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Northern Pomo Online Phrasicon

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46 search results found for '' in English.

mo:w kʰe be:de
	mo:w	kʰe	be:	-de
	he	song	sing	-present
he is singing
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kʰe miya
	kʰe	miya
	song	throat
good singer
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ko:t̪u t̪o: kʰe hoya
	ko:t̪u	t̪o:	kʰe	ho	-ya
	all prevailing spirit	me	song	give	-passive
from the spirits, I was given a song
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ma:n kʰebenda ʔa: minay
	ma:n	kʰe	-ben	-da	ʔa:	-mina	-y
	she	song	-sing	-when	I	cry	-past
when she sang, I cried
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kʰena:m
	kʰe	-na:m
	song	-the
the song
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kʰe ch'a: yeʔ na:maʔ majite benkan
	kʰe	ch'a:	yeʔ	na:maʔ	maji	-te	ben	-ka	-n
	song	one	only	always	day	-every	sing	-cause	-ing
always only letting one song be sung every day
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kʰe ch'a: yeʔ benkan majite
	kʰe	ch'a:	yeʔ	ben	-ka	-n	maji	-te
	song	one	only	sing	-cause	-ing	day	-every
only letting one song be sung every day
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ʔa:mi-tʰe kʰe be:dinhe
	ʔa:mi-tʰe	kʰe	be:di	-nhe
	my mother	song	sing	-evid.
my mother is singing, I hear
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mo:w kʰe be:n t̪a ma sho:wjiʔ
	mo:w	kʰe	be:n	t̪a	ma	sho:w	-ji	-ʔ
	he	song	sing	Q	you	hear	-semelf.	-Q
do you hear him singing?
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kʰe be:nʔa t̪a ma sho:wjiʔ
	kʰe	be:n	-ʔa	t̪a	ma	sho:w	-ji	-ʔ
	song	sing	-passive	Q	you	hear	-semelf.	-Q
do you hear singing? do you hear a song being sung?
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pʰow kʰe be:t̪aʔ t̪a ma sho:wjiʔ
	pʰow	kʰe	be:	-t̪a	-ʔ	t̪a	ma	sho:w	-ji	-ʔ
	they	song	sing	-mev.	-semelf.	Q	you	hear	-semelf.	-Q
do you hear them singing?
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kʰe be:t̪aʔ t̪a ma sho:wjiʔ
	kʰe	be:	-t̪a	-ʔ	t̪a	ma	sho:w	-ji	-ʔ
	song	sing	-mev.	-semelf.	Q	you	hear	-semelf.	-Q
do you hear (them) singing?
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ma:n kʰe be:n ʔa: k'o sho:wjinha
	ma:n	kʰe	be:n	ʔa:	k'o	sho:w	-ji	-nha
	she	song	sing	I	not	hear	-semelf.	-not
I did not hear her singing I do not hear her singing
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pʰow kʰe be:t̪aʔ ʔa: sho:wji
	pʰow	kʰe	be:	-t̪a	-ʔ	ʔa:	sho:w	-ji
	they	song	sing	-mev.	-semelf.	I	hear	-semelf.
I hear them singing
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pʰow kʰebe:t̪aʔdo
	pʰow	kʰe	-be:	-t̪a	-ʔ	-do
	they	song	-sing	-mev.	-semelf.	-evid.
I heard that they sang
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Mary kʰe sho:wji
	Mary	kʰe	sho:w	-ji
	Mary	song	hear	-semelf.
Mary hears a song
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ma:n kʰe be:dinhe
	ma:n	kʰe	be:di	-nhe
	she	song	sing	-evid.
I hear her singing
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Mary kʰe shimama
	Mary	kʰe	shimama
	Mary	song	listen
Mary listens to songs
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ma:n mo:w kʰe be:n shimama
	ma:n	mo:w	kʰe	be:n	shimama
	she	he	song	sing	listen
she listens to him sing
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kʰena:m ya:x bat̪'a
	kʰe	-na:m	ya:x	ba-	-t̪'a
	song	-the	loud	mouth-	-seem
the song sounds loud
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ma:n du: kʰe be:de
	ma:n	du:	kʰe	be:	-de
	she	different	song	sing	-present
she sings another song she sang a different song
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du: kʰe be:dim
	du:	kʰe	be:	-di	-m
	different	song	sing	-present	-command
sing another song! (imperative) sing a different song! (imperative)
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nant̪e ʔa: k'o kʰena:m be:n sha:nhan kʰe be:n k'edit̪ʰin ʔa: na

nant̪e

ʔa:

k'o

kʰe

-na:m

be:n

sha:

-nha

-n

kʰe

be:n

k'edi

-t̪ʰin

ʔa:

na

but

I

not

song

-the

sing

know

-not

-ing

song

sing

good

-not

I

be

but I do not know how to sing the song, I am not a good singer

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mo:w kʰe bade:nye
	mo:w	kʰe	bade:n	-ye
	he	song	sing along	-past
he was singing along he sang along to the song
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ʔa: kʰe be:de
	ʔa:	kʰe	be:de
	I	song	sing
I am singing I sing a song
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mo:waʔt̪uxaʔ kʰe be:nka
	mo:waʔ	-t̪u	-xaʔ	kʰe	be:n	-ka
	him	-loc.	-toward	song	sing	-cause
make (someone) sing to him
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xol ʔa: pʰowal kʰe be:nka
	xol	ʔa:	pʰowal	kʰe	be:n	-ka
	around	I	them	song	sing	-cause
I make them sing to one another
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kʰe bet̪aʔna:mpʰowal ʔa: jadi
	kʰe	bet̪aʔ	-na:m	-pʰowal	ʔa:	jadi
	song	sing (plural)	-the	-them	I	see
I see the singers I saw them singing songs
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mu:lya:ʔ kʰe be:nmale t̪o: t̪'a
	mu:l	-ya:ʔ	kʰe	be:n	-male	t̪o:	t̪'a
	that	-nom.	song	sing	-could	me	think
that can sing, I think I think that could sing
EC

mu:l meʔ kʰe bet̪anye
	mu:l	meʔ	kʰe	bet̪a	-n	-ye
	that	char.	song	sing (plural)	-ing	-past
those kinds of things sang songs those sang songs
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xale yow t̪iyi jimada ma:n kʰe be:n
	xale	yow	t̪iyi	jima	-da	ma:n	kʰe	be:n
	tree	under	she.logo.	sit	-when	she	song	sing
she sings songs while sitting under a tree when sitting under the tree, she sang songs
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t̪iyi xale yow jiman ma:n kʰe be:de
	t̪iyi	xale	yow	jima	-n	ma:n	kʰe	be:de
	she.logo.	tree	under	sit	-ing	she	song	sing
she sings songs while sitting under a tree sitting under the tree, she sings songs
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kʰe be:n yeʔ daʔan ma:n na
	kʰe	be:n	yeʔ	daʔa	-n	ma:n	na
	song	sing	only	want	-ing	she	be
she only wants to sing songs she just likes to sing
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kʰe be:n yeʔ ma:n meʔ daʔanye
	kʰe	be:n	yeʔ	ma:n	meʔ	daʔan	-ye
	song	sing	only	she	char.	want	-past
she only wanted to sing songs she just liked to sing
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ma:n kʰe be:ndo
	ma:n	kʰe	be:n	-do
	she	song	sing	-evid.
(I hear) her singing she sings songs (I hear)
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ma:n kʰe be:de
	ma:n	kʰe	be:de
	she	song	sing
she sings songs she is singing
EC

ma:n kʰe be:dinhe
	ma:n	kʰe	be:di	-nhe
	she	song	sing	-evid.
(I hear) her singing (2) she sings songs (I hear) (2)
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xale yow jiman ma:n kʰe be:dinhe
	xale	yow	jima	-n	ma:n	kʰe	be:di	-nhe
	tree	under	sit	-ing	she	song	sing	-evid.
(I hear) her sing songs while sitting under a tree sitting under the tree, she sings songs (I hear)
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mu:l ja:ʔna:mya:ʔ kʰe be:de
	mu:l	ja:ʔ	-na:m	-ya:ʔ	kʰe	be:de
	that	person	-the	-nom.	song	sing
that person sings songs that person is singing
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mu:l ja:ʔna:m kʰe be:de
	mu:l	ja:ʔ	-na:m	kʰe	be:de
	that	person	-the	song	sing
that person sings songs (2) that person is singing (2)
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kʰe bet̪aʔna:mpʰow
	kʰe	bet̪aʔ	-na:m	-pʰow
	song	sing (plural)	-the	-they
the singers the ones singing
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subuya:ʔ pʰow kʰe bet̪aʔa
	subu	-ya:ʔ	pʰow	kʰe	bet̪aʔa
	three	-nom	they	song	sing (plural)
three of them sang the three of them sing songs
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ya kʰe bet̪aʔa
	ya	kʰe	bet̪aʔa
	we	song	sing (plural)
we sing songs let's sing!
EC

xale yow ma:n jimada ma:n kʰe be:dinhe
	xale	yow	ma:n	jima	-da	ma:n	kʰe	be:di	-nhe
	tree	under	she	sit	-when	she	song	sing	-evid.
(I hear) her sing songs while sitting under a tree when sitting under the tree, she sings songs (I hear)
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xale yow jimada ma:n kʰe be:dinhe
	xale	yow	jima	-da	ma:n	kʰe	be:di	-nhe
	tree	under	sit	-when	she	song	sing	-evid.
(I hear) her sing songs while sitting under a tree when sitting under the tree, she sings songs (I hear)
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flutewi kʰe be:nkan
	flute	-wi	kʰe	be:n	-ka	-n
	flute	-with	song	sing	-cause	-ing
playing the flute making music with a flute
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