Senjecas - Qinqming, Chinese

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

Text

• English text
• Devanagari text
• Senjecan translation

Gloss

First Version

• A drizzling rain falls like tears on the Mourning Day;
• चि॓नो मीम़ह॓स् किनो॓स् सो॔म फौ॓ल॥
• ṡı̋no miim̃aha̋s kinőm sóma főőla:

ṡı̋n-o	miim̃-ah-a̋s	kin-őm	sóma	főől-a
drizzle-N.s	mourn-day-G.s	tear-G.p	like	fall-IND

• The mourner's heart is breaking on his way.
• मीम़्लु॓ऽ सु॒धो एयु-अत॓स् ए॔न य॓फ॥
• miim̃lű' sűðo eȝu-ata̋s éna ȝa̋fa:

miim̃-l-ű-'	sűð-o	eȝu=at-a̋s	éna	ȝa̋f-a
mourn-AG-G.s-ELIS	heart-N.s	his=way-G.s	on	break-IND

• Where can a winehouse be found to drown his sadness?
• म़ोइन्दे॓मो क़॓रु दै॓सथो इ॓लु म॓ग़। तआ॔दि एयु-से॓उग़्तस् ग्वधे॓य॥
• m̃oinde̋mo xáru de̋e̋saþo ı̋lu ma̋ƣa. táádi eȝu-se̋uƣtam ǧaðe̋ȝa:

m̃oin-de̋m-o	xáru	de̋e̋s-a-þ-o	ı̋l-u	ma̋ƣ-a	táádi	eȝu=se̋uƣt-am	ǧað-e̋ȝa
wine-house-N.S	where	find-IND-PP-N.s	become-SUP	be_able-IND	in_order_that	his=sadness-A.s	drown-SBJ

• A cowherd points to Almond Flower Village in the distance.
• युन्त॓ध्लु फि॓रो द॓बोम् मिग़दल्न॓नोम् सू॓त॥
• ȝunta̋ðlu fɪ̋ro da̋bom míƣdalna̋nom sűűta⁝

ȝun.ta̋ð-l-u	fɪ̋ro-Ø	da̋b-om	míƣdal.na̋n-om	sűűt-a
cow.tend-AG-N.s	distant-ABS	village-A.s	almond.flower-A.s	point_to-IND

Second Version

• It drizzles endless during the rainy season in spring,
• केस॓स् सू॓म़ यै॓रम् भॅमु॔ग़्भि चि॓न॥
• kesa̋s sűűm̃a ȝe̋e̋ram vymúƣvi ṡı̋na:

kes-a̋s	sűűm̃a-Ø	ȝe̋e̋r-am	vy=múƣ=vi	ṡı̋n-a:
spring-G.s	rainy-ABS	season-A.s	PRV=end-ADV	drizzle-IND

• Travelers along the road look gloomy and miserable.
• पआभो॓स् मे॔च त॓ग़्लुस् थू॓नुस्क्वे अ॓उमुस्क्वे क॓य॥
• paavős méṡa ta̋ƣlus þűűnusk̬e a̋umusk̬e ka̋ȝa:

paav-ős	méṡa	ta̋ƣ-l-us	þűűn-us=k̬e	a̋um-us=k̬e	ka̋ȝ-a
road-G.s	along	travel-AG-N.p	gloomy-N.p=and	miserable-G.p=and	look-IND

• When I ask a shepherd boy where I can find a tavern,
• मे॔ति मु ओम़्तध्लु॓स हुसु॓स् ओमे॔त–मुम् क़॔रु सक़्म़ै॓सोमॎ दै॓सु म॓ग़ु॥
• méti mu om̃taðlűs husűs o me̋ta—mum xáru saxm̃e̋e̋som de̋e̋su ma̋ƣu—

méti	m-u	om̃.tað-l-űs	hus-űs	o	me̋t-a	m-um	xáru	sax-m̃e̋e̋s-om	de̋e̋s-u	ma̋ƣ-u
when	1s-N	sheep.tend-AG-G.s	boy-G.s	to	ask-IND	1s-A	where	beer-house-A.x	find-SUP	be_able-SUP

• he points at a distant hamlet nestling amidst apricot blossoms.
• ए॔यु ओमे॔न्ननो॓म् मे॓ध दु॓पन्तो फि॓रो द॓भ्कोम् सू॓त॥
• éȝu omén̈anőm méða dűpanto fı̋ro da̋vkom sűűta⁝

éȝ-u	omén.nan-őm	méða	dűp-a-nto-Ø	fı̋r--Ø	da̋v-k-om	sűűt-a
he-N.s	apricot.blossom-G.p	amidst	nestle-IND-AP-ABS	distant-ABS	village-DIM-A.s	point_at-IND