Northern Pomo Phrasicon

ma-tʰe maʔamaʔa mi:xaʔ mo:w wa:de
	ma-tʰe	maʔa	-maʔa	mi:	-xaʔ	mo:w	wa:de
	his mother	food	-eat	there	-toward	he	walk
he walked toward where his mother was eating there
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pʰow ma-tʰel nan ma-ʔel nan jadi
	pʰow	ma-tʰe	-l	nan	ma-ʔe	-l	nan	jadi
	they	their mother	-acc.	and	their father	-acc.	and	see
they saw their mother and father
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ma-tʰel pʰiʔye
	ma-tʰe	-l	pʰi	-ʔ	-ye
	his mother	-acc.	take	-semelf.	-past
(he) took his mother (she) took her mother (they) took their mother
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ma-tʰel pʰijin
	ma-tʰe	-l	pʰi	-ji	-n
	his mother	-acc.	take	-semelf.	-ing
(he is) taking his mother (she is) taking her mother (they are) taking their mother
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ma-tʰel pʰiʔkʰemna
	ma-tʰe	-l	pʰi	-ʔ	-kʰemna
	his mother	-acc.	take	-semelf.	-future
(he) will take his mother (she) will take her mother (they) will take their mother
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ma-tʰeʔ howt̪u xoldaka:lin
	ma-tʰe	-ʔ	how	-t̪u	xol	-daka:li	-n
	his mother	-obl.	front	-from	around	-crawl	-ing
(he is) crawling around in front of his mother (she is) crawling around in front of her mother (they are) crawling around in front of their mother
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ma-tʰeʔ howt̪u
	ma-tʰe	-ʔ	how	-t̪u
	his mother	-obl.	front	-from
in front of his mother in front of her mother in front of their mother
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semaanute ma:n ma-tʰeʔ jaw duhut̪e
	semaanu	-te	ma:n	ma-tʰe	-ʔ	ja	-w	duhu	-t̪e
	week	-every	she	her mother	-obl.	house	-dir.	go	-mev.
each week, she went to her mother's house she went to her mother's house every week
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ma-tʰeʔ lowalt̪ukʰe
	ma-tʰe	-ʔ	lowal	-t̪u	-kʰe
	his mother	-obl.	side	-from	-from
from his mother's side from her mother's side from their mother's side
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ma-tʰeʔ lowalt̪ukʰe mo:w na
	ma-tʰe	-ʔ	lowal	-t̪u	-kʰe	mo:w	na
	his mother	-obl.	side	-from	-from	he	be
he is from his mother's side
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ma-tʰel ya:na:mil ʔanu t'iko:t̪ay ma:daʔ ya: na
	ma-tʰe	-l	ya:	-na:m	-mil	ʔanu	t'iko:	-t̪ay	ma:daʔ	ya:	na
	her mother	-acc.	leg	-the	-from.that	comparative	short	-plural	her	leg	be
her legs are shorter than her mother's legs
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ma-tʰeʔ ya:na:mil ʔanu t'iko:t̪ay ma:dal mu:l na
	ma-tʰe	-ʔ	ya:	-na:m	-mil	ʔanu	t'iko:	-t̪ay	ma:dal	mu:l	na
	her mother	-obl.	leg	-the	-from.that	comparative	short	-plural	her	that	be
hers are shorter than her mother's legs her (legs) are are shorter than her mother's legs
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ma-tʰel pʰow jadi
	ma-tʰe	-l	pʰow	jadi
	their mother	-acc.	they	see
they see their mother
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yaʔ ma-tʰena:m ʔa: jadi
	yaʔ ma-tʰe	-na:m	ʔa:	jadi
	our mother	-the	I	see
I saw our mother
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ma-tʰel ma:n pʰik'a:ye
	ma-tʰe	-l	ma:n	pʰik'a:ye
	her mother	-acc.	she	laugh
she laughed at her mother
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yaʔ ma-tʰena:m ya jadi
	yaʔ ma-tʰe	-na:m	ya	jadi
	our mother	-the	we	see
we saw our mother
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mo:w ma-tʰel jadi
	mo:w	ma-tʰe	-l	jadi
	he	his mother	-acc.	see
he saw his mother
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chiba: ma-tʰe na mo:w jamuʔye
	chiba:	ma-tʰe	na	mo:w	jamu	-ʔ	-ye
	who	his mother	be	he	ask	-semelf.	-past
he asked who his mother was
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pʰow ma-tʰel jadi
	pʰow	ma-tʰe	-l	jadi
	they	their mother	-acc.	see
they see their mother
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ma-tʰel mo:w jadi
	ma-tʰe	-l	mo:w	jadi
	his mother	-acc.	he	see
he saw his mother (2)
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ma-tʰeʔt̪uxaʔ kawina:m daka:din
	ma-tʰe	-ʔ	-t̪u	-xaʔ	kawi	-na:m	daka:	-di	-n
	his mother	-acc.	-from	-towards	child	-the	crawl	-present	-ing
the child is crawling to his mother
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ma-tʰeʔ ʔanu kol ma:n na
	ma-tʰe	-ʔ	ʔanu	kol	ma:n	na
	her mother	-obl.	comparative	tall	she	be
she is taller than her mother
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kawina:m ma-tʰel shili
	kawi	-na:m	ma-tʰe	-l	shili
	child	-the	his mother	-acc.	hang
the child clings to his mother the child hangs from his mother
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ma-tʰe jima mi:xaʔ mo:w wa:de
	ma-tʰe	jima	mi:	-xaʔ	mo:w	wa:de
	his mother	sit	there	-towards	he	walk
he walked towards where his mother was sitting
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ma-tʰel dibuʔun
	ma-tʰe	-l	dibu	-ʔu	-n
	his mother	-acc	hide	-reflex.	-ing
hiding himself from his mother hiding herself from her mother
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ba-pʰane mi: duhun ma-tʰeʔ diyi jiman
	ba-pʰane	mi:	duhu	-n	ma-tʰe	-ʔ	diyi	jima	-n
	her daughter	there	go	-ing	her mother	-obl.	next to	live	-ing
her daughter is going there to stay with her mother
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mo:w t̪a ma-dahadel jamuji he: ma-tʰel du: jamujiʔ

mo:w

t̪a

ma-dahad

-el

jamu

-ji

he:

ma-tʰe

-l

du:

jamu

-ji

-ʔ

his wife

-acc.

ask

-semelf.

his mother

-acc.

ask

-semelf.

-Q

did he ask his wife or his mother?

Gary t̪a ma-dahadel nan ma-tʰel nan jamujiʔ
	Gary	t̪a	ma-dahad	-el	nan	ma-tʰe	-el	nan	jamu	-ji	-ʔ
	Gary	Q	his wife	-acc.	and	his mother	-acc.	and	ask	-semelf.	-Q
did Gary ask his wife and his mother?
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kawiya baana:m pʰow ma-tʰeʔ diyi pʰo
	kawiya baa	-na:m	pʰow	ma-tʰe	-ʔ	diyi	pʰo
	boy	-the	they	their mother	-obl.	next to	sit
the boys sat next to their mother
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ma-suʔ mo:wal pʰik'ana:m dikay nan mo:w ma-tʰel dikan

ma-suʔ

mo:wal

pʰik'a

-na:m

dika

-y

nan

mo:w

ma-tʰe

-l

dika

-n

his aunt

him

basket

-the

give

-past

and

his mother

-acc.

give

-ing

his aunt gave him the basket and he gave (it) to his mother

ba-suʔ t̪it̪i pʰabaʔkan mo:w ma-tʰel baʔole
	ba-suʔ	t̪it̪i	pʰa-	-ba	-ʔ	-ka	-n	mo:w	ma-tʰe	-l	baʔole
	his aunt	him.logo.	with fist-	-hit	-semelf.	-cause	-ing	he	his mother	-acc.	call
his aunt hit him so he called his mother because his aunt punched him, he called his mother
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Gary ma-dahadel nan ma-tʰel nan jamuji
	Gary	ma-dahad	-el	nan	ma-tʰe	-l	nan	jamu	-ji
	Gary	his wife	-acc.	and	his mother	-acc.	and	ask	-semelf.
Gary asked his wife and his mother
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shina: sho:w ma-tʰe mititʰe
	shina:	sho:w	ma-tʰe	miti	-tʰe
	head	lack	his mother	lie	-used to
his mother laid there headless
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na:maʔ ma-tʰe pʰowal ma-ʔe pʰowal kawiyana:mpʰow daxat̪e
	na:maʔ	ma-tʰe	pʰowal	ma-ʔe	pʰowal	kawi	-ya	-na:m	pʰow	daxa	-t̪e
	always	their mother	them	their father	them	child	-plural	-the	they	help	-mev.
the children always help their mothers and fathers
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ma-tʰe pʰowal ma-ʔe pʰowal kawiyana:mpʰow daxat̪e
	ma-tʰe	pʰowal	ma-ʔe	pʰowal	kawi	-ya	-na:m	-pʰow	daxa	-t̪e
	their mother	them	their father	them	child	-plural	-the	-they	help	-mev.
the children help their mothers and fathers
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ma-suʔ t̪it̪i pʰashilkan ma:n ma-tʰel baʔole
	ma-suʔ	t̪it̪i	pʰashil	-ka	-n	ma:n	ma-tʰe	-l	baʔole
	her aunt	her.logo.	poison	-cause	-ing	she	her mother	-acc.	call
her aunt poisoned her so she called her mother she called her mother because her aunt poisoned her
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