Personifier. Used with legendary characters. Spilyáy ‘Coyote’; cf. spílya ‘coyote’. See -yáy.

Function:

Benefactive case. Attach to nouns.

Examples:

1. -ay after words not end with i
   1. čí iwá níčtay ánɨmay ‘this is for putting away for winter’;
   2. patiyáytša nɨkʷɨ́t ílax̣yawitay ‘they’re hanging up meat for drying’;
   3. tkʷátat paˀaníta ánɨmay ‘they will prepare food for winter’;
   4. ana k̓ʷapɨ́n pináwšuwata pačwáywitay ‘the aforementioned who will get
   5. kuna iníya płɨ́x̣ tútanikay ‘and he gave us medicine for the hair’;
   6. ana kʷaaná patáwaničɨnx̣a latítlatit káˀuyitay ‘that which they designate celery for the feast’;
   7. himself ready for Sunday’;
   8. x̣láknaš wá tímaš tímatay ‘I have a lot of paperwork to do’;
   9. ku pamáwšuwaša aw kú wɨšx̣ʷáamitay íkʷɨn ‘and then they are getting themselves ready for camping there up high’;
   10. anam k̓ʷapɨ́n pinátaatpasisana tkʷáynptay ‘that (with) which you were clothing yourself for hunting’;
   11. ku iwá ɨščɨ́t níix̣ wínatay ‘and the road is good for drivng’;
   12. čáwmataš wá túna imaamíin čná wíkutay ‘you don’t have anything to do here’;
   13. sɨ́nwittaš pamáwšuwaša sápsik̓ʷatay ‘we are getting ourselves ready for teaching language’;
   14. ača kú iwačá tamawɨ́n k̓sɨ́t wáyx̣titay ‘because it was too cold for driving’;
   15. ataš kú pamáwšuwata paanáy sapákiiktay wáwnakʷšašay paanáy ‘when we get ourselves ready for cleaning her [the root’s] body’;
   16. pax̣níx̣ana šáak támc̓itay ‘they used to dig onions for flavoring’;
   17. k̓ína kú c̓múy láwaalawayčta c̓múy nč̓útay ‘soon then our warmth will cross over for sleeping’;
   18. ana k̓ʷapɨ́n pináwapawaša wɨ́nptay waníčtay ‘the aforementioned who is dressing himself for getting the name’;
   19. čáw máan wínatay ‘nowhere for going’;
   20. čáw máan wínatay šimíin ‘nowhere for anyone to go’;
   21. wáswas anítay ‘rope for making’;
   22. tún płɨ́x̣ay ‘things for medicine’.
2. -yay after i.
   1. ataš mɨná áyax̣na naamíyay káˀuyitay ‘wherever we found it for our feast’;
   2. k̓ʷáy iwá płɨ́x̣ naamíyay wáwnakʷšašay ‘that is a medicine for our bodies’;
   3. tkʷátat kakyamaamíyay tkʷátataš ‘food for the animals to eat’;
   4. miyanašmaamíyay łq̓íwitay ‘for the children to play’;

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[NP /-ˀayn/.]

Knoll, small knoll. ayáampa ittáwax̣ɨnx̣a x̣áwš ‘the roots grow on the knolls’. [NP /k̓úxsn/.]

Woman. iwačá wiyánč̓i kʷná X̣ankú ku áwača áyat ásat ‘the chief there was Xankú and Asat was his wife’. See also tílaaki. [NP /ˀáyat(o)/.]

Female animal. ayatúks k̓usik̓úsi ‘female dog, bitch’.

Rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss. Also called píckatyu, aytmɨ́n, xúlxul. Called šúšaynš ‘steelhead’ after return from the sea. [NP /heyey/.]

Celebration. [NP ˀéey̓sin /ˀéy̓snt/.]