Senjecas - Chapter 6 - The Wolf

Pronunciation table

peműko (labial)								riisűko (dental)								muitűko (alveolar)								vainűko (palatal)							ṡ̨uuše̋nos (vowels with प)								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	ɔ	o	u			ĭ	ĕ	ŭ
प	ब	फ	भ	म़	म			त	द	थ	ध	ल़	ल			च	ज	स	स़	र	न			क	ग	क़	ग़	ह	य			स्व	स्य			इ ई पि पी	ए एै पे पै	अ आ प पा	ऒ ॵ पॊ पॏ	ओ औ पो पौ	उ ऊ पु पू			पं	पऺ	पॅ
/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	YNG = young
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

Chapter 6 - The Wolf - m̃a̋ile म़॓इले

• Talma was watching and saw them as they drew near.
• She withdrew into the kurgan and emerged with two wallets of provisions, acorncakes and mead.
• Damvelu came out as they drew up and saw from their countenances that they were ready.
• "You have prepared yourselves well for this quest. Take these weapons with you.
• They are my wedding gifts that I would have bestowed yesterday."
• To Nestu he handed an ashen javelin tipped with flint and a white shield emblazoned with a red star.
• To Athnor he gave a bow of yew and a quiver of ashen arrows also tipped with flint together with a black shield emblazoned with a white star.
• Taking the weapons and the wallets, they secured them to their mounts and, saying farewell, rode off.
• The way was long and they rode many days, always following the ruts, without seeing another sign of life nor any change in the landscape.
• Stopping only to water the horses and themselves, eating as they rode, they eventually arrived one dawn at a rise in the land.
• They dismounted and walked to the top, leading the horses.
• From the summit they looked down upon a vast sea.
• The waves caught the rays of the rising sun and seemed to cast stones of many colors onto the shore.
• And there were the battle car tracks running down into the water.
• But that was not all they saw. Pacing the shore like a sentinel was the largest wolf they had ever seen.
• They had had their encounters with wolves while tending the flocks but never one so big or so black as this one.
• Even from where they stood he seemed larger than any bull in Damvelu's herd.
• In the moment that they saw the wolf, he became aware of their presence and turned to stand between the ruts.
• As he faced them, they saw that he had three eyes, two white and a center one of fiery red.
• "This must be the pet of which she spoke," said Athnor.
• "Yes, and apparently it is I who am meant to struggle with him and overcome him.
• There is no point in delaying the struggle.
• Stay here with the horses and if his power is greater than ours, return home and be a support for our mother.
• Better one live son, than two dead."
• He handed the reins to his brother and walked down the rise to the shore, javelin in hand.
• The wolf crouched and waited, not removing his burning gaze from the approaching youth.
• Coming within two hundred paces of the monster, Nestu took aim and hurled his javelin at the center eye, hoping to pierce through to the brain and thus end the encounter before it could begin.
• The wolf saw the javelin as it flew through the air and knew its destination.
• Quickly he leapt aside, but not quickly enough, for the javelin, although not reaching its intended target, lodged in the wolf's left flank.
• With a howl of rage he turned to pull out the javelin but only succeeded in breaking off the ashen haft.
• Dropping the haft as if it were a burning ember, he lunged at the youth seeking his throat.
• A quick leap to the right removed Nestu from the wolf's path but the wolf's right shoulder met his and knocked him to the ground.
• The wolf spun around and only an upraised shield prevented those fangs from embedding themselves in Nestu's throat.
• The shield, however, did not prevent the wolf's paw, though wounded, from gouging a huge gash in Nestu's right thigh.
• With the wolf's attention on removing the shield and exposing the throat, *Nestu clenched the wolf's throat with his right hand and squeezed with all his strength.
• His breath cut off, the wolf reared up, lifting Nestu to his feet.
• Standing upright Nestu felt confidence return and throwing aside his shield, he reached under the wolf to grab his wounded thigh. Holding the wolf with his hands, he raised him above his head.
• Squeezing ever harder, Nestu cut off his breath of life with his right hand and the source of his strength with his left. As the overhead sun shone down upon them, the wolf gave a final throe and was still.
• He dropped the carcass to the ground, staggered, and fell to the ground.
• Through the haze of encroaching unconsciousness he saw his brother riding down the rise to him and, as he slipped into the darkness, felt his arms lift him up and carry him away.
• When he opened his eyes, the sun was just sinking below the land.
• Athnor had lit a fire and was sitting patiently beside it.
• He had already covered the thigh wound with crushed mistletoe berries and bound it with a sinew from the wolf's thigh.
• "What do we do now, brother?" At the sound of his voice, Athnor came over to him.
• "For the night we can sleep on it," he replied. "I will tend the fire tonight.
• From the top of the rise I saw an oak grove with enough branches on the ground to keep the fire going all night.
• It was there that I found the mistletoe with which to treat your wound. For now eat some cakes and drink some mead.
• Sleep and in the morning we will make further plans.
• Morning is always wiser than evening."
• And so, despite the throbbing of his thigh, Nestu fell asleep.

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