Northern Pomo Phrasicon

t̪iyi ya: dibuy mu:l mo:w pʰiʔelade
	t̪iyi	ya:	dibu	-y	mu:l	mo:w	pʰiʔel	-ade
	he.logo.	bone	bury	-past	that	he	look for	-present
he is looking for that bone he buried he is searching for that bone he hid
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kats'a: ts'axat' pʰiʔelin
	kats'a:	ts'axat'	pʰiʔeli	-n
	grass	green / blue	look for	-ing
looking for green grass
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kaweyo ba:kaya:ʔ kats'a: pʰiʔelin
	kaweyo	ba:ka	-ya:ʔ	kats'a:	pʰiʔeli	-n
	horse	cow	-nom.	grass	look for	-ing
horses (and) cows are looking for grass
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hayuna:m pʰiʔelim
	hayu	-na:m	pʰiʔeli	-m
	dog	-the	search	-command
look for the dog! (imperative) search for the dog! (imperative)
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tʰitimi: ʔa: pʰiʔeladi
	tʰitimi:	ʔa:	pʰiʔel	-adi
	blackberry	I	look for	-present
I am going to look for blackberries
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ma hayuna:m pʰiʔelanda t̪ʰint̪a ma kʰe xa xadiʔ

hayu

-na:m

pʰiʔela

-n

-da

t̪ʰin

-t̪a

kʰe

xadi

-ʔ

you

dog

-the

-ing

-when

not

-Q

you

water

get

-Q

while you are looking for the dog couldn't you get my water?
when you look for the dog, can't you get water for me?

kats'a: pʰiʔelin
	kats'a:	pʰiʔeli	-n
	grass	look for	-ing
looking for grass searching for grass
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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"

t̪aawal pʰiʔelade
	t̪aawal	pʰiʔel	-ade
	work	look for	-present
looking for work
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mo:w ma:dal pʰiʔeladi
	mo:w	ma:dal	pʰiʔel	-adi
	he	her	look for	-present
he is going to look for her he is going to search for her
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mo:w pʰowal pʰiʔeladi
	mo:w	pʰowal	pʰiʔel	-adi
	he	them	search	-present
he is going to look for them he is going to search for them
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ʔa: dishiy pʰiʔel daʔade
	ʔa:	dishiy	pʰiʔel	daʔa	-de
	I	black oak acorn	look for	want	-present
I want to look for black oak acorns
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bu ma:n pʰiʔeladi
	bu	ma:n	pʰiʔeladi
	potato	she	search
she is going to look for potatoes
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ma:dal pʰow pʰiʔelaʔa
	ma:dal	pʰow	pʰiʔelaʔa
	her	they	look for (plural)
they look for her
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k'o ʔo:t̪ayna:meʔ pʰiʔeladin
	k'o	ʔo:	-t̪ay	-na:m	-meʔ	pʰiʔel	-adi	-n
	thing	sharp	-plural	-the	-char.	look for	-present	-ing
looking for sharp things searching for sharp kinds of things
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ʔa: du: k'o t'aboʔ pʰiʔelin semaʔan
	ʔa:	du:	k'o	t'aboʔ	pʰiʔeli	-n	semaʔa	-n
	I	other	thing	dry	look for	-ing	put on (clothes)	-ing
I was looking for something else dry to put on I looked for a different dry thing to wear I was looking for something else that was dry to get dressed in
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ya shane pʰiʔelade
	ya	shane	pʰiʔel	-ade
	we	roundhouse	look for	-present
we are looking for a roundhouse we look for a sweatlodge we are looking for a sweathouse
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ya shane pʰiʔele
	ya	shane	pʰiʔele
	we	sweathouse	look for
we look for a roundhouse we looked for a sweathouse we looked for a sweatlodge
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