Senjecas idioms - A

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 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	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

• 1. all at once - zeemő' sána
• All at once, he felt a pain in his chest and fainted.
• zeemő' sána. éȝu pazős éna de̋bom e-műȝa. da e-te̋e̋la:

zeem-ő='	sána	éȝ-u	paz-ős	éna	de̋b-om	e=műȝ-a	da	e=te̋e̋l-a:
warning-G.s=ELIS	without	3-N.s	chest-G.s	in	pain-A.s	PST=feel-IND	and	PST=faint-IND

• 2. all day long - őra a̋ham
• They have been fishing all day long.
• éȝus őra a̋hamɛ mı̋ı̋nantus vyvűűa:

éȝ-us	őra-Ø	a̋h-am=ɛ	mı̋ı̋n-a-nt-us	vy~vűű-a
3-N.p	all-ABS	day-A.s=EPEN	fish-IND-AP-N.p	PRF~be-IND

• 3. all of a sudden - káþvi
• All of a sudden, he proposed marriage to her.
• káþvi. ur-éȝu ii-eȝús o m̃e̋ðram e-fe̋ɫ̨a:

káþ=vi	ur=éȝ-u	ii=eȝ-ús	o	m̃e̋ðr-am	e=fe̋ɫ̨-a
sudden=ADV	M=3-N.s	F=3-G.s	to	marriage-A.s	PST=propose-IND

• 4. all right - e̋ri [adj. advantageous, beneficial, good; economical]
• Dad thinks it's all right to go now.
• ta̋a̋þku éȝo ímu a̋tu e̋ro vűűu na̋ma:

ta̋a̋þ-k-u	éȝ-o	ímu	a̋t-u	e̋r-o	vűű-u	na̋m-a
father-DIM-N.s	3-N.s	now	go-SUP	good-N.s	be-SUP	think-IND

• 5. all the same - orős n̨áxa
• Though you are right, all the same, anything can happen.
• ésti tu m̃e̋e̋ru vűűa. orős n̨a̋xa. k̬éno e̋bu ma̋ƣa:

ésti	t-u	m̃e̋e̋r-u	vűű-a	or-ős	n̨áxa	k̬én-o	e̋b-u	ma̋ƣ-a
although	2s-N	right-N.s	be-IND	all-G.s	despite	anything-N.s	happen-SUP	be_able-IND

• 6. all year round - őra dı̋lam
• Along the equator the sun shines all year long.
• v̌eeþdarmős méṡa. sűűle őra dı̋lam ðe̋m̃a:

v̌eeþ.darm-ős	méṡa	sűűl-e	őra-Ø	dı̋l-am	ðe̋m̃-a
earth.waist-G.s	along	sun-N.s	all-ABS	year-A.s	shine-IND

• 7. as yet - imsííra
• As yet, we haven't received news of the battle.
• imsííra. m̃us ṡatő' sépa te̋e̋om tıte̋ka:

im.sííra	m̃-us	ṡat-ő='	sépa	te̋e̋-om	tı~te̋k-a
now.until	1p-N	battle-G.s=ELIS	about	news-A.s	PRF~receive-IND

• 8. at all - lılísvi
• We didn't see them do any work at all.
• m̃us k̬e̋no da̋a̋rom da̋a̋ru lılísvi éȝun e-na̋ka ne:

m̃-us	k̬e̋no-Ø	da̋a̋r-om	da̋a̋r-u	lı~lís=vi	éȝ-un	e=na̋k-a	ne
1p-N	any-ABS	work-A.s	work-SUP	PRF~least=ADV	3-A.p	PST=see-IND	not

• 9. at last - múƣvi
• The sun rose and we were at last able to see the shore.
• sűűl' e-ne̋e̋da. da m̃us múƣvi k̨űdom na̋ku e-ma̋ƣa:

sűűl='	e=ne̋e̋d-a	da	m̃-us	múƣ=vi	k̨űd-om	na̋k-u	e=ma̋ƣ-a
sun=ELIS	PST=rise-IND	and	1p-N	final=ADV	shore-A.s	see-SUP	PST=be_able-IND

• 10. at large - ɔ̋ɔ̋ȝu [< ɔ̋ɔ̋ȝa, i.v. free o.s., break-, get-, loose]
• The fugitives are still at large.
• ɫ̨őxlus ódu ɔ̋ɔ̋ȝus vűűa:

ɫ̨őx-l-us	ódu	ɔ̋ɔ̋ȝ-us	vűű-a
escape-AG-N.p	still	at_large-N.p	be-IND

• 11. at once - áv̈i
• The policeman ordered those people to leave at once.
• þorna̋m̃lu a-hőmun áv̈i vı̋du e-e̋e̋va:

þor.na̋m̃-l-u	a=hőm-un	áv=vi	vı̋d-u	e=e̋e̋v-a
law.enforce-AG-N.s	those=person-A.p	immediate=ADV	leave-SUP	PST=order-IND

Senjecas idioms - B 1-12