Ring B: 17/22: Khangaþyagon |
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Khangaþyagonmallyagon ðela'ung beb yeksung u yubidir yir. yageltar yer mezzalwaneltar tramnilar glæsakhar
shuþar yar yer vrimaaug suaug.
lengar yar lugsaku beb illitkur u skilpir yir onma'utipgu. halilut gramapar yar etni yelmito glæsar u rugikhar yir ulevar yaakhar. lengar yar æsvaþontku yurishku allshku.
yurishdahi enil u æsvaþi aba mod erig mod. analekdahiltar belil beb belar sur dirsar samonar. |
Smooth TranslationA prayer for a girl and boy who marry each other Speak these words together to the spirits
We thank you for all beauty.
We sing of the moon and stars that shine throughout the night. Now we raise our hands to honour the spirits who will give us children. We sing of our good young love.
It is good for one wife to love one husband. May this day and all the coming days be joyful. |
Native Script
Grammar
Syntax
VSO. Agglutinating. Adjectives follow the nouns they qualify, and agree with them. Predicative adjectives compound with the verb. Adverbs agree with the verb they qualify. Roots compound in head last order within words. (ie qualifier-specifier) However, grammatical affixes are suffixes (segunakar)
Morphology
Nouns
Nouns may be followed by segunakar of six ranks. Each rank has a particular grammatical role. They are specified in the order they occur following the root.
modsegunakar (1st rank) Deiexis
il | this |
densegunakar (2nd rank) Proximity
Indicates how closely associated the think qualified by the proximity-marked noun is with the thing specified by the proximity-marked noun.
ut | at |
eb | in contact with |
radsegunakar (3rd rank) Relative position
ip | in |
omb | around |
karvsegunakar (4th rank) Sense of motion
am | to |
gu | by (route) |
sintsegunakar (5th rank) Abstract relationships
akh | to (recipient) |
ung | for (benefactive) |
aug | for (goal,reason) |
yat | against |
ku | about (topic) |
bantsegunak (6th rank) number
(a)r | plural |
Verbs
Verbs may be followed by the following segunakar Person/infinitive/participles (obligatory)
a | 1p |
e | 2p |
i | 3p |
o | infinitive |
on/ont Present participle. For many verbs this has the sense of an agent noun. If the sense normal for the verb is not the one required, the present participle compounds with another nouns to form the required sense.
Reflexiveness: d+reduplication of person affix
Continuous aspect: Not used in this passage
Perfect aspect: fœ
Tense
Unmarked | present |
ng | past |
kh | future |
Voice: Not used in theis passage
Mood: lt: imperative
Negation: Not used in this passage
Number: (a)r Plural
Derivational affixes:
ek | forms adjectives from nouns in the sense of "like". |
wan | forms adverbs from adjectives in the senso of "in such a manner". |
nesh | forms abstract nouns from adjectives. |
Vocabulary
beb | (conj) | and |
bel | (n) | day |
u | (conj) | such that |
ussu | (n) | health |
ulev | (n) | child |
khæls | (n) | wind |
su | (adj) | all, whole |
sam- | (v) | come |
sadre | (n) | heart |
skilp- | (v) | shine |
tra | (adj) | strong |
tramn | (n) | word |
temba | (n) | war |
aba | (n) | wife |
ap- | (v) | make |
arrot | (n) | host, mass |
amagel- | (v) | gather |
anal | (n) | joy |
allsh | (adj) | young |
vrima | (n) | beauty |
pill | (n) | light |
plew- | (v) | bring |
onma | (n) | night |
hal | (n) | time |
dah- | (v) | be |
dirs | (adj) | other |
etni | (n) | hand |
eml- | (v) | bless |
en | (n) | thing |
erig | (n) | husband |
ekrif | (n) | grain |
figde | (n) | field |
flarr- | (v) | pour |
martep- | (v) | guard |
mall | (adj) | holy |
mag | (n) | tree |
mod | (adj) | one |
mezzal | (adj) | together |
mœza | (adj) | great |
shuþ- | (v) | thank |
rug- | (v) | give |
illit | (n) | star |
klop | (n) | nut |
kœ | (adj) | warm |
ðela | (n) | girl |
lugs | (n) | moon |
leng- | (v) | sing |
gram- | (v) | rise |
glæs | (n) | spirit |
y+person ending (see verbs) | (pr) | personal pronouns |
yub- | (v) | marry |
yurish | (adj) | good |
yag- | (v) | speak |
yeks | (n) | boy |
yelmit- | (v) | honour |
wiþ- | (v) | have |
æsvaþ- | (v) | to love (has connotations of marriage and sex) |
ælg | (n) | shade |
œma | (n) | air |
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