| Torch: |
Nlannanínal nabibitál paflabítai wassaggáili wallÍsili pipatisaggaglila'du
Luslapálva wanafakíl watúfu
Patimástaski
Lukaswilásilva wanaláu wanípal
Patimástasva-naka pikapaffán ku faiszukulástas
Patimástaski
Plássi plíta sagátaiki "Nlannanín, patimásfinva tálmayi pibittán"
Luskápalva pisaní wabizíl
Plassítaski
Kitálva sukkistáiz pigasyú
Plassítaski
Plassíi'taski nlannaníi'n nabibitá pli gadítaiki
Plássi plíta sagátaiki "Nlannanín, plassíi'finva tálmayi pibittáa'n." |
| Smooth translation: |
Our Great Father gave us these words about story-making
He makes the small wind strong
He is hearing it
The water grows the food
He hears it in the distance and is about to be slightly sad
He is hearing it
Therefore we say "Father, you are hearing us well"
The tree makes the house healthy
He is seeing it
Children are afraid of the night
He is seeing it
Our Great Father sees that we are mating
Therefore we say "Father, you are seeing us well" |
| Interlinear |
Title:
N- lannaní -n -al na-bibitá-l
G2S- father -our(pauc) -ERG G2 -great
-ERG
pa- f-labí-tai wa*-saggá-i-yi
DatObj- Past -give -us(pauc) G6Pl- word -Pl
-INST
wa* -lís -i -yi pi-pati-sagga-gli-lá-du
G6Pl -this -Pl -INST G7 -collective -word -make
-abstr -ELL
Wapatisaggá, literally "collection of words," means "story", so
_pipatisaggaglilá_ is "story-making." I don't know what "great
father" means, I only translated it literally. Lis- is the plural stem of li,
"this" (it belongs to a class of nouns and adjectives with "hidden"
letters, fricatives which appear only in the plural). In this case, instrumental is used
because the dative has been promoted to absolutive, so the old absolutive becomes
instrumental. Ellative is here used for "about". Pa- turns dative into
absolutive, and absolutive into instrumental. It is required when the dative is a sentient
being. Incidentally, the word "father" here is a scientific term, since fathers
don't figure in everyday life. It literally means "co-mother."
1. Lu-s-lapá-l-va wa-nafakíl wa-túfu
Cause-be-strong- 3IrrS -Hab G6- wind G6-
small
Incidentally, _nafakíl_ (wind) is formed by _na-_ (that which) + _fakíl_ (go)
2. Pa-timás-tas-ki
DatObj -hear- 3S Rat -INCH
The 3rd Singular Irrational has two forms, -*a after a consonant, and -l after a vowel.
3. Lu-kas-wilási-l-va wa-nalaú wa-nípa-l
Cause-become-adult- 3IrrS -Hab G6-food
G6-water-ERG
Kaswilási originally meant "grow up", as in from childhood to adult, but was
extended to any form of growing/maturing, including plants growing larger.
4. Pa-timás-tas-va-naka pi-kapaffá-n ku fai-s-zu-kulá's-tas
DatObj-hear- 3S -Rat- Hab=he.nom G7- distance -COM
and ImFut -be -dim -sad -3S Rat
S(a)zukulás means "be slightly sad". Ordinarily, the verb tima's (as well as
lassí later on) puts the one doing the seeing in dative, and the object in absolutive. Of
course, if it's a sentient being doing the seeing, dative-object is required. The
thing heard is "it" in this case, BTW, altho there was no way of telling with
this sentence. Nouns in the commitative case are used for adverbs.
5. Pa-timás-tas-ki
DatObj-hear- 3S Rat-INCH
6. Plássi p-lí-ta sagá-tai-ki "N-lannaní-n,
Because.of G7- this -ABL say- we(pauc)- INCH
"G2- father -our,
timás-fin-va tálma-yi pi-bittá-n
hear- you -HAB us.pauc-INST G7-goodness-COM
7. Lu-s-kápa-l-va pi-saní wa-bizí-l
Cause-be-healthy-3IrrSing-HAB G7-house G6-tree-ERG
8. P-lassí-tas-ki
DatObj-see-3S Rat-INCH
9. Kitá-l-va su*-kistá-i-z pi-gasyú
Fear-3S Irr-HAB G3Pl -child -Pl-DAT
G7-night
I know what I said earlier about pa- being required with sentient datives, but it feels
right here, probably because the children are being affected by the fear.
10. P-lassí-tas-ki
DatObj-see -3SRat -INCH
11. P-lassí-tas-ki n-lannaní-n-al
DatObj-see-3S Rat-INCH G2 -father -our -ERG
na-bibitá-l pli gadí-tai-ki
G2- great -ERG that mate -we -INCH
12. Plássi p-lí-ta sagá-tai-ki "N-lannaní-n,
Because.of G7-this-ABL say -we
-INCH "G2 -father -our
p-lassí-fin-va tálma-yi pi-bittá-n
DatObj-see -you -HAB us -INST G7-goodness-COM
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