Senjecas - Chapter 9a - The Tasks

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

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Chapter 9 - The Tasks - da̋a̋ros दआ॓रोस्

• Sulzi had realized the futility of a struggle and relaxed in the grip of Nesothlu.
• She still felt no fear, but anger was rising within her at the thought of her abduction.
• This anger kept out her fear during the journey until the warrior halted his team at the top of a rise.
• Before them lay the vast sea.
• Her surprise and wonder at this new sight turned to fear as the largest wolf she had ever seen emerged from the waves.
• Only when he stood full on the shore did the team move off.
• They headed straight for the sea, but sea and land were all one to them.
• To her amazement horses and battle car ran across the surface of the sea toward the sunset.
• The only difference was the splash of water instead of the thundering of hooves.
• As she looked back she saw the wolf pacing up and down on the shore.
• In no time at all they had reached the farther shore and halted before a large cavern in front of which stood a woman who, Sulzi noticed, resembled Talma, only earthen swarthiness was in her nocturnal shadow.
• A pale glow seemed to come from her, more of a reflection than a light from within.
• Sulzi was instinctively afraid of her to the point of shielding herself behind the dark warrior.
• Stepping down from the battle car, he said to the matron, "Mother, I have brought home a fitting bride."
• "She will not be your bride if her brothers arrive to reclaim her."
• "No one has succeeded in regaining that which I have taken."
• "Until now. These brothers have visited me in the sky and under the earth and I have felt their power.
• You have abducted no ordinary bride this time."
• "I have set the wolf to guard the way across the sea.
• There is no power that can overcome him."
• "Perhaps not, but I have sent my husband to guard the sea road.
• If the brothers, perchance, succeed in vanquishing the wolf, they may yet be halted by the serpent.
• Bring the maiden to me!"
• Courageous, yet trembling, Sulzi was brought into the presence of the matron.
• "Child, do you know who I am?" she was asked.
• "No, Mother, I do not," she whispered, not quite having control of her voice.
• "Mother, indeed! Quite the opposite as you will discover.
• For now, Nesothlu, take her into the cavern, feed her and let her rest.
• I will awaken her before I leave."

Senjecas - Chapter 9b - The Tasks