Uatakassi
Nik Taylor

Back to the list.
On to Cenlatorre.
On to Teonaht.

Concerning the Stars.
There are four types of stars.
The name of the first is walking stars, because they wander the night sky.
The name of the second is stationary stars.  They are distant suns.
The name of the third is dying, or falling, stars.  They are rocks that fall from the night sky.
The name of the fourth is foreign stars.  They are the stars that appear for a short time in the night sky.  They are suns of worlds whom Goddess destroyed in her wrath.

Uafilaidu
Klainki pifmiklasi vandu uafilaif.
Pikatuu pitaf uafilai vannasnav, plasta badiinva uabiilabav.
Pikatuu pikabif uafilai uaffilfakiliasai.  Iannaki uafkadisi uafkapai.
Pikatuu pislif uafilai iuinnav lal guatianva.  Iannaki pifkaatui guatianva uabiiladu.
Pikatuu pivanduf uafilai uaflattiasai.  Uafilai safainva uizapifibav uabiilaka.  Iannaki uafkadisi uafgallaif niaazvaziannu tiDikaul.

Morphemic breakdown

Uaf-ila-i-du
Klai-na-ki pif-mikla-i vandu uaf-ila-i-af
Pi-katuu pi-ta-af uaf-ila-i vannas-na-av plasta badii-n-va ua-biila-bav
Pi-katuu pi-kabi-af uaf-ila-i uaf-filfakiliasa-i.  ian-na-ki uaf-kadi-i uaf-kapa-i
Pi-katuu pi-sli-af uaf-ila-i iuin-na-va lal guatia-na-va ian-na-ki pif-kaatu-i guatia-na-va ua-biila-du
Pi-katuu pi-vandu-af uaf-ila-i uaf-lattiasa-i uaf-ila-i safai-na-va u-iza-pifi-bav ua-biila-ka ian-na-ki uaf-kadi-i uaf-galla-i-f niaaz-vazia-na-nu ti-Dikau-al

Meanings of morhphemes
Uaf-: Gender 6 plural
Ila: Star
-i: Plural
-du: Ellative case; used for a number of purposes - to show movement out of, to translate "about" in the sense of "concerning the topic of", and to show field of comparison in comparative and superlatives
Klai: Live, exist.  Used for existential clauses (there is/are/was/etc.)
-na: on verbs: 3rd person plural non-sentient absolutive
-ki: Non-punctual, shows a continuous action or state
Pif-: Gender 7 plural
Mikla: Type, kind, sort, variety
Vandu: Four
-af: Genetive
Katuu: Name
Ta: One
Vannas: Walk
-va: Habitual
Plasta: Because
Badii: wander
Ua-: Gender 6 singular
Biila: Night sky
-bav: Perillative, indicates motion thru or inside of
Kabi: Two
Filfakiliasa: Unmoving, stationary, still
Ian: Be (token) - Ian X Y indicates that X is a subclass of Y.
Kadi: Sun
Kapa: Distant
Sli: Three
Iuin: Die
Lal: Or-exclusive
Guatia: Fall
Kaatu: Stone, rock
Lattiasa: Foreign
Safai: Appear, come into existence
Iza-: Period (of)
Pifi: Short, brief
Galla: World
Niaaz: Destroy
Vazia: Act out of rage, may be used as an auxiliary in which case it indicates that the verb to which it is attached was performed out of rage.
-nu: Perfect
ti-: Gender 1 singular
Dikau: Goddess
-al: Ergative

Grammar notes:
Uatakassi is verb-initial.  All modifiers follow their head.  A verb which follows a noun in the same sentence is the start of a relative clause.  To form ordinal numbers, one takes the cardinal numbers and adds gender prefixes and case suffixes.  A sentence which has no verb is assumed to use a present tense inflection of _klaf_ "be", which differs from _ian_ in that _klaf X Y_ indicates that X and Y are the same entities, whereas _ian X Y_ means _X is a Y_ or _X is a subclass of Y_.