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1. kári    xás    ukúniihka    píshiip    yítha    then    then    he.shot.at.it    first    one

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

2. pihnêefich    upíip    naa    píshiip    paniní'aan    á'    kiikuníhuraa    coyote    he.said    1sg.    first    my.string    above    shoot.it.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    upíip    papihnêefich    pishíip    ni'árihishrih    then    then    he.said    Coyote    first    I.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    ukrîish    then    frog    first    shore    he.sat.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    tu'íipma    then    3.SG    first    he.got.back

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

6. pamupiship'ihrôoha    uum    yítha    mu'avansáxiich    his.first.wife    3.SG    one    her.boy

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

7. xás    papíshiip    veehrôoha    uum    itníivka    then    the.first    its.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. paxuntápan    kunífiktih    kúuk    tóo    kvíripma    xás    koovúra    tu'ífik    píshiip    when.acorns    they.were.picking.it.up    to.there    she.had    run.to    then    all    she.had.picked.it.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    kuníkyav    first    fishery    PERF    they.made.it

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

10. xás    píshiip    uum    ishahátiimich    tá    kun'íripkuri    su'vári    vúra    then    first    3.SG    edge.of.water    PERF    they.dig.a.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    kuniptáthrip    imvarámkaam    first    PERF    they.strain.out    big.plate.baket

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

12. púyava    payítha    peeshnaaníchhaak    uum    píshiip    tu'úum    patákasar    uphírivirak    you.see    the.one    if.he.was.swift    3.SG    first    he.arrived    where.the.tossel    where.it.lay

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

13. púyava    xás    uum    píshiip    tóo    tâatsip    you.see    then    3.SG    first    he    tossed.it

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

14. púyava    hâari    uum    payu'kúkam    pa'ávansas    píshiip    tu'úum    patákasar    uphírivirak    you.see    sometime    3.SG    the.downriver.end    the.men    first    they.arrived    where.the.tossel    it.lay

    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    utaxapkóohitih    first    beargrass    it.was.braided.on

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