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tʷ
father
🔊 sounds like a "t" with rounded lips
sɨtʷ
my father
🔊 sounds like "suh-tw" with the "t" lip-rounded
mɨzɨ
child
🔊 sounds like "muh-zuh"
tʃɨ
horse
🔊 sounds like "chuh" (ch as in "church")
ʃɜwtʃɨ
our horses
🔊 sounds like "shew-chuh"
kʲʼɜ
go / went
🔊 sounds like a sharp, palatalized "k" with a catch in the throat, followed by "uh"
bjɜ
see / saw
🔊 sounds like "byuh"
wɜghʷɐ
you (singular)
🔊 sounds like "wuh-ghwa" with the "gh" from the back of the throat
ɐ
the (definite article)
🔊 sounds like a short, open "uh"
-n
singular oblique/ergative marker
🔊 sounds like "n" attached to the end of a noun
-nɜ
plural oblique/ergative marker
🔊 sounds like "nuh" at the end of a noun
-ʁɜ
in, on, at (locative)
🔊 sounds like a guttural "ruh" from deep in the throat
-ɜwn(ɨ)
with (instrumental)
🔊 sounds like "ew-n(uh)"
-ɐlɜ
with, together with (comitative)
🔊 sounds like "uh-luh"
-ɜw-
plural marker (in possession)
🔊 sounds like "ew"
-qʼɜ
tense/aspect suffix
🔊 sounds like a sharp pop from the throat followed by "uh"
-ytʼ
imperfective aspect marker
🔊 sounds like "uht" with a sharp stop
sɨtʷ ɐkʲʼɜqʼɜ
My father went.
🔊 sounds like "suh-tw ah-kyuh-kuh"
ɜχʲɜzbɜtɕʼɜʁɜwdɨtʷɐjlɜfɜqʼɜjtʼmɜdɜχ
If only you had not been able to make him take it all out from under me again for them
🔊 A single Ubykh word containing many morphemes — demonstrates the polysynthetic nature of the language
sɨ-
my (first person possessive prefix)
🔊 sounds like "suh" before a noun
ʃ(ɨ)-
our (first person plural possessive prefix)
🔊 sounds like "sh" or "shuh" before a noun