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1. kári   xás   u-kúniihka   píshiip   yítha   then   then   3s(>3)-shoot.at   first   one

   And he shot at the first one. Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

2. 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

3. kári   xás   u-píip   pa-pihnêefich   pishíip   ni-'árihishrih   then   then   3s(>3)-say   the-coyote   first   1s(>3)-sing

   And Coyote said, "I sing first." Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Trades Songs and Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-09) | read full text

4. xás   xanchíifich   píshiip   astíip   u-krîish   then   frog   first   shore   3s(>3)-sit.down

   And Frog sat down in first place, on the river bank. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text

5. xás   uum   píshiip   t-u-'íipma   then   3.SG   first   PERF-3s(>3)-return

   And he got back first. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text

6. pa-mu-piship-'ihrôoha   uum   yítha   mu-'avansáxiich   the-3sPOSS-first-wife   3.SG   one   3sPOSS-boy

   His first wife had one boy. Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text

7. xás   pa-píshiip   vee-hrôoha   uum   itníivka   then   the-first   3sPOSS-wife   3.SG   mean

   And the first wife was cruel. Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text

8. pa-xuntápan   kun-ífik-tih   kúuk   t-óo   kvíripma   xás   koovúra   t-u-'ífik   píshiip   NOMZ-acorn   3pl(>3s)-pick.up-DUR   to.there   PERF-3s(>3)   run.to   then   all   PERF-3s(>3)-pick.up   first

   When they picked acorns, she would run there, and she would pick them all first. Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text

9. píshiip   imvír   tá   kun-íkyav   first   fishery   PERF   3pl(>3s)-make

   First they made a fishing platform. Source: Julia Starritt, "Salmon Fishing" (WB_KL-69) | read full text

10. xás   píshiip   uum   ishahá-tiimich   tá   kun-'íripkuri   su'vári   vúra   then   first   3.SG   water-very.edge   PERF   3pl(>3s)-dig.hole   deep   Intensive

    And first they dug a deep hole at the edge of the water. Source: Julia Starritt, "Soaking Acorns" (WB_KL-75) | read full text

11. píshiip   tá   kun-ip-táthrip   imvarám-kaam   first   PERF   3pl(>3s)-ITER-strain.out.(acorns)   plate-large

    First they strained them with a big tray-basket. Source: Julia Starritt, "Soaking Acorns" (WB_KL-75) | read full text

12. púya-va   pa-yítha   p-eeshnaaních-haak   uum   píshiip   t-u-'úum   pa-tákasar   u-phíriv-irak   and.so-so   the-one   NOMZ-light-when   3.SG   first   PERF-3s(>3)-arrive   NOMZ-shinny.tossel   3s(>3)-lie.(two)-where

    If one was swift, he arrived first where the tossel lay. Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full text

13. púya-va   xás   uum   píshiip   t-óo   tâat-sip   and.so-so   then   3.SG   first   PERF-3s(>3)   handle.with.implement-up

    So he tossed it first. Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full text

14. púya-va   hâari   uum   pa-yu'-kúkam   pa-'ávans-as   píshiip   t-u-'úum   pa-tákasar   u-phíriv-irak   and.so-so   sometime   3.SG   the-downriver-side   the-man-PL   first   PERF-3s(>3)-arrive   NOMZ-shinny.tossel   3s(>3)-lie.(two)-where

    Sometimes the men on the downriver end arrived first where the tossel lay. Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full text

15. píshiip   panyúrar   u-taxapkóo-hi-tih   first   beargrass   3s(>3)-braid.on-ESS-DUR

    First bear-lily leaves were braided on. Source: Julia Starritt, "Indian Clothes" (WB_KL-86) | read full text