Northern Pomo Phrasicon

mu:l kawiyana:m ʔu:l tʰiyamade
	mu:l	kawi	-ya	-na:m	ʔu:l	tʰiy	-ama	-de
	that	child	-plural	-the	now	big	-cont.	-present
those children are getting big now those children are big already
ES

dileyama:kʰe
	dileyama:	-kʰe
	everywhere	-from
from everywhere from all over
ES

dileyama:xaʔ
	dileyama:	-xaʔ
	everywhere	-towards
towards everywhere in every direction
ES

ʔuy ch'a: dasayaman
	ʔuy	ch'a:	dasay	-ama	-n
	eye	one	blind	-cont.	-ing
to be blind in one eye
AL

ʔuy dasayaman
	ʔuy	dasay	-ama	-n
	eye	blind	-cont.	-ing
to be blind having blind eyes
ES

mo:w pʰuyamade
	mo:w	pʰuy	-ama	-de
	he	fat	-cont.	-present
he is getting fat
ES

ya ya:x yaman jana:m ma: dayo:lin
	ya	ya:x	ya	-ma	-n	ja	-na:m	ma:	da-	-yo:li	-n
	wind	strong	blow	-cont.	-ing	house	-the	things	hand-	-mix	-ing
a strong wind blowing is wrecking the house a strong wind blowing is mixing things up in the house
ES

she: pʰow t̪i baju: mayama
	she:	pʰow	t̪i	baju:	mayama
	then	they	as if	tired	look (plural)
they look tired now
ES

ʔal she: pʰow baju: mayama
	ʔal	she:	pʰow	baju:	mayama
	this	then	they	tired	look (plural)
they look tired now (2)
ES

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
EC

ma:n pʰile:yaman
	ma:n	pʰi-	-le:ya	-ma	-n
	she	with long object-	-sway	-cont.	-ing
she is swaying
EC

pʰow t̪a mit̪o pʰikayamaʔ
	pʰow	t̪a	mit̪o	pʰikayama	-ʔ
	they	Q	you	laugh (plural)	-Q
are they laughing at you?
ES

mit̪o t̪am pʰow pʰika:yamaʔ
	mit̪o	t̪a	-m	pʰow	pʰika:yama	-ʔ
	you	Q	-that	they	laugh (plural)	-Q
is it you they laughed at? are they laughing at you?
ES

pʰow ma:dal pʰika:yama
	pʰow	ma:dal	pʰika:yama
	they	her	laugh (plural)
they laugh at her
ES

pʰow mo:wal pʰika:yama
	pʰow	mo:wal	pʰika:yama
	they	him	laugh (plural)
they laugh at him
ES

pʰow k'o mit̪o pʰika:yamanha
	pʰow	k'o	mit̪o	pʰika:yama	-nha
	they	not	you	laugh (plural)	-not
they are not laughing at you
ES

ma:dal ya pʰika:yama
	ma:dal	ya	pʰika:yama
	her	we	laugh (plural)
we are laughing at her
ES

mo:wal ya pʰika:yama
	mo:wal	ya	pʰika:yama
	him	we	laugh (plural)
we are laughing at him
ES

tsinan t̪am pʰow t̪o: pʰika:yamaʔ
	tsinan	t̪a	-m	pʰow	t̪o:	pʰika:yama	-ʔ
	why	Q	-that	they	me	laugh (plural)	-Q
why are they laughing at me?
ES

tsinan t̪am t̪o: pʰow pʰika:yamaʔ
	tsinan	t̪a	-m	t̪o:	pʰow	pʰika:yama	-ʔ
	why	Q	-that	me	they	laugh (plural)	-Q
why are they laughing at me? (2)
ES

k'o nan t̪a ya mo:wal pʰika:yamaʔ
	k'o	na	-n	t̪a	ya	mo:wal	pʰika:yama	-ʔ
	what	be	-ing	Q	we	him	laugh (plural)	-Q
why are we laughing at him? what do we laugh at him for?
ES

k'o nan t̪am ya mo:wal pʰika:yamaʔ
	k'o	na	-n	t̪a	-m	ya	mo:wal	pʰika:yama	-ʔ
	what	be	-ing	Q	-that	we	him	laugh (plural)	-Q
why are we laughing at him? (2) what do we laugh at him for? (2)
ES

tsinakan t̪a ya mo:wal pʰika:yamaʔ
	tsinakan	t̪a	ya	mo:wal	pʰika:yama	-ʔ
	why	Q	we	him	laugh (plural)	-Q
why are we laughing at him? (3) what do we laugh at him for? (3)
ES

tsinakan t̪am ya mo:wal pʰika:yamaʔ
	tsinakan	t̪a	-m	ya	mo:wal	pʰika:yama	-ʔ
	why	Q	-that	we	him	laugh (plural)	-Q
why are we laughing at him? (4) what do we laugh at him for? (4)
ES

tsinan t̪am ya mo:wal pʰika:yamaʔ
	tsinan	t̪a	-m	ya	mo:wal	pʰika:yama	-ʔ
	why	Q	-that	we	him	laugh (plural)	-Q
why are we laughing at him? (5)
ES

tsinan t̪am ya mit̪o pʰika:yamaʔ
	tsinan	t̪a	-m	ya	mit̪o	pʰika:yama	-ʔ
	why	Q	-that	we	you	laugh (plural)	-Q
why are we laughing at you?
ES

tsinan t̪a ya mit̪o pʰika:yamaʔ
	tsinan	t̪a	ya	mit̪o	pʰika:yama	-ʔ
	why	Q	we	you	laugh (plural)	-Q
why are we laughing at you? (2)
ES

maa t̪o: na:maʔ pʰika:yama
	maa	t̪o:	na:maʔ	pʰika:yama
	you (plural)	me	always	laugh (plural)
you always laugh at me
ES

ʔa: pʰik'a shibu diyamaʔna:m
	ʔa:	pʰik'a	shibu	diyamaʔ	-na:m
	I	basket	weave	learn	-the
my learning basket weaving the (time when) I learned how to weave baskets
AL

nan mu:l t̪o: mu:l diyamaʔan
	nan	mu:l	t̪o:	mu:l	diyamaʔa	-n
	and	that	me	that	get used to	-ing
and I am getting used to that and I am learning that
AL

she: ʔu:l ʔa: mu:l diyamaʔan
	she:	ʔu:l	ʔa:	mu:l	diyamaʔa	-n
	then	now	I	that	get used to	-ing
then I got used to that finally I learned how to do that
AL

nan she: ʔu:l mu:l diyamaʔan she: ʔa: mu:l k'uhum shet̪'na:m ka:y diyamaʔan

nan

she:

ʔu:l

mu:l

diyamaʔa

-n

she:

-t̪'

-na:m

ka:y

diyamaʔa

-n

and

then

now

that

get used to

-ing

then

that

white sedge root

dig

-mev.

-the

also

learn

-ing

and then, (after) learning that, then I also got used to digging white sedge roots

nan k'edi ʔu:l shibuda ʔa: she: ʔu:l ʔa:m dato:y du: dato:yak diyamaʔan

nan

k'edi

ʔu:l

shibu

-da

she:

-mu:l

-ak

diyamaʔa

-n

and

good

now

weave

-when

then

now

-that

design

different

design

-cause

learn

-ing

and then, when I wove well, then I learned new designs
and when I wove well, then I had new patterns to get used to

pʰik'a shibuna:m diyamaʔan
	pʰik'a	shibu	-na:m	diyamaʔa	-n
	basket	weave (coiled baskets)	-the	learn	-ing
learning the basket weaving
AL

ma:n mu:l t̪o: meʔ diyamaʔka
	ma:n	mu:l	t̪o:	meʔ	diyamaʔ	-ka
	she	that	me	char.	learn	-cause
she taught me that she made me learn that she made me get used to that
AL

ma diyamaʔxalemna
	ma	diyamaʔ	-xale	-m	-na
	you	learn	-should	-cont.	-evid.
you should learn you should get used to (that)
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tsinheʔ pʰowal yaʔ hawi hiyamale ʔa: k'o sha:nha

tsinheʔ

pʰowal

yaʔ

-wi

-ya

-male

ʔa:

k'o

sha:

-nha

how

them

our

mouth

-with

say

-passive

-could

not

know

-not

I do not know what they are called in our language

ya ya:x yama
	ya	ya:x	yama
	wind	strong	blow
a strong wind is blowing a fierce wind blew
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t̪o: tʰiyaʔa ya ya:x yamam
	t̪o:	tʰiya	-ʔa	ya	ya:x	ya	-ma	-m
	me	fear	-reflex.	wind	strong	blow	-cont.	-that
I am afraid when that strong wind blows I fear the fierce wind blowing
EC

ya ya:x yama mu:l t̪o: tʰiyaʔa
	ya	ya:x	ya	-ma	mu:l	t̪o:	tʰiya	-ʔa
	wind	strong	blow	-cont.	that	me	fear	-reflex.
I am afraid when that strong wind blows (2) I fear the fierce wind blowing (2)
EC

ya ya:x yamam t̪o: tʰiyaʔa
	ya	ya:x	ya	-ma	-m	t̪o:	tʰiya	-ʔa
	wind	strong	blow	-cont.	-that	me	fear	-reflex.
I am afraid when that strong wind blows (3) I fear the fierce wind blowing (3)
EC

ya yaman
	ya	ya	-ma	-n
	wind	blow	-cont.	-ing
wind is blowing
AL

ya yama
	ya	ya	-ma
	wind	blow	-cont.
wind blows
ES

ʔu:l ya yama
	ʔu:l	ya	ya	-ma
	now	wind	blow	-cont.
wind is blowing now wind is already blowing
ES