Northern Pomo Phrasicon

ts'at̪t̪ahi xalena:m xo: pʰila:
	ts'at̪	-t̪a	-hi	xale	-na:m	xo:	pʰi-	-la:
	lightning	-mev.	-having	tree	-the	two	with long object-	-split
having lightninged, the tree split in two the tree split in half (from) the lightning
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nakan datʰaʔna:ma:n ts'it̪na:mu:l haywi pʰila:jin

nakan

datʰaʔ

-na:m

-ma:n

ts'it̪

-na:m

-mu:l

hay

-wi

pʰi-

-la:

-ji

-n

because

old woman

-the

-she

bird

-the

-that

stick

-with

with long object-

-swing and miss

-semelf.

-ing

so then the old woman swung at that bird with a stick (and missed)
so then the old lady tried to hit that bird with a stick

ʔuyt̪emkan t̪a ya pʰila:deʔ
	ʔuyt̪emkan	t̪a	ya	pʰila:	-de	-ʔ
	slow	Q	we	go (plural)	-present	-Q
are we going slowly? are we slowly leaving?
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ʔuyt̪emkan ya pʰila:de
	ʔuyt̪emkan	ya	pʰila:	-de
	slow	we	go (plural)	-present
we are going slowly we slowly leave
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don wa:de don wa:de don pʰow pʰila:de dina:ʔjim dina:ʔjim

wa:de

wa:de

pʰila:

-de

dina:

-ʔ

-ji

-m

dina:

-ʔ

-ji

-m

boss

walk

boss

walk

boss

they

go.plural

-present

hide

-reflex.

-semelf.

-command

hide

-reflex.

-semelf.

-command

boss is coming, soldiers are coming, hide, hide yourself!
This was said to Indian girls in camp when white soldiers were coming

ʔa: pʰila:ji
	ʔa:	pʰi-	-la:	-ji
	I	with long object-	-swing and miss	-semelf.
I swung and missed I tried to hit (it) but missed
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ʔa: mo:wal pʰila:ji
	ʔa:	mo:wal	pʰi-	-la:	-ji
	I	him	with long object-	-swing and miss	-semelf.
I swung at him and missed I tried to hit him but missed
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ʔa: mu:l pʰila:ji
	ʔa:	mu:l	pʰi-	-la:	-ji
	I	that	with long object-	-swing and miss	-semelf.
I swung at that and missed I tried to hit that but missed
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haywi pʰila:jin
	hay	-wi	pʰi-	-la:	-ji	-n
	stick	-with	with long object-	-swing and miss	-semelf.	-ing
swinging and missing with a stick trying to hit (something) with a stick but missing
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