Relay 10/R

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Vocabulary

ak- = to believe
an = mother
anak = child
berat = strong
beri = important
bo- = to stop
de = but, however
embaenan = to tear up
entis(s) = past
es(s)- = to eat
has = house
jalinja = jealous
jön = beautiful
kel- = to speak, to talk, to say, to tell, to communicate
kelira- = to discuss
kirut- = to summon
kör- = to occur
kötü = evil
kur = events
küc = with the result (that)
lahtat- = to back away, to move backwards
lahtil- = to enter
mis- = to sing
nit- = to play an instrument
= woman
pinjo- = to opine
sol = day
sütak = angry
ta = father
tavu = spirit
tista = clear
u = or
üs = one, a certain
vahtujan = never


Kosi (*)

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Ring B


Kükekelim "¿Kuraht küak, kokör."
¿Kükoakah kurahtut kör entissoc.
Vaanak; kürüpinjoim an beri.
Nü jönjo.
Taim lahtil hasim üs sol vavoðimisro.
De, elnit küc tavua kötüjoa kihrut.
Tavu berat takoa embaenanaulöes.
Anim tavura lahtatim.
Tavua ðibounaue.
Küpinjoim tista; sütakime u jalinja kurahtira.
Keliraim vahtujan kurahtut.


I said to you the following: "Events, do you believe this: they occured?"
Do you believe the following: these events occured in the past?
I was a child; I was of the following opinion: my mother was important to me.
She was a beautiful woman.
My father entered my house one day so he could sing to me.
But he played for a long time, with the result that he summoned a very evil spirit.
The spirit was strong and tore my father apart and then ate him.
My mother and I backed away from the spirit.
We could not stop the spirit.
The following is plain for me; I was not angry or jealous about these events.
I never discussed these events.


Affixes

e- = opposite of
el- = protractive (= "for a long time")
ke- = 2nd person plural dative
ko- = interrogative
kü- = frame-verb formant (= "as follows/the following")
lö- = sequential (as opposed to simultaneous) action
rü- = reflexive
ði- = abilitative (= "to be able to")
va- = 1st person singular dative (also used to mark experiencers)
-0 = nominative
-a = accusative
-ah = 2nd person plural nominative
-aht = gerund
-ak = active participle
-au = causative
-e = negation (on verbs), dative (on nouns)
-im = 1st person singular nominative (on verbs), my (on nouns)
-jo = intensifier (= "very")
-kja = same subject
-ko = complete, all of
-oc = during
-ra = compared to, pertaining to
-ro = in order to
-un = 1st person plural exclusive accusative
-ut = this/these
-vo = benefactive
-h- = passive voice

If obvious from context, the subject (or other argument(s)) is omitted.


© Jan van Steenbergen, Trebor Jung, 21 Aug. 2004