Senjecas - Turkish Sayings

The forest was shrinking, but the trees kept voting for the axe, for the axe was clever and convinced the trees that, because his handle was made of wood, he was one of them. - Turkish Proverb

fűro e-ṡűla. ésti ha̋isis kɔm̃ős rísa e-ope̋la. hi kɔ̋m̃o e̋ito e-e̋sa. da ha̋isin e-he̋ba—ȝa. hi nı̋ðlo maat̨őno e-e̋sa. eȝím éha tévo e-e̋sa: - ha̋þm̃o saas̈a̋m̃o

fűr-o	e=ṡűl-a	ésti	ha̋is-is	kɔm̃-ős	rísa	e=op-e̋l-a	hi	kɔ̋m̃-o	e̋it-o	e=e̋s-a.
forest-N.s	PST=shrink-IND	but	tree-N.p	axe-G.s	for	PST=vote-FREQ-IND	for	axe-N.s	cleve-N.s	PST=be-IND

da	ha̋is-in	e-he̋b-a	ȝa	hi	nı̋ð-l-o	maat̨őn-o	e=e̋s-a	eȝ-ím	éha	tév-o	e=e̋s-a
and	tree-A.p	PST=convince-IND	that	because	handle-INS-N.s	made_of_wood-N.s	PST=be-IND	3-G.p	from	one-N.s	PST=be-IND