i-

Definition:

He, she, it.


Function:

Third person nominative pronominal. Attach to the beginning of a verb.


Examples:

  1. iwačá ‘he/she/it was’;
  2. iwínaša pt̓íits ‘the girl is going’;
  3. iwiyánawiya wínš ‘the man arrived’;
  4. iwáp̓aša tílaaki ‘the woman is weaving’;
  5. iq̓ínuša wawúkyana ‘he/she sees the elk’;
  6. iq̓ínušaaš wawúkyanɨm ‘the elk sees me’;
  7. ku ipápaničɨnx̣ana ana mɨná ‘and they would bury one another anywhere’.

See more:

pɨ́n (independent pronoun)

[NP /hi-/.]

Pronoun chart