Fourth Linguifex Relay/Kandi
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Torch
Išayyi yūngikīrra ya kūsikka ařīr kraš
wa yānayyantšiy
wākka kayūlunnayi ǧāmmam.
Kin ixaye omōkkiřeh yiřam,
kin hamūrreh wīnni yiřam,
kin tatšūyyim assanūyunga wušuyyima tārrim.
Interlinear
išayyi | yūngikīrra | ya | kūsikka | ařīr | kraš | |
išay-i | yūn-ki-kīrra | ya | kūsik=ya | aři-yir | kraš-∅ | |
web(II)-II.spec | loc-V.spec-life(V) | tel | piece(VI)=tel | swift(VIII)-instr | tear(III)-pred | |
wa | yānayyantšiy | |||||
wa | yānay-y-antši=y | |||||
when | great(VIII)-comp | -king(I)=2sg | ||||
wākka | kayūlunnayi | ǧāmmam | ||||
wāk-ya | ka=ūlunna=yi | ǧām=y-am | ||||
far(VII)-IX.spec | neg=ocean(IX)=lat | come(VIII)=2sg-I.spec | ||||
kin | ixaye | omōkkiřeh | yiřam | |||
kin | ixa-ye | omōk-yir-yeh | yir=y-am | |||
then | wish(IX)-IX.spec | god(IX)-instr-IX.pl.spec | do(I)=2sg-I.spec | |||
kin | hamūrreh | wīnni | yiřam | |||
kin | hamūr-yeh | wīn-yi | yir=y-am | |||
then | law(IX)-IX.pl.spec | we-lat | do(I)=2sg-I.spec | |||
kin | tatšūyyim | assanūyunga | wušuyyima | tārrim | ||
kin | tatšūy=y-im | assanūyum-kka | wušuy-yi-ma | tār=y-im | ||
then | saviour(I)=2sg-I.spec | prosperity(VIII)-VIII.spec | poor(I)-lat-I.spec | bring(I)=2sg-I.spec |
Notes
Kandi is a strongly SOV/OSV-language, which means that the verb-like content word is final. Then, Kandi doesn't really distinguish nouns or verbs.
More to come here, but do take a look at this and in particular the chapter on the specifier spec.