Function:
Applicative. Attach to verbs.
Examples:
- áwnaš ičáx̣ɨlpayišamš ína pčɨ́š ‘he is opening the door for me now’;
- kuš ƛ̓áax̣ʷ áp̓x̣nayix̣a paamanáy sɨ́nwit ‘and I remember all their words’;
- kutaš ásapakiikayita paanáy wáwnakʷšaš ‘and we will clean her [the root’s] body’;
- pankáštkayix̣ana k̓úsina ɨ́mpa ‘they would tie it on the horse’s mouth’;
- panáyk̓ukayix̣a miyánašna tún ‘they gather things for the baby (a baby shower)’;
- ásapak̓ʷłtikayik núšnu ‘wipe his nose!’;
- kúušx̣ina náaman inaknúwiyayiša wáwnakʷšaš čúušnɨm ‘in the same way the water is taking care of our bodies’;
- áwawtnayitanam tún ‘you should taboo their things’;
- iwaqítnayišana paanáy pšɨ́t ‘he was looking for his (someone else’s) father’;
- iq̓ínwayiša pšɨ́t ‘he saw his (someone else’s) father’;
- iníčayitana k̓ʷapɨ́n ‘he will put away our aforementioned’;
- watx̣ɨ́nam ím pákʷiyayitax̣na ‘would you do it for me?’.
See More:
-yi. [NE -ayi & NP /-eˀyi/ occur before consonants; NE -ani & NP /-eˀni/ occur before vowels; NW uses only -ani.]