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1. úma   vúra   vaa   kun-pakúriihva-naa-ti   imfira-yâak   emphatic(?)   Intensive   so   3pl(>3s)-sing.songs-PL-DUR   heat-good.place

   Just the same they kept on singing in the heat. Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text

2. 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

3. púyava   xás   p-aaxíich   u-pêer   pa-mú-taat   úma   kachakâach   vaa   u-kupí-tih   kachakáach   u-yveeshrîih-vu-ti   pa-xuun   you.see   then   the-child   3s(>3)-say.to   the-3sPOSS-mother   emphatic(?)   bluejay   that   3s(>3)-do-DUR   bluejay   3s(>3)-pour.out-PL.ACT-DUR   the-acorn.soup

   So the child told its mother, "Blue Jay is doing that, Blue Jay is pouring the acorn soup down." Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text

4. xás   kári   áchkuun   u-piip   úma   pa-mí-mvir   ikriróov   t-óo   páx   pa-'áama   then   then   swamp.robin   3s(>3)-say   emphatic(?)   the-2sPOSS-fishery   fishing.spot.name   PERF-3s(>3)   catch.(fish)   the-salmon

   And Swamp Robin said, "They've caught the salmon at your fishery, Ikrirôov." Source: Nettie Ruben, "Mockingbird and Swamp Robin" (WB_KL-43) | read full text