Northern Pomo Phrasicon

ʔa:mi-t'iy kawiya baana:mo:wal ma: t̪iyish kojat̪e
	ʔa:mi-t'iy	kawiya baa	-na:m	-mo:wal	ma:	t̪iyish	ko	-ja	-t̪e
	my younger brother	boy	-the	-him	things	bad	out	-jump	-mev.
bad things happen to my little brother
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kasi: koma
	kasi:	koma
	cold	happen
it is cold (weather)
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kasi: koma bow
	kasi:	koma	bow
	cold	happen	here
it is cold (weather) here
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kasi: koman nakan t̪o: ya: kanana
	kasi:	koma	-n	nakan	t̪o:	ya:	kanana
	cold	happen	-ing	because	me	bone	ache
it is cold (weather) so my bones ache
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kasi: ma: koma
	kasi:	ma:	koma
	cold	weather	happen
it is cold weather
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ma: mado: koma
	ma:	mado:	koma
	weather	cold	happen
it is cold weather (2)
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jalil kasi: koma
	jalil	kasi:	koma
	just	cold	happen
it is just cold (weather)
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ma: k'edi kom t̪am naʔ
	ma:	k'edi	kom	t̪a	-m	na	-ʔ
	things	good	happen	Q	-that	be	-Q
are good things happening? is that a good place?
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ma: k'edi koma
	ma:	k'edi	koma
	things	good	happen
things are good good things happen
ES

jano miyin meʔ k'edi bade:din
	jano	miyi	-n	meʔ	k'edi	bade:di	-n
	word	tell	-ing	char.	good	grow	-ing
telling a story so it grows well when talking about this phrase, Edna says, "it's like a train of thought, you might say; everything has to be one after the other, whatever happened, it must be told in sequence"
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t̪ʰana jama
	t̪ʰana	ja	-ma
	hand	jump	-cont.
jump to (one's) hand from Edna: “You just did that so perfectly, quickly, you say t̪ʰana jama, unthought of but it happens quickly. Aunt Maggie could make sourdough bread like nobody’s business, mom would say something to her about it and she’d respond “to jali:l t̪ʰana jama”, it just jumped in my hand.
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t̪o: t̪ʰana jama
	t̪o:	t̪ʰana	ja	-ma
	me	hand	jump	-cont.
(it) jumped to my hand from Edna: “You just did that so perfectly, quickly, you say t̪ʰana jama, unthought of but it happens quickly. Aunt Maggie could make sourdough bread like nobody’s business, mom would say something to her about it and she’d respond “to jali:l t̪ʰana jama”, it just jumped in my hand.
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mu:lya:ʔ t̪o: t̪ʰana jama
	mu:l	-ya:ʔ	t̪o:	t̪ʰana	ja	-ma
	that	-nom.	me	hand	jump	-cont.
that jumped to my hand from Edna: “You just did that so perfectly, quickly, you say t̪ʰana jama, unthought of but it happens quickly. Aunt Maggie could make sourdough bread like nobody’s business, mom would say something to her about it and she’d respond “to jali:l t̪ʰana jama”, it just jumped in my hand.
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t̪o: jali:l t̪ʰana jama
	t̪o:	jali:l	t̪ʰana	ja	-ma
	me	just	hand	jump	-cont.
(it) just jumped to my hand from Edna: “You just did that so perfectly, quickly, you say t̪ʰana jama, unthought of but it happens quickly. Aunt Maggie could make sourdough bread like nobody’s business, mom would say something to her about it and she’d respond “to jali:l t̪ʰana jama”, it just jumped in my hand.
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t̪a mit̪o t̪ʰana jamaʔ
	t̪a	mit̪o	t̪ʰana	ja	-ma	-ʔ
	Q	you	hand	jump	-cont.	-Q
did it jump to your hand? from Edna: “You just did that so perfectly, quickly, you say t̪ʰana jama, unthought of but it happens quickly. Aunt Maggie could make sourdough bread like nobody’s business, mom would say something to her about it and she’d respond “to jali:l t̪ʰana jama”, it just jumped in my hand.
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t'iin ʔu:l mil sili: koma
	t'iin	ʔu:l	mil	sili:	koma
	long time	now	from.that	after	happen
it has been a long time since then
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ya ya:x komkan xale pʰile:yama
	ya	ya:x	kom	-ka	-n	xale	pʰi-	-le:y	-ama
	wind	strong	happen	-cause	-ing	tree	with long object-	-sway	-cont.
because a strong wind is happening, trees are swaying trees are swaying from the strong wind going on
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xo: dal ʔu:l t̪ʰint̪a mil sili: naʔ
	xo:	da	-l	ʔu:l	t̪ʰin	-t̪a	mil	sili:	na	-ʔ
	two	month	-dir.	now	not	-Q	from.that	after	be	-Q
it's been two months now since that, right? hasn't it been two months since that happened?
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hawkʰena:mu:l Rooney shit̪ na mo:w t̪ʰint̪a Sacramento Valley jimayʔ nan du: Ike shi natʰe mo:w ʔal mu:l be: habeda xa du:lalt̪u dibe:muʔda mo:wal mi: jabanʔa

haw

-kʰe

-na:m

-mu:l

Rooney

shit̪

mo:w

t̪ʰin

-t̪a

Sacramento Valley

jima

-y

-ʔ

nan

Ike

-tʰe

be:

-da

-lal

-t̪u

dibe:

-muʔ

-da

mo:wal

mi:

jaban

-ʔa

before

-from

-the

-that

Rooney

name

not

-Q

Sacramento Valley

live

-past

-Q

and

other

Ike

name

-used to

this

that

dir.

where

-at

water

other

-side

-from

fight

-recip.

-at

him

there

kill

-passive

the older one, named Rooney, didn't he live in Sacramento Valley? And the other one named Ike, he was killed where fighting happened on the other side of the water (World War II)

habeda mu:l happenji ʔa: k'o sha:nha
	habe	-da	mu:l	happen	-ji	ʔa:	k'o	sha:	-nha
	where	-at	that	happen	-semelf.	I	not	know	-not
I do not know where that happened
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k'o yehet̪aʔch'a t̪o: ma: mik'o:
	k'o	yehe	-t̪a	-ʔ	-ch'a	t̪o:	ma:	mik'o:
	thing	do	-mev.	-semelf.	-plural (?)	me	things	wonder
I wondered what was happening I was surprised by the things happening I am amazed by what is going on I am shocked by the things (they) did
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tsin t̪a ma: ko:jiʔ
	tsin	t̪a	ma:	ko:	-ji	-ʔ
	how	Q	things	happen	-semelf.	-Q
what happened?
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tsin t̪a ko:ʔnaʔ
	tsin	t̪a	ko:	-ʔ	-na	-ʔ
	how	Q	happen	-semelf.	-evid.	-Q
what happened? (2)
AL

tsin t̪a ko:jiʔ
	tsin	t̪a	ko:	-ji	-ʔ
	how	Q	happen	-semelf.	-Q
what happened? (3)
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tsin t̪a mit̪o ko:jiʔ
	tsin	t̪a	mit̪o	ko:	-ji	-ʔ
	how	Q	you	happen	-semelf.	-Q
what happened to you?
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tsin t̪a naʔ tsin t̪a ma: komaʔ
	tsin	t̪a	na	-ʔ	tsin	t̪a	ma:	ko	-ma	-ʔ
	how	Q	be	-Q	how	Q	things	happen	-cont.	-Q
what is it, what happened?
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sal koma be:
	sal	koma	be:
	hazy	happen	dir.
today is hazy (2) it is hazy today (2)
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mu:l sho:wjin ma:dal xamal ts'i ko:ma
	mu:l	sho:w	-ji	-n	ma:dal	xamal	ts'i	ko:	-ma
	that	hear	-semelf.	-ing	her	inside	ripe	happen	-cont.
hearing that, she got upset she felt anxious hearing that
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mo:wal dats'apjiyada t̪o: xamal ts'i ko:ma
	mo:wal	da-	-ts'ap	-ji	-ya	-da	t̪o:	xamal	ts'i	ko:	-ma
	him	hand-	-slap	-semelf.	-passive	-when	me	inside	ripe	happen	-cont.
when he was slapped, I felt upset I got anxious when (they) slapped him
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mo:w ma:dal dats'apjida t̪o: xamal ts'i ko:ma
	mo:w	ma:dal	da-	-ts'ap	-ji	-da	t̪o:	xamal	ts'i	ko:	-ma
	he	her	hand-	-slap	-semelf.	-when	me	inside	ripe	happen	-cont.
when he slapped her I got upset I felt anxious when he slapped her
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Johnt̪u xamal ts'i ko:ma
	John	-t̪u	xamal	ts'i	ko:	-ma
	John	-acc.	inside	ripe	happen	-cont.
John is upset John is anxious
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t̪o: xamal ts'i ko:ma
	t̪o:	xamal	ts'i	ko:	-ma
	me	inside	ripe	happen	-cont.
I am anxious I feel upset
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t̪o: xamal ts'i komkan mu:l diyem
	t̪o:	xamal	ts'i	ko	-m	-ka	-n	mu:l	diye	-m
	me	inside	ripe	happen	-cont.	-cause	-ing	that	stop	-command
stop making me anxious! (command) quit causing me to feel upset! (imperative)
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ʔa:mi-kaʔ yemna:ma:n mu:l be: baloʔxa:y xabe ʔuyu jimahe mu:l ma: shile:yda mu:l xal yehejin

ʔa:mi-kaʔ yem

-na:m

-ma:n

be:

-he

-da

-l

yehe

-ji

-n

my maternal great grandmother

-the

-she

that

dir.

Potter Valley

rock

high

sit

-having

that

ground

sway

-when

that

water

-dir.

-semelf.

-ing

my great grandmother (said) that rock that sat up high in Potter Valley moved down when that earthquake happened

honay mu:l diley malimjin diley pʰaleyin diley masit̪' diyuʔ ko:jin

-nay

mu:l

diley

mali

-m

-ji

-n

-n

diyuʔ

ko:

-ji

-n

fire

-the

that

all

burn

-cont.

-semelf.

-ing

all

burn

-ing

all

coal

lots

happen

-semelf.

-ing

that fire all burned, all burned, all turned into lots of coals

kʰe k'o k'edi ko jat̪e
	kʰe	k'o	k'edi	ko	ja	-t̪e
	me	thing	good	out	jump	-mev.
I have good luck good things happen to me
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ʔa: kademda na:maʔ kʰe k'o k'edi ko jat̪e
	ʔa:	kadem	-da	na:maʔ	kʰe	k'o	k'edi	ko	ja	-t̪e
	I	gamble	-when	always	me	thing	good	out	jump	-mev.
when I gamble I always have good luck good things happen to me all the time when I play the grass game
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maliʔkayana
	mali	-ʔ	-ka	-ya	-na
	burn	-semelf.	-cause	-passive	-evid.
(I see) (that) was burned (someone) burned (it) (I see now, but did not see it happen)
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