Definition:

This.

Examples:

čítaš wá naamí tkʷátat ‘this is our food’;

čítaš wá naamí tiičám ‘this is our land’;

wɨ́npatam čí útpas ‘come get this blanket!’;

tún iwá čí ‘what is this?’;

iyáwaynaša čí ‘this is floating along’;

ana kúuš čí qawšqáwš iníya ‘the way he gave us this lovage’;

ana čí iwá púwi ‘this which is the snow’;

čína wá naamí tkʷátat ‘this is our food’;

kʷyáam iwá čí sɨ́nwit ‘these words are true’;

máan iwaníša tanánki čí ‘how is this named in Indian?’;

čí áwa tananmaamí tkʷátat ‘this is the people’s food’;

ƛ̓áax̣ʷ áwa wíwaniči čí tiičám čnamanłaamí ‘all this land of the locals is named’;

čikúuk ‘today’.

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For oblique bases see čn ~ čaan ~ čiin.

[NW íči; NP /kí/, /k´n-/.]

Proximate. Lengthened vowel ablaut used in the dual. See also čí. čiiní ‘these two’ (absolute); číinaman ‘these two’ (accusative); čiinamí ‘of these two’ (genitive). For other ablaut bases see čn-, čaan-.

These two. Accusative case. ánik číinaman pt̓ilíinaman ‘give it to these two girls’.

Definition:

These two (dual); with this one (associative).

Examples:

1. wášnaš čiiní ‘these two are mine’;
2. ku panáktux̣ɨmta čiiní imíin miyánašin ‘and these your two children will bring (them) back’;
3. wínašaataš čiiní ‘I am going with this one’;
4. páq̓inušana čiiní ‘this one saw him’.