Ring N/X: 9/11: Sslass

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Sslass

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Lhiil arruu âsshliidh
Rrâalz thûdhiis uu ashûussaa râthuu uu lurhûushaa îrass
uu ru-adhaa llârriir aa rilhaar.
Adhii iirîlaazhliil â rhirshâlidhuura.
Rruull ssliish rruu ârrathûussir.
rrâalz âthûussiir uu âllîissaa rhuul âsshliidh uu
zhraash Llaaaashûussaa râthuu uu ashûussaalliiss.
Rrhûussill iirîlaazhliil ârâashuu.
Rrûulasha sslu arâthuu lhâathuush Rrhii shu rrhiilhaa îi.
Rrhâzzas alrrhûussill îllu râthuu lhâathuush lluthuul dhall.
Adhii lhaathûussiir arruu rurhal âadhâluur ârâthuu.
Ishûurra rhal ârâthuu rusudhal âthûussiir.
ârîlaazla rudhârrush îllu sshrâalluu.

Smooth Translation

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Prey food of tasty meat

Mix the oil and bitter white stone and tasteless white powder and add the blood of life if needed. Put the not-cooked-prey food on a flat-wood-leg Cut the boiled meat into pieces. Mix the pieces and tasty plants of healing and a few pinches of bitter- white-stone and bitter-white-plant. Press not-cooked-prey food with your claws. Make into a form of a round stone, big as a big nut. Go press until round stone is somewhat high. Put in tiny pieces of meat into the middles of the stones. Fold each stone into two pieces. Cook in the oven until it shines-like-the-sun.

Interlinear

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Lhiil	arruu	âsshliidh
Lhiil	ûsshliidharruu
N	Adv-V-of-N
Prey food of tasty meat

Rrâalz	thûdhiis	uu	ashûussaa	râthuu	uu	lurhûushaa	îrass
rrâalz	thûdhiis	uu	Ashûussaa	râthuu	uu	lurhûushaa	îrass
VT.Imp	N	and	N		and	N
Mix the oil and bitter white stone and tasteless white powder

uu	ru-adhaa	llârriir	aa	rilhaar.
uu	ru-adhaa	llârriir	aa	rilhaar.
and	VT.Imp	N	if	Adj
and add the blood of life if needed.

Adhii	iirîlaazhliil	â	rhirshâlidhuura.
Adhii	iirîlaazhliil	â	rhirshâlidhuura.
VT.Imp	N	to	N
Put the not-cooked-prey food on a flat-wood-leg

Rruull	ssliish	rruu	ârrathûussir.
Rruull	ssliish	Rruu	ârrathûussir.
VT.Imp	VT-PstPft	N	Plu-N
Cut the boiled meat into pieces.

rrâalz	âthûussiir	uu	âllîissaa	rhuul	âsshliidh	uu
rrâalz	âthûussiir	uu	âllîissaa	rhuul	âsshliidh	uu
VT.Imp	Plu-PA	and	Plu-N		Adj-N	and
Mix the pieces and tasty plants of healing and a few pinches of bitter-

zhraash	Llaaaashûussaa	râthuu	uu	ashûussaalliiss.
Zhraash	âllaaaashûussaa	râthuu	uu	ashûussaalliiss.
few	Plu-N-of-N		And	N
white-stone and bitter-white-plant.

Rrhûussill	iirîlaazhliil	ârâashuu.
Rrhûussill	iirîlaazhliil	ârâashuu.
VT.Imp	N	Plu-N
Press not-cooked-prey food with your claws.

Rrûulasha	sslu	arâthuu	lhâathuush	Rrhii	shu	rrhiilhaa	îi.
Rrûulash	Sslu	lhâathuusharâthuu		Rrhii	shu	Rrhiilhaa	îi.
VT.Imp	N	Adj-of-N		Adj	like/as	Adj-N
Make into a form of a round stone, big as a big nut.

Rrhâzzas	alrrhûussill	îllu	râthuu	lhâathuush	lluthuul	dhall.
rrhâzzas	rrhûussill	îllu	lhâathuushrâthuu		lluthuul	dhall.
VI.Imp	VT	TP	Adj-N		CogP	Adj
Go press until round stone is somewhat high.

Adhii	lhaathûussiir	arruu	rurhal	âadhâluur	ârâthuu.
Adhii	Llaathûussiir	arruu	rurhal	âadhâluur	âarâthuu.
VT.Imp	N	of-N	RP-each	Plu-of-LOC	Plu-of-N
Put in tiny pieces of meat into the middles of the stones.

Ishûurra	rhal	ârâthuu	rusudhal	âthûussiir.
Ishûurra	rhal	ârâthuu	rusudhal	âthûussiir.
VT.Imp	each	Plu-N	RP-two	Plu-PA
Fold each stone into two pieces.

ârîlaazla	rudhârrush	îllu	sshrâalluu.
rîlaaz	rudhârrush	îllu	Sshrâalluu.
VT.Imp	RP-N	TP	Adj
Cook in the oven until it shines-like-the-sun.

Translation from Vallés

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Bread of Tasty meat

Mix the oil and the salt with the flour, and put in water if necessary. Put the dough on a table. Cut the boiled meat into pieces. Mix the pieces, tasty herbs and a few grains of salt with onion Press the dough with your hands. Make a form of a round stone so big as a large seed. Go press until it is a round stone that is somewhat high. Put in the tiny pieces of meat each into the middle of the piece. Fold each piece into two parts. Cook to oven until it is golden.

Orthography

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ALL long vowels & consonants are doubled when written
^ above vowels represent stress

Phonology

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s	(s)
z	(z)
S	(sh)
Z	(zh)
4	(r)
r	(rr)
R	(rh)
R\	(rrh)
l	(l)
T	(th)
D	(dh)

Allophones: mostly affects /l/

K (Lh) (on word initial mostly), 5 (ll) (on word final only)

Grammar

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There ARE NO ARTICLES: Reading the context is critical.

There ARE NO ‘TO BE’ verbs. Some words can be inferred to as ‘to be’ verbs. Once again, reading the context is critical.

Words carry a symbolic meaning or give a descriptive form. So some of the other words could give a clue and a breakdown of the mystery.

There are 3 genders, crocodilian, reptilian, prey. Sex has no bearing on gender, a male or female use the same gender marker. There is a very loose SVO/VSO order. Read the context, it is critical, since the grammar is very simple, almost Thai-like.

All plurals of nouns & adjectives are formed by adding an initial â-.

All plurals of verbs & adverbs are formed by adding an initial û-.

Vocabulary

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Verbs are cited in the Imperative Singular here, except where noted.

Llârriir	n.	blood of life
Dhall	loc.	high, higher than
Zhraash		several, handful, few
Sshrâalluu	adj.	shines like the sun
Ssliish	v.	boil, n. hot water
Rruu	n.	meat
ashûussaalliiss	n.	bitter white plant
rîlaaz	v.	cook
lluthuul		somewhat, somewhere, sometime – used when a precise is not known, be careful for context
Rrûulash	v.	make, form, create
lurhûushaa îrass	n.	tasteless white powder
Sslu	n.	a form, an object
Dhârrush	n.	hearth
Rrhii	adj.	big – speaking of the whole object
Llaa	dim.	tiny, ‘a pinch’, ‘tiny bit of’
llîissaa rhuul	n.	plant of healing
rhirshâlidhuura	n.	Flat wood legs
Râashuu	n.	claw, fist
Dhâluur	loc.	middle, between
rrâalz	v.	mix thoroughly, to ruin, cause havoc
Rilhaar		necessary, as needed
Lhiil	n.	prey food – also used as insult
thûussiir	pa.	part, piece
iirîlaazhliil	n.	not cooked prey food
Llaathûussiir	comp.	Diminutive of Rrathuussir
Râthuu	n.	stone
Rrathûussir	comp.	(large) piece
Adhii	v.	put
ishûurra	v.	fold
Rrhûussill	v.	press, lean on
Lhâathuush	adj.	round, fat, plump
Ashûussaa râthuu	n.	bitter white stone
Sshliidh	v./n.	taste
lhaa îi	n.	seed, nut, kernel
rruull	v.	cut, slash, cause harm
thûdhiis	n.	oil, a lignified animal fat
rrhâzzas	v.	go
îllu	tp.	Until, then (varied meanings)
sudhal	n.	two
ru-adhaa	v.	add (in + put)

Abbreviations

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Adj	Adjective
Adv	Adverb
Imp	Imperative mood
N	Noun
PA	Partitive Article
Plu	Plural (Singular isn't marked here)
PstPfv	Past Perfective
VT	Verb, Transitive
TP	Temporal particle (see below)
CogP	Cognitive Particle (see below)
RP	Ru Particle – varied usage, commonly seen as ‘in’

Conculture

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The Sslaass are strict meat eaters, this text is for their slaves, which also happen to be considered food when hunting gets bad.

ALL food for ‘prey’, so a food eaten by prey is called simply ‘prey food’. Look at the whole text to see what you are making.

The Sslass instead of making new words use a combination of words to describe things, they can be nouns or verbs, much like how Amerind natlangs do.

In disciphering the symbolic/descriptive words, use common sense, they are meant to be clearly understood.