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1. xas   máruk   ní-kfuukraa   kaan   xas   taskara-xárah   ni-vúpaksip   then   uphill   1s(>3)-climb.uphill.(plural)   there   then   pole-long   1s(>3)-start.to.cut

   I climbed up on the hill and there I cut a long pole. Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text

2. asá-kaam-sa   kaan   xás   vaa   á'   tá   nu-kfukúraa   rock-large-PL   there   then   that   above   PERF   1pl(>3)-climb.uphill.(plural)

   We used to climb those big rocks out there. Source: Vina Smith, I'll Never Forget Those Days (VS-22) | read full text Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

3. kári   xás   kun-'ífukraa   asanamkará-yurukam   then   then   3pl(>3s)-climb.uphill.(plural)   placename-uphill.downriver

   And they climbed uphill downriver from asánaamkarak. Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full text

4. xás   aseeshtákak   p-oo-p-itvâavnuk   mâam   páykuuk   u-mah   tá   kun-p-ífukraa   mú-'arama   xákaan   then   placename   NOMZ-3s(>3)-ITER-look.down.over   uphill   over.there   3s(>3)-see   PERF   3pl(>3s)-ITER-climb.uphill.(plural)   3sPOSS-child   both

   And when he looked over at aseeshtákak, he saw here right there uphill, she and her child were climbing uphill. Source: Chester Pepper, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-26) | read full text