Northern Pomo Phrasicon

nan be: sho:wdaxa:y diley t'aboʔ koman
	nan	be:	sho:wdaxa:y	diley	t'aboʔ	koma	-n
	and	dir.	Coyote Valley	all	dry	pile	-ing
and everything in Coyote Valley is lying dry
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xa batʰe banemant̪e mala: t'aboʔ koma
	xa	batʰe	banema	-nt̪e	mala:	t'aboʔ	koma
	water	lots	flow	-but	shore	dry	pile
there is a lot of water flowing but the shore lies dry
EC

ʔuy xabena:m komija
	ʔuy xabe	-na:m	ko	-mija
	eyeball	-the	out	-pull
taking the eyeball out pulling the eyeball out
ES

maʔa makoma
	maʔa	mako	-ma
	food	find	-cont.
bring food deliver food
EC

t̪ʰint̪a maa ma-bahan pʰowal maʔa makomaʔ
	t̪ʰin	-t̪a	maa	ma-bahan	pʰowal	maʔa	mako	-ma	-ʔ
	not	-Q	you (plural)	her husband	them	food	find	-cont.	-Q
didn't you all deliver food to your husbands? didn't you all bring your husbands food?
EC

ma:dal pʰow maʔa makoma
	ma:dal	pʰow	maʔa	mako	-ma
	her	they	food	find	-cont.
they delivered food to her they brought her food
EC

maʔa makoma
	maʔa	mako	-ma
	food	find	-cont.
deliver food bring food
EC

ma:dal pʰow maʔa makoma
	ma:dal	pʰow	maʔa	mako	-ma
	her	they	food	find	-cont.
they delivered food to her they brought her food
EC

kasi: koma
	kasi:	koma
	cold	happen
it is cold (weather)
EC

kasi: koma bow
	kasi:	koma	bow
	cold	happen	here
it is cold (weather) here
EC

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
EC

kasi: ma: koma
	kasi:	ma:	koma
	cold	weather	happen
it is cold weather
EC

ma: mado: koma
	ma:	mado:	koma
	weather	cold	happen
it is cold weather (2)
EC

jalil kasi: koma
	jalil	kasi:	koma
	just	cold	happen
it is just cold (weather)
EC

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?
ES

ma: k'edi koma
	ma:	k'edi	koma
	things	good	happen
things are good good things happen
ES

jina:m komot̪kan
	ji	-na:m	ko	-mo	-t̪	-ka	-n
	head lice	-the	out	-crawl	-mev.	-cause	-ing
(someone) is making the lice crawl out
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t'iin ʔul mil sili: koma
	t'iin	ʔul	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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mool hay komam jado:jim
	mool	hay	koma	-m	jado:	-ji	-m
	over there	stick	lie	-cont.	pick up	-semelf.	-command
pick up the stick lying over there! (command)
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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

muu

diley

k'o

sho

-n

xabe

-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

ma: kasan jano lowaʔt̪ʰin mits'elkomkat̪ʰin
	ma:	kasa	-n	jano	lowaʔ	-t̪ʰin	mits'elkomka	-t̪ʰin
	things	improper	-ing	word	talk	-not	laugh (plural)	-not
improper things are not talked about, not laughed at
AL

ja:ʔ kiiya:ʔ mits'elkomka
	ja:ʔ	kii	-ya:ʔ	mits'elkomka
	person	lots	-nom.	laugh (plural)
a lot of people laugh
ES

mil mu:l pʰow mits'elkomka
	mil	mu:l	pʰow	mits'elkomka
	that	that	they	laugh (plural)
they laughed at that that is when they laughed at that
EC

pʰow mits'elkomka
	pʰow	mits'elkomka
	they	laugh (plural)
they laugh they are laughing
ES