Senjecas - Book I, Chapter 15
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Pronunciation table
(labial) |
riisűko (dental) |
muitűko (alveolar) |
vainűko (palatal) |
ṡ̨uuše̋nos (vowels with प) |
nı̋þo ṡ̨uuše̋nos (weak vowels) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | ı | ɛ | y | |||||||||||||
| 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 Book of the Way and the Power
Ursula K. LeGuin kía ange̋lo tarne̋xaþo
English Translation by Ursula K. LeGuin
Chapter Fifteen – foope̋nto þı̋ro
- English Text
- Senjecan Translation
- Gloss
- Once upon a time people who knew the Way were subtle, spiritual, mysterious, penetrating, unfathomable.
- muluva̋s a̋tam e-sa̋a̋rantu le̋uðu alfűɫu. űűnu. ƣűűƣu. šőőðantu. alþűm̨u e-vűűa:
muluv-a̋s a̋t-am e=sa̋a̋r-a-ntu-Ø le̋uð-u al=fűɫ-u űűn-u ƣűűƣ-u šőőð-a-nt-u yore-G.s way-A.s PST=know-IND-AP-ABS people-N.s PRV=evident-N.s spiritual-N.s mysterious-N.s penetrate-IND-AP-N.s
al=þűm̨-u e=vűű-a PRV=understandable-N.s PST=be-IND
- Since they're inexplicable I can only say what they seemed like:
- hi éȝus altős̨us e̋sa—mu sóólvi nom—táom goþı̋d̨a—te̋e̋u m̃a̋ƣa.
hi éȝ-us al=tős̨-us e̋s-a m-u sóól=vi n-om tá-om goþ-ı̋d̨-a te̋e̋-u m̃a̋ƣ-a since 3-N.p PRV=explicable-N.p be-IND 1s-N only=ADV that-A.s which-A.s similar-TRZ-IND say-SUP be_able-IND
- Cautious, oh yes, as if wading through a winter river.
- ze̋e̋mus. va̋a̋. lúṡi hemda̋a̋em šóóða ȝőɫantus.
ze̋e̋m-us va̋a̋ lúṡi hem.da̋a̋-em šóóða ȝőɫ-a-nt-us cautious-N.p indeed as.if winter-river-A.s through wade-IND-AP-N.p
- Alert, as if afraid of the neighbors. Polite and quiet, like houseguests.
- pőtus. lúṡi ha̋usunɛ na̋a̋antus. ta̋a̋rusk̬e sa̋a̋musk̬e m̃eesšetű' sóma.
pőt-us lúṡi ha̋us-un-ɛ na̋a̋-a-nt-us ta̋a̋r-us=k̬e sa̋a̋m-us=k̬e m̃ees.šet-ű-' sóma alert- Np as.if neighbor-A.p-EP fear-IND-AP polite-N.p=and quiet-N.p=and house.guest-G.s-ELIS like
- Elusive, like melting ice. Blank, like uncut wood. Empty, like valleys.
- vűƣus ta̋a̋m̃antu ȝegő' sóma. m̃a̋a̋nus alse̋kaþo maatő' sóma. leðőm sóma.
vűƣ-us ta̋a̋m̃-a-ntu-Ø ȝeg-ő-' sóma m̃a̋a̋n-us al=se̋k-a-þo-Ø maat-ő-' sóma leð-őm sóma elusive-Np melt-IND-AP-ABS ice-G.s-ELIS like blank-N.p PRV=cut-IND-PP-ABS wood-G.s-ELIS like valley-G.p like
- Mysterious, oh yes, they were like troubled water.
- ƣűűƣus. va̋a̋. zı̋þo hűro e-sőma:
ƣűűƣ-us va̋a̋ zı̋þo-Ø hűr-o e=sőm-a mysterious-N.p indeed troubled-ABS water-N.s PST=be_like-IND
- Who can by stillness, little by little make what is troubled grow clear?
- xu ka̋a̋mom kaama̋s mém̃a k̬iilta̋s xéma zı̋þaþom ȝexı̋d̨u ma̋ƣa:
x-u ka̋a̋m-om kaam-a̋s mém̃a k̬iilt-a̋s xéma zı̋þ-a-þ-om ȝex-ı̋d̨-u ma̋ƣ-a who-N.s bit-A.s bit-G.s by stillness-G.s by trouble-IND-PP-A.s clear-TRZ-SUP be_able-IND
- Who can by movement, little by little make what is still grow quick?
- xu ka̋a̋mom kaama̋s mém̃' asra̋s xéma k̬ı̋ı̋lom aatı̋d̨u ma̋ƣa:
x-u ka̋a̋m-om kaam-a̋s mém̃-' asr-a̋s xéma k̬ı̋ı̋l-om aat-ı̋d̨-u ma̋ƣ-a who-N.s bit-A.s bit-G.s by-ELIS movement-G.s by still-A.s quick-TRZ-SUP be_able-IND
- To follow the Way is not to need fulfillment.
- a̋tam da̋gu þűxram ı̋ı̋ƣu e̋sa ze:
a̋t-am da̋g-u þűxr-am ı̋ı̋ƣ-u e̋s-a ze way-A.s follow-SUP fulfillment-A.s need-SUP be-IND not
- Unfulfilled, one may live on needing no renewal.
- ȝűűnram ne ı̋ı̋ƣantu alþűxaþu ǧííele̋ȝa⁝
ȝűűnr-am ne ı̋ı̋ƣ-a-ntu-Ø al=þűx-a-þ-u ǧíí-el-e̋ȝa renewal-A.s not need-IND-AP-ABS PRV=fulfill-IND-PP-N.s live-FRQ-SBJ
