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.