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Northern Pomo Online Phrasicon

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35 search results found for '' in English.

ko:t̪u bayokʔa ko:t̪u bayinʔa
	ko:t̪u	bayok	-ʔa	ko:t̪u	bayin	-ʔa
	all prevailing spirit	tell	-passive	all prevailing spirit	teach	-passive
told by the spirits, taught by the spirits
EC

ʔa: miyi
	ʔa:	miyi
	I	tell
I tell
AL

k'o miyin
	k'o	miyi	-n
	thing	tell	-ing
telling things
ES

t̪o: mu:l k'ona:m mildakʰe jano miyin
	t̪o:	mu:l	k'o	-na:m	mil	-dakʰe	jano	miyi	-n
	me	that	thing	-the	from.that	-about	word	tell	-ing
telling me stories about that thing
ES

mu:l k'ona:m jano miyin
	mu:l	k'o	-na:m	jano	miyi	-n
	that	thing	-the	word	tell	-ing
telling stories (about) that thing
ES

mildakʰe jano miyin
	mil	-dakʰe	jano	miyi	-n
	from.that	-about	word	tell	-ing
telling stories about that
ES

pʰowaʔ jano miyin
	pʰowaʔ	jano	miyi	-n
	them	word	tell	-ing
telling them a story
EC

Tony mu:l kawiya ma:t̪ana:mpʰowaʔ hayu jano miyin
	Tony	mu:l	kawiya ma:t̪a	-na:m	-pʰowaʔ	hayu	jano	miyi	-n
	Tony	that	girl	-the	-them	dog	word	tell	-ing
Tony is telling those girls a story (about) a dog
EC

pʰowaʔ jano miyin hayuna:mildakʰe
	pʰowaʔ	jano	miyi	-n	hayu	-na:m	-mil	-dakʰe
	them	word	tell	-ing	dog	-the	-from.that	-about
telling them a story about that dog
EC

jano miyin
	jano	miyi	-n
	word	tell	-ing
telling a story
EC

ya meʔ tʰuʔul jano miyit̪e
	ya	meʔ	tʰuʔul	jano	miyi	-t̪e
	we	char.	old	word	tell	-mev.
we tell old time stories
ES

ya meʔ tʰuʔul jano miyit̪tʰe
	ya	meʔ	tʰuʔul	jano	miyi	-t̪	-tʰe
	we	char.	old	word	tell	-mev.	-used to
we used to tell old time stories
EC

ya meʔ tʰuʔul jano miyit̪kʰe
	ya	meʔ	tʰuʔul	jano	miyi	-t̪	-kʰe
	we	char.	old	word	tell	-mev.	-future
we will tell old stories
ES

jano miyi
	jano	miyi
	word	tell
tell a story
EC

pʰowaʔdakʰe ʔa: jano miyi
	pʰowaʔ	-dakʰe	ʔa:	jano	miyi
	them	-about	I	word	tell
I told stories about them
ES

jano miyin
	jano	miyi	-n
	word	tell	-ing
telling a story
ES

ba-kaʔ ma:dal t̪iʔ dakʰe jano matu
	ba-kaʔ	ma:dal	t̪iʔ	dakʰe	jano	matu
	her maternal grandmother	her	her.logo.	about	word	tell
her grandmother told her stories about herself
EC

ma:dal ma-kaʔakna:mya:ʔ t̪o: bich'ode
	ma:dal ma-kaʔak	-na:m	-ya:ʔ	t̪o:	bich'ode
	her grandchild (daughter's child)	-the	-nom.	me	tell
her grandchild told me her grandchild called me
ES

nahe ya ma:dal ma-kaʔakt̪ana:m pʰowal bich'ode
	nahe	ya	ma:dal ma-kaʔakt̪a	-na:m	pʰowal	bich'ode
	so then	we	her grandchildren (daughter's children)	-the	them	tell
so then we told her grandchildren so then we called her grandchildren
ES

ʔa:mi-t'iy t̪o: bich'onye
	ʔa:mi-t'iy	t̪o:	bich'on	-ye
	my younger brother	me	tell	-past
my younger brother told me my younger sister told me
EC

ʔa:mi-s'uʔuʔ dakʰe ya meʔ na:maʔ jano lowaʔye mo:w jano miyiji meʔ

ʔa:mi-s'uʔ

-uʔ

dakʰe

ya

meʔ

na:maʔ

jano

lowaʔ

-ye

mo:w

jano

miyi

-ji

meʔ

my uncle

-obl.

about

we

char.

always

word

talk

-past

he

word

tell

-semelf.

char.

we always talked about my uncle (and) the kind of stories he told

ES

yaʔ ʔa:mi-s'uʔuʔ jano yeʔ ya meʔ miyit̪ye
	yaʔ ʔa:mi-s'uʔ	-uʔ	jano	yeʔ	ya	meʔ	miyi	-t̪	-ye
	our uncle	-obl.	word	only	we	char.	tell	-mev.	-past
we only told our uncle's stories
ES

pʰow ma:dal bayi:de sha mit̪'akkakʰe
	pʰow	ma:dal	bayi:de	sha	mit̪'ak	-ka	-kʰe
	they	her	teach	fish	cook	-cause	-in order to
they are teaching her to cook fish they are telling her how to cook fish
ES

pʰowaʔ t̪iyi maʔa makokʰe hin ma:n bayiʔye
	pʰowaʔ	t̪iyi	maʔa	mako	-kʰe	hi	-n	ma:n	bayi	-ʔ	-ye
	them	she.logo.	food	find	-future	say	-ing	she	tell	-semelf.	-past
she told them that she would find them food she promised that she would find food for them
EC

jano miyin meʔ k'edi bade:din
	jano	miyi	-n	meʔ	k'edi	bade:di	-n
	word	tell	-ing	char.	good	grow	-ing
telling a story so it grows well when talking about this phrase, Edna says, "it's like a train of thought, you might say; everything has to be one after the other, whatever happened, it must be told in sequence"
EC

daket' ma showʔkʰemna
	daket'	ma	show	-ʔ	-kʰemna
	difficult	you	hear	-semelf.	-future
yes, you are going to hear (me)! yes, you're going to listen! "like you're telling somebody something and they just shrug it off, "oh you'll hear it!"
EC

daket' ma sho:wjade
	daket'	ma	sho:w	-j	-ade
	difficult	you	hear	-semelf.	-present
yes, you are going to hear (me)! (2) yes, you're going to listen! (2) "like you're telling somebody something and they just shrug it off, "oh you'll hear it!"
EC

mo:w ma:dal t̪it̪i sip'u:nka bayoka
	mo:w	ma:dal	t̪it̪i	sip'u:n	-ka	bayoka
	he	her	him.logo.	kiss	-cause	tell
he told her to kiss him
EC

ʔa: mo:wal ja xawe: bayoka
	ʔa:	mo:wal	ja	xawe:	bayoka
	I	him	house	build	tell
I told him to build a house
ES

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

du:

jano

jano

-n

daʔa

-di

-n

meʔ

ma

mu:l

haba:

t̪'o

-xale

na

other

language

speak

-ing

want

-present

-ing

char.

you

that

tongue

suck

-should

be

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!”

EC

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

du:

jano

-n

daʔa

-di

-n

meʔ

ma

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!”

EC

ʔa: mo:wal bishe mit̪'akka bayoka
	ʔa:	mo:wal	bishe	mit̪'ak	-ka	bayoka
	I	him	meat	cook	-cause	tell
I told him to cook meat
ES

tʰuʔul jano matun
	tʰuʔul	jano	matu	-n
	old	word	tell	-ing
telling an old story
ES

datʰaʔya:ʔ meʔ ʔal kʰe miyitʰe
	datʰaʔ	-ya:ʔ	meʔ	ʔal	kʰe	miyi	-tʰe
	old woman	-nom.	char.	this	my	tell	-used to
some old woman used to tell me this an old lady used to tell me this kind of thing
ES

tʰuʔul jano miyin
	tʰuʔul	jano	miyi	-n
	old	word	tell	-ing
telling an old story
ES