The First Gods

This is the very first segment of the creation myth story of the Weʂɑlaɾ people:

At first there was the great nothingness

Le momaran mar kewmpida o’ra

At beginning-ACC great-INAN emptiness stand-PST

A great darkness

ma’ɾwe nevi'dwe

great-RIV darkness

There were no lands to walk upon

nis rama wi dɑkfa’nwe o’ra

NEG walk-INF on land-ACC stand-PST

No rivers flowing towards the seas

nis weʂɑˈwet weco bi cusi’gwet

NEG river-PLR flow-CONT to sea-DAT-PLR

No huts built with people inside

Nis wiɑt mume’ca ki ɑudɑtis wa racal

NEG house-PLR create-PST with person-PLR-COMM in 3PLR-INAN

There was nothing but a single grain of rice

werir o’ra wa nevi’dwe tɑːnfaliɾ li uladis varn

Nothing stand-PST in darkness but one-INAN rice-GEN grain

This rice grain gave to the emptiness Li’me and Lana

ɾaw uladis var’ne ra’ka kewmpidɑg Lima’ne tus Lanana

1DEM-ERG rice-GEN grain-ERG give-PST emptiness-DAT Li’me-ACC and Lana-ACC

The 2 alone in the darkness embraced each other

wa nevi’dwe upodɑt vedɑ koviladɑt li’sa ratusu

In darkness alone-ANI two-ANI deity-PLR hold-PST 3PLR-DAT-REFL

Thus Earth became the mother of the sky, the sea, the land

Falu lana ɑu’la u’ger tus ca’ner tus nagar raknana

Thus Lana come-PST U’ge-GEN and Ca’ne-GEN and Naga-GEN mother-ACC