piiní

Definition:

They two.

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Function:

Nominative dual.

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Examples:

1. pawiyánawiša piiní ‘they two are arriving’;
2. ku patkʷátata piiliksá kʷná ‘and they two will eat there alone’;
3. piiliksásim pawinána ‘only the two of them went’;
4. piiníx̣uš ‘they two first’.

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See more:

piiníč̓a ‘they two too’;

piinísɨm ‘they two only’;

piiníx̣i ‘they two similarly’;

The dual function of piiní is probably an extension of the associative, e.g., see piiní ‘with him, her, it’.

[NW piiník.]