Northern Pomo Phrasicon

ba-de: t̪ʰint̪a ma:dal ʔuymo dato:yʔ
	ba-de:	t̪ʰin	-t̪a	ma:dal	ʔuymo	dato:y	-ʔ
	her older sister	not	-Q	her	face	pattern	-Q
didn't her older sister paint her face? did her older sister not put a design on her face? her older sister tattooed her face, didn't she?
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sha dato:y ʔa: jadiy
	sha	dato:y	ʔa:	jadi	-y
	fish	pattern	I	see	-past
I saw a patterned fish I saw a fish with a pattern on it (e.g. spots) I saw a fish with a design on it
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mo:w xats'e kale dato:yna:m bila:
	mo:w	xats'e	kale	dato:y	-na:m	bila:
	he	black	white	pattern	-the	buy
he bought the black one with a white design the bought the one that's black with a white pattern
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pʰik'a ch'a:na:m dato:y sho:w nan nan ch'a: du:l dato:y kayok nan

-na:m

-n

nan

kayo

-k

-n

basket

one

-the

pattern

lack

-ing

and

one

other

design

jumble

-cause

-ing

the one basket is plain and the other one is jumbled with designs
the one basket does not have a pattern and the other one has many

ch'a: du:l dato:y diyuʔ na
	ch'a:	du:l	dato:y	diyuʔ	na
	one	other	pattern	lots	be
(this) other one has a lot of designs (this) one, on the other hand, is very patterned
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