Definition:

I, me, mine, my.

Function:

Pronominal suffix. Usually attach to the first word of the sentence, or directly to a verb. Reduces to =aš, =š.

1. Subject:
   1. wínašaaš ‘I am going’;
   2. kúušnašta áwɨnx̣a inmímaaman miyánašmaaman ‘thusly I tell my children’;
   3. áq̓inušanaaš ‘I saw him’;
   4. čáwš šína áq̓inuun ‘I have not seen anyone’.
2. Object:
   1. iq̓ínušanaaš ‘he saw me’;
   2. kúušnaš ɨ́nx̣ana inmínɨm nč̓ínɨm ‘my elder told me thusly’.
3. Possessor:
   1. k̓úsinaš wá ‘it is my horse’;
   2. lúnaaš inmí níit ‘my house burnt up’;
   3. inmíš wačá káła ‘I had a grandmother’;
   4. kuš wá waníčt Inez ‘and my name is Inez’.

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ín ‘I’ (nominative singular);

ína / ináy ‘I’ (accusative singular).

[NP /-(e)k/.]

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Definition:

We, us, ours, our. (without the listener)

Function:

Exclusive.

Examples:

1. Subject:
   1. wínašanaataš ‘we were going’;
   2. čikúuktaš ásamx̣nasana ‘we are talking to them today’;
   3. kúušx̣itaš áwtni pamáwšuwanx̣a ‘in the same tabooed way we get ourselves ready’.
2. Object:
   1. kúušnataš paˀɨ́nx̣ana nč̓ínč̓ima ‘thusly the elders used to tell us’;
   2. isámx̣nax̣anaataš ‘he used to talk to us’;
   3. čáwtaš mún iwáwyana ‘he never hit us’.
3. Possessor:
   1. čítaš wá naamí tkʷátat ‘this is our food’;
   2. wínanaataš x̣ɨ́twayma ‘our friends went’;
   3. wačáataš wawyałá ‘we had the whipman’.

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Reduces to =ataš, =taš

=na ‘we, us, ours, our’ (inclusive)

=nataš ‘we, us, ours, our’ (exclusive)

náma ‘we’

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