Please see PDF file for smooth Tæĺf text.zæĺf+brər, tæśt+z bam jæŕf+z bam kyhkal hænsət+z ðæĺń-PostBound kæssym+vəuā fæðrək+z+vyr boa/val-PostBound+ań. kyhkal kæĺk+z dáur+an. auny+yuðəuā et+z kfə+kəu+táumaj zæĺf+snaðæ máulan+aŋ jəulys læjkəs jæks+sjææā ə(u)+lækþ+þa sæsləs+snáðææ zæĺf sáurak+aþ máulan+aŋ. fətsī læŕk+z taunasásē+ań bam jaufatátē+ań, bam fətsī væŕŕ-PostBound dæjs zæfŕ-PostBound+byr/vyr aðy(u)+yuðəuā jæks-PostBound kæðəm+z+þa báuyao/váuŋal+ań byo lyuryusáujər+brəŕ/vrəŕ kelg/keok+yuðəuā ráug+saya+as.
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(w/b)áutań wātana speak sáurań sārana listen fáural fārala recount jaatamatee gātavatī want sáurak sāraka know (v/b)áujak vājaka bring (ŋ/y)áusaŕ ŋāsara hear kaasyáree kāsajarī hide raamalásee rāmalasī sit máulat mālata be quiet fáuðaŕ fāðara write dáuŕ dār ~be, exist kaadamálee kādavalī wander máulaŕ mālara guard, care for, act as a sentinal jáuhaĺ jāhala depart ofr/towards, leave for (+iðēa) máuf māv see mauzajánee māzajanī need (v/b)ao vāl gather táumaś tāmaja do máulań mālana believe jáukas jākasa be good taunasásē tānasas danse jaufatátē gāfatatī sing (b/v)auya(o/ĺ) vāŋala send sáujəŕ sāgara follow ráuk rāg leadnouns
(v/b)ær(v/b)ək vērvok theif hænf hēnfo shrine, temple þærfəń þērfon priest, profit dæf dēv word gæĺs gēlso silver kær(s/z) kērzo crystal læzś lēzjo item kæń kēn sun, day bæŕń vērno truth lævrəń lēvron falsehood kæ(o/l)dəś kēldoj fortune, prophecy, prediction jærməs gērmos tear (liquid) kæśĺ kēglo pain læńś lēnjo distance jæŕń jērno place mæf mēv sight dæśs dējzo spring zæĺf zēlvo winter kæssymh kēssom grass fæðrək fēðrok stone, rock kæĺk kēlko wolf læŕk lērko subdeity jæks jēkso good læjkəs lējkos evil lækþ lēkþö difference sæsləs sēslos evidence zæfŕ zēfro sky, heaven, air kæsðəm kēsðom greetingadjs
tæj(t/d) tējdo old hæńsə(t/d) hēnsod young jæŕ(f/v/b) gērvo sick ðæĺń ðēlno soft læŕk lērko eternal jæks jēkso good læjkəs lējkos evil væŕŕ vērro greenpostpositions
þa þā ACC (b/v)yŕ vir in (b/v)əuā veā at, LOC yuðəuā iðeā to, DAT ðeehii ðīhī for (on behalf of) sjyurəŕ sjyrer after ljaustyŕ ljāstir about (b/v)rəŕ vrer during tjaŋh tjōŋ because, since, because of snáðææ snáðē by, with, using; performed by, done by, INSTR sjææā sjēā from, originating inpronouns
ri rjo here (1) rjas rjas there (2) rjaþ rjað there (3) et eto this (1) etas etas that (2) etaþ etað that (3) -, ə(u)- -o, o- I (1) -as, asy(u)- -as, asi- you (2) -aþ, aðy(u)- -að, aði- he/she/it (3) -aŋh, auŋjy(u)- -āŋ, āŋgi- us (1) -aþ, auþy(u)- -āþ, āþi- you pl. (2) -ań, auny(u)- -ān, āni- them (3)other stuff
autsəok ātselk only -(ə)k -ke question particle teemə(u)- tēme- doer bamh vām and fətsii fétsī if jəulyś jelyj but kyhkao kuhkal much, very, a lot byo vle reflexive particle keok kīlg other (used as noun, adjective.. not quite regularly formed...) -saya- -saŋa- imperative marker -z N/A plural
Prebound and Postbound forms of nouns and verbs are forms that make more phonological sense for how to take on other morphemes (prebound takes stuff before it; postbound takes stuff after it; citation form is what's found in the dictionary and is also nominative case). A noun solely in the post-bound form is an adjective modifying the next noun.Normal sentence word order is SOV.
Postpositions come after the nouns that are modified by them, and attach to its postbound form.
Pronouns attached to a post-bound form noun are simple present tense. Pronouns attached to a pre-bound form noun make possessed nouns (e.g. ME+HOUSE-PreBound = my house; IT+COLD-PreBound = its coldness).
Consonants with an h after them or an acute accent (´) above them (e.g. ĺ, ŋh, &c) are unvoiced.
participles are made with the following morphemes bound to the beginning of verbs:
or something like that
lyury(u) = present "[person who is] eating" ly(u) = past "[person who has] eaten" aurə(u) = future "[person who] will eat" kə(u) = passive "[apple which was] eaten" gfo/kfo + participle morpheme = perfective: kfolyury = present perfective "[apple which is] being eaten" ... past perf "[apple which has] been eaten" ... future perf "[apple which] will be being eaten" ... passive perf "[apple which has been] eaten" The plural morpheme in this dialect of Tæĺf is -z. In other dialects first vowel of the whichever form (prebound, postbound, or citation)'s template is replaced with əula (X-SAMPA: @uL6).
The entries in vocab.txt are in the following order:
Tēlvo is an ancestor of Tæĺf; it's the source from which Tæĺf words are derived.Tæĺf Tēlvo English
During winter, the old and the weak and also the young gather inside of the stone which is ~at the soft grass. Also, there's a wolf. We believe these things are done to them by winter, but, we believe that winter evidently knows (evil's difference from good / the difference between good and evil). If sub-deities dance and sing, and, if the green spring sends good greetings to you in the air, while one follows oneself, lead to the other.
In the winter, the old and the weak/sick, and also the young, always gather inside the stones that are in the soft grass. And also there are wolves. We think that winter causes things to be done to them, but we think that winter evidently/obviously knows the difference between good and evil. It is said that if daemons/fairies/spirits dance and sing, and if the green spring sends through the air their happy greetings to you, while following oneself, please lead to the other one.