-nmí

Definition:

As genitive of composition or origin; etc. Belonging to someone or something.

Function:

Genitive case. -mí after a consonant. Attach to the end of a noun.

Examples:

  1. apɨ́łapł iišmí ‘leaves of the cow parsnip’;
  2. ilukasmí ɨstí ‘wooden needle’;
  3. k̓usinmí tútanik ‘horse hair’;
  4. mɨx̣ɨšmí x̣ax̣áykʷ ‘gold coin, gold piece’;
  5. nɨnɨknɨnɨkmí tɨmná ‘columbine seeds’;
  6. nusuxmí k̓úpaš ‘salmon back’;
  7. nusuxmí wáłx̣ʷas ‘salmon tail’;
  8. nusuxmí yápaš ‘salmon grease’;
  9. pipšmí wášɨmux̣š ‘bone necklace’;
  10. puušmí tmaanít ‘juniper berries’;
  11. p̓ip̓inmí wátisas ‘intestine rope’;
  12. tk̓unmí k̓ʷáalk níit ‘tule long house’;
  13. tk̓unmí tamátačay ‘tule mat table cloth’;
  14. kakyamaamí winanuut̓áwas ‘bird bath’;
  15. naamí tananmaamí sɨ́nwit ‘our Indian language’;
  16. spilyaynmí áčaš ‘buttercups, contact lenses’;
  17. šɨlɨmmí psá ‘cascara bark’;
  18. tanán waníčt tkʷatatmí ‘the Indian name of the food’;
  19. t̓ux̣t̓ux̣mí łławt̓áwas ‘rain gutter’;
  20. t̓ux̣t̓ux̣mí watám ‘rain puddle’;
  21. x̣ʷaamanmí púkła ‘eagle plume’;
  22. yakanmí nɨkʷɨ́t ‘bear meat’;
  23. áwa c̓áa náymu waničtmí ‘the name has a close relative’;
  24. pštmí áwa ‘it’s his father’s’;
  25. áƛ̓iyawiya winšmí pɨnašaamí x̣ɨ́tway ‘the man’s wife’s friend died’;
  26. Hawtminmí áwa waníčt ‘they’re names of McKay creek’;
  27. sɨknisɨ́kni áwa pát sɨt̓xʷsmí ‘yellow bell is hyacinth’s older sister’;
  28. k̓ʷáy áwa útpas čɨnmíin tiičammí ‘that [the snow] is this earth’s blanket’;
  29. ku čikúuk iwá šuyapunmí płɨ́x̣ ‘and today there is the whiteman’s medicine’;
  30. núsux ituníšana tananmaamí tkʷátataš ‘salmon went upriver for the people to eat’;
  31. čáw máan wínatay wayx̣tiłanmí uu k̓ʷáyk̓a áw waynałanmí ‘nowhere to go by car or plane’.
  32. Oblique human nominals are put in the genitive before oblique case marking:
    1. áwnam wínata X̣ʷaamayaynmíyaw ‘now you will go to Eagle’s [place]’;
    2. úykninam pinánaymuta naamíyaw aniłanmíyaw ‘even more you should relate to our Creator’;
    3. watx̣ɨ́n pawačá imaamípa ‘were they at your place?’.
  33. As derivational suffix:
    1. luc̓anmí ‘penny’;
    2. plašmí ‘silver dollar’;
    3. ttɨx̣šmí / ttx̣šmí ‘willow basket’;
    4. x̣apiłmí ‘knife’;

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[NP /-nm/; Klamath -(ˀ)am (Barker 1963b:32); Molala –ˀam.]