Northern Pomo Phrasicon

t̪ʰana he:ch' t̪iyishaynay mo:wal didale
	t̪ʰana he:ch'	t̪iyish	-ay	-nay	mo:wal	di-	-dale
	fingernail	ugly	-plural	-the	him	with fingers-	-split
his ugly fingernails split
EC

xama t̪iyishay mo:wal na
	xama	t̪iyish	-ay	mo:wal	na
	foot	ugly	-plural	him	be
his feet are ugly
EC

xama t̪iyish mo:w na
	xama	t̪iyish	mo:w	na
	foot	ugly	he	be
his foot is ugly
EC

mo:wal t̪iyish mamaka dodim
	mo:wal	t̪iyish	mama	-ka	dodi	-m
	him	ugly	look	-cause	make	-command
make him look ugly! (command) make him look bad! (command)
ES

t̪iyish ma mama na
	t̪iyish	ma	mama	na
	ugly	you	look	be
you are ugly looking you look bad
ES

t̪iyish ma mama
	t̪iyish	ma	mama
	ugly	you	look
you look ugly
ES

ʔal kʰe ja t̪iyishna:mu:l ʔa: k'o k'a: daʔanhan

ʔal

kʰe

t̪iyish

-na:m

-mu:l

ʔa:

k'o

k'a:

daʔa

-nha

-n

this

house

ugly

-the

-that

not

leave behind

want

-not

-ing

I do not want to leave this ugly house of mine

t̪iyish mama mo:w na
	t̪iyish	mama	mo:w	na
	ugly	look	he	be
he is ugly looking
EC
ES

t̪iyish mama Mary na
	t̪iyish	mama	Mary	na
	ugly	look	Mary	be
Mary is ugly looking
EC

Mary t̪iyish mama
	Mary	t̪iyish	mama
	Mary	ugly	look
Mary looks ugly
EC

ma:n t̪iyish mama na
	ma:n	t̪iyish	mama	na
	she	ugly	look	be
she is ugly looking
EC

t̪iyish mama ma:n na
	t̪iyish	mama	ma:n	na
	ugly	look	she	be
she is ugly looking (2)
ES

pʰik'a t̪iyish shibuʔna:m meʔna:mu:lna:m pʰat̪ay hin shit̪t̪eya nan

pʰik'a

t̪iyish

shibu

-ʔ

-na:m

meʔ

-na:m

-mu:l

-na:m

pʰat̪ay

-n

shi

-t̪

-t̪e

-ya

-n

basket

ugly

weave

-semelf.

-the

char.

-the

-that

-the

unsure

say

-ing

name

-mev.

-passive

-ing

those who weave ugly baskets are called "lazy"
the kind who weave bad baskets are called incompetent
the horrible basket weavers are called "inept"