Senjecas - Song of the Starling

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

terne̋m ga̋a̋ȝo
तेर्ने॓म् गआ॓यो
Song of the Starlings

• English Text
• Devanāgari Text
• Senjecan Translation

Gloss

• The song of the starlings speaks of heroic deeds.
• तेर्ने॓म् गआ॓यो स्व॓इनो कि॓ओन् इ॓स॥
• terne̋m ga̋a̋ȝo ša̋ino kı̋on ı̋sa:

tern-e̋m	ga̋a̋ȝ-o	ša̋ino-Ø	kı̋-on	ı̋s-a
starling-G.p	song-N.s	heroic-ABS	deed-A.p	speak_of-IND

• In the morning rain the heron does its laundry.
• रौ॓दे आइसूम़े॓स् ए॔न एयु-ब॓नोम् ब॓न॥
• rőőde aaisuum̃e̋s éna eȝu-ba̋nom ba̋na:

rőőd-e	aai.suum̃-e̋s	éna	eȝu=ba̋n-om	ba̋n-a
heron-N.s	morning.rain-G.s	in	its=laundry-A.s	wash-IND

• In the night the lark worships the stars.
• प्योल्तो॓रे ल आत॓स् चु॓केन् तो॓स़॥
• ƥoltőre laata̋s ṡűken tőza:

ƥoltőr-e	laat-a̋s	ṡűk-en	tőz-a
lark-N.s	night-G.s	star-A.p	worship-IND

• Who sees the true nature of birds?
• क़ु अम़ेये॓म् म़ै॓र दआ॓फम् न॓क॥
• xu am̃eȝe̋m m̃e̋e̋ra da̋a̋fam þűma⁝

x-u	am̃eȝ-e̋m	m̃e̋e̋ra-Ø	da̋a̋f-am	þűm-a
who-N.s	bird-G.p	true-ABS	nature-A.s	understand-IND