Northern Pomo Phrasicon

t̪iyi ya: dibuy mu:l mo:w pʰiʔelade
	t̪iyi	ya:	dibu	-y	mu:l	mo:w	pʰiʔel	-ade
	he.logo.	bone	bury	-past	that	he	search	-present
he is searching for that bone he buried
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t̪iyi ya: dibuy mu:l mo:w pʰiʔelade
	t̪iyi	ya:	dibu	-y	mu:l	mo:w	pʰiʔel	-ade
	he.logo.	bone	hide	-past	that	he	search	-present
he is searching for that bone he hid
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muumuu ma: ʔa: dihelye k'uhum pʰiʔelan
	muu	-muu	ma:	ʔa:	dihel	-ye	k'uhum	pʰiʔela	-n
	there	-there	land	I	dig	-past	white sedge root	search	-ing
I dug here and there looking for basket roots
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Mary hayuna:m pʰiʔelade
	Mary	hayu	-na:m	pʰiʔel	-ade
	Mary	dog	-the	search	-present
Mary is looking for the dog
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hayuna:m pʰiʔelim
	hayu	-na:m	pʰiʔeli	-m
	dog	-the	search	-command
look for the dog! (imperative) search for the dog! (imperative)
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ma hayuna:m pʰiʔelanda t̪ʰint̪a ma kʰe xa xadiʔ

hayu

-na:m

pʰiʔela

-n

-da

t̪ʰin

-t̪a

kʰe

xadi

-ʔ

you

dog

-the

-ing

-when

not

-Q

you

water

get

-Q

while you are looking for the dog couldn't you get my water?
when you look for the dog, can't you get water for me?

kats'a: pʰiʔelin
	kats'a:	pʰiʔeli	-n
	grass	look for	-ing
looking for grass searching for grass
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nakan datʰaʔna:ma:n ma-ʔodal bel to: ji pʰiʔelim shina:t̪u t̪o: jalil ji diyuʔ nan

nakan

datʰaʔ

-na:m

-ma:n

ma-ʔod

-al

-l

-m

-t̪u

jalil

diyuʔ

-n

because

old woman

-the

-she

her daughter-in-law

-acc.

here

-dir.

head lice

-command

head

-from

just

head lice

lots

-ing

so then the old woman (said) to her daughter-in-law, "look for lice here! my head is just full of lice"

hamuu jama
	ha	-muu	ja	-ma
	mouth	-there	jump	-cont.
jump to one's mouth from Edna: "you say something unknowing, never thinking of what you're saying. (Or) searching for a word, then all of a sudden you remember it."
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t̪o: haw jamye
	t̪o:	ha	-w	ja	-m	-ye
	me	mouth	-dir.	jump	-cont.	-past
(it) jumped to my mouth from Edna: "you say something unknowing, never thinking of what you're saying. (Or) searching for a word, then all of a sudden you remember it."
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t̪o: hamuu jama
	t̪o:	ha	-muu	ja	-ma
	me	mouth	-there	jump	-cont.
(it) jumped to my mouth (2) from Edna: "you say something unknowing, never thinking of what you're saying. (Or) searching for a word, then all of a sudden you remember it."
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mo:w ma:dal pʰiʔeladi
	mo:w	ma:dal	pʰiʔel	-adi
	he	her	look for	-present
he is going to look for her he is going to search for her
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mo:w pʰowal pʰiʔeladi
	mo:w	pʰowal	pʰiʔel	-adi
	he	them	search	-present
he is going to look for them he is going to search for them
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bu ma:n pʰiʔeladi
	bu	ma:n	pʰiʔeladi
	potato	she	search
she is going to look for potatoes
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hay bits'uts'ayna:meʔ pʰiʔeladin
	hay	bits'u	-ts'ay	-na:m	-meʔ	pʰiʔel	-adi	-n
	wood	small	-plural	-the	-char.	search	-present	-ing
looking for little bits of wood searching for small pieces of wood
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k'o ʔo:t̪ayna:meʔ pʰiʔeladin
	k'o	ʔo:	-t̪ay	-na:m	-meʔ	pʰiʔel	-adi	-n
	thing	sharp	-plural	-the	-char.	look for	-present	-ing
looking for sharp things searching for sharp kinds of things
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kawiyanay pʰiʔeladin
	kawi	-ya	-nay	pʰiʔel	-adi	-n
	child	-plural	-the	search	-present	-ing
looking for those children searching for those kids
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