Senjecas - Relay 21-30

Pronunciation table

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

Gloss

21. For that reason, the Sun protects us and flowers grow covering our graves.
a-f̨uðra̋s ha. sűűle m̃un m̃űűra da m̃u-ðőővon ka̋ðante na̋nis a̋la:

a=f̨uðr-a̋s	ha	sűűl-e	m̃-un	m̃űűr-a	da	m̃u=ðőőv=on	ka̋ð-a-nti-Ø	na̋n-is	a̋l-a
that=reason-G.s	for	sun-N.s	1p-A	protect-IND	and	grave-A.p	cover-IND-AP-ABS	flower-N.p	grow-IND

22. The stormy season hunts, with malice, a flying predator's beak and talon.
ðuke̋e̋sa ɫaaxta̋s. peþgemle̋s niibős da veeðvakős xéma ve̋e̋da:

ðu.ke̋e̋s-a	ɫaaxt-a̋s	peþ.gem-l-e̋s	niib-ős	da	veeð.vak-ős	xéma	ve̋e̋d-a
storm.season-N.s	malice-G.s	fly.prey_upon-AG-G.s	beak-G.s	and	hunt.claw-G.s	with	hunt-IND

23. We say, "You resemble a jumping hot season's boy. May you dance over the ground."
m̃us te̋e̋a: m̃a tu tı̋ı̋þa keesa̋s ı̋tantu hűsu gőþa: tu ta̋lom tára mebe̋ȝa m̃ar:

m̃-us	te̋e̋-a	m̃a	t-u	tı̋ı̋þa-Ø	kees-a̋s	ı̋t-a-ntu-Ø	hűs-u	gőþ-a	t-u	ta̋l-om	tára	meb-e̋ȝa	m̃ar
2p-N	say-IND	QUOT	2s-N	hot-ABS	season-G.s	jump-IND-AP-ABS	boy-N.s	resemble-IND	2s-N	ground-A.s	over	dance-SBJ	QUOT

24. In winter, the old, the sick, and the young gather by the soft grass among the rocks. They are wolves.
hema̋s. że̋e̋res. da̋mes da be̋kes n̨űmi aibı̋s ȝóba ta̋a̋inon ȝúṡa műþa: éȝes m̃a̋iles e̋sa:

hem-a̋s	że̋e̋r-es	da̋m-es	da	be̋k-es	n̨űmi-Ø	aib-ı̋s	ȝóba	ta̋a̋in-on	ȝúṡa	műþ-a	éȝ-es	m̃a̋il-es	e̋s-a
winter-G.s	old-N.p	sick-N.p	and	young-N.p	soft-ABS	grass-G.s	by	rocks-A.p	among	gather-IND	3-N.p	wolf-N.p	be-IND

eȝo=e̋st-a	eȝo=te̋e̋-u	o	pa̋r-a	e̋s-a
its=existence-N.s	its=tell-SUP	to	equivalent-N.s	be-IND

26. Because the father was wicked, a strong thing had torn him apart and eaten him.
taata̋s m̃epűs e-vuuantűs. m̃a̋le éȝum e-rıra̋m̃a da éȝum e-ee̋da:

taat-a̋s	m̃ep-űs	e=vuu-a-nt-űs	m̃a̋l-e	éȝ-um	e=rı~ra̋m̃-a	da	éȝ-um	e=e~e̋d-a
father-G.s	wicked-G.s	PST-be-IND-AP-G.s	strong-N.s	3-A.s	PST=PRF~tear_apart-IND	and	3-A.s	PST=PRF~eat-IND

27. As a child, I didn't think that my mother was important. Women can't think.
mu méta ṡı̋ṡu mu-ma̋a̋mam vı̋nu vűűu e-na̋ma ne: ǧe̋nus pűűþu fe̋e̋a:

m-u	méta	ṡı̋ṡ-u	mu=ma̋a̋m-am	vı̋n-u	vűű-u	e=na̋m-a	ne	ǧe̋n-us	pűűþ-u	fe̋e̋-a
1s-N	as	child-N.s	my=mother-A.s	important-N.s	be-SUP	PST=think-IND	not	woman-N.p	think-SUP	be_unable-IND

ha̋a̋	m̃-us	ódu	náánu	xam-ős	éna	ƣo=táun=vi	se̋d-a-nt-us	vűű-a
arrgghh	1p-N	yet	again	dung-G.s	in	INT=serious=ADV	sit-IND-AP-N.p	be-IND

ǧen-űm	þóósa	mı̋-um	sav-e̋ȝa
woman-g.p	against	self-A.s	maintain-SBJ

30. But one would have better luck with the Inquisitors than asking things from young ones.
ésti tévu zaxlűm súna vıva̋da űþtam uðe̋ȝa sóma bekűm ápa m̃e̋kon ı̋gu:

ésti	tév-u	zax-l-űm	súna	vı~va̋da-Ø	űþt-am	uð-e̋ȝa	sóma	bek-űm	ápa	m̃e̋k-on	ı̋g-u
but	one-N.s	inquire-AG-G.p	with	EL~good-ABS	luch-A.s	have-SBJ	than	young-G.p	from	thing-A.p	ask-SUP