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Locative case. ƛ̓áax̣ʷpa iwačá čúuš ɨščɨ́tpa ‘the water was on all the roads’; watx̣ɨ́n pawačá imaamípa ‘were they at your place?’; ittáwax̣na Ímatalampa ‘she grew up at Umatilla’; ačanam kú ttáwax̣na nč̓ípa ataymat̓áwaspa ‘because he grew up in the big city’; ƛ̓áax̣ʷpa iwačá čúuš ɨščɨ́tpa ‘the water was on all the roads’; náx̣š waníčt ipáyšta náx̣špa kʷná páx̣ałk̓ʷipa ‘a name will come out on that one Friday’; ača kú iwačá naknúwiyi šuyapumaamípa ‘because he was taken care of among the white people’; páwawšpa łamtɨ́x̣pa ‘he hit him on the head’; páwawyana pɨnmipáyn łamtɨ́x̣pa ‘he beat him on his head’; wínax̣anaaš náptipa nɨknípa ‘I used to go at two o’clock’; mɨ́łpan iwá nɨknípa ‘what time is it?’; k̓úycipa nɨknípa ‘nine o’clock’; čná tiičámpa ‘in this land’; yáƛ̓pitpa tiičámpa ‘in the wetlands’; páx̣atipa wáwtuktpa ‘on the fifth day’; tímašpa ‘on paper’; tkʷátatpa ‘in the food’; skúulpa ‘at school’; ayáyat q̓ínupa ‘beautiful in appearance’; níix̣ q̓ínupa ‘good looking’; inmípa wiyáx̣ayx̣tpa ‘in my daily living’; imaamipáyn tɨmnápa ‘in your hearts’; ánɨmpa ‘in winter’; wášani k̓úsipa ‘ridden on the horse, on horseback’. With nominalized verbs: ataš kú wiyákʷštikɨnx̣ana túpan łq̓íwitpa ‘when we used to do wrong in some playing’; k̓ʷíya iwá páyu núkšitpa ‘valarian smells awful’; at̓úk iwá x̣nítpa kápɨnki ‘it is hard to dig with the digging stick’; ƛ̓áax̣ʷ iwáta ayáyat q̓ínupa ‘all will be beautiful to see’. [NP /-pe/; probably a grammaticalized extension of PS *pe ‘be situated’.]

Genitive case. -mí after a consonant. áwa c̓áa náymu waničtmí ‘the name has a close relative’; pštmí áwa ‘it’s his father’s’; áƛ̓iyawiya winšmí pɨnašaamí x̣ɨ́tway ‘the man’s wife’s friend died’; Hawtminmí áwa waníčt ‘they’re names of McKay creek’; sɨknisɨ́kni áwa pát sɨt̓xʷsmí ‘yellow bell is hyacinth’s older sister’; k̓ʷáy áwa útpas čɨnmíin tiičammí ‘that [the snow] is this earth’s blanket’; ku čikúuk iwá šuyapunmí płɨ́x̣ ‘and today there is the whiteman’s medicine’; núsux ituníšana tananmaamí tkʷátataš ‘salmon went upriver for the people to eat’; čáw máan wínatay wayx̣tiłanmí uu k̓ʷáyk̓a áw waynałanmí ‘nowhere to go by car or plane’. Oblique human nominals are put in the genitive before oblique case marking: áwnam wínata X̣ʷaamayaynmíyaw ‘now you will go to Eagle’s [place]’; úykninam pinánaymuta naamíyaw aniłanmíyaw ‘even more you should relate to our Creator’; watx̣ɨ́n pawačá imaamípa ‘were they at your place?’. As genitive of composition or origin; etc.: apɨ́łapł iišmí ‘leaves of the cow parsnip’; ilukasmí ɨstí ‘wooden needle’; k̓usinmí tútanik ‘horse hair’; mɨx̣ɨšmí x̣ax̣áykʷ ‘gold coin, gold piece’; nɨnɨknɨnɨkmí tɨmná ‘columbine seeds’; nusuxmí k̓úpaš ‘salmon back’; nusuxmí wáłx̣ʷas ‘salmon tail’; nusuxmí yápaš ‘salmon grease’; pipšmí wášɨmux̣š ‘bone necklace’; puušmí tmaanít ‘juniper berries’; p̓ip̓inmí wátisas ‘intestine rope’; tk̓unmí k̓ʷáalk níit ‘tule long house’; tk̓unmí tamátačay ‘tule mat table cloth’; kakyamaamí winanuut̓áwas ‘bird bath’; naamí tananmaamí sɨ́nwit ‘our Indian language’; spilyaynmí áčaš ‘buttercups, contact lenses’; šɨlɨmmí psá ‘cascara bark’; tanán waníčt tkʷatatmí ‘the Indian name of the food’; t̓ux̣t̓ux̣mí łławt̓áwas ‘rain gutter’; t̓ux̣t̓ux̣mí watám ‘rain puddle’; x̣ʷaamanmí púkła ‘eagle plume’; yakanmí nɨkʷɨ́t ‘bear meat’; luc̓anmí ‘penny’; plašmí ‘silver dollar’; ttɨx̣šmí ‘willow basket’. As derivational suffix: x̣apiłmí ‘knife’; ttx̣šmí ‘willow basket’. [NP /-nm/; Klamath -(ˀ)am (Barker 1963b:32); Molala -ˀam.]