jakēña

jakēña

Sentence 4 of the LCC2 Relay Text is:

telme jakēña mo makīþa matēnnā ien tō wā terle jasōra xiēn jē jaþīña tōkēñ;

jakēña is the object of se, and means “a question”. It is related to the interrogative mood marker kēñ. telme jakēña is I asked him/her/it. mo makīþa matÄ“nnā is a renaming of who I asked, namely the talking rock. tō wā terle jasōra xiÄ“n jÄ“ jaþīña tōkēñ is the question. More on that tomorrow.

“I asked the talking rock…”