Northern Pomo Phrasicon

nakan bitaa datʰaʔna:ma:n jawinaman
	nakan	bitaa	datʰaʔ	-na:m	-ma:n	jawina	-ma	-n
	because	black bear	old woman	-the	-she	run	-cont.	-ing
so then Bear Old Lady was running so then Bear Old Lady ran
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datʰaʔna:ma:n ma-pʰanel baʔole
	datʰaʔ	-na:m	-ma:n	ma-pʰane	-l	baʔole
	old woman	-the	-she	her daughter	-acc.	call
the old woman called her daughter
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datʰaʔyemayna:meʔya:ʔ so baʔajin
	datʰaʔ	-yem	-ay	-na:m	-meʔ	-ya:ʔ	so	baʔa	-ji	-n
	old woman	-old	-plural	-the	-char.	-nom.	clover	gather	-semelf.	-ing
the old women went gathering clover
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datʰaʔyemayna:meʔya:ʔna:m so baʔajin
	datʰaʔ	-yem	-ay	-na:m	-meʔ	-ya:ʔ	-na:m	so	baʔa	-ji	-n
	old woman	-old	-plural	-the	-char.	-nom.	-the	clover	gather	-semelf.	-ing
the old women went gathering clover (2)
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datʰaʔyemayna:meʔya:ʔna:m so baʔajin
	datʰaʔ	-yem	-ay	-na:m	-meʔ	-ya:ʔ	-na:m	so	baʔa	-ji	-n
	old woman	-old	-plural	-the	-char.	-nom.	-the	clover	gather	-semelf.	-ing
the old women went gathering clover (2)
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datʰaʔna:ma:daʔ hayu subu koljade
	datʰaʔ	-na:m	-ma:daʔ	hayu	subu	kol	-jade
	old woman	-the	-her	dog	three	away	-run
the old woman's three dogs ran away
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datʰaʔna:milkʰe subuyajuʔ hayu koljade
	datʰaʔ	-na:m	-mil	-kʰe	subu	-yajuʔ	hayu	kol	-jade
	old woman	-the	-from.that	-from	three	-obl.	dog	away	-run
three of the women's dogs ran away
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ba-kaʔ t̪ʰint̪a meʔ datʰaʔna:m nayʔ
	ba-kaʔ	t̪ʰin	-t̪a	meʔ	datʰaʔ	-na:m	na	-y	-ʔ
	his maternal grandmother	not	-Q	char.	old woman	-the	be	-past	-Q
wasn't the old lady his grandmother? wasn't the old lady her grandmother? wasn't the old lady their grandmother?
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pʰowaʔ ba-kaʔ mu:l datʰaʔna:m nay
	pʰowaʔ	ba-kaʔ	mu:l	datʰaʔ	-na:m	na	-y
	their	their maternal grandmother	that	old woman	-the	be	-past
that old lady was their grandmother
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pʰowaʔ ba-kaʔ t̪ʰint̪a meʔ mu:l datʰaʔna:m nayʔ
	pʰowaʔ	ba-kaʔ	t̪ʰin	-t̪a	meʔ	mu:l	datʰaʔ	-na:m	na	-y	-ʔ
	their	their maternal grandmother	not	-Q	char.	that	old woman	-the	be	-past	-Q
wasn't that old woman their grandmother?
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pʰowaʔ ba-kaʔ t̪ʰint̪a meʔm datʰaʔna:m nayʔ
	pʰowaʔ	ba-kaʔ	t̪ʰin	-t̪a	meʔ	-m	datʰaʔ	-na:m	na	-y	-ʔ
	their	their maternal grandmother	not	-Q	char.	-that	old woman	-the	be	-past	-Q
wasn't that old woman their grandmother? (2)
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kʰe datʰaʔ
	kʰe	datʰaʔ
	my	old woman
my wife my old woman
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pʰit̪'amna:mu:lya:ʔ datʰaʔna:ma:dal ʔiska
	pʰit̪'am	-na:m	-mu:l	-ya:ʔ	datʰaʔ	-na:m	-ma:dal	ʔis	-ka
	flower	-the	-that	-nom.	old woman	-the	-her	sneeze	-cause
that flower made the old woman sneeze
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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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datʰaʔna:ma:n t̪o: shuʔuʔkade
	datʰaʔ	-na:m	-ma:n	t̪o:	shuʔu	-ʔ	-ka	-de
	old woman	-the	-she	me	crazy	-semelf.	-cause	-present
the old woman is making me crazy
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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"

hint̪il datʰaʔna:ma:n
	hint̪il	datʰaʔ	-na:m	-ma:n
	Indian	old woman	-the	-she
the old Indian woman
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datʰaʔna:ma:dal k'o dajekaʔanhakʰena
	datʰaʔ	-na:m	-ma:dal	k'o	da-	-je	-ka	-ʔa	-nha	-kʰena
	old woman	-the	-her	not	hand-	-catch	-cause	-reflex.	-not	-future
(you) will not let the old lady catch (you)
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datʰaʔ ʔa: na
	datʰaʔ	ʔa:	na
	old woman	I	be
I am an old lady I am an old woman
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datʰaʔ dasayyajul mu:l maʔa donkayanway
	datʰaʔ	dasay	-yajul	mu:l	maʔa	don	-ka	-ya	-nway
	old woman	blind	-acc.	that	food	make	-cause	-passive	-disc.mrkr.
well, let an old blind woman cook! why, an old blind lady was let to make that food!
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datʰaʔ dasayna:ma:dal k'o yehenkakʰe
	datʰaʔ	dasay	-na:m	-ma:dal	k'o	yehen	-ka	-kʰe
	old woman	blind	-the	-her	thing	do	-cause	-future
(you) will let the old blind woman do things let the old blind lady do something!
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datʰaʔ dasayyajul k'o yehenkayatʰe
	datʰaʔ	dasay	-yajul	k'o	yehen	-ka	-ya	-tʰe
	old woman	blind	-acc.	thing	do	-cause	-passive	-used to
the old blind woman used to be let to do things the old blind lady used to be allowed to do something
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datʰaʔ dasay
	datʰaʔ	dasay
	old woman	blind
old blind woman
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datʰaʔ yem
	datʰaʔ	yem
	old woman	old
old, old woman
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datʰaʔ yemay
	datʰaʔ	yem	-ay
	old woman	old	-plural
old, old women
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nakan datʰaʔna:ma:n ts'it̪na:mu:l haywi pʰila:jin

nakan

datʰaʔ

-na:m

-ma:n

ts'it̪

-na:m

-mu:l

hay

-wi

pʰi-

-la:

-ji

-n

because

old woman

-the

-she

bird

-the

-that

stick

-with

with long object-

-swing and miss

-semelf.

-ing

so then the old woman swung at that bird with a stick (and missed)
so then the old lady tried to hit that bird with a stick

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
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masa:n ma:t̪a datʰaʔna:ma:n ʔul duhu
	masa:n	ma:t̪a	datʰaʔ	-na:m	-ma:n	ʔul	duhu
	white person	woman	old woman	-the	-she	already	go
the old white woman already left the old white lady went just now
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datʰaʔ yemayna:m pʰow
	datʰaʔ	yem	-ay	-na:m	pʰow
	old woman	old	-plural	-the	they
the old women the old old women
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datʰaʔ ma na
	datʰaʔ	ma	na
	old woman	you	be
you are an old woman
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datʰaʔ yem ʔul ʔa: na
	datʰaʔ	yem	ʔul	ʔa:	na
	old woman	old	now	I	be
I am an old woman already now I am an old woman
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nat̪e mu:l datʰaʔna:ma:n misu:na:mu:l dawatjihe t̪iʔ kawil jabanen

nat̪e

mu:l

datʰaʔ

-na:m

-ma:n

misu:

-na:m

-mu:l

da-

-wat

-ji

-he

t̪iʔ

kawi

-l

jabane

-n

but

that

old woman

-the

-she

log

-the

-that

hand-

-break apart

-semelf.

-having

her.logo.

child

-acc.

kill

-ing

but that old woman, having destroyed that log, killed her child
but having crushed that log, the old lady kills her son
but that old woman broke that log apart, killing her son