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Nicole Perrin

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About the stars:
As for stars, there are four types.
The first of these are called movers, because they move through the night sky.
The second of these are called stayers, because they are far from the sun.
The third of these are called dead or collapsers, because they fall to the ground from the sky.
The fourth of these are called strangers, because they become visible in the night sky but not for long.  Those are the suns of the world that the goddess has burned up in wrath.

Kap tu kunitunaka:
Tut kunitunaka pamap n’ita kunaman’an’.
Ni kipatan’akut nana aman’an’ kunun’in’ut, man pun’ikut pup tu ita ut tu unanika.
Ni kipatan’akut namina aman’an’ kunikutamut, man mup manin’a pap tu antanu.
Ni kipatan’akut nanu aman’an’ kuninatinut mam kunantamut, man n’antamup it tu inamp pap tu ita.
Ni kipatan’akut nan’ita aman’an’ kunutupun’k, man tupanikut nipikakatitan a tu ita ut tu unanika, min nan’k tan’anatan’kan.  Mup-ma tu kunantanu ut tu antam, kuma aka tinintint kikimpunik ti ukatu.

Interlinear

Kap   tu       kunitunaka:
About def.neut pl.star:

Tut        kunitunaka pamap        n’ita kunaman’an’.
Concerning pl.star    have.3sgneut four  pl.sort.

Ni   kipatan’akut nana  aman’an’ kunun’in’ut, man
Pass name.3plneut first sort     pl.mover,    because

pun’ikut     pup     tu       ita ut tu       unanika.
move.3plneut through def.neut sky of def.neut night.

Ni   kipatan’akut namina aman’an’ kunikutamut, man
Pass name.3plneut second sort     pl.stayer,   because

mup     manin’a pap  tu       antanu.
3plneut far     from def.neut sun.

Ni   kipatan’akut nanu  aman’an’   kuninatinut mam
Pass name.3plneut third sort       pl.di-er    or

kunantamut, man     n’antamup    it     tu       inamp pap
pl.fall-er, because fall.3plneut toward def.neut earth from

tu       ita.
def.neut sky.

Ni   kipatan’akut nan’ita aman’an’ kunutupun’k, man
Pass name.3plneut fourth  sort     pl.stranger, because

tupanikut      nipikakatitan a  tu       ita ut tu
become.3plneut visible       in def.neut sky of def.neut

unanika, min nan’k tan’anatan’kan.   Mup-ma        tu
night,   but not   for-a-long-time.  3plneut-there def.neut

kunantanu ut tu       antam, kuma    aka  tinintint
pl.sun    of def.neut world, rel-obj perf wrathfully

kikimpunik  ti      ukatu.
Burn.3sgfem def.fem deity.