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1. xas   mu-yiimúsich   káru   ník   u-'áraarahi-ti   áxak   yeeripáxvuh-sa   kaan   kun-'iin   then   3sPOSS-little.ways.off   also   a.little   3s(>3)-live.(pl.)-DUR   two   adolescent.girl-PL   there   3pl(>3s)-(two).be

   And (others) lived close by. Two girls lived there. Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

2. itráhyar   pa-'asíp-iit-sa   káru   vaa   kóohoo   imvarám-piit-sa   káru   itráhyar   síkih   ten   the-bowl-new-PL   little.ways.off   that   as.much.as   plate-new-PL   also   ten   spoon

   There were ten new bowls, and also ten new plates, and also ten spoons. Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

3. kári   xas   yiimúsich   t-u-'áhoo   then   then   little.ways.off   PERF-3s(>3)-go

   Then he went a short way. Source: Phoebe Maddux, "How Western Yellow-Bellied Racer was Transformed" (JPH_KIM-10) | read full text

4. yiimúsich   xas   ni-hyárihish   little.ways.off   then   1s(>3)-stand.still

   I stood a little way off. Source: Violet Super, Violet's Picture (VSu-02) | read full text Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Play

5. chavúra   yiimúsich   t-u-'uum   finally   little.ways.off   PERF-3s(>3)-arrive

   Finally he went a little ways. Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

6. yiimúsich   t-óo   tsîip   little.ways.off   PERF-3s(>3)   look.up

   He looked off a little ways. Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

7. payêem   vúra   yiimúsich   vúra   ni-kvíripshipree-vish   u-xus   now   Intensive   little.ways.off   Intensive   1s(>3)-start.to.run-FUT   3s(>3)-think

   "Now I'll break into a run just close to it," he thought. Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

8. chavúra   pu-yiimúsich   uum-ára   táma   kúkuum   u-tápichfak   finally   NEG-little.ways.off   arrive-NEG   then   again   3s(>3)-slip.down.from.uphill

   Finally he hadn't got far, and again he slipped downhill. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Eats His Own Excrement" (WB_KL-14) | read full text

9. yiimúsich   ú-hyiiv-ti   chú   páy   axíich   pipúniich   táay   íp   imafúnvaan-sa   little.ways.off   3s(>3)-shout-DUR   here!   this   child   salmon.tail   much   PAST   salmon.beggar-PL

   Some distance (from home) he was shouting, "Here, children, this is the tail! There were a lot of beggars." Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text

10. púyava   pa-tée   kxurára-haak   yiimúsich   vúra   t-óo   kpêehva   pa-t-u-'ípak   you.see   NOMZ-PERF   evening-when   little.ways.off   Intensive   PERF-3s(>3)   shout   NOMZ-PERF-3s(>3)-come.back

    When it was evening, he would shout a little ways off as he returned. Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text

11. kári   xás   yiimúsich   vúra   u-kpêehva   axichapipúniishich   then   then   little.ways.off   Intensive   3s(>3)-shout   children-tail

    Then he shouted a little ways off, "Little children-tail!" Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text

12. yiimúsich   kúna   uum   táma   u-p-ikyívunih   little.ways.off   in.addition   3.SG   then   3s(>3)-ITER-fall.downward

    But it fell down again just a little ways off. Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text

13. yiimúsich   ník   t-u-'uum   kári   t-u-p-ikyívunih   little.ways.off   a.little   PERF-3s(>3)-arrive   then   PERF-3s(>3)-ITER-fall.downward

    It went a little ways, then it fell down again. Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text

14. yiimúsich   t-óo   pmah   apsunmúnukich   little.ways.off   PERF-3s(>3)   see.again   racer.snake

    She saw Racer a little ways off. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Adulterers Discovered" (WB_KL-39) | read full text

15. víri-va   yiimúsich   vúra   p-oo-'ûupvu-tih   so-so   little.ways.off   Intensive   NOMZ-3s(>3)-dig.roots-DUR

    She dug roots a little ways away. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine to Get a Husband" (WB_KL-50) | read full text

16. yiimúsich   vúra   u-tsîip   pa-mukun-'ikrívraam   little.ways.off   Intensive   3s(>3)-look.up   the-3plPOSS-house

    He saw their house a little ways off. Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text

17. xás   mâam   kúuk   u-kúniihva   yiimúsich   vúra   then   uphill   to.there   3s(>3)-shoot   little.ways.off   Intensive

    So he shot a little ways uphillward. Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full text

18. káruma   uum   yiimúsich   t-u-'íshunva-heen   pa-'ápuroon   in.fact   3.SG   little.ways.off   PERF-3s(>3)-hide-ANT   the-magic.charm

    The fact was, she had hidden the charms some distance away. Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil and the Girl" (WB_KL-64) | read full text

19. yiimúsich   xás   pa-kun-íkpaaksur   little.ways.off   then   NOMZ-3pl(>3s)-cut.off

    They cut them off some ways out (from the trunk). Source: Emily Donahue, "Preparing Basket Materials" (WB_KL-85) | read full text

20. xás   pa-'ávansa   vaa   vúra   ú-kviip-ti   kúnish   yiimúsich   payêem   then   the-man   so   Intensive   3s(>3)-run-DUR   sort.of   little.ways.off   now

    The man is running like that, sort of far away now. Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text