Senjecas - 1300 Shannon 761-770

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

Text

• English Text
• Senjecan Translation

Gloss

• 761. O my children, love is sunshine.
• o mu-ṡiṡűs. m̃e̋nra suulf̨őþo e̋sa:

o	mu=ṡiṡ-űs	m̃e̋nr-a	suul.f̨őþ-o	e̋s-a
O	my=child-V.p	love-N.s	sun.light-N.s	be-IND

• 762. Sir Philip Sidney, the noble English general, offered the wounded soldier a cup of water.
• ande̋ru filı̋pu sı̋ðni. kőővu ange̋lu soþve̋e̋l̤u. m̃a̋a̋aþu soþlűs o gı̋ndom hűrom e-fe̋ɫ̨a:

ande̋r-u	filı̋p-u	sı̋ðni	kőővu-Ø	ange̋lu-Ø	soþ.ve̋e̋l-l-u
sir-N.s	Philip-N.s	Sidney	noble-ABS	English-ABS	wage_war.be_in_charge-AG-N.s

m̃a̋a̋-a-þu-Ø	soþ-l-űs	o	gı̋nd-om	hűr-om	e=fe̋ɫ̨-a
wound-IND-PP-ABS	wage.war-SG-G.s	to	cup-A.s	water-A.s	PST=offer-IND

• 763. Every spring and fall our cousins pay us a long visit.
• vı̋sa ke̋samk̬e ı̋pamk̬e m̃u-la̋m̃us m̃um dóm̃vi nı̋ma:

vı̋sa-Ø	ke̋s-am=k̬e	ı̋p-am=k̬e	m̃u=la̋m̃-us	m̃-um	dóm̃=vi	nı̋m-a
every-ABS	spring-A.s=and	fall-A.s=and	our=cousin-N.p	1p-A	long=ADV	visit-IND

• 764. The beavers build themselves lodges below the surface of the water.
• ve̋vres mie̋m éra hurős pı̋ntom néra ðűűnon de̋ma:

ve̋vr-es	mi-e̋m	éra	hur-ős	pı̋nt-om	néra	ðűűn-on	de̋m-a
beaver-N.p	self-G.p	for	water-G.s	surface-A.s	below	lodge-A.p	build-IND

• ve̋vre, European beaver (Castor fiber)

• 765. Sleep, little one.
• pinű. še̋pe:

pin-ű	še̋p-e
little-V.s	sleep-IMP

• 766. Hast thou seen that lordly castle, that castle by the sea?
• tu kőővo a-ðűűnomɛ. mare̋s ȝób' a-ðűűnom. nına̋ka:

t-u	kőővo-Ø	a=ðűűn-om=ɛ	mar-e̋s	ȝób='	a=ðűűn-om	nı~na̋k-a
2s-N	lordly-ABS	that=castle-A.s=EPEN	sea-G.s	by=ELIS	that=castle-A.s	PRF~see-IND

• 767. Gems I held from every land, in the hollow of my hand.
• mu manős roobős éna vı̋sa m̃exa̋s ápa n̨e̋mon e-ƣe̋va:

m-u	man-ős	roob-ős	éna	vı̋sa-Ø	m̃ex-a̋s	ápa	n̨e̋m-on	e=ƣe̋v-a
1s-N	hand-G.s	hollow-G.s	in	every-ABS	land-G.s	from	gem-A.p	PST=hold-IND

• 768. Don't cry, little girl.
• neskɛkű. ɫı̋ı̋ge ze:

nesk=ɛ=k-ű	ɫı̋ı̋g-e	ze
girl=EPEN=DIM-V.s	cry-IMP	not

• 769. Jack Frost looked forth one still, clear night.
• sűðpa̋imu te̋va k̬ı̋ı̋la ȝe̋xa la̋a̋tam e-nőőa:

sűð.pa̋im-u	te̋va-Ø	k̬ı̋ı̋la-Ø	ȝe̋xa-Ø	la̋a̋t-am	e=nőő-a
frost.nature_spirit-N.s	one-ABS	clear-ABS	night-A.s	PST=look_out-IND

• 770. One day I saw a mullein stalk nearly six feet high.
• te̋v' aha̋s mu napa̋m sa̋a̋d őőno vélmode̋gom e-na̋ka:

tev-'	a̋h-as	m-u	nap-a̋m	sa̋a̋d	őőno-Ø	vélm.ode̋g-om	e=na̋k-a
one-ELIS	day-G.s	1s.N	foot-G.p	six	high-ABS	mullein.stalk-A.s	PST=see-IND

• ve̋lmi, great mullein (Verbascum thapsus)