Definition:

With something (as a tool or in a manner), by something (as a tool or in a manner).

Function:

Instrumental case. Attach to nouns.

Examples:

1. išáx̣ƛ̓ka nɨkʷɨ́tna x̣apiłmíki ‘he cut the meat with his knife’;
2. páwɨnpa apápki ‘he grabbed him with his hand’;
3. šk̓apášwayki paˀaníx̣a k̓alk̓alípš ‘they make the cradleboard bow with rose’;
4. ku pawáp̓ax̣ana paƛ̓aapá kʷɨ́nkix̣i taxʷɨ́ski ‘and they used to weave their basket hats with that same dogbane’;
5. pamáwšuwanx̣ana walptáyktki ‘they used to get themselves ready with singing’;
6. tiičámna páˀiƛ̓ɨmx̣ʷix̣a pɨnmikíin púwiki ‘it covers the ground with its snow’;
7. kuš skúulix̣ana k̓úsiki ‘and I used to go to school by horse’;
8. iyáytaša wásaski ‘he is floating along by raft’;
9. wínax̣anaataš c̓íkc̓iki čɨ́ni ‘we used to go from here by wagon’;
10. pináˀutpša lišáalki ‘she is putting a shawl around her shoulders’;
11. níix̣kiš ásamx̣nax̣ana inmímaaman miyánašmaaman ‘I used to talk to my children in a good way’;
12. kunam pinánaknuwita níix̣kisim px̣ʷíki ‘you should take care of yourself with only good thoughts’;
13. ásamx̣našanaataš naamíki sɨ́nwitki ‘we were talking to them in our language’;
14. čnáš máan iwaníša tanánki čí ‘how is this named in Indian?’;
15. áwnaš ititámaša tanánki ‘now I am counting in Indian’;
16. isɨ́nwiša šuyaputɨ́mki ‘he is speaking in English’;
17. sɨ́nwisanaaš káˀuyitki ‘I was talking about the root feast’;
18. átx̣uša wánaki ‘he’s worrying about the river’;
19. kkáwšaaš x̣ax̣áykʷi ‘I feel bad about the money’;
20. pasɨ́nwiša kʷɨ́nki tilaakinmíki ‘they are talking about that woman’;
21. ana pmáy pamániyayišana waq̓íšwit čɨ́nki tiičámki ‘they (the soldiers) who were giving their lives because of this land’;
22. súyak̓papki itwák̓ʷiiškša ipáax̣ ‘he’s spreading butter on the bread’;
23. iwáynuuša nɨkʷɨ́t čúuški ‘she’s boiling the meat in water’.

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[NP /-ki/.]