=maš

Definition:

1. Intransitive: of you, your, yours ^{new info}
2. Transitive: I do something to you/your/yours ^{new info}
3. Imperatives and hortatives: you ^{new info}

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Function:

Attach to verbs, Imperatives, or hortatives ^{new info}

Marks possessor in intransitive clauses. Marks action from 1st to 2nd person in transitive clauses.

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Examples:

1. Marks possessor in intransitive clauses:
   1. k̓úsimaš wá ‘it’s your horse’
   2. čáwmaš wá imíin níit ‘it is not your house’
   3. mánmaš wá tkʷaynptpamá táatpas ‘where are your hunting clothes?’
   4. ačanam kú ttáwax̣ta kumaš wáta miyánaš ‘because you will grow up you will have a child’
   5. amaš mɨná wá ayčtpamá ‘wherever your seat is’
   6. amaš šín wačá imíin tíla ‘whoever was your grandfather’
   7. kumaš kʷná łq̓íwita ‘and yours will play there’
   8. wát̓inam wášata kumaš wáta imíin ‘you will ride ahead and he’ll be yours’
   9. kumaš čáw wá imíin ‘and it is not yours’.
2. Marks action from 1st to 2nd person in transitive clauses:
   1. kumaš áw wiláalakʷta ‘and now I will leave you’
   2. kumaš tamápayškta ‘and I will tell on you’
   3. x̣ax̣áykʷmaš níya ‘I gave you money’
   4. q̓ínwayišanamaš pyáp ‘I saw your older brother’
   5. čnámaš naknúwiyayiša imíin sɨ́nwit ‘here I shall take care of your words for you’
   6. kumaš ničáyita tikáy ‘and I’ll give you a plate’.
3. With imperatives and hortatives:
   1. amaš áwaaq̓inwatak ‘go have a look at them!’
   2. amaš ímč̓a ílukas wáawɨnpatak ‘you go also to get wood!’
   3. amaš wát̓uyi ‘you may go ahead’.

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[NP /-mek/; Klamath min (Barker 1963b:32).]