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15. Nïmerkiš (Jinjie)
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ðeι ruιx z ð-wÿŕ-z fleιm-iñ, ð-faιr t fîl ósṃ
/ðeɪ.ɹɐɪʔ.zðwʏɾz.fɫeɪm.ɪŋ.ðfaɪɹ.tsfiʟ.ɒ.sṃ/
jy-v wóčt ð-gaι slîp, (aι) seι (tgeðṛ) wið meιt.
/jyv.wɒtʃts.ðgaɪz.slip.(aɪ.)seɪ.(tsgɛðr̩.)wɪð.meɪts/
wen siks vṃ kstiñgwišt, ð-neks wun steιd stil.
/wɛn.sɪks.vm̩.kstshɪŋ.gwɪʃts.ðneks.wɐn.stseɪdz.stsɪʟ/
ð-foϋks wón slîp, u soϋ ð-ṇtṛprîxṛ sez ðis:
/ðfoʊks.wɒn.sɫip.ɐ.soʊ.ðn̩.tsɹ.p̩ ɹiʔ.ɹ.s̩ ɛz.ðɪs/
heι lórd, jîmoϋlîtypoϋ, jór m' bes meιt.
/heɪ.ɫɔɹdz.ji.moʊ.tsy.poʊ.jɔɹ.mbes.meɪts/
(or jîmoϋlîtoϋpoϋ /ji.moʊ.li.tsoʊ.poʊ/)
ṛlirtaιmz ð-kry mex-‘x evrî fórþ deι.
/ɹ.l̩ ɪɹ.tsaɪmz.ðkɹy.mɛʔ̰.ɛ.vɹi.fɔɹθ.dzeɪ/
u sṇsðen ðeι-v hoϋpt ŕ-mîx-‘x ax ð-wuιx loϋ länd
/ɐ.sn̩s.ðɛn.ðeɪv.hoʊpts.ɾmḭʔ.æʔ.ðwɐɪ.loʊ.lɪɐndz/
Backtranslation
They write, the wood is burning, the fire pleases me. You (sg.) have watched the beings sleep; I say (together) with a friend. (When) six of them burned, then/next (3s) remained. They want to sleep, thus/therefore the translator says this thing: “Master, Yimalitupo, my great friend you are. Every fourth day they met. Ever since, they have hoped to meet at the white low land.”
(I suspect that the last line is a metaphor that means basically “to sleep”...if that is the case then I’d say “u sṇsðen ðeι-v hoϋpt ŕ-ḑif ty ð-wuιx loϋ land”, using drift to /dʐɪf.tsy/.)
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