Senjecas - 1300 Shannon 671-680

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			ı	ɛ	y
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 ए 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	Q = interrogative particle	VOC = vocative particle
A(.s/p) = accusative (singular/plural)	AG = agent	ELIS = elision	IMP = imperative	M = masculine	QUOT = direct quotation	YNG = young
G(.s/p) = genitive (singular/plural)	AP = agent (active) participle	ELT = elative	INC = inchoative	OCC = occupation suffix	REV = reversive
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

Sentences

• English Text
• Senjecan Translation

Gloss

• 671. A thirsty crow saw a pitcher, and flew to it in great delight.
• a̋a̋de ga̋a̋m̃e kűtom e-na̋ka. da me̋ża mooȝa̋s móóda éȝom do e-pe̋ta:

a̋a̋de-Ø	ga̋a̋m̃-e	kűt-om	e=na̋k-a	da	me̋ża-Ø	mooȝ-a̋s	móóda	éȝ-om	do	e=pe̋t-a
thirsty-ABS	crow-N.s	pitcher-A.s	PST=see-IND	and	great-ABS	delight-G.s	in	3-A.s	to	PST=fly-IND

• 672. The old man brought candy and nuts, a treat for the little folks.
• ur-że̋e̋ru tı̋żomk̬e sı̋ṡonk̬' e-ne̋ka. pı̋nu teutűs éra se̋bom:

ur=że̋e̋r-u	tı̋ż-om=k̬e	sı̋ṡ-on=k̬'	e=ne̋k-a	pı̋nu-Ø	teut-űs	éra	se̋b-om
M=old-N.s	candy-A.s=and	nut-A.p=and=ELIS	PST=bring-IND	little-ABS	folk-G.s	for	treat-A.s

• 673. I bought a picture of Fuji, the sacred mountain of Japan.
• mu fużigı̋ı̋rom. nihona̋s nőivo ǧa̋rom. e-sa̋a:

m-u	fużi.gı̋ı̋r-om	nihon.a̋s	nőivo-Ø	ǧa̋r-om	e=sa̋-a
1s-N	Fuji.picture-A.s	Japan.G.s	sacred-ABS	mountain-A.s	PST=buy-IND

• 674. The schoolroom, children, was a dingy room with a sanded floor.
• ṡiṡűs. tunte̋ro lim̃ha̋raþo behő' šéða ṡűűðo te̋ro e-e̋sa:

ṡiṡ-űs	tun.te̋r-o	lim̃.ha̋r-a-þo-Ø	beh-ő-'	šéða	ṡűűðo-Ø	te̋r-o	e=e̋s-a
child-V.p	learn.room-N.s	sand.abrade-IND-PP-ABS	floor-G.s=ELIS	with	dingy-ABS	room-N.s	PST=be-IND

• 675. You alone are responsible for this accident.
• sőőlu tu i-paapős túȝa bőþu e̋sa:

sőőlu-Ø	t-u	i=paap-ős	túȝa	bőþ-u	e̋s-a
only-ABS	2s-N	this=accident-G.s	for	responsible-N.s	be-IND

• 676. Go not forth, O Hiawatha, to the kingdom of the West-Wind.
• O xiauaþű. zale̋s reeƣa̋a̋ram do péru a̋te ze:

O	xiáuaþ-ű	zal-e̋s	reeƣ.a̋a̋r-am	do	péru	a̋t-e	ze
O	Hiawatha-V.s	west_wind-G.s	rule.area-A.s	to	forth	go-IMP	not

• 677. Rise, O youth, and wrestle with me.
• o bekű. re̋ne. da mús þóósa ge̋ƣe:

o	bek-ű	re̋n-e	da	m-ús	þóósa	ge̋ƣ-e
O	young-V.s	rise-IMP	and	1s-G	agaiinst	wrestle-IND

• 678. Many days they talked together.
• éȝus me̋e̋a a̋han ṡómu e-sa̋m̃a:

éȝ-us	me̋e̋a-Ø	a̋h-an	ṡómu	e=sa̋m̃-a
3-N.p	many-ABS	day-A.p	together	PST=talk-IND

• 679. He tried, but failed.
• éȝu e-sa̋pa. ésti e-lőka:

éȝ-u	e=sa̋p-a	d='	e=lők-a
3-N.s	PST=try-IND	but=ELIS	PST=fail-IND

• 680. The child is but two years old.
• ṡı̋ṡu átu d̬ő hemsűkan ṡıṡ̬e̋na:

ṡı̋ṡ-u	átu	d̬ő	hem.sűk-an	ṡı~ṡ̬e̋n-a
child-N.s	but	two	winter.solstice-A.p	PRF~celebrate-IND