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Definition:

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

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Function:

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

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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.]

Definition:

A thing, person, or people specifically does something for work or habits. Also a person or people from a region. equivalent to English -er, -or, -ian.

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Function:

Agentive nominalizer. Forms nouns.

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Examples:

1. aniłá ‘maker’;
2. paykłá ‘obedient’;
3. waasklikłá ‘wheel’;
4. lax̣ʷayx̣łá ‘one who gets overheated’;
5. sapsik̓ʷałá ‘teacher’;
6. šax̣aapłá ‘sawyer, millwright’;
7. wapaatałá ‘helper’;
8. naknuwiłá ‘keeper, care taker’;
9. uyiłá ‘beginner’;
10. wanpłá ‘medicine singer’;
11. wapaanłá ‘grizzly bear’;
12. wawyałá ‘whipman’;
13. tamaˀuyiłá ‘lead off person (stick-game, baseball, etc.)’;
14. pstxłá ‘blacksmith’;
15. waasklikłá ‘wheel’;
16. wawc̓aakłá k̓úsimaaman ‘horse shoer’;
17. tkʷaynpłáma ‘hunters’;
18. x̣niłáma ‘root diggers’.
19. Also suffixes to nouns in Columbia River:
    1. Imatalamłá ‘Umatilla person’;
    2. Hawtmiłáma ‘McKay Creek people’.

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[NP /-ew̓et(u)/.]