s-1s-conjugationsometimes indicates continuation9.2.9.1Verb affixes2s-mode perfective9.2.9.1Verb affixes3lie, stativeoccurs with neuter forms of classificatory and body part roots to form verbs of the particular sort of object lying, stationary in a position9.2.9.1Verb affixesz- |s- 's-perfective (with 0 subject and non-0 clitic)'; sə-/zə- 's-perfective (elsewhere)'s- s-s-si- "durative perfective"si- 'PFV'Source forms: s s-chʾeestibingn ameat skewerchʾisteelh2advflat waychʾ-n-(s)..diinʾvishinechʾ-(s)..lhtʾaavtfletch st./arrowchʾ-(s)..wolʾvtmake noisedoobing-kwaa-(s)..ʾiinvtabuse/mistreat PP-djii-(s)..lhtikvtkill PP-gha-naa-chʾ-ee-(s)..ʾiin/ʾiinʾvttry to stop O from P<P-kʾit-(s)..___>vprefixseton top of Pnaa-chʾ-(s)..tlʾoo/tlʾoonvtset a snare<P-naa-(s)..____>vprefixsetaround/encircling Pnaa-(s)..lhghaalh/ghaalʾvtbeat O again<n-(s)..___>vprefixsetin thinking/perceiving verbsn-(s)..tʾaanvithicken/grow (acorns)n-(s)..tiish/tiinvilie downteehkisleeʾn abull kelpi-(s)..tʾeevdbe cooked
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s..ʾaan1lie motionlessof a solid objectUusiiʾ kwongʾ-minghaa sʾaan yaaʾnii.Its head lay in front of the fire, they say.GT08 36.11Uusiiʾ kwongʾ-miiʾ sʾaan yaaʾnii.Their heads lay in the fire, they say.GT08 36.67.1.3Lie down8.5.3Be at a place2be situated, locatedas a solid objectUudeeʾ kwʾit tooghaa sʾaan yaaʾnii.There was moss on its horns, they say.GT01 2.10Naaghai sʾaan-ʾanjii.At least there's a moon.GT10 64.10"Yeeh sʾaan-ei yooʾoong shiiyeeʾ yeeh hai.""The house that lies over there is the one that's my house.GT10 64.7Kaashtc-lhtsow teeleeʾ-biiʾ sʾaan yaaʾnii.A blue knife lay there in a sack, they say.GT30 12.48.5.3Be at a placeperf. 3sʾaanit/3DRO layder. ofs-s-conjugation/mode√ʾAA1classify 3DOsa'a:n, it (e.g., stone) lies there, is located theresaʾáˑn "it lies"Source forms: sᵋąn, sʼan, sᵋa nē, sᵋa nī, sᵋan ûñ gī, sᵋąñ kwąnsᵋąns+ ûñ, sûñ, sûn, sa nē, san an ûñ gisa'n......san, ...sañθʼɑ̞n, s̥-ʼɑ̞n..., θʼɑ̞n......-sahng´Chingsʾaandingn aAbalone PointDiinees-Sʾaandingn aWestportdjiiding-sʾaangn aplacenta/afterbirthP-iiʾ-s..ʾaanvslie in P (solid O)Saisʾaantcbiiʾn aLower PastureSeesʾaanchiiʾn aDeHavenSeesʾaandingn aJack Peters Creekshaa-sʾaangn asunTʾaaʾ-siiʾdaaʾ-sʾaann aFeather DanceTnaaʾsʾaandingn aMilkweed Lies Place villageTnaaʾsʾaankwotn aUpper Mud Springs CreekTlʾohchowsʾaankwotn aBunchgrass Lies CreekTsʾiineesʾaandingn aWestportsaisʾaandingn asandy beachsaisʾaandingn asandy beach
Sai-dingUsal, "Sand Place"MB's translation of the Coast Yuki name for Usal, meaning "sand place"
"Martina Trs. Coast.l for Usal as θáy-d̥d̥ɑŋ [arrow under y] not long , sand right there." (JPH, reel 4, im.340B)whKeechʾing-kiiyaahaangUsal triberel.Baang-kiiyaahaangCoast Yuki peopleChʾleeghchiiʾ 1Juan CreekLhooʾyaash Chʾisleegh 1Juan Creek villageShoochiiʾUsal Flat9.7.2.10.12Coastal Wailaki/Sinkyone territory9.7.2.03Names of villages/townsder. ofsaisand=dingplaceSource forms: θáy-d̥d̥ɑŋ
"Martina Trs. Coast.l for Usal as θáy-d̥d̥ɑŋ [arrow under y] not long , sand right there." (JPH, reel 4, im.340B)whKeechʾing-kiiyaahaangUsal triberel.Baang-kiiyaahaangCoast Yuki peopleChʾleeghchiiʾ 1Juan CreekLhooʾyaash Chʾisleegh 1Juan Creek villageShoochiiʾUsal Flat9.7.2.10.12Coastal Wailaki/Sinkyone territory9.7.2.03Names of villages/townsder. ofsaisand=dingplaceSource forms: θáy-d̥d̥ɑŋ
SaikonteelhdingWages Creek village, "Wide Sand Place", "Sand Flat Place""Martina Trs. wide-sand as θáyˑ - kʰɑ̞ntʰe̞łd̥ɑŋ, but Wages Ck. has a wholly dif name which she almost succeeds in remring. Gill says the sand bar at Wages m is wide -- this plcn fits in good all right -- but infs never heard it." (JPH, mf.2, reel 3, im.552B)
"The Mishbul-ontilka or Mishbul people owned the hamlet Nuhanwakem, or Nuhanwahatumut (umut, other side) at the north end of the beach at the mouth of Wages Creek. Wages Creek beach was called Nuhanwahat (sand wide)" (Gifford, The Coast Yuki, p.300)whBaang-kiiyaahaangCoast Yuki people9.7.2.10.11Coast Yuki territory9.7.2.03Names of villages/townsder. ofsaisandkwonteelh1valley=dingplaceSource forms: θáyˑ - kʽɑ̞ntʽe̞łd̥ɑŋ
"The Mishbul-ontilka or Mishbul people owned the hamlet Nuhanwakem, or Nuhanwahatumut (umut, other side) at the north end of the beach at the mouth of Wages Creek. Wages Creek beach was called Nuhanwahat (sand wide)" (Gifford, The Coast Yuki, p.300)whBaang-kiiyaahaangCoast Yuki people9.7.2.10.11Coast Yuki territory9.7.2.03Names of villages/townsder. ofsaisandkwonteelh1valley=dingplaceSource forms: θáyˑ - kʽɑ̞ntʽe̞łd̥ɑŋ
Sainoongʾaading1Tenmile, "Where the Sand Stops"settlement at the mouth of Tenmile River
"Martina I used to hear Nellie Bell (who was Tony Bell's wife + who talkt both Coast l & our lang. call Tenmile: θáyˑnoˑŋʼa̞ˑd̥d̥ɑŋ, lit. where the sand stops. So the Kr. name may mean this. I used to hear her say this frequently using it as a name of Tenmile R. Gill + Martina know also the reg. word for Tenmile R., which is θáyθʼa̞nd̥ɑŋ, lit. where the sand lies." (JPH, reel 4, im.310B)ptChʾkaa-SiingdingBarnacle Standing Place (placename)whBaang-kiiyaahaangCoast Yuki peoplesynDiiseeʾ-NeeʾdingTenmileNeeʾtcʾeengʾaadingTenmile9.7.2.10.11Coast Yuki territory9.7.2.03Names of villages/towns2Tenmile RiverptChing NootsʾinyaadingLog Jam placesynSaisʾaanding 1Tenmile River Beach9.7.2.09Names of riversder. ofsaisandnoo-(nin)..ʾaa/ʾaaʾextend to a limit=dingplaceSource forms: θáyˑnoˑŋʼa̞ˑd̥d̥ŋ
"Martina I used to hear Nellie Bell (who was Tony Bell's wife + who talkt both Coast l & our lang. call Tenmile: θáyˑnoˑŋʼa̞ˑd̥d̥ɑŋ, lit. where the sand stops. So the Kr. name may mean this. I used to hear her say this frequently using it as a name of Tenmile R. Gill + Martina know also the reg. word for Tenmile R., which is θáyθʼa̞nd̥ɑŋ, lit. where the sand lies." (JPH, reel 4, im.310B)ptChʾkaa-SiingdingBarnacle Standing Place (placename)whBaang-kiiyaahaangCoast Yuki peoplesynDiiseeʾ-NeeʾdingTenmileNeeʾtcʾeengʾaadingTenmile9.7.2.10.11Coast Yuki territory9.7.2.03Names of villages/towns2Tenmile RiverptChing NootsʾinyaadingLog Jam placesynSaisʾaanding 1Tenmile River Beach9.7.2.09Names of riversder. ofsaisandnoo-(nin)..ʾaa/ʾaaʾextend to a limit=dingplaceSource forms: θáyˑnoˑŋʼa̞ˑd̥d̥ŋ
SaisʾaanbiiʾSand Lies Valleyplace name in northern Tenmile CreekSaisʾaanbiiʾ nghindaash yaaʾnii.They danced in Sand Lies Valley, they say.GT06 7.89.7.2.10.04Long Valley area9.7.2.02Names of regionscomp. ofsaisandsʾaan=biiʾin it in PSource forms: sais ᵋan bīᵋsais an bī
saisʾaandingsandy beach1.3.1.5Island, shoreder. ofsaisands..ʾaanlie motionless (solid O)=dingplacesai sᵋąn dûñsai sᵋąn dûñθáyθʼɑ̞nd̥ɑŋ
Saisʾaanding1Tenmile River Beachlong sandy beach running from Cleone north to the Tenmile River, most of it in MacKerricher State Park; mussels were gathered there at extreme low tide (Goddard, 1909, Yellowhammer's Exploits story)
"Hebichwakem (hebich, open; wakem, beach) beach, south of the mouth of Ten-mile River," (Gifford, The Coast Yuki, p.302)whBaang-kiiyaahaangCoast Yuki peoplesynSainoongʾaading 2Tenmile Riverrel.baanchow1 2freshwater musselsbaanchow1 2.1Pacific littleneck clamsolnees1freshwater mussel9.7.2.10.11Coast Yuki territory9.7.2.02Names of regions2Tenmile River"Martina I used to hear Nellie Bell (who was Tony Bell's wife + who talkt both Coast l & our lang. call Tenmile: θáyˑnoˑŋʼa̞ˑd̥d̥ɑŋ, lit. where the sand stops. So the Kr. name may mean this. I used to hear her say this frequently using it as a name of Tenmile R. Gill + Martina know also the reg. word for Tenmile R., which is θáyθʼa̞nd̥ɑŋ, lit. where the sand lies." (JPH, reel 4, im.310B)9.7.2.09Names of riversSource forms: sai sᵋąn dûñsai sᵋąn dûñθáyθʼɑ̞nd̥ɑŋ
"Hebichwakem (hebich, open; wakem, beach) beach, south of the mouth of Ten-mile River," (Gifford, The Coast Yuki, p.302)whBaang-kiiyaahaangCoast Yuki peoplesynSainoongʾaading 2Tenmile Riverrel.baanchow1 2freshwater musselsbaanchow1 2.1Pacific littleneck clamsolnees1freshwater mussel9.7.2.10.11Coast Yuki territory9.7.2.02Names of regions2Tenmile River"Martina I used to hear Nellie Bell (who was Tony Bell's wife + who talkt both Coast l & our lang. call Tenmile: θáyˑnoˑŋʼa̞ˑd̥d̥ɑŋ, lit. where the sand stops. So the Kr. name may mean this. I used to hear her say this frequently using it as a name of Tenmile R. Gill + Martina know also the reg. word for Tenmile R., which is θáyθʼa̞nd̥ɑŋ, lit. where the sand lies." (JPH, reel 4, im.310B)9.7.2.09Names of riversSource forms: sai sᵋąn dûñsai sᵋąn dûñθáyθʼɑ̞nd̥ɑŋ
SaisʾaantcbiiʾLower Pasture, "Little Sand Lies Valley""They moved down this way from the north. they crossed Blue rock creek. They crossed Ten-mile creek. [= Streeter Cr.] "Who has burned over Saisuntcbii?" (Goddard, 1909, p.233)
"place where blow sand hill close to river" (Goddard, NB V, p.12)
"At Saisa'nsbi ('sand-heap place'), there was a den where a coyote fed her little ones.." (Kroeber, 1928)wh(Kwonteelhtcbiiʾ-kiiyaahaang)Streeter Creek Valley band9.7.2.10.09Streeter Creek area9.7.2.02Names of regionscomp. ofsaisands..ʾaanlie motionless (solid O)-tcdiminutive suffix=biiʾin it in PSource forms: sai sąntc bīᵋsai s+ûntc bīSais ánsbi, Saisa'nsbi
"place where blow sand hill close to river" (Goddard, NB V, p.12)
"At Saisa'nsbi ('sand-heap place'), there was a den where a coyote fed her little ones.." (Kroeber, 1928)wh(Kwonteelhtcbiiʾ-kiiyaahaang)Streeter Creek Valley band9.7.2.10.09Streeter Creek area9.7.2.02Names of regionscomp. ofsaisands..ʾaanlie motionless (solid O)-tcdiminutive suffix=biiʾin it in PSource forms: sai sąntc bīᵋsai s+ûntc bīSais ánsbi, Saisa'nsbi
SaiyaashtcChadbourne Gulch Beach, "Narrow Sand Beach"Martina's translation of the Northern Pomo and Coast Yuki name
"Martina Trs. θáy-yyàˑʃtʃʿ, trs. small or narrow sand." (JPH, mf.2, reel 3, im.581B)whBaang-kiiyaahaangCoast Yuki peoplesim.Chʾleeghkwot 1Chadbourne Gulch9.7.2.10.11Coast Yuki territory9.7.2.02Names of regionscomp. ofsaisand-yaashtcdiminutive (small&young)Source forms: θáy-yyàˑʃtʃʽ
"Martina Trs. θáy-yyàˑʃtʃʿ, trs. small or narrow sand." (JPH, mf.2, reel 3, im.581B)whBaang-kiiyaahaangCoast Yuki peoplesim.Chʾleeghkwot 1Chadbourne Gulch9.7.2.10.11Coast Yuki territory9.7.2.02Names of regionscomp. ofsaisand-yaashtcdiminutive (small&young)Source forms: θáy-yyàˑʃtʃʽ
sakʾeeneesvalley oak, California white oakQuercus lobatasee sak'neesgenchʾintʾaang 1acornsynsaakʾeeneesvalley oaksaakʾneesvalley oak1.5.1.2Oak5.2.3.1.1.1Acorn/Staples2.5.7.3Medicinal plantscomp. ofsaakʾspoonnees1longSource forms: sŭ́k‑kĕ‑nĕssak ke nes
saljiineeschowalligator lizard, mountain lizard, "big long lizard"Gerrhonotus spp.1.6.1.3.2Lizardder. of√SALJIIlizard-neeslong (adjectival)-chowaugmentativeSource forms: sûl djī nes tcōsul gī (djī) nes tcō
saljiitcfence lizard, sagebrush lizard, scaly lizardSceloporus graciosus, S. occidentalisbecame trout (lhoo'yaashgaitc) when thrown into water during Creation, the similarity being the big mouth (Goddard, NB V, p.3))Saljiitc taalghaalʾ yaaʾnii.Lizard was thrown into the water, they say.GT02b 16.10Saljiitc diidakʾ sliinʾ yaaʾnii.Lizards came into being in the east, they say.GT07 23.14Saljiitc deeghaang.We were killing lizards.GT37 1.1Teeleeʾ-biiʾ nooshgheeʾ lhaang saljiitc.I was carrying many lizards in a sack.GT37 1.2Saljiitc naaʾbiiʾ naantlaal-ee.A lizard has gone to sleep in your eye again.Lo23 1.1sim.tcʾindin-naakaashtc 2fence lizardrel.lhooʾyaashgaitctrout1.6.1.3.2Lizardder. of√SALJIIlizard-tcdiminutive suffixSource forms: sąl gīts, sûl gīts, sûl gīts ûñ gīsûl gītssûl tcīts, sûl gīts, sûl gī́ts, sûl gīṯs̱, sal kī́tz, sûl kītzsal tcītcsoltcic
saa-into the mouth2.1.1.4Mouthza:- 'incorp (inside of) mouth'saː-sa:- "into the mouth"-sa- "mouth", si- "into mouth"<saa-(ghin)..____>vprefixsetinto the mouth
<saa-(ghin)..____>into the mouth2.1.1.4Mouthder. ofsaa-into the mouthgh-1gh-conjugationO-|zảː= 'gh-mom into O's mouth'; zaː- 'incorp (inside of) mouth'saː-(ɢ)-sa:-(w)-Source forms: chin-saalhtciikn ared-breasted sapsuckersaaldeelʾn ahuckleberry
saa-(ghin)..ʾaash/ʾaanput solid O in mouth"Nshoon-ee, niing sangʾash," tcʾin yaaʾnii ."It is good; put some in your mouth," he said, they say.GT07 8.95.2.2Eatimpf. 2sg.+ 3 obj.saangʾaashyou (sg.) put it in your mouth; put it in your mouth! (sg.)der. of<saa-(ghin)..____>into the mouth√ʾAA1classify 3DOSource forms: sąñ ᵋącsûñ ûc
saahaalawlsyntsʾing 2bone awlmattsʾing 1bone6.7.1.1Poking tool6.6.4.2.4Basketry tools|tsʌχł 'awl'sahal 'needle'Source forms: sá‑halsahŭl, ...sahul...sah´-hahlching-saahaaln awooden awltsʾing-saahaaln aneedle
saahching1tanbark oak, chestnut oakNotholithocarpus densiflorus"The acorns contain a large quantity of deleterious matter, but after being leached they are said to have a very agreeable acid taste. On this account and on account of the extra large amount of oil which the acorns are said to contain, they are preferred to all other kinds." (Chesnut, 1902, p.342)Saahching kaalʾaaʾ tcʾghilhtciilh yaaʾnii.He went along planting tanbark oaks to grow up, they say.GT02b 32.2Tcʾiibeetcing, saahchin neeʾ naaʾtghilhʾaalh yaaʾnii.He stood up fir trees, tanbark oaks, and the land, they say.GT02b 33.5Saahchin naaʾtghilhʾaalh yaaʾnii.He stood tanoaks up along, they say.GT02b 34.7genchʾintʾaang 1acornsynchin-daasitstanbark oaksaahtceelaadootanbark oakcnstbaanaatʾaicenter postching-teebaashshinny puckyiichow 1dance-house1.5.1.2Oak2acorn, tanbark acornNotholithocarpus densiflorus5.2.3.1.1.1Acorn/Staplescomp. ofchingstick/woodsaah woodP: sa:-ṉ-|kyən 'oak'sáˑtc̭iŋ "acorn"saahchin: Sah'-chin 'An acorn' [SS-M]Source forms: sá‑chŭṇsa tcûñsa tcûñsa tcûñ, sût tcûñSat´-chung
saahchowfisherMartes pennanticased hide used for quivers (Essene, p.59)
not eaten (Curtis, p.202)"Too-nshoon-it doo-dinkʾootcʾ-iit: iintcʾeeʾ taanaa-manjaaʾ; jeeschow taanaa-manjaaʾ; bitchow taanaa-manjaaʾ; saahchow taanaa-manjaaʾ," tcʾin yaaʾnii."When the water is good, because it is not salty: let the deer drink; let the elk drink; let the mountain lions drink; let the fishers drink," he said, they say.GT02b 29.4Saahchow diidakʾ sliinʾ yaaʾnii.Fishers came into being in the east, they say.GT07 23.1synsiis-lhtcinfishercnstghisdaalee-teeleeʾquiver (for arrows)naaʾghiiquiver (for arrows)tʾaaʾsitsquiver (for arrows)1.6.1.1.11der. of√SAAH1fisher/mink-chowaugmentativesahkyoh, sah-big (larger?) mink [archaic term]Source forms: sáh‑chosaʽ tcōsaʽ tcō, saʿ tcō, sa tcō
not eaten (Curtis, p.202)"Too-nshoon-it doo-dinkʾootcʾ-iit: iintcʾeeʾ taanaa-manjaaʾ; jeeschow taanaa-manjaaʾ; bitchow taanaa-manjaaʾ; saahchow taanaa-manjaaʾ," tcʾin yaaʾnii."When the water is good, because it is not salty: let the deer drink; let the elk drink; let the mountain lions drink; let the fishers drink," he said, they say.GT02b 29.4Saahchow diidakʾ sliinʾ yaaʾnii.Fishers came into being in the east, they say.GT07 23.1synsiis-lhtcinfishercnstghisdaalee-teeleeʾquiver (for arrows)naaʾghiiquiver (for arrows)tʾaaʾsitsquiver (for arrows)1.6.1.1.11der. of√SAAH1fisher/mink-chowaugmentativesahkyoh, sah-big (larger?) mink [archaic term]Source forms: sáh‑chosaʽ tcōsaʽ tcō, saʿ tcō, sa tcō
saahdingaloneDoo saahding ghidai shdjiiyaan-ee.No, I do not want to stay alone.GT08 44.7"Saahding sindaa-bangjaaʾ."You should live here alone."GT10 49.24.1.6.3Aloneder. of√SAAH2alone=dingplace|sʌχ-dən 'apart; separately; alone'sahdənsaʿ "distant, strange", sáʿdin "stranger", saʿdiŋ "other"sah=diŋ 'alone=LOC' 'alone'Source forms: saʽ dûñ, saʽ dûn...saʽ dûñ, saʽ dûn...sa´ dûñ, saʽ dûñ, sa ̆ dûñ, sa dûñ ha
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