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1. káruma   tá   íp   kun-pikyaar-at   pa-xuun   in.fact   PERF   PAST   3pl(>3s)-finish-PAST   the-acorn.soup

   Already they had cooked the acorn mush. Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

2. vúra   pu-haríxay   pikyáar-eesh   pa-mí-vik   Intensive   NEG-sometimes   finish-FUT   the-2sPOSS-weaving.work

   You'll never finish your weaving. Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text Spoken by Madeline Davis | Download | Play

3. tá   ni-pikyâar   pa-tas   PERF   1s(>3)-finish   the-fence

   I have finished the fence. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: actions and instrumentals (VS-21) | read full text Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

4. tá   ni-pikyâar   pa-nani-chúupha   PERF   1s(>3)-finish   the--speech

   I finished talking. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: actions and instrumentals (VS-21) | read full text Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

5. tá   ni-pikyâar   pa-nani-pithxa   pa-nani-sáanva   PERF   1s(>3)-finish   NOMZ-1sPOSS-wash   the-1sPOSS-clothing

   I finished washing my clothes. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: actions and instrumentals (VS-21) | read full text Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

6. pa-ni-shxáay-tih   tá   ni-pikyâar   NOMZ-1s(>3)-fish.with.line-DUR   PERF   1s(>3)-finish

   I finished fishing. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: actions and instrumentals (VS-21) | read full text Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

7. xas   ni-pikyâar   then   1s(>3)-finish

   Then I finish it. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about weaving a hat (VS-37) | read full text Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

8. xas   vúra   tá   ni-pikyâar   then   Intensive   PERF   1s(>3)-finish

   Then I finished it. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about weaving a hat (VS-37) | read full text Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

9. yáv   tá   ni-pikyâar   good   PERF   1s(>3)-finish

   I finished it well. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about weaving a hat (VS-37) | read full text Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

10. ni-pikyâar   1s(>3)-finish

    I finished it. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about weaving a hat (VS-37) | read full text Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

11. xás   chavúra   kun-píkyaar   then   finally   3pl(>3s)-finish

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

12. kári   xás   uum   pa-xuntápan   uum   vúra   pu-pikyáar-ara   pa-mú-pxaan   then   then   3.SG   the-acorn   3.SG   Intensive   NEG-finish-NEG   the-3sPOSS-cap

    But Tan Oak Acorn didn’t finish her cap. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-31) | read full text

13. púyava   tá   kun-píkyaar   you.see   PERF   3pl(>3s)-finish

    Then they finished. Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text

14. kári   xás   t-u-pikyaan-á-yaach-ha   then   then   PERF-3s(>3)-finish-DEVERB-Intensive-DENOM

    And he finished it good. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text

15. kári   xás   pa-tá   kun-píkyaar   pa-kun-táxraa-ti   kári   xás   asmáax   tîi   kan-'ífik-i   pa-taxrat-êep   then   then   NOMZ-PERF   3pl(>3s)-finish   NOMZ-3pl(>3s)-flake.arrowheads-DUR   then   then   towhee   let...   1s(>3)-pick.up-IMPER   the-flake.arrowheads-refuse.from.-ing

    And when they finished attaching arrowheads, then Towhee thought, "Let me pick up the scraps". Source: Nettie Ruben, "Why Towhee Has Red Eyes" (WB_KL-36) | read full text

16. kári   xás   kun-piip   víri   vaa   yáas   tá   nu-píkyaar   then   then   3pl(>3s)-say   so   so   only   PERF   1pl(>3)-finish

    And they said, "We have just finished. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Origin of the Pikiawish" (WB_KL-48) | read full text

17. pa-t-u-píkyaar   p-oo-chiihvîichvu-ti   kári   xás   p-eekxuraráhaan   u-xús   ii   tá   na-sáyriihva   NOMZ-PERF-3s(>3)-finish   NOMZ-3s(>3)-sing.love.songs-DUR   then   then   the-evening.star   3s(>3)-think   oh!   PERF   1s-be.lonesome

    When she finished singing her love song, then Evening Star thought, "Oh, I'm lonesome! Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine for the Return of a Sweetheart" (WB_KL-49) | read full text

18. víri   vaa   p-ee-píkyaar-ahaak   víri   vaa   i-máh-eesh   vaa   káan   asa-'ípan   ú-krii   atipimáamvaan   so   so   NOMZ-2s(>3)-finish-when   so   so   2s(>3)-see-FUT   so   there   rock-end   3s(>3)-live   buzzard

    When you finish, you will see a buzzard sit there on top of a rock. Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text

19. púyava   tá   kun-píkyaar   you.see   PERF   3pl(>3s)-finish

    Then they finished. Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text

20. tá   ni-píkyaar   koovúra   PERF   1s(>3)-finish   all

    I finished everything. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-83) | read full text