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[comments] awmomw dúgu ögü, twógũ küs-ü,
lehl-egü thíy-ön höf-töh-rim-ü,
ü-neçt-ekĩ du-k úb-us bökü.
Dúgu ögü, twógũ küs-ü,
Lehl-egü thíy-ön höf-töh-rim-ü,
Ü-neçt-ekĩ du-k úb-us bökü.
life.NOMNominative (case)
TRANS subject, INTR argument short.NOMNominative (case)
TRANS subject, INTR argument | winter.NOMNominative (case)
TRANS subject, INTR argument long.NOMNominative (case)
TRANS subject, INTR argument
leaf-PLPlural (number)
more than one/few-NOMNominative (case)
TRANS subject, INTR argument tree-GENGenitive (case)
possessive fall-down-IDREIndirect evidential (evidentiality)
speaker has indirect knowledge-PFVPerfective (aspect)
completed action
1SFirst person singular (person)
speaker, signer, etc.; I-want-OPTOptative (mood)
'wish, hope' 2SSecond person singular (person)
addressee (you)-ACCAccusative (case)
TRANS direct object; patient 1SFirst person singular (person)
speaker, signer, etc.; I-INSTCInstrumental-comitative (case)
'with' (instrument and/or company) here
Life is short, winter is long,
The leaves of the tree will fall,
I want you to be here with me.
Mawic Difficulty: wild card
Word count: 147
English: 222
English
"Etügü" or "Iki" is an ancient tradition of the Mawic culture. It originated from the steppe society of Proto-Mawo-Calaic people. The name means "guest service". When a boy turns 18 years old, his family sends him to an other family to live and work there for a year. This strengthens the relationship between the two families, but also gives an opportunity to the young men (called: Leüş) to get to know the daughters of the other family.
During the first months of the service, the Leüş gets the hardest and worst jobs around the estate. If he does well, the father or the head of the family lets the boy closer to himself, and gives him better chores. If the head of the family likes the boy, they can start the negotiation about his daughters in the last month. If the Leüş, the head of the family, and his daughter all agree, the boy can take her home and marry her. If not, the head of the family must give him a cow, or a goat, or a sheep in exchange for his services, which is always a good base of jokes. Imagine going away for a year to find yourself a wife and come back with a cow. If it happens, he still has the chance to go to another family.
Mawic "Etügü" in "Iki" Mávan turjogon rada dëdmábi da. Mawan Şazégen dëdmában çindan şlafagan çíǧ çíǧirid. Ita çen "Için çówgug" ta. Çíziti ge tigswig koloyg tetitág, Kúw çen çig kuwb sab mindij, iz koloyg dúgurofo u górofo titig. Ke kiþyág kúwḑon ḑid pábradij, na gulogugg çen lyijḑib kúon san kúmoḑug meçeñzfa.
Ikin eḑen yén ta, lyiji gorogogug tigfyiḑig u gizfyiḑig éddad turjoçuḑon igid. Ke tléb reriḑig, pa tigen, in kúon bini geg çiǧb tig ḑirig, u tliçig górogogug édrig. Ke kúon bini geg miki, nidrig kigmtáyg kúmon tinkin igid eḑen kúton ta. Ke lyiji, kúon bini, u kúmu tinkin á metáy, ge çig kéjid bekreg u sinidigde. Ke ada, kúon bini geb dóg, in még, in bég ñútug édfa tómóton ta, çízez peyda tle tlilgiḑib tó da. Tádrardig kug, mindig koloyn sug dun tufo, u dón ku kiçidig ed. Ke ke gol, gulogugug teti páz minfa kúwb sab.
Mawic Difficulty: wild card
Word count: 181
English: 225
English
In the mawic culture a person has three names. Given name, patronym and surname in this order.
In ancient times parents named their children after a thing, or a trait they needed the most. Naming children was a very important ritual, called "déyþa". They believed the name they give, will affect their whole life. Riǧkedáz "arm with a sword", Niçid "the desired child", Yenégi "gift from god", and so on. There were special names forbidden for some lower social classes. Later as the languages changed, the meaning became less and less recognizable, and the ritual of naming disappeared. Now it is just an aesthetic choice.
The next one is the partonym, which refers to the father, like "son of Niçid", "daughter of Filast" and so on. If the father is unknown, the patronym will be "son/daughter of unknown/stranger". Patronym can be changed, if someone adopts the child.
Every great family traces their lineage back to some legendary warrior, or a ruler. Gími, "the far rider" mythical ancestor of the mawic nobility, Áneb, "father of all", the first man according to Mawic mythology, Kiteg, "the one with a strong spine" or others. Somewhere in the history their descendants started to refer themselves as "of Gími", "of Áneb", or "of Kiteg", and so on. The name of this legendary ancestor became their surname.
Here is an average mawic name:
"Seryáj, son of Seteg of Silnçim."
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Turjogo mávan ta kúkŋëtëg tigig itag teti. Ita çen ídidi, penita, drugun çen ita ke çini ta.
Todogon dëdmábgen ta şwítiyigi kúwǵug tigen itérermid dan in tégin kë, çízezg ñúturud tleféb. Kúwǵon itárada rada, "déyþa" máb kúodo derid . Kug tiridtid, ita, çízezg édtid, dúǧugug tekradḑig tigen tízrig. Riǵkedáz "rŋiyi çen sedán ku", Niçid "kúw neted", Yenégi "íǵi yukúfon çíǵ", u kéeb geb. Itagi imeçyegi derim, yidiw ḑágbişib. Tóç, tlen sádaradan ku, téǵi guvob u guvob mefakéb, u déyþa çiyitád. Ketede itan çen ladan yigi.
Yiḑi penita, çízez pan çen itag yetr, ke şwa "Niçidin ge", in "Filastan kúmu", kéeb geb. Ke pa çen kíwsi, penita "kéwsen/kázan ge/kúmu" derim. Pentita sádaragdij, ke éyglyi şideg çen ḑivitevig.
Á druyu ma tóug çen yidib şedeb, u éçrib mab şútóz. Gími, "myi sigifi", déyþa şede Mávan ḑágetágan, Áneb "pa án", kúfo yiyi şedegen çíǵ, Kiteg "kig pávag çen tetiy", u sa. Éyḑiz kigişeden úgon ta şidigi tigifigin nidrmid yetrdafa e "Gímin", "Áneben", "Kitegen", u kéeb geb. Déyþa şede tigifigin ita totód drugun çen ita tigifigin.
Bey ita tani Mávan çen:
"Seryáj ge Setegen Silnçimin"
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