Senjecas - Chapter 6a - 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

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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."

Senjecas - Chapter 6b - The Wolf