Senjecas - Chapter 1b - The Visit

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

Text

• The topmost branches brushed against the vault of the sky and the roots drew water from the rivers of the underworld.
• फॅफौ॓रो ज॓भोस् नुमो॓स् ग़ु॓भोम् थौ॔स ए-चि॓प। द फु॓लोस् नेर्भ्वेतो॓स् दआ॓एन् ए॔ह आ॓मेम् ए-स॓म॥
• fŭfőőro ża̋vos numős ƣűvom þóósa e-ṡı̋pa. da fűlos nerv̌eetős da̋a̋en éha a̋a̋mem e-sa̋ma:

fŭ~főőro-Ø	ża̋v-os	num-ős	ƣűv-om	þóósa	e=ṡı̋p-a	da	fűl-os	ner.v̌eet-ős	da̋a̋-en	éha	a̋a̋m-em	e=sa̋m-a
EL~top-ABS	branch-N.p	sky-G.s	vault-A.s	against	PST=brush-IND	and	root-N.p	under.world-G.s	river-A.p	out.of	water-A.s	PST=draw-IND

• He guided the animal into the shade of the great tree
• for the sun was approaching the midpoint of his journey.
• Dismounting without effort he gently lifted her to the ground.
• It was only when he stood upon the ground that his height was apparent to her.
• Although he looked like the men of her People there was a difference.
• He was a head and then some taller than Damvelu who was himself tall among the men.

• His hair was lighter than that of the men, seeming to lay about his head and shoulders like the clouds in the sky.
• एयु-पि॓लो मीरु॓म् पिलो॓' सो॔म धंधे॓इनो ए-ए॓स॥ नुमो॓स् ए॔न नेभो॓म् सो॔म नीमो॓स्क्वे भआहो॓म्क्वे को॔म ले॓ग़ु ए-क॓य॥
• eȝu-pı̋lo m̃iirűm pilő' sóma ðĭðe̋ino e-e̋sa: numős éna nevőm sóma niimősk̬e vaahőmk̬e kóma le̋ƣu e-ka̋ȝa:

eȝu=pı̋l-o	m̃iir-űm	pil-ő-'	sóma	ðĭ~ðe̋in-o	e=e̋s-a	num-ős	éna	nev-őm	sóma	niim-ős=k̬e	vaah-őm=k̬e	kóma	le̋ƣ-u	e=ka̋ȝ-a
his=hair-N.s	man-G.p	hair-G.s-ELIS	like	EL~light-N.s	PST=be-IND	sky-G.s	in	cloud-G.p	like	head-G.s=and	shoulder-G.p=and	about	lay-SUP	PST=seem-IND

• And his eyes! Among the People all but she had blue eyes, yet none were so blue as his.
• To look into his eyes was to see the sky in the light of the overhead sun.
• She could not tear her sight away even though her neck had begun to ache.
• "Do you know who I am, Talma?"
• "No, Father, I do not; nor have I ever seen an animal such as yours, of such beauty and strength and speed.
• The bulls of Damvelu's herds are strong indeed, but could never match the strength of this golden animal."
• "Truly do you call me Father for I am Numta, the Sky Father.
• And you are truly named Talma, for you will be the instrument of life to all People
• as you gave life to that ewe and her lambs.
• No longer will you be called Thunkozu."
• He picked her up in his arms as if she were a newborn lamb and set her at the base of the great tree.
• Gently he lay down beside her, not like Damvelu in his loving but rough way,
• yet at the moment she was aware only of the blueness of his eyes
• and felt herself to be in flight in the blue sky
• as she had often imagined when watching the eagle vanish into that blue expanse.
• And as the light of the overhead sun filtered through the leaves of the ash, she felt life begin within her.
• When she returned to herself he lifted her up and placed her once again on the golden animal and lightly mounted behind her.
• Without a word, the animal leapt away, swift as the wind, toward the village.
• This time there was no fear in her breast as they sped along,
• and she allowed herself to relax against his strength.
• As they rode he said to her, "That which has passed between us, sister-wife, shall be our secret.
• Tonight you will lie with Damvelu to complete that which we two have begun."
• They arrived at the village in less time than she could have walked from the pasture.
• The People were in an uproar, having seen them approaching from a distance.
• The animal stopped unbidden in front of the kurgan of Damvelu, who was just emerging.
• His eyes darted from animal to rider and back again but, when the rider gently lowered Talma to the ground,
• he managed to look him in the eyes and say, "Welcome, traveler, to our village.
• Will you stay with us this night?"
• "I thank you, Damvelu, for your kindness but I will continue on today," he replied.
• And to her he said, "Do not forget what I told you and I will return."
• With that he wheeled the animal around, which caused the People to scatter in four directions,
• and sped off as if he would catch up with the setting sun.
• With mouth agape, Damvelu watched him disappear,
• then turned to Talma and asked, "What did he tell you? What is his name?"
• "I do not know how he is called, Damvelu, but he did tell me to care for you as a good wife should."
• And she absentmindedly took hold of his hand.
• That night they lay together, Damvelu and Talma.
• In the merciful darkness she could not see him
• and in her mind she was once again under the great ash tree.
• For the second time in her life she felt life begin within her.
• And a stray moonbeam came prying through a crack in the door of the kurgan.

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