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'uloo

'u•loo

ᐧᐅᘢ

someone's mother, my mother, mother!

This is the indefinite/vocative possessed form of -loo.

This form appears to be the indefinitely possessed form, but is is also used as the vocative and as the first person singular possessed form when not contrastive. when contrast is desired between one's own mother and someone else's mother, the regular first person singular possessed form sloo is used.

Examples

(1)

Wheni	mai	ts'oonuyin	'ink'ez	'uloo	'en	'unulhgi.
we	berries	we pick	and	mother	she	she dries [n-class object]
We pick the berries and my mother dries them.

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(2)

'Uloo	yoh	ts'u	wheinya.
mother	house	to	he went off
Mother went into the house.

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(3)

'Uloo	soo	buta'ut'en.
mother	well	she cooks
Mother is a good cook.

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(4)

'Uloo	'en	dakelh	yu'alh-i	'uts'ulh'en	t̲s̲'iyawh	whusodalh'e'.
mother	she	Indian	food	we (3+) make	all [abstract]	she taught me [wh-class object]
My mother taught me how to prepare different Indian foods.

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