Northern Pomo Phrasicon

t̪o: ma-kaʔak min na
	t̪o: ma-kaʔak	min	na
	my grandchild (daughter's child)	thus	be
that is my grandchild my grandchild is that way (grandmother's daughter's child)
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t̪o: ma-baʔak min na
	t̪o: ma-baʔak	min	na
	my grandchild (son's child)	thus	be
that is my grandchild my grandchild is that way (grandfather's son's child)
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nan min bich'uʔ nant̪e ʔa: ma:daʔ xama: xolhut̪in
	nan	min	bich'uʔ	nant̪e	ʔa:	ma:daʔ	xama:	xol-	-hu	-t̪i	-n
	and	thus	small	but	I	her	accompany	around	-go	-mev.	-ing
and even though I was young, I went around with her and although I was young, I followed her around
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minʔi hach'at̪kam
	min	-ʔi	hach'a	-t̪	-ka	-m
	thus	-adv.	fill	-mev.	-cause	-command
keep filling them! (command) fill (them) that way!
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minʔi ma:n sikʰitade
	min	-ʔi	ma:n	sikʰit	-ade
	thus	-adv.	she	choke	-present
she is going to choke like that she is going to gasp/sputter (if she keeps doing) that
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shuʔuʔ nan t̪a ma:n min heʔ
	shuʔuʔ	na	-n	t̪a	ma:n	min	he	-ʔ
	crazy	be	-ing	Q	she	thus	say	-Q
does she talk that way (because she) is crazy? is she crazy, talking like that?
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nan min hi she: mit̪ʰuulu beʔ shina: xamal nemaʔan

nan

min

she:

mit̪ʰuulu

beʔ

shina:

xamal

-ma

-ʔa

-n

and

thus

say

then

lizard

dir.

head

inside

put

-cont.

-reflex.

-ing

and saying that, then (she) put a lizard on her head

ʔa: bich'uʔna:muut̪u ʔa: mu:l min showʔye
	ʔa:	bich'uʔ	-na:m	-muu	-t̪u	ʔa:	mu:l	min	show	-ʔ	-ye
	I	small	-the	-there	-from	I	that	thus	hear	-semelf.	-past
from the time I was little, I heard that I have heard it that way since I was young
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min ʔa: showʔye
	min	ʔa:	show	-ʔ	-ye
	thus	I	hear	-semelf.	-past
that is what I heard
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min ʔa: ba showʔye
	min	ʔa:	ba	show	-ʔ	-ye
	thus	I	person	hear	-semelf.	-past
that is what I heard from someone
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peysu batʰe ʔa: min lok'an
	peysu	batʰe	ʔa:	min	lok'a	-n
	money	lots	I	thus	fall	-ing
I dropped a lot of money that way I lost a lot of money like that
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minakan muu t̪o: yowxayaʔkʰe hin shit̪t̪an
	min	-nakan	muu	t̪o:	yowxayaʔ	-kʰe	hi	-n	shit̪	-t̪a	-n
	thus	-because	there	me	Ukiah	-from	say	-ing	name	-mev.	-ing
so then there (they) named me (to be) from Ukiah
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nan min diwete ma:n mu:l dodin
	nan	min	diwe	-te	ma:n	mu:l	dodi	-n
	and	thus	night	-every	she	that	make	-ing
and she makes it that way every night and she does it that way every evening
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min ja:ʔ yemayya:ʔ hitʰe
	min	ja:ʔ	yem	-ay	-ya:ʔ	hi	-tʰe
	thus	person	old	-plural	-nom.	say	-used to
that's what old people used to say
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yemayna:m pʰakan xawji mu:l ya minʔi jo:nmuʔye

yem

-ay

-nam

pʰaka

-n

xaw

-ji

mu:l

min

-ʔi

jo:n

-muʔ

-ye

old

-plural

-the

sell

-ing

remain

-semelf.

that

thus

-adv.

keep

-recip.

-past

selling the old ones, we then kept those that were left for ourselves
(after) selling the old ones, then we kept the remainder for ourselves

mu:l yeʔ ʔa: sha: min du: ʔa: k'o sha:nha
	mu:l	yeʔ	ʔa:	sha:	min	du:	ʔa:	k'o	sha:	-nha
	that	only	I	know	thus	other	I	not	know	-not
that is all I know, other than that I do not know I only know that, I don't know anything different
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minakan mu:l xa:pʰit'aʔanya
	min	-nakan	mu:l	xa:pʰit'a	-ʔa	-n	-ya
	thus	-because	that	pity	-semelf.	-ing	-passive
that is why that one is pitied that is why (people) feel sorry for him
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minʔi kadewʔkam
	min	-ʔi	kade	-w	-ʔ	-ka	-m
	thus	-adv.	pry	-dir.	-semelf.	-cause	-command
keep prying (it) up like that! (command) pry (it) up that way! (command)
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