í-

Function:

Transitivizer (turns intransitive verbs into transitive verbs).


Examples:

  1. Without -k:
    1. íkkmi / íkkɨmi ‘fill’;
    2. ílac̓muyn ‘warm up’;
    3. ílapaša ‘lay hands on for healing’;
    4. ílax̣yawi ‘dry’;
    5. ílax̣ʷayx̣ ‘heat’;
    6. ílwi ‘testify, confess’;
    7. ínaq̓i ‘finish’;
    8. ínaat̓i ‘cook’;
    9. ínawi ‘try, test’;
    10. íniix̣i ‘fix’;
    11. ípuxpuxi ‘spread around’;
    12. íqaax̣ta ‘pour into’;
    13. ísx̣ɨx̣n ‘infuriate, make angry’;
    14. ítux̣ ‘take back, return’;
    15. ítwa ‘mix’;
    16. ít̓x̣aša ‘smoke’;
    17. íƛ̓aapn ‘lost out on’;
    18. íƛ̓iyawi ‘kill’;
    19. íƛ̓ɨmux̣i ‘cover’;
    20. íyatna ‘kill’;
    21. íyaƛ̓pi ‘wet, moisten’;
    22. íyawa ‘drive away’.
  2. With -k:
    1. íkiik ‘clean’;
    2. ímiik ‘tan’;
    3. ímuyk ‘wring out and stretch’;
    4. ítk̓ʷk / ítk̓ʷɨk ‘straighten’;
    5. íc̓ik ‘sweeten’;
    6. ík̓uk ‘pile’;
    7. ík̓ʷaank ‘spoil, give constant attention’;
    8. íluk ‘build a fire’;
    9. íłamayč ‘hide’;
    10. íłik ‘bother’;
    11. íšq̓uk ‘rub on grease, anoint’;
    12. íšwik ‘reciprocate on the Indian trade’;
    13. íqʷik ‘perfume’;
    14. ítyak̓uk ‘crowd’;
    15. íwayk ‘trap, catch’;
    16. íx̣alk̓uk ‘give a sudden scare’.

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[NP /hí-/.]