Northern Pomo Phrasicon

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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xabenam ch'a:t̪ukan lok't̪ala
	xabe	-nam	ch'a:t̪ukan	lok'	-t̪a	-la
	rock	-the	occasionally	fall	-mev.	-down
the rocks fell down one by one
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ʔuy xabena:m komija
	ʔuy xabe	-na:m	ko	-mija
	eyeball	-the	out	-pull
taking the eyeball out pulling the eyeball out
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Reuben tsin heʔ t̪a mo:w sha mit̪'akaʔ
	Reuben	tsin	heʔ	t̪a	mo:w	sha	mit̪'aka	-ʔ
	Reuben	how	which	Q	he	fish	cook	-Q
how does Reuben cook fish? what way does Reuben cook fish?
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mu:l xabena:milkʰe jamma t̪o: pʰoʔom
	mu:l	xabe	-na:m	-mil	-kʰe	jamma	t̪o:	pʰoʔo	-m
	that	rock	-the	-from.that	-from	twenty	me	give (multiple objects)	-command
give me twenty of those rocks! (command)
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xabena:m ho dit̪'a
	xabe	-na:m	ho	di-	-t̪'a
	rock	-the	hot	with fingers-	-feel
the rock feels hot (to the touch) the rock feels warm (to the touch)
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ts'at̪t̪ahi xabena:m xo: dila:
	ts'at̪	-t̪a	-hi	xabe	-na:m	xo:	dila:
	lightning	-mev.	-having	rock	-the	two	split
having lightninged, the rock split in two the rock split in two (from) the lightning
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ts'at̪t̪a mili xabena:m dida:le
	ts'at̪	-t̪a	mil	-wi	xabe	-na:m	dida:le
	lightning	-mev.	from.that	-with	rock	-the	split
the rock split from the lightning
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Reuben mu:l mit̪'aka
	Reuben	mu:l	mit̪'aka
	Reuben	that	cook
Reuben cooked that
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sit̪' xabena:m na
	sit̪'	xabe	-na:m	na
	heavy	rock	-the	be
the rocks are heavy
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nan jali:l diley t'asji koman muu diley k'o shon xabena:mul diley ts'aday koman nan k'o shon mil sili: tʰonuk' shon

nan

jali:l

diley

t'as

-ji

koma

-n

-n

-na:m

-mu:l

diley

ts'aday

koma

-n

nan

k'o

sho

-n

mil

sili:

tʰonuk'

sho

-n

and

just

all

smooth

-semelf.

pile

-ing

there

all

thing

lack

-ing

rock

-the

-that

all

slick

pile

-ing

and

thing

lack

-ing

from.that

after

seaweed

lack

-ing

and just everything got smooth, everything was gone there, all of those rocks were slick, and things disappeared, after that the seaweed was gone

xabena:m t̪o: diley pʰoʔom
	xabe	-na:m	t̪o:	diley	pʰoʔo	-m
	rock	-the	me	all	give (multiple objects)	-command
hand me all of the rocks! (command) give me all of the rocks! (command)
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xabena:m diley t̪o: pʰoʔom
	xabe	-na:m	diley	t̪o:	pʰoʔo	-m
	rock	-the	all	me	give (multiple objects)	-command
hand me all of the rocks! (command) (2) give me all of the rocks! (command) (2)
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mu:l xabena:milkʰe diley t̪o: pʰoʔom
	mu:l	xabe	-na:m	-mil	-kʰe	diley	t̪o:	pʰoʔo	-m
	that	rock	-the	-from.that	-from	all	me	give (multiple objects)	-command
hand me all of the rocks out of those there! (command) give me all of those rocks out of that bunch! (command)
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mu:l xabena:milkʰe t̪o: ch'a: hom
	mu:l	xabe	-na:m	-mil	-kʰe	t̪o:	ch'a:	ho	-m
	that	rock	-the	-from.that	-from	me	one	give	-command
hand me one of those rocks! (command) give me one of those rocks! (command)
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xabena:milkʰe t̪o: dikam
	xabe	-na:m	-mil	-kʰe	t̪o:	dika	-m
	rock	-the	-from.that	-from	me	give	-command
hand me one of those rocks! (command) (2) give me one of those rocks! (command) (2)
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xabena:milkʰe ch'a: t̪o: dikam
	xabe	-na:m	-mil	-kʰe	ch'a:	t̪o:	dika	-m
	rock	-the	-from.that	-from	one	me	give	-command
hand me one of those rocks! (command) (3) give me one of those rocks! (command) (3)
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xabena:milkʰe t̪o: hom
	xabe	-na:m	-mil	-kʰe	t̪o:	ho	-m
	rock	-the	-from.that	-from	me	give	-command
hand me (one) of those rocks! (command) give me (one) of those rocks! (command)
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mu:l xabena:milkʰe t̪o: pʰoʔom
	mu:l	xabe	-na:m	-mil	-kʰe	t̪o:	pʰoʔo	-m
	that	rock	-the	-from.that	-from	me	give (multiple objects)	-command
hand me some of those rocks! (command) give me some of those rocks! (command)
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xabena:milkʰe t̪o: pʰoʔom
	xabe	-na:m	-mil	-kʰe	t̪o:	pʰoʔo	-m
	rock	-the	-from.that	-from	me	give (multiple objects)	-command
hand me some of those rocks! (command) (2) give me some of those rocks! (command) (2)
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mu:l xabena:milkʰe t̪o: kaxam
	mu:l	xabe	-na:m	-mil	-kʰe	t̪o:	kaxa	-m
	that	rock	-the	-from.that	-from	me	give	-command
hand me some of those rocks! (command) (3) give me some of those rocks! (command) (3)
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mu:l xabena:milkʰe t̪o: subu pʰoʔom
	mu:l	xabe	-na:m	-mil	-kʰe	t̪o:	subu	pʰoʔo	-m
	that	rock	-the	-from.that	-from	me	three	give (multiple objects)	-command
hand me three of those rocks! (command) give me three of those rocks! (command)
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xabena:milkʰe t̪o: xo: pʰoʔom
	xabe	-na:m	-mil	-kʰe	t̪o:	xo:	pʰoʔo	-m
	rock	-the	-from.that	-from	me	two	give (multiple objects)	-command
hand me two of those rocks! (command) give me two of those rocks! (command)
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mo:w xabena:m dida:lka
	mo:w	xabe	-na:m	di-	-da:l	-ka
	he	rock	-the	with fingers-	-split	-cause
he cracked the rock he split the rock he broke the rock
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haachiwi mo:w xabena:m pʰits'a:
	haachi	-wi	mo:w	xabe	-na:m	pʰi-	-ts'a:
	axe	-with	he	rock	-the	with long object-	-break
he broke the rock with an axe
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haachiwi mo:w xabena:m pʰida:le
	haachi	-wi	mo:w	xabe	-na:m	pʰi-	-da:le
	axe	-with	he	rock	-the	with long object-	-split
he broke the rock with an axe (2) he cracked the rock with an axe he split the rock with an axe
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mu:l xabena:mil mina: ʔa: jimajade
	mu:l	xabe	-na:m	-mil	mina:	ʔa:	jima	-j	-ade
	that	rock	-the	-from.that	on top of	I	sit	-semelf.	-present
I am going to sit on that rock
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ʔal xabena:m ʔa: kadewʔkade
	ʔal	xabe	-na:m	ʔa:	kade	-w	-ʔ	-ka	-de
	this	rock	-the	I	pry	-dir.	-semelf.	-cause	-present
I am going to pry up this rock
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xabena:mil du:lt̪u ma:n k'o jadinha
	xabe	-na:m	-mil	du:	-l	-t̪u	ma:n	k'o	jadi	-nha
	rock	-the	-from.that	other	-dir.	-loc.	she	not	see	-not
she could not see the other side of that rock she can not see over to the other side of that rock
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xabena:m dida:l na
	xabe	-na:m	di-	-da:l	na
	rock	-the	with fingers-	-split	be
the rock is broken the rock is split the rock cracked
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xabena:m mi: diley t'awji
	xabe	-na:m	mi:	diley	t'a	-w	-ji
	rock	-the	there	all	pour	-dir.	-semelf.
the rocks all fell in there the rocks all poured in there
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xabena:m ts'aday na
	xabe	-na:m	ts'aday	na
	rock	-the	smooth	be
the rock is smooth the rock is slick
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xabena:m xodala:n
	xabe	-na:m	xodala:n
	rock	-the	halving
half of the rocks halving the rocks dividing the rocks splitting the rocks in half
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mu:l diley bent̪aadana:m pʰisosopʰojin
	mu:l	diley	bent̪aada	-na:m	pʰiso	-sopʰo	-ji	-n
	that	all	window	-the	shatter	-redup.	-semelf.	-ing
all of those windows are shattering those windows are all breaking into pieces
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ʔa: bent̪aadana:m pʰisosoboʔna
	ʔa:	bent̪aada	-na:m	pʰiso	-sobo	-ʔ	-na
	I	window	-the	break into pieces	-redup.	-semelf.	-evid.
I shattered the windows I broke the windows into pieces I busted up the windows
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bent̪aadana:m pʰisopjiya
	bent̪aada	-na:m	pʰisop	-ji	-ya
	window	-the	shatter	-semelf.	-passive
the window was shattered (someone) broke the window into pieces the window was busted up
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bent̪aadana:m pʰisosobojana
	bent̪aada	-na:m	pʰiso	-sobo	-j	-a	-na
	window	-the	bust up	-redup.	-semelf.	-passive	-evid.
the windows were shattered (someone) broke the windows into pieces the windows were busted up
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xabena:m dibot̪'ji
	xabe	-na:m	di-	-bot̪'	-ji
	rock	-the	by gravity-	-burst	-semelf.
the rock burst the rock shattered the rock disintegrated
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kasi:wi mik'ajin xabena:m mibobot̪'oji
	kasi:	-wi	mi-	-k'a	-ji	-n	xabe	-na:m	mi-	-bobot̪'o	-ji
	cold	-with	with energy-	-freeze	-semelf.	-ing	rock	-the	with energy-	-shatter	-semelf.
the rock froze and shattered the rock burst from the freezing cold freezing, the rock disintegrated
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kasi:wi mik'aʔda xabena:m mibomit̪'oji
	kasi:	-wi	mi-	-k'a	-ʔ	-da	xabe	-na:m	mi-	-bomit̪'o	-ji
	cold	-with	with energy-	-freeze	-semelf.	-when	rock	-the	with energy-	-shatter	-semelf.
the rock froze and shattered the rock burst from the freezing cold when it froze, the rock disintegrated

diwene mu:l ʔa: pʰabenye
	diwene	mu:l	ʔa:	pʰaben	-ye
	yesterday	that	I	tie	-past
I tied that up yesterday I bandaged that yesterday
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mu:l ʔa: mo:wal pʰabenka
	mu:l	ʔa:	mo:wal	pʰaben	-ka
	that	I	him	tie	-cause
I made him tie that up I had him bandage that
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ʔa: mu:l pʰabenye
	ʔa:	mu:l	pʰaben	-ye
	I	that	tie	-past
I tied that up I bandaged that
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