Third Linguifex Relay/Valian

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Mairasmarva

(Ukuha küb)
Aia marva mairas tausa
ää melletta nee kä marva
palgane uras kä vai' saa
talle vah' kui saola saolain
lannesse kä hää' nëi peigin
tundus kaugana vahantta
heada neidana oless'ta

(Kehtaha küb)
virhava lumalla kiirtta
täsanna melena hauhan
handa nëi melena aidan
läen' kee harya houde päikä
vanha vainna vëasain veasast
vainna vëi olesse lianke
ruunkama lasa meleva
mettana larinsta soovin
üga vaevanän telei' neen
häryakam' oravaikä ää

(Kiryoha küb)
vuikanam' huvan kutaha
kiival mearosan olesse
koeritän nu parva rauhan
vattest paida vatte aurain
vainves noivas nëi kui louan
pulle parva nu sälana
nu parva sälana handa
sedelle nëisaa atanän
vilyain vaihain veasast tääha
latte sëatanänku malmen
kui hurinän kaan vëlia läe
toiga mornänku neen mouran
vaevanän ahiis parvas latte
vassänna kee turvikse ää

Valian	English	Notes
palgaan	to give
uras	an ill thing
talle	language, speech
vah'	see vaha
hääl	less
heada	kindness
kaugaan	(intr.) to become silent
neidaan	(intr.) to diminish
virhava	(adj.) chilling
lumalla	frost, a biting cold
kiir	(adpos.) with
aidan	(adv.) quickly
houde	chant
lasa	the white, whiteness
larin	(phys.) cover	defective, no singular
kutaha	(adj.) hated
kiival	fox
mearos	(adj.) timid
mearosan	(adv.) fearfully	long version of mearon, see alsomearos
parva	cold
paida	(indef. pron.) all
vainves	(adj.) wine-coloured
noivas	(adj.) worried
pulle	(part.) may	an irrealis marker, cf. inflectional -est(i)
ää	from	adposition
aba	bird	noun, type silma
ahiis	despair	noun, stem in -d
ai	Oh!	excl.
aia	Oh!	Lyr. variant of ai
anna	purpose	noun, type silma
aryaan	to leave,(intr.) to flee, to abandon	verb, a-class
ataan	(intr.) to wait	verb, a-class
aura	time	noun, type silma
ëksa	home	noun, type silma
handa	man	noun, type silma
hara	void	noun, type silma
haraan	to speak, to proclaim	past tense härnama
harya	will	noun, type silma
haryaan	(intr.) to fly
haudann	to destroy	haudante, haudanke, haudanna, etc.
hauha	(adj.) wroth
hauhan	(adv.) wrathfully	n-derivative of hauha
hurin	to desire, to wish for	hurite, hurike, hurine; hüryetama; hurisse; hüryatta; hüryava
huva	(adj.) lone, single
huvan	(adv.) once
kaan	to say	irregular past käe-
kaha	(adj.) true
kee	thou	nominative-vocative of the second person singular personal pronoun
koer	friend
kui	(conj.) as, when
läe	(prep.) for	laheken', läetä. “let him, for my sake”
laehan	to give
lannean	to hear
lantaan	to fall
leia	while
liann	(intr.) not	negative verb, e.g., lianän haavalidikä “They're not his legs”
liiva	(adpos.) without
louan	the unknown, (interr. and rel.) what
lumaha	(adj.) ice-capped
malmes	(adj.) sorrowful
malmen	(adv.) sadly, mournfully
marva	(zool.) turdus merula	a black type of bird
melean	to come	dialectal cf. standard mettaan
mellen	to chase, to hunt
mendes	(adj.) useful
mettaan	to come
minna	bread	noun, type silma
morn	to whisper	morite, morike, morna, moriteen, morikeen, mornän, past murr-
müon	to hunt	müotte, müokke, müonne
nee	he, she, it	nominative-vocative of the third person singular personal pronoun
nëi	(dem.) this, these; (rel.) which	position flexible, often combined with postponed adposition, e.g. nëisaa “in which”.
nenni	name
olesse	(even) more
orava	An ôrab-tree
pä	tale
pää	snow	perhaps originally dialectal, cf. literary tää, täsaan “to freeze”, etc.
pahaa	secrets, mysteries	defective, no plural
pakkaan	to knock
palia	dawn	also used as 'morning'
peeka	coin
pelle	(part.) to try, to attempt	E.g., saolananu pelle “he attempted to sing it”
rändaan	to exist
rändast	deed
rauha	(adj.) hot, burning hot
raus	fire
ruusian	to be on fire	ruusite, ruusike, ruusina
saa	(adpos.) in, into
sala	vanity
sälaan	to do
salma	faith
sanda	allure
saola	song
sauga	disease, illness; a fault, a sin
së	(adpos.) on
sëataan	(trans.) to wait on something or someone
sede	path, walkway
sedelle	(adv.) in this manner	Lengthened variant of sesse.
senne	(adv.) night-time
siit	hope
silma	star
soovi	(of a year) season
-st	and	Many variants: (poet.) -sta, (after m n t d) -tta. Alone, sest
tää	snow
taevaan	(trans.) to make holy
tagas	relief
tahaan	to lead, to guide
tarvas	tree, an oak tree
tarvas	bull, a male bovine
tarvu	sapling
täsaan	to freeze
tausa	house
tee	(pron.) I	nominative-accusative of the first person singular personal pronoun
tele	(bot.) seed, sapling, shoot
toiga	place	Used in the expression läe toiga “instead”
tundus	land
turvaan	to throw
turmiaan	to murder
üga	then
üho	(adpos.) about	vaettama üho tundus “I dreamt of the land”
vaa	(adpos.) up into	melete vilyain vaa “I go up into the heavens”
vaaba	dream
vaevaan	to dream
vaevanna	a dreamer, someone who is dreaming
vaha	(adj.) good
vahan	(adv.) well
vaiha	(adj.) dark
vaihud	darkness
vainna	ruler
vayan	to rule, to govern
välya	(adj.) noble, good
vanamme	temptation
vanha	(adj.) old
varra	chalice, cup
vassaa	(adpos.) across, above	describing movement
vasänna	(conj.) because
vatte	(adv.) above	see also vaa, vassaa, vasänna
veasa	domain
vëasa	field
vëlia	but, yet
vilya	cloud, (pl.) heaven
latte	(adv.) below, under