELT = elative	INC = inchoative	OCC = occupation suffix	QUOT = direct quotation
N(.s/p) = nominative (singular/plural)	AUG = augmentative	EP = epenthesis	IND = indicative	PP = patient (past) participle	RPR = recent perfective
V(.s/p) = vocative (singular/plural)	CAUS = causative	EQU = equative degree	INS = instrument	PRF = perfect	SBJ = subjunctive

Text

atősk̬e m̃aka̋sk̬e lűvo – Tao Te Ching

The Book of the Way and the Power

Ursula K. LeGuin kía ange̋lo tarne̋xaþo

English Translation by Ursula K. LeGuin

Chapter Sixteen – foo sa̋a̋ðto þı̋ro

• English Text
• Senjecan Translation

Gloss

• Be completely empty. Be perfectly serene.
• órvi m̃a̋a̋nu e̋se: bááƣvi sa̋a̋lu e̋se:

ór=vi	m̃a̋a̋n-u	e̋s-e	bááƣ=vi	sa̋a̋l-u	e̋s-e
complete=ADV	empty-N.s	be-IMP	perfect=ADV	serene-N.s	be-IND

• The ten thousand things arise together; in their arising is their return.
• ṡ̨űmo m̃e̋kos ṡómu kőþa: eȝu-ke̋ru eȝu-kőþu éna e̋sa:

ṡ̨űmo	m̃e̋k-os	ṡómu	kőþ-a	eȝu=ke̋r-u	eȝu=kőþ-u	éna	e̋s-a
ten.thousand	thing-N.s	together	arise-IND	their=return-SUP	their=arise-SUP	in	be-IND

• Now they flower, and flowering sink homeward, returning to the root.
• ímu na̋na. da na̋nantos fűlom do ke̋rantos nómþim ðűűpa:

ímu	na̋n-a	da	na̋n-a-nt-os	fűl-om	do	ke̋r-a-nt-os	nóm=þim	ðűűp-a
now	flower-IND	and	flower-IND-AP-N.p	root-A.s	to	return-IND-AP-N.p	home=LAT	sink-IND

• The return to the root is peace. Peace: to accept what must be, to know what endures.
• fűlom do ke̋ru mı̋ı̋ra e̋sa: mı̋ı̋ra nom—táo e̋su ke̋la—ga̋u. nom—táo pe̋e̋a—sa̋a̋ru e̋sa:

fűl-om	do	ke̋r-u	mı̋ı̋r-a	e̋s-a	mı̋ı̋r-a	n-om	tá-o	e̋s-u	ke̋l-a	ga̋-u
root-A.s	to	return-SUP	peace-IND	be-IND	peace-IND	that-A.s	which-N.s	be-SUP	must-IND	accept-SUP

n-om	tá-o	pe̋e̋-a	sa̋a̋r-u	e̋s-a
that-A.s	which-N.s	endure-IND	know-SUP	be-IND

• In that knowledge is wisdom. Without it, ruin, disorder.
• sa̋a̋sta a-saar̈a̋s éna e̋sa: z̨a̋a̋so. m̃ire̋sra eȝá' sána vűűla:

sa̋a̋st-a	saar̈-a̋s	éna	e̋s-a	z̨a̋a̋s-o	m̃i=re̋sr-a	eȝ-á-'	sána	vűűl-a
wisdom-N.s	knowledge-G.s	in	be-IND	ruin-N.s	REV=disorder-N.s	3-G.s-ELIS	without	there.be-IND

• To know what endures is to be openhearted, magnanimous, regal, blessed following the Tao,
• nom—táo pe̋e̋a—sa̋a̋ru mezsűðu. koovnı̋lu. re̋e̋ƣu. a̋tam da̋gantu fı̋raþu e̋su e̋sa.

n-om	tá-o	pe̋e̋-a	sa̋a̋r-u	mez.sűð-u	koov.nı̋l-u	re̋e̋ƣ-u	a̋t-am	da̋g-a-nt-u	fı̋r-a-þ-u	e̋s-u	e̋s-a
that-A.s	which-N.s	endure-IND	know-SUP	great.heart-N.s	noble.attitude-N.s	regal-N.s	way-A.s	follow-IND-AP-N.s	bless-IND-PP-N.s	be-SUP	be-IND

• the way that endures forever.
• a̋ta—táa še̋dam éna pe̋e̋a:

a̋t-a	tá-a	še̋d-am	éna	pe̋e̋-a
way-N.s	which-N.s	eternity-A.s	into	endure-IND

• The body comes to its ending, but there is nothing to fear.
• bődo eȝo-műgom do ǧe̋ma. ésti na̋a̋u ne̋o vűűla⁝

bőd-o	eȝo=műg-om	do	ǧe̋m-a	ésti	na̋a̋-u	-ne̋-o	vűűl-a
body-N.s	its=ending-A.s	to	come-IND	but	fear-SUP	nothing-N.s	there-be-IND