125 terms start with “i

Immoble

wɨ́šx̣ ‘be still, stationary’.

Impenetrable

šáatk ‘tangled, tangled such that one cannot pass, brushy’.

Imperative

-k; -tk (plural imperative); -i (in WS plural imperative -ti).

Imperfective

-ša (progressive aspect).

Impetigo

łayłáy ‘impetigo, boil’.

Impish

q̓ʷšɨ́m ‘mischievous, naughty, bad’.

Implement

wá- ‘with a blunt instrument’.

Important

átaw ‘valuable, treasured, desirable, lovely’.

Improve

íniix̣i ‘fix, make good’.

In

-pa ‘in, on, at’ (locative case); -ki ‘with, in (a language), about’ (instrumental case).

In-law

awít ‘levirate-in-law (after death of connecting kin)’; miyú ‘man’s wife’s brother’; píwnaš ‘son’s wife’s parent; daughter’s husband’s parent’; pnáyč ‘son’s wife; woman’s parent-in-law’; pnúk ‘potential levirate in-law’; šwáx̣ ‘opposite sex cross-generational in-law, woman’s son-in-law; man’s mother-inlaw’; ámtayk ‘move in with in-laws’ (said of a woman); amúynač ‘move in with in-laws’ (said of a man)’.

Inadvertently

lɨkɨ́p ‘suddenly, quickly’.

Inanimate

pá- (inanimate individuative); p- (inanimate distributive).

Inanimate

pátun ~ páta ‘be situated’ (individuative inanimate); ptún ~ ptá ‘be situated’ (distributive inanimate).

Incapable

tamłámay ‘unable, not knowing how, ignorant of’.

Incapable

húy ‘unable’.

Incapable

tamłamáywi ‘be incapable of, not know how’.

Incarcerate

tamčáynač ‘put inside, hock (pawn shop), put in jail’.

Inceptive

-ayk (-layk).

Inch

šapíinawit ‘measurement, inch, foot, yard, mile’.