Northern Pomo Phrasicon

baʔanu mato sha daje kawiya baana:m ʔa: jadi
	ba	-ʔanu	mato	sha	da-	-je	kawiya baa	-na:m	ʔa:	jadi
	person	-comparative	big	fish	hand-	-catch	boy	-the	I	see
I saw the boy who caught the biggest fish
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baʔanu sha mato daje kawiya baanay xabeda wan ʔa: jadi

-ʔanu

sha

mato

da-

-je

kawiya baa

-nay

xabeda

wan

ʔa:

jadi

person

-comparative

fish

big

hand-

-catch

boy

-the

river

walk

see

I saw the boy who caught the biggest fish walking by the river

baʔanu sha mato daje kawiya baanay mo:w xabeda wan ʔa: jadi

-ʔanu

sha

mato

da-

-je

kawiya baa

-nay

mo:w

xabeda

wan

ʔa:

jadi

person

-comparative

fish

big

hand-

-catch

boy

-the

river

walk

see

I saw the boy who caught the biggest fish walking by the river (2)

kawiya baa baʔanye
	kawiya baa	baʔan	-ye
	boy	birth	-past
gave birth to a boy had a baby boy
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kawiya baa baʔanʔa
	kawiya baa	baʔan	-ʔa
	boy	birth	-passive
a boy was born
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sho:wdaxa:y baʔanʔa t̪a ma naʔ
	sho:wdaxa:y	baʔan	-ʔa	t̪a	ma	na	-ʔ
	Coyote Valley	birth	-passive	Q	you	be	-Q
were you born in Coyote Valley?
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muu baʔanʔa t̪a ma naʔ
	muu	baʔan	-ʔa	t̪a	ma	na	-ʔ
	there	birth	-passive	Q	you	be	-Q
were you born there?
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nan muu ʔa:mi-tʰe pʰow ʔa:mi-suʔuʔ diyi pʰoda mu:l t̪o: baʔanʔan

nan

-uʔ

diyi

pʰo

-da

mu:l

t̪o:

baʔan

-ʔa

-n

and

there

my mother

they

my aunt

-obl.

next to

live

-at

that

birth

-passive

-ing

and there, where my mother and them lived with my aunt, I was born there

nan t̪oʔ sili:kʰe ʔa:mi-t'iyna:ma:n ka:y muu baʔanʔan

nan

t̪oʔ

sili:

-kʰe

ʔa:mi-t'iy

-na:m

-ma:n

ka:y

muu

baʔan

-ʔa

-n

and

after

-from

my younger sister

-the

-she

also

there

birth

-passive

-ing

and the one after me, my younger sister, she was also born there

haw dal ʔa:mi-she:ʔ jaw kawi baʔanʔa
	haw	da	-l	ʔa:mi-she:	-ʔ	ja	-w	kawi	baʔan	-ʔa
	before	month	-dir.	my aunt	-obl.	house	-dir.	child	birth	-passive
a child was born in my aunt's house last month
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t̪iyi kawi baʔan sili: ma-bahan t̪it̪i k'a: hin ma:n he
	t̪iyi	kawi	baʔan	sili:	ma-bahan	t̪it̪i	k'a:	hi	-n	ma:n	he
	she.logo.	child	birth	after	her husband	her.logo.	leave	say	-ing	she	say
after she had a baby, her husband left her, she said
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ʔul baʔan shibalade
	ʔul	baʔan	shibal	-ade
	now	birth	close	-present
getting close to birth now getting close to being born now
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ʔul shibalama baʔankʰe
	ʔul	shibal	-ama	baʔan	-kʰe
	now	near	-cont.	birth	-future
getting close to birth now (2) getting close to being born now (2)
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datʰaʔ ma:n na kawiya baʔant̪akʰet̪ʰin
	datʰaʔ	ma:n	na	kawi	-ya	baʔan	-t̪a	-kʰe	-t̪ʰin
	old woman	she	be	child	-plural	birth	-mev.	-future	-not
she is an old woman, (she should) not give birth to children she is an old woman now, (too old) to have children
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datʰaʔ ʔul ma:n na kawiya baʔant̪akʰet̪ʰin
	datʰaʔ	ʔul	ma:n	na	kawi	-ya	baʔan	-t̪a	-kʰe	-t̪ʰin
	old woman	now	she	be	child	-plural	birth	-mev.	-future	-not
she is an old woman now, (too old) to give birth to children
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yem ʔul ma:n na kawiya baʔant̪akʰet̪ʰin
	yem	ʔul	ma:n	na	kawi	-ya	baʔan	-t̪a	-kʰe	-t̪ʰin
	old	now	she	be	child	-plural	birth	-mev.	-future	-not
She is an old woman now, (too old) to give birth to children (2)
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yem ʔul ma:n na kawiya baʔant̪axalet̪ʰin
	yem	ʔul	ma:n	na	kawi	-ya	baʔan	-t̪a	-xale	-t̪ʰin
	old	now	she	be	child	-plural	birth	-mev.	-should	-not
she is an old woman now, (she) should not give birth to children
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muu mu:l kawina:m baʔanʔa
	muu	mu:l	kawi	-na:m	baʔan	-ʔa
	there	that	child	-the	birth	-passive
that child was born there
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ma: mina: baʔanʔa
	ma:	mina:	baʔan	-ʔa
	land	on top of	birth	-passive
bastard child child born without a father Edna said, "Among the Indian people that was a disgrace, just like it was among the white people."
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