Jarxadan

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(1-1)   
pe:     a:n-dE-pE-gEt     jarqE     pod'ol'E-gEt     pojn'a:-s'i:-l     tude    
mountain   under-3-PL-ABL   ice   shining-ABL   white-DEL-AN   he.GEN  
o:Zi:-gElE     jarqEdEn     emej     oj     mi:dE     c'uru:d'E    
water-ACC   Jarxadan   mother   stream   along   quietly  
qon-ta:-s'i:-nu-m.    
go-TR-DEL-IMPF-TR.3SG  

From the bottom of the mountains, from the whiteness of the ice our mother Jarxadan quietly carries its shining water downstream.

Comment:
The stem a:n- in a:ndEpEgEt is a rare variant of the postposition a:l/a:- 'under'.


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(1-2)   
i:lugE     jo:     i:lugE     jo:.    
INTJ   INTJ   INTJ   INTJ  

What a sorrow!


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(1-3)   
noNo:n     ta:-t     kude-l'El-d'o:d-Ek?    
what.for   there-ADV.ABL   become-EV-SUBN-PRED  

Why did it happen like that?

Comment:
In the pronunciation of the word kudel'Eld'o:dEk the third syllable is omitted, apparently for metrical reasons.


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met     jOul'E-tl'E-mE     marqil'-gElE     jarqEdEn     n'u:-lE     n'u:-te:-l'El-Na:.    
I   love-?-PERF.PART.1/2SG   girl-ACC   Jarxadan   name-INSTR   name-TR-EV-TR.3PL  

The girl I love was called Jarxadan.

Comment:
The word marqil' 'girl' is here pronounced as marqil.


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(1-5)   
noNo:n     ta:-t     n'u:-te:-l'El-Na:?    
what.for   there-ADV.ABL   name-TR-EV-TR.3PL  

Why did they call her that?


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(1-6)   
i:lugE     jo:     i:lugE     jo:.    
INTJ   INTJ   INTJ   INTJ  

What a sorrow!