bich'uʔ | ʔa: | t̪ʰana | -wi | jado: | -ji | |
small | I | hand | -with | pick up | -semelf. | |
bich'uʔ | ʔa: | jado: | -ji | |
small | I | pick up | -semelf. | |
bik'al | xa | |
a little | water | |
a little bit of water | ||
dasha: | ʔa: | ma:dal | pʰidi | |
a little while | I | her | wait | |
bich'uʔ | ja- | -xa | -ʔa | -nt̪e | mo:wal | balay | bane | -ma | |
small | with knife- | -cut | -reflex. | -but | him | blood | flow | -cont. | |
he cut himself a little but he (still) bled | |||||||||
ʔi | bik'al | |
feather | a little | |
dasha: | ʔa: | mit̪o | peysu | dasa | -j | -ade | |
a while | I | you | money | borrow | -semelf. | -present | |
dasha: | ʔa: | mit̪o | peysu | dasa | -ji | |
a while | I | you | money | borrow | -semelf. | |
bich'uʔ | ʔa: | jado: | -ji | |
little | I | pick up | -semelf. | |
yuhu: | -na:m | -mil | ʔa: | shiʔe: | bik'al | da- | -yol | -muʔu | |
pinole | -the | -from.that | I | salt | a bit | hand- | -mix | -recip. | |
shiʔe: | bich'uʔ | |
salt | small | |
shiʔe: | bik'al | |
salt | a little | |
dasha: | nant̪e | -ʔi | ʔa: | jima | -ʔ | -kʰena | |
a little while | but | -adv. | I | sit | -semelf. | -future | |
I will stay even if it's only for a little bit | |||||||
dasha: | nant̪e | -ʔi | jima: | -ji | -m | |
a little while | but | -adv. | sit | -semelf. | -command | |
be: | da: | ya | dasha: | pʰo | -kʰena | |
dir. | out | we | a little while | sit (plural) | -future | |
we will stay outside for a while | ||||||
dasha: | nant̪e | t̪a | ma | k'o | jima: | -ji | -nha | -ʔ | |
a little while | but | Q | you | not | sit | -semelf. | -not | -Q | |
won't you stay, even if only for a little while? | |||||||||
ma:n | wan | -da | misaxala | bits'uʔ | jadi | -n | |
she | walk | -when | snake | small | see | -ing | |
when she walked she saw a small snake | |||||||
ʔa: | bik'al | sha: | -t̪uway | |
I | a little | know | -disc.mrkr. | |
bik'al | yemal | |
a little | year | |
dasha: | -kʰe | -t̪ʰin | ma | mu:l | k'at̪a:ma | |
a little while | -for | -not | you | that | moan | |
it will not be (just) a little while that you groan about that This was said for pain or a broken heart - it could be sympathetic or sarcastic depending on the context. | ||||||
bich'uʔ | mo:w | ma:dal | ja- | -xa: | -t̪e | ma:dal | balay | bane | -w | -ʔ | -na | |
little | he | her | with knife- | -cut | -but | her | blood | flow | -dir. | -semelf. | -evid. | |
even though he (only) cut her a little, she started bleeding (I) see | ||||||||||||
bits'uʔ | ja- | -xa | -ʔa | -n | -t̪e | mo:wal | balay | ba:tʰe | bane | -ma | |
tiny | with knife- | -cut | -reflex. | -ing | -but | him | blood | lots | flow | -cont. | |
he gave himself a tiny cut but he bled a lot | |||||||||||