Vocabulary
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abesh
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all things; all-that-is
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–háalish
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Degree Marker: to an extraordinary degree; utmostly
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layun
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to be orange
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léli
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to be yellow
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ozh
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dream
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shebasheb
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to die [sheb (to change)]
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wí
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life
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wum
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Postposition: entire; whole; all-of-it {JLP}
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yeth
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silver
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Text
Ozh Letho
Bíide melalom ash nemethu nibethab lometh shathu we. Ban lom sheth i shoneth ledi. Áya lom. ¶
Bíide sháad weth udethu bo óolethudi we. Medoth Berídan Hérel i le wetheth núudi. Wida le áwitheth; wida Hérel wolayun woruleth. ¶
Bíide methi yáanin óolethu mewolula womith; meléli mahina benetha we. Medazh ud; mezhe mewoyeth wohud thometh. Rilin le wilide; dutha zho bethu. En le zho wilithu bróo eril rilin le bede. Di be Láadan; di be shimethu i wóobanethu i shebashebethu. Rilin áwith Máyel lal wilithu. ¶
Bíide ada Berídan Hérel ruledi we. Methi mahina mewohamedara wozhubeth menedebe; maháalish rul beneth. Methi zhub boó oba omidethuth; methi menedebe oba mudathuth. Thi woleyi wozhub nede oba mazhethuth. Yod mahina woleyi wozhubeth. ¶
Bíide nin yu mahinatha lawidath we. Yod le yu, i wóoban le onida lethath woho i abesheth. Le tham wíthu we. ¶
Morpheme-by-Morpheme Analysis
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shathuth
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Harmony + PARTV + OBJ
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óolethudi
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Moon + PARTV + GOAL
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woruleth.
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REL + Cat + OBJ
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mewolula
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PL + REL + Be purple
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benetha
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X:6+ + POSS:birth
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mewoyeth
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PL + REL + Silver
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wóobanethu
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Give birth + PARTV
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shebashebethu.
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Die + PARTV
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mewohamedara
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PL + REL + Dance
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wozhubeth
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REL + Insect + OBJ
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maháalish
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Listen + DEG:extraord
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omidethuth;
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Horse + PARTV + OBJ
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mudathuth.
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Pig + PARTV + OBJ
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mazhethuth.
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Automobile + PARTV + OBJ
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wozhubeth.
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REL + Insect + OBJ
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mahinatha
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Flower + POSS:birth
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lethath
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I + POSS:birth + OBJ
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abesheth.
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All-that-is + OBJ
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wíthu
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Life + PARTV + IDENT
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Free Translation
My Dream
Eighteen stars of pearl sing a song of harmony. The song gives me comfort and peace. The song is beautiful.
A road of stone goes to the mountain of the moon. Aunt Carol and I follow the road thence. I carry the baby; Carol carries the orange cat.
The trees of the moon have purple leaves; their flowers are yellow. The stones are soft; the silver stones are like pillows. I drink from a stream; its sound heals. I understand the sound of the stream because I drank from it. It speaks Láadan; it speaks of sexual-acting and of giving birth and of dying. Baby Michael drinks the milk of the river.
Aunt Carol laughs at the cat. The flowers have many dancing insects; the cat listens oh-so-intently to them. Three insects have bodies of horses; many have bodies of pigs. One blue insect has the body of a car. A flower eats the blue insect.
The fruit of the flowers cause pregnancy. I eat a fruit, and then I give birth to my entire family and all-that-is. I am the circle of life.
Comments
In this story we see another of the set of Degree Markers. “–háalish” means “to an extraordinary degree;” it is the strongest possible Degree Marker.
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