Northern Pomo Phrasicon

datʰaʔyemayna:meʔya:ʔ so baʔajin
	datʰaʔ	-yem	-ay	-na:m	-meʔ	-ya:ʔ	so	baʔa	-ji	-n
	old woman	-old	-plural	-the	-char.	-nom.	clover	gather	-semelf.	-ing
the old women went gathering clover
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datʰaʔyemayna:meʔya:ʔna:m so baʔajin
	datʰaʔ	-yem	-ay	-na:m	-meʔ	-ya:ʔ	-na:m	so	baʔa	-ji	-n
	old woman	-old	-plural	-the	-char.	-nom.	-the	clover	gather	-semelf.	-ing
the old women went gathering clover (2)
ES

datʰaʔyemayna:meʔya:ʔna:m so baʔajin
	datʰaʔ	-yem	-ay	-na:m	-meʔ	-ya:ʔ	-na:m	so	baʔa	-ji	-n
	old woman	-old	-plural	-the	-char.	-nom.	-the	clover	gather	-semelf.	-ing
the old women went gathering clover (2)
ES

yemayna:m bakaxan ho:wayna:m ya jo:nmuʔye

yem

-ay

-na:m

kaxa

-n

ho:

-way

-na:m

jo:n

-muʔ

-ye

old

-plural

-the

person

give

-ing

young

-plural

-the

keep

-recip.

-past

giving the old ones to someone, we kept the young ones for ourselves

yemayt̪ʰin
	yem	-ay	-t̪ʰin
	old	-plural	-not
not old (things) ones (that are) not old
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k'o yemayt̪ʰin
	k'o	yem	-ay	-t̪ʰin
	thing	old	-plural	-not
not old things things (that are) not old
EC

ja:ʔ yemay
	ja:ʔ	yem	-ay
	person	old	-plural
old people old men
ES

datʰaʔ yemay
	datʰaʔ	yem	-ay
	old woman	old	-plural
old, old women
ES

min ja:ʔ yemayya:ʔ hitʰe
	min	ja:ʔ	yem	-ay	-ya:ʔ	hi	-tʰe
	thus	person	old	-plural	-nom.	say	-used to
that's what old people used to say
ES

yemayna:m pʰakan xawji mu:l ya minʔi jo:nmuʔye

yem

-ay

-nam

pʰaka

-n

xaw

-ji

mu:l

min

-ʔi

jo:n

-muʔ

-ye

old

-plural

-the

sell

-ing

remain

-semelf.

that

thus

-adv.

keep

-recip.

-past

selling the old ones, we then kept those that were left for ourselves
(after) selling the old ones, then we kept the remainder for ourselves

yemayna:m pʰow
	yem	-ay	-na:m	pʰow
	old	-plural	-the	they
the old ones the old (people)
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datʰaʔ yemayna:m pʰow
	datʰaʔ	yem	-ay	-na:m	pʰow
	old woman	old	-plural	-the	they
the old women the old old women
EC

she:na:mu:l ʔal yaʔ kawiyana:meʔya:ʔ yaʔ dineʔt̪ʰin ʔal yaʔ ja:ʔ yemayna:meʔ na hin

she:

-na:m

-mu:l

ʔal

yaʔ

kawi

-ya

-na:m

-meʔ

-ya:ʔ

yaʔ

dine

-ʔ

-t̪ʰin

-ay

-na:m

-meʔ

-n

now

-the

-that

this

our

child

-plural

-the

-char.

-nom.

think

-semelf.

-not

this

our

person

old

-plural

-the

-char.

say

-ing

today these children of ours do not think of us, of our elders, it's said
nowadays, it's said that our children do not think of us, of our old people

matu:ya:ʔ ja:ʔ donda mu:l muu ma:daʔ ja:ʔya:ʔ maʔa kasan pʰuy k'o maʔanhan bishe ka:y k'o maʔanhan maʔa du: yeʔ jalil maʔa shiʔe: sho:w jalil k'ala:yatil maʔa na hin (ʔa:) meʔ ja:ʔ yemayya:ʔ hit̪tʰe

-ya:ʔ

-da

-ya:ʔ

kasa

-n

pʰuy

k'o

maʔa

-nha

-n

bishe

ka:y

k'o

maʔa

-nha

-n

du:

yeʔ

jalil

maʔa

shiʔe:

sho:w

jalil

k'ala:yatil

maʔa

-n

meʔ

ja:ʔ

yem

-ay

-ya:ʔ

-t̪

-tʰe

doctor

-nom.

person

doctor

-when

that

there

her

person

-nom.

food

abstain

-ing

fat

not

eat

-not

-ing

meat

also

not

eat

-not

-ing

other

only

just

eat

salt

lack

just

deadly

food

say

-ing

char.

person

old

-plural

-nom.

say

-mev.

-used to

when doctoring a person, her people abstained from (certain) foods, not eating grease, also not eating meat, only eating others without salt - elders used to say (those) foods were just deadly (when someone was being doctored)