Northern Pomo Phrasicon

ʔa:mi-t'iy pʰow wayʔe jaw pʰiliji nakan kʰila: ʔa: na
	ʔa:mi-t'iy	pʰow	wayʔe	ja	-w	pʰili	-ji	nakan	kʰila:	ʔa:	na
	my younger brother	they	early	house	-dir.	go.plural	-semelf.	because	alone	I	be
my younger siblings went home earlier so I am alone "went home" in this instance is another way of saying "died".
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du: ja:ʔna:m ba-t'iy
	du:	ja:ʔ	-na:m	ba-t'iy
	other	person	-the	his younger brother
someone else's younger brother somebody else's younger sister another person's younger sibling
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du: ma:t̪at̪u mo:w ma-dahadel k'a:
	du:	ma:t̪a	-t̪u	mo:w	ma-dahad	-el	k'a:
	other	woman	-from	he	his wife	-acc.	leave
he left his wife for another woman
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bowt̪ʰin mu:l shana:m na du: xana:muu mu:l sha na

-t̪ʰin

-na:m

-na:m

-muu

mu:l

sha

here

-not

that

fish

-the

other

water

-the

-there

that

fish

that fish is not here that fish is in another water

du: baa ma:n k'o jadinha ch'a: yeʔ mayu:jin
	du:	baa	ma:n	k'o	jadi	-nha	ch'a:	yeʔ	mayu:ji	-n
	other	man	she	not	see	-not	one	only	flirt	-ing
she didn't see another man, only flirting with one
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du: baa ma:n mayu:ji
	du:	baa	ma:n	mayu:ji
	different	man	she	flirt
she flirted with another man
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ma:n maʔa shaʔa
	ma:n	maʔa	shaʔa
	she	acorn	gather (one by one)
she gathered acorns one by one she picked up acorns one after another
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xoldaxamuʔjim
	xol-	-daxa	-muʔ	-ji	-m
	around-	-help	-recip.	-semelf.	-command
help each other! (command) help one another! (command)
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xoldaxamuʔun
	xol-	-daxa	-muʔu	-n
	around-	-help	-recip.	-ing
helping each other helping one another
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daxamuʔun
	daxa	-muʔu	-n
	help	-recip.	-ing
helping each other (2) helping one another (2)
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xolsip'u:nmuʔya
	xol-	-sip'u:n	-muʔ	-ya
	around-	-kiss	-recip.	-passive
(people) kissed each other (they) were kissed by one another
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du: jano janon daʔadin meʔ ma mu:l haba: t̪'oxale na

du:

jano

-n

daʔa

-di

-n

meʔ

mu:l

haba:

t̪'o

-xale

other

language

speak

-ing

want

-present

-ing

char.

you

that

tongue

suck

-should

if you want to speak another language, you have to suck tongues
Edna said, “Old Indian women would say that to us all the time. We’d make a remark about not being able to understand another dialect and we’d laugh at the old ladies when they’d say that to us. I never was able to tell if it was a joke or not, whether we should or whether it was done or not!”

du: janon daʔadin meʔ ma mu:l haba: t̪'oxale nanway

du:

jano

-n

daʔa

-di

-n

meʔ

mu:l

haba:

t̪'o

-xale

nanway

other

speak

-ing

want

-present

-ing

char.

you

that

tongue

suck

-should

disc.mrkr.

if you want to speak another (language), you have to suck tongues
Edna said, “Old Indian women would say that to us all the time. We’d make a remark about not being able to understand another dialect and we’d laugh at the old ladies when they’d say that to us. I never was able to tell if it was a joke or not, whether we should or whether it was done or not!”

t̪'est̪ʰin du: ma: baʔ jano jano:din ma k'o t̪'es jano:dinha

-t̪ʰin

-ʔ

-di

-n

k'o

t̪'es

jano:

-di

-nha

right

-not

other

land

person

-obl.

language

speak

-present

-ing

you

not

right

speak

-present

-not

(that is) not right, (you) are speaking another place's language, you do not speak right

du: month ʔul ʔal na March
	du:	month	ʔul	ʔal	na	March
	other	month	now	this	be	March
this is another month already, March this is a different month now, March
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du: ja:ʔ
	du:	ja:ʔ
	strnage	person
different person strange person another person someone else
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ma:n du: kʰe be:de
	ma:n	du:	kʰe	be:	-de
	she	different	song	sing	-present
she sings another song she sang a different song
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ma:n du: daʔade
	ma:n	du:	daʔa	-de
	she	another	want	-present
she wants another she wants a different one
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du: kʰe be:dim
	du:	kʰe	be:	-di	-m
	different	song	sing	-present	-command
sing another song! (imperative) sing a different song! (imperative)
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ja:ʔ du:
	ja:ʔ	du:
	person	strange
different person (2) strange person (2) another person (2)
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mu:l shaʔam
	mu:l	shaʔa	-m
	that	pick up (one by one)	-command
pick those up (one by one)! (command) gather those (one after another)! (command)
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pʰow xoldikudikuʔmuʔu
	pʰow	xol	-diku	-diku	-ʔ	-muʔu
	they	around	-tickle	-redup.	-semelf.	-recip.
they tickled each other they tickle one another
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pʰow xoldikudikujimuʔkʰemna
	pʰow	xol	-diku	-diku	-ji	-muʔ	-kʰemna
	they	around	-tickle	-redup.	-semelf.	-recip.	-future
they will tickle each other they will tickle one another
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pʰow xoldikudikumuʔkʰemna
	pʰow	xol	-diku	-diku	-muʔ	-kʰemna
	they	around	-tickle	-redup.	-recip.	-future
they will tickle each other (2) they will tickle one another (2)
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pʰow dikudikuʔmuʔkʰemna
	pʰow	diku	-diku	-ʔ	-muʔ	-kʰemna
	they	tickle	-redup.	-semelf.	-recip.	-future
they will tickle each other (3) they will tickle one another (3)
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du: k'ona:m dida:le
	du:	k'o	-na:m	di-	-da:le
	other	thing	-the	by gravity-	-split
another thing split the other thing broke
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nan du:na:meʔ ka:y ma dixoti
	nan	du:	-na:m	-meʔ	ka:y	ma	di-	-xoti
	and	other	-the	-char.	also	you	with fingers-	-snap off
and you uproot another kind, too and you detach another one, too and you also snap off a different kind
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