Senjecas dict. Introduction

A Descriptive Dictionary of Senjecas:the Ancient Languageas compiled byCharles W. Brickner, B.A., M.A.

t̨áárpafn̨a̋ro - Table of 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

tirsa̋m̃os - Introduction

• The lemma for verbs is the indicative form. The lemma for nouns and adjectives is the nominative singular.
• For ease in finding words, the words in this dictionary are listed in the order of the Latin alphabet as modified for Senjecas.
• Labialized and palatalized consonants are considered to be separate graphemes, e.g., dűta, d̬őqo, d̨űka.
• The order is as follows: aa, a, b, d, ð, ee, e, ɛ, f, g, h, ii, i, ı, ȝ, k, l, ɫ, m, m̃, n, oo, o, ɔɔ, ɔ, p, ƣ, r, s, ṡ, t, þ, uu, u, y, v, x, z, ż.

• By the time the Children of Earth had begun writing, the Ethrans were already dispersed among them. As the various human cultures began to write, the Ethrans took advantage of the various alphabets as ways to write their own language, but always retaining their skill in their three alphabets. The Committee on Orthography of the Council of Mages [seilűm aul̤iȝűs ruunȝar̈a̋s túȝa dááraul̤ı̋ȝu - SARD] has always desired to make the various human alphabets as simple as possible by not using digraphs or diacritics that would interfere with the orthographies to match, keeping in mind the phonemes used in Senjecas. The use of the Latin alphabet by various languages has given the committee greater freedom to represent the Senjecan phonemes.

• Each of the letters is named after a natural creature the name of which begins with that letter or includes that letter. The vowels are named after their sound. The long vowels are specified as pı̋ða [long a], pı̋ðe [long e], pı̋ði [long i], pı̋ðo [long o], pı̋ðɔ [long ɔ], and pı̋ðu [long u].

• Three graphemes are known as the weak vowels. These vowels have specific uses.
  • 1. Nı̋þe [weak e, <ε>, /ε/] is used to prevent unallowable consonant clusters.
  • 2. Nı̋þi [weak i, <ɪ>, /ɪ/] is used when a palatalized consonant is followed by a consonant.
  • 3. Nı̋þu [weak u, <y>, /ʊ/] is used when a labialized consonant is followed by a consonant.

• Senjecas is melodic, a language with three pitchs, low, mid, and high, which are relative to the speaker. These tones are neither grammatical nor lexical, therefore the substitution of stress accent is allophonic.
  • The high tones are indicated by a double acute accent over the vowels: a̋, e̋, ı̋, ő, ɔ̋ and ű.
  • The mid tones are marked by a single acute accent over the vowels: á, é, í, ó, ɔ́ and ú.
  • The low tones are unmarked, e.g, mésorta̋a̋gu, vinedresser.
• The use of these accent marks is not obligatory. They are used in this dictionary to aid the non-Senjecas speaker.

• At the beginning of each alphabetic section is a legend, e.g., total: 65/33+8/63%. This means that there are 65 lemmata and that 33 are verbs and 8 are adjectives which can be treated as stative verbs. The last number means that 63 percent of the vocabulary are verbs.

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