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1. áan-kunish   sú'   u-sasípiithva   áachip   áan-kunish   u-'ishipváraa-hi-ti   koovúra   v-oo-kupí-ti   pa-mu-pírish   áachip   áan-kunish   u-'ishipváraa-hi-tih   string-like   inside   3s(>3)-spiral.around   middle   string-like   3s(>3)-run.in.through.(pl.)-ESS-DUR   all   so-3s(>3)-do-DUR   the-3sPOSS-plant   middle   string-like   3s(>3)-run.in.through.(pl.)-ESS-DUR

   They have little threads in them, with a filament running down the middle; they are all that way, with a filament running down that way. Source: Phoebe Maddux, Leaf (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.h) | read full text

2. hôoy   pa-mi-'áan   where   the-2sPOSS-string

   Where is your rope? Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about possession, locatives; words for consonants and accent (VS-08) | read full text Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

3. pa-mu-'áan   uum   îikam   the-3sPOSS-string   3.SG   outdoors

   His rope is outside. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about possession, locatives; words for consonants and accent (VS-08) | read full text Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

4. pa-'ápsuun   uum   vúra   vâaram   pa-'áan   uum   ipshûunkinich   the-snake   3.SG   Intensive   long   the-string   3.SG   low

   The snake is longer than the rope. (The snake is long, the rope is short) Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about comparisons (VS-18) | read full text Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

5. pa-'ápsuun   káru   pa-'áan   xákaan   vúra   yav   the-snake   also   the-string   both   Intensive   good

   The snake is as long as the rope. (The snake and the rope are both good) Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about comparisons (VS-18) | read full text Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

6. kâan   u-vararîihvu-tih   káan   pá-'aan   there   3s(>3)-hang-DUR   there   the-string

   It's hanging on the rope. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-33) | read full text Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

7. xás   vaa   táay   t-u-paríshriihva   pá-'aan   then   so   much   PERF-3s(>3)-twine   the-string

   So he twined a lot of string. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

8. ta'ítam   u-kífukv-aheen   pá-'aan   so   3s(>3)-tie.in.a.bundle-ANT   the-string

   Then he tied the string in a bundle. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

9. kári   xás   u-'árihroov   áan   ithá-'iithva   an-tunvêech   vaa   p-oo-vúpar-eesh   p-eeshpuk   then   then   3s(>3)-go.upriver   string   one-packload   string-small.(pl.)   so   NOMZ-3s(>3)-string.beads.with-FUT   the-dentalium.shells

   And he went upriver; the string was in a single pack, the little string, that which he was going to string the money with. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

10. víri   vaa   pa-t-óo   thvásip   t-óo   thvároov   pá-'aan   so   so   NOMZ-PERF-3s(>3)   pack.up   PERF-3s(>3)   pack.upriver   the-string

    When he had packed it up, he carried the string upriver. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

11. xás   u-paríshriihva   an-tunvêech   then   3s(>3)-twine   string-small.(pl.)

    And he twined little strings. Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

12. úma   vaa   u-kúphaa-nik   pá-mitva   ithéeshyav   u-paríshriihva   an-tunvêech   emphatic(?)   so   3s(>3)-do-ANC   NOMZ-former   all.winter   3s(>3)-twine   string-small.(pl.)

    That's what he had done, he twined little strings the previous winter. Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

13. xás   íp   táay   áan   u-sáanvu-tih-at   káruma   vaa   íp   u-vúpar-eesh-at   pa-mú-spuk   then   PAST   much   string   3s(>3)-carry.(things)-DUR-PAST   in.fact   that   PAST   3s(>3)-string.beads.with-FUT-PAST   the-3sPOSS-dentalium.shells

    He was carrying a lot of thread, that's what he was going to string his money with. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

14. xás   pihnêefich   u-píip   chími   aan   nu-paríshriihvu-naa   then   coyote   3s(>3)-say   soon   string   1pl(>3)-twine-PL

    Then Coyote said, "Let's twine string!" Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text

15. xás   pa-'aan-tunvêech   kun-'ivitshur-oo-ti   víri   vaa   u-'ífik-tih   then   NOMZ-string-small.(pl.)   3pl(>3s)-pull.off-PL.ACT-DUR   so   so   3s(>3)-pick.up-DUR

    And when they picked off the little strings, he was picking them up. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text

16. xás   ta'ítam   kun-kunih-úraa-na-heen   pá-'aan   then   so   3pl(>3s)-shoot-up-PL.ACT-ANT   the-string

    And so they shot the string up. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text

17. pihnêefich   u-píip   naa   píshiip   pa-niní-'aan   á'   kii-kuníh-uraa   coyote   3s(>3)-say   1sg.   first   the-1sPOSS-string   above   2pl(>3)-shoot-up

    Coyote said, "Shoot my string up first!" Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text

18. xás   pa-'avansa-tinihyâach   u-píip   chími   naa   pa-niní-'aan   kii-kuníh-uraa   then   the-man-quite.wide   3s(>3)-say   soon   1sg.   the-1sPOSS-string   2pl(>3)-shoot-up

    Then the little flat man said, "Shoot my string up!" Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text

19. xás   pá-'aan   u-kéen   then   the-string   3s(>3)-move

    And the string quivered. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text

20. xás   pihnêefich   u-'aachíchha   xás   u-píip   kúnish   íp   ní-pa-at   pa-mú-'aan   uum   káan   ú-kyiim-eesh   then   coyote   3s(>3)-be.happy   then   3s(>3)-say   sort.of   PAST   1s(>3)-say-PAST   NOMZ-3sPOSS-string   3.SG   there   3s(>3)-fall-FUT

    And Coyote was glad, and he said, "I sort of said his string would reach there!" Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text

21. kári   xás   kun-piip   chimi   nu-paríshriihv-i   chimi   aan   nu-kyav   then   then   3pl(>3s)-say   soon   1pl(>3)-twine-IMPER   soon   string   1pl(>3)-make

    And they said, "Let's twine, let's make string! Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text

22. kári   xás   pihnêefich   vúra   uum   táay   tá   pa-mú-'aan   then   then   coyote   Intensive   3.SG   much   PERF   the-3sPOSS-string

    And Coyote had a lot of string. Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text

23. púyava   koovúra   pa-xah   koovúra   mukún-'aan   kun-íkyav   you.see   all   the-spider   all   3plPOSS-string   3pl(>3s)-make

    And all the spiders, all made their string. Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text

24. kári   xás   pihnêefich   mú-'aan   píshiich   kun-kuníh-uraa   then   then   coyote   3sPOSS-string   first   3pl(>3s)-shoot-up

    And they shot Coyote's string up first. Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text

25. koovúra   pa-xáh   tá   kun-kuníh-uraa   pa-mukún-'aan   all   the-spider   PERF   3pl(>3s)-shoot-up   the-3plPOSS-string

    All the spiders shot up their string. Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text

26. kári   xás   xahamíchmiich   kári   xás   u-'êethraa   pa-mú-'aan   then   then   spider.sp   then   then   3s(>3)-carry.up.from.downhill   the-3sPOSS-string

    Then (the spider called) xahamíchmiich brought up his string. Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text

27. xás   vúra   nîinamich   p-oo-yrúh-ahi-ti   pa-mú-'aan   then   Intensive   little   NOMZ-3s(>3)-coil.(something)-ESS-DUR   the-3sPOSS-string

    And his string was coiled just small. Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text

28. kári   xás   u-píip   pihnêefich   yee   hûut   i-nísh-eesh   pa-mí-'aan   húuk   paathm-i   then   then   3s(>3)-say   coyote   well   how   2s(>3)-do-FUT   the-2sPOSS-string   to.where   throw.toward-IMPER

    And Coyote said, "Hey, what are you going to do with your string, throw it (away) some place! Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text

29. xás   u-'êe   pá-'aan   then   3s(>3)-give   the-string

    And he gave him the rope. Source: Julia Starritt, "How the Rube Family Was Named" (WB_KL-66) | read full text

30. xás   pa-'uripih-'ípan   an-xára   u-nhîishrih   then   the-net-end   string-long   3s(>3)-tie.down

    And they tied a long string to the end of the net. Source: Julia Starritt, "Salmon Fishing" (WB_KL-69) | read full text

31. púyava   pa-'ipanîich   pa-'áama   t-u-'uum-áhaak   púyava   pa-'áan   t-óo   kéen   you.see   NOMZ-very.end   the-salmon   PERF-3s(>3)-arrive-when   you.see   the-string   PERF-3s(>3)   move

    When the salmon got to the end, the string quivered. Source: Julia Starritt, "Salmon Fishing" (WB_KL-69) | read full text