Third Linguifex Relay/Aoma

Here follows the translation of the third relay text in Aoma:

Nemudemusii

Kiru waci
Oo, vojokoi shy fos, nemudemusii
I burrifii shy fos, nemudemusii
Ejomo sokox cörox, wenniik soriik
Ossii
Demufuu nemudemusiruu
Jusu foo rranol zakesnake
I bujussas iresu i copurisu ossiik

Kiru nohi
Sol okuu kys töike
I sol xi su okur
I sol xi essä
Votymmy wenniik foriik
Is demufuu foruu
Rranol i acuu lakkaaruu
Smö menna lax lakkaa boraa
Mil puhivo
I sol la nirira
Naas sol hapyy
I naas kuutuu foruu

Kiru coniste
Zinu foo tohespo, yngiiri
Ros bunirrra copuu boruu nirra tukuk okuse
I ni enny kekyre
Zax ga komma zu sadys tykyk ennyse?
Komu foo sos?
Labonges kopixu özorrä fos
Wakomo vom zu
Is pi xefösh ocösh
Önu zu ö'calarösus shyrus
Vojokui foo sysh kus cuxuse

Information:

• Aoma is quite head-initial:
  • word order VSO
  • noun modifiers (adjectives and possessors) are placed after their head
• Verbs are conjugated
• Nouns are declined
  • Possessors and adjectives agree with their heads

Aoma	English gloss	Notes
nemudemusii	bird-song-NMZ-DEF	the songbird (compound)
kiru	part
waci	first
oo	oh	exclamation
vojokoi	banish.3SG.PST
shy	PRO.3SG.M	he
fos	PRO.2SG.ACC	you
i	and
burrifii	punish.3SG.PST
ejomo	hear.1PL.PRES
sokox	moment.PL.TEMP	(see the following)
cörox	PRO.PROX.PL.GEN-PL.TEMP	"this time"
wenniik	voice.DEF.ACC
soriik	PRO.3SG.N.GEN-N.ACC	your
ossii	little.COMP	less
demufuu	song.DEF
nemudemusiruu	bird-song-NMZ.GEN-F.DEF
jusu	make.2SG.PRES	cause something (NOM) to be something (ACC)
foo	PRO.2SG.NOM
rranol	world.NOM	(plurale tantum)
zakesnake	stop-PPP.ACC	still
bujussas	become.3PL.PRES
iresu	good-NMZ	goodness
copurisu	friend.ADJZ.NMZ	friendlyness
nohi	second
sol	come.3SG.PRES
okuu	cold.NOM.DEF
kys	from.M
töike	anger.PREP	(prepositional)
xi	PRO.3SG.N	it
su	with
okur	cold.GEN	(with the preposition su)
essä	fast.ADVZ	fast, quickly
votymmy	defend.2SG.PRES
is	but
acuu	land.DEF
lakkaaruu	emperor.GEN.DEF
smö	not.2SG.PRES	Negative verb
menna	be.INF
lax	time.TEMP	no more
boraa	PRO.1PL.GEN-DIV.DEF	our
mil	rain.3SG.PRES
puhivo	snow.NOM
la nirira	time.NOM warm.GEN-DIV	summer
naas	so	therefore
hapyy	seed.DEF
kuutuu	tree.DEF
coniste	third
zinu	sleep.2SG.PRES
tohespo	fear-PRESP	in fear
yngiiri	fox
ros	for	because
bunirrra	inflame.3SG.PRES	light fire
copuu	friend.DEF
nirra	fire
tukuk	against.F
okuse	cold.PREP
ni	be.3SG.N.PRES
enny	storm
kekyre	harsh
zax	when	(interrogative)
ga	will.3SG.PRES	be going to
komma	do.INF
zu	PRO.3SG.F	she
sadys	something.ACC
tykyk	against.M
ennyse	storm.PREP
komu	do.2SG.PRES
sos	what	interrogative
labonges	wait.3PL.PRES
kopixu	manner.LOC	this way, as follows
özorrä	sad.ADVZ	(adverb)
wakomo	try.3SG.PRES
vom	speak.INF
pi	say.3SG.PRES
xefösh	whisper.PL.ACC
ocösh	only-M.PL.ACC	only
önu	dream.3SG.PRES
ö'calarösus	ADJZ.ABE-hope.GEN-CIRC-NOMZ.ACC	hopelessness
shyrus	PRO.3SG.GEN-F.ACC	his
vojokui	banish.2SG.PST
sysh	PRO.3SG.M.ACC	him
kus	from.F
cuxuse	there.PREP