The Relay Museum

rahavuh

rūnaìš

ÿragal šehūš ry liaq syéonnaþ vamenegehūš oaþ ry duaþ-jï-syées ÿduaþ menegehūš
oaþ ry kiaþ-jï-syées

aò duaþ uleìne:

sā þann Jehan
ī þann Maran
jilguì fa rahatsa
fa hfar
utarha
sā teìgeár Maran
jilguìaš xageár

aò kiaþ uleìnevoþa:

sā þann Maran
ī þann Jehan
jilguì fa rahatsa
fa hfar
utarha
sā teìgeár Jehan
jilguìaš xageár

rūnris

oah raha sriša uhūš
oah þyó hūš
ÿraes syégalru, fa sella džinhūš
ÿgīlra, faes khaòymru hūš
ÿjyárrara, thann džin vy restal ëypharhūš
ÿbarzadžira, vyes tšalanru hūš
ÿōra, sanes khaòymru hūš
ÿfalra, ëxahūš
ÿsïaòyra, tires pen khaòymru hūš
ÿveìgra, faið rītheìnhūš
ÿrama, fa tyalaþ seghūš
ÿraven, ysyé daaþen seghūš

fa džinhūš tares yrahafaeì dui teì kiið kii teì duið fa seghhūš tyalaþ jilguì,
jilaq, ea

Binding words

First part

Oh, big boss, please take this golden neck-object. May you put it on the neck of
this man. Oh, man, may you put it on the neck of the woman.

Then the man says:

"My name is Jehan. Her name is Maran. Today the two of us bind eachother. The
two of us are together. United. I truly love Maran. After today I certainly
do."

Then the woman says once, repeating:

"My name is Maran. Her name is Jehan. Today the two of us bind eachother. The
two of us are together. United. I truly love Jehan. After today I certainly
do."

Last part

Let us join with the old one who wishes
Let us make wishing
Oh, ruler having a big neck, may they always travel
Oh, sun-ruler, may they have weather
Oh, fire-ruler, may the road which they travel on not be destroyed
Oh, ruler of the fertile fall, may they be fertile[2]
Oh, moon-ruler, may the night have weather
Oh, water-ruler, may you do nothing
Oh, wind-ruler, may the boat have suitable weather
Oh, tree-ruler, may you give shade to them
Oh, good ruler, may the two of them be lucky
Oh, beautiful ruler, may their necks carry many rings

May the two of them travel At the time of the start of their joining He loves
her She loves him May the two of them be lucky [3] The day now, the next day,
yes

Comments to smooth translation to Taruven

[2] have fertility [3] carry luck, eg. stay lucky

Marriage-vow

The first part

Oh, big boss, please take this golden neck-object. Please put it on the neck of
this man. Oh, man, please put it on the neck of the woman.

So the man speaks the following:

"My name is John. Her name is Mary. The two of us marry today. The two of us are
together. In body, mind and spirit. I truly love Mary After today[1] for
certain."

The woman then repeats the speech:

"My name is Mary. His name is John. The two of us marry today. The two of us are
together. In body, mind and spirit. I truly love John After today[1] for
certain."

The second part

Let us join the old guy in his prayers.

Let us pray:

Oh, boss bigneck, may the two of them always travel.
Oh, boss sun, may the two of them have weather.
Oh, boss fire, may the road they travel not be destroyed.
Oh, boss harvest, may they get lots of kids.
Oh, boss moon, may they have weather at night.
Oh, boss water, please remain calm.
Oh, boss wind, may there be weather suitable for yachting.
Oh, boss tree, may you shade them.
Oh, boss goody-goody, may they be blessed.
Oh, boss beauty, may their necks carry much jewellry

May the two of them travel: At the beginning of the marriage of the two of them
He loves her, she loves him, may the two of them be blessed Today, tomorrow, for
certain

Comment to the above smooth translation

[1] A strict Padraicification would have demanded "Before today" since the
original states "above today" and above == before in Taruven.

Affixes
-aìš 	first
-aš 	after
-aþ 	object (case)
du- 	male
-eì 	to begin (placed on verbs)
-el 	experiencer-agent, subject of vexp-verbs (case)
ë- 	not, negation
-en 	plural for many (as opposed to few/paucal)
-es 	location-of
-gal 	augmentative
-geár 	certainly, definitely
-(h)ūš 	optative mood 	wish, hope
-ið 	indirect object marker (dative, case)
-jï- 	inalienably possessed, owner-jï-possession
ki- 	female
-ma 	good
-ris 	last
-ru 	located-at (location-case)
-tsa 	eachother
u- 	resumptive subject of relative sentence
va- 	imperative
-ven 	beautiful
-voþa 	repeat once
ÿ(j)- 	vocative
y- 	third person, inalienable possesseor (also 	passive)
Words
aò 	and, and then, then, what happened next (connects clauses only)
bar 	fertile (st)
da 	ring
duið 	dui + -ið
duaþ 	man (actually, male person)
dui 	he (pro)
džin 	travel (v)
ea 	yes
fal 	water
fa 	they (dual) (pro)
gīl 	sun
hfar 	together (st)
hūš 	want, desire, wish, hope (vexp)
ī 	third person singular pronoun, he/she/it (pro)
Jehan 	a first name
jilaq 	tomorrow (day-next)
jilguì 	today (day-now)
kiaþ 	woman (actually, female person)
kiið 	kii + -ið
kii 	she (pro)
kīr 	hand
syé 	neck
liaq 	gold
Maran 	a first name
menege 	lie down (st)
o 	it, third person singular (pro)
khaòym 	weather
oah 	"lets", "let me"
ō 	moon
onn 	thing, object
pen 	suitable, fitting (st)
phar 	destroy, destruct (vt.)
raha 	join,link,bind,bond,connect,unite (vexp)
ra 	ruler, leader. boss
restal 	resumptive locative object of relative sentence
rītheìn 	give shadow, make shade (v)
rūn 	finger, section
ry 	this, demonstrative
sā 	I, first person singular (pro)
san 	night
še 	take (vt)
seg(h) 	carry (vt)
sella 	always
sïaòy 	wind
sriša 	old person
tares 	at the time of
teì 	to love (vexp)
thann 	way, road
tir 	boat
tšalan 	fertile (of living things) (st)
tyal 	lucky (st)
uleìne 	sing, speak (vt)
utarha 	unity, perfect joining, nirvana etc.
veìge 	tree
vuh 	word
vy 	third person plural (pro)
xa 	do (v)
yárra 	fire
zadži 	fall (the season)
þann 	name
þyó 	make, produce (vt)
Abbreviations
vt 	verb, transitive
vexp 	verb, experiencer
vi 	verb, intransitive
v 	verb
st 	stative (stative verb/adjective)
pro 	pronoun

    * Articles (the, a): none
    * Copula: There isn't one.
    * Compounds: yes
    * Word order: Free. All noun-phrases but the subject carry a case-suffix.
Non-verbs without a case-suffix are therefore either subjects or modifying the
words that follows, until a case-marker is reached. Case-markers include {-aþ},
{-ið], {-es}
    * Number-suffixes: always comes last on a noun
    * To have: no such verb exists. However, "X has Y" can be gotten through
"Xes Yru", "X is the location of Y", or the verb for carry, {segh}, can be
used.
    * Location: A location is marked by {-es} (the most general, meaning near,
by) or other location markers (none used here). The thing that is located is
*also* marked, with {-ru}, unless it is the entire sentence that is placed
somewhere. So, {duaþru thannes} means "man on road" or "man is on the road"
    * Possession: Bodyparts are inalienably possessed: ysyé "3rd person's neck",
duaþ-jï-syé "his neck"
    * Vexp, experiencer-verbs: The subjects of experiencer-verbs are marked with
{-el}. The object of an experiencer-verb is either a noun-phrase marked with
{-ið}, or a clause. Experiencer-verbs are used instead of the complement-"that"
of English.
    * Indirect object: used either as sole constituent after an experiencer verb
or to mark benefactor of an action (any verb) or as indirect object for a
ditransitive verb.
    * Passive: verb prefixed with y-, *but* the object doesn't change into a
subject, it just allows the subject to be removed/understood by context
    * Relative clauses: there are two types: those starting with a verb prefixed
with {u-} and those starting with a verb and ending with {tal} or a compound
ending in {tal}. duaþel uuleìne "The man who _ sings" thann džin vy restal "The
road that they travel on _"
    * Object incorporation: all verbs may incorporate their object (marked with
{-aþ}) : raha faaþ -> rahafa.