Fifth Linguifex Relay/kʼmaʔ

Transcription

pʼtáɓ mut ɾikʼ ʔɗupʼ kʼmoʔ pʼtáɓs ʔɗuʔpʼ,

ŋaʔ kʼmoʔ pʼtáɓ ʔʃúʔ.

ʔaʔntʃʼ tʼíʔ pʼtsʼuʔ kʼámiɓw pʼkʼuʔl ɓjáŋ

ɓɾóh ʔkʼoŋ ʔɗuts ʔŋáʔ júɓ mɓál ŋ̍ʔ nɗikʼ ŋ̍ʔ táɓ nɗuts.

— towsaʔsuhus, pwáʔ ʔtʼuʔiɓw

Gloss

pʼtáɓ	mut	ɾikʼ	ʔɗupʼ	kʼmoʔ	pʼtáɓs	ʔɗuʔpʼ
pʼ-táɓ	mut	ɾikʼ	ʔ-ɗupʼ	kʼ-moʔ	pʼ-táɓ=s	ʔ-ɗupʼ-ʔ
LOC1-time	person	PRES	ANIM-praise/give_thanks	COUNTER-one	LOC1-time=also/more	ANIM-praise/give_thanks-OPT

ŋaʔ	kʼmoʔ	pʼtáɓ	ʔʃúʔ.
ŋaʔ	kʼ-moʔ	pʼ-táɓ	ʔ-ʃúʔ-ʔ
yet/although	COUNTER-one	LOC1-time	ANIM-die-OPT

ʔaʔntʃʼ	tʼíʔ	pʼtsʼuʔ	kʼámiɓw	pʼkʼuʔl	ɓjáŋ
ʔ-antʃʼ-ʔ	tʼíʔ	pʼ-tsʼuʔ	kʼám-iɓw	pʼ-kʼul-ʔ	ɓ-jáŋ
ANIM-think-OPT	it_is_said	LOC1-soil	be_barren-PASS	LOC1-grow-OPT	PL-leaf

ɓɾóh	ʔkʼoŋ	ɾikʼ	ʔɗuts	ʔŋáʔ	júɓ	mɓál	ŋ̍ʔ	nɗikʼ	ŋ̍ʔ	táɓ	nɗuts
ɓ-ɾóh	ʔ-kʼoŋ	ɾikʼ	ʔ-ɗuts	ʔ-ŋáʔ	júɓ	n-ɓál	ŋ̍ʔ	n-ɗikʼ	ŋ̍ʔ	táɓ	n-ɗuts
PL-soul/spirit	ANIM-be_old	PRES	ANIM-pass/pass_by	ANIM-be_like	sun	INANIM-shine	and/with	INANIM-become_night	and/with	time	INANIM-pass/pass_by

— towsaʔsuhus,	pwáʔ	ʔtʼuʔiɓw
towsaʔsuhus	pwáʔ	ʔ-tʼuw-iɓw
[personal_name]	dog	ANIM-domesticate-PASS

Glossary of anything that isn't standard

LOC1	the first locative, which is used for exact places or times
OPT	optative, which is an infix that I wasn't sure how to gloss properly
PASS	passive, sometimes used participially
COUNTER	grammatically necessary prefix for numerals

Grammar notes

Verbs are indicative by default; tense is only marked (with particles) for indicative verbs; the lack of this particle can indicate that a verb is being used to modify a noun instead, or that the verb is being used gnomically. Verbs can agree for animacy or locative type. The optative covers a wide range of subjunctive-like uses. The particle tʼíʔ may be used to subordinate clauses.

I was originally thinking this was phonemic IPA, but I think I'd rather interpret it as a weird orthography now.