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1. ithâan   mit   masúruk   saamváru-k   ní-shxaay-tih-at   once   near.past   up.a.creek   creek-Locative   1s(>3)-fish.with.line-DUR-PAST

   Once I went up the creek, fishing with hook and line. Source: Benonie Harrie, "How I Found Gold" (DAF_KT-05b) | read full text

2. xás   masúruk   saamváru-k   ni-kvêesh   then   up.a.creek   creek-Locative   1s(>3)-spend.night

   I made camp up the creek. Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full text

3. saamvároo   ithyárukirukam   súva   as   ú-xaak-ti   itharípriik   vúra   hôoyvarihva   creek   on.other.side.of.river   listen!   rock   3s(>3)-make.noise-DUR   fir.forest   Intensive   somewhere.or.other

   On the other side of the creek I could hear the noise of rocks somewhere in a fir thicket. Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full text

4. púyava   t-óo   mah   pa-saamvároo   you.see   PERF-3s(>3)   see   the-creek

   Then he saw the creek. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

5. kári   xás   u-xus   payêem   vúra   ni-'ísh-eesh   pa-saamvároo   ni-mah-aak   then   then   3s(>3)-think   now   Intensive   1s(>3)-drink-FUT   NOMZ-creek   1s(>3)-see-when

   And he thought, "Now I'll drink when I see a creek. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

6. kári   xás   yánava   pa-'íshaha   pa-saamvároo   ú-xaak-tih   then   then   visible   the-water   the-creek   3s(>3)-make.noise-DUR

   Then he saw the water, the creek was sounding. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

7. kári   xás   p-oo-'úum   yánava   t-u-pivaxráh-een   pa-saamvároo   then   then   NOMZ-3s(>3)-arrive   visible   PERF-3s(>3)-dry.up-ANT   the-creek

   And when he arrived he saw the creek had dried up. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

8. kári   xás   yánava   kúkuum   káan   íshaha   ú-xaak-tih   u-saamvároo-hi-tih   then   then   visible   again   there   water   3s(>3)-make.noise-DUR   3s(>3)-creek-DENOM-DUR

   And he saw again the water sounding there, there was a creek. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

9. kári   xás   kúkuum   u-chunvákir   pa-saamvároo   then   then   again   3s(>3)-sneak.up.on   the-creek

   And again he sneaked up on the creek. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

10. kêech   saamvaróo-kaam   big   creek-large

    It was big, a big creek. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

11. yanéekva   pa-saamvároo   u-vúrunih-tih   visible   the-creek   3s(>3)-flow.downhill.from.here-DUR

    There was a creek flowing down. Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

12. payêem   pa-ni-máh-aak   pa-saamvároo   pa-niní-vaas   kúuk   ni-paathm-éesh   now   NOMZ-1s(>3)-see-when   the-creek   the-1sPOSS-blanket   to.there   1s(>3)-throw.toward-FUT

    "Now when I see a creek, I'll throw my blanket at it. Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

13. xás   p-oo-máh   pa-saamvároo   ta'ítam   kúuk   u-paathm-áheen   then   NOMZ-3s(>3)-see   the-creek   so   to.there   3s(>3)-throw.toward-ANT

    And when he saw the creek, then he threw (the blanket) at it. Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

14. saamvároo-k   aratváraf   kích   i-'áam-tih-eesh   creek-Locative   black.mud   only   2s(>3)-eat-DUR-FUT

    You'll be eating nothing but mud in the creeks Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text

15. saamvaróo-tiim   aratváraf   u-'áam-tih   creek-edge   black.mud   3s(>3)-eat-DUR

    He eats mud on the edge of creeks. Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text