ɨ-

A semantically bleached augment. Phonemically /ˀ-/: epenthetic ɨ not present when not word initial in which case only ˀ remains, e.g., paˀtáymaša (paˀɨtáymaša) ‘they are trading’. Pronounced a- in U atáyma ‘sell’ (cf. Y ɨtámya; NP /ˀtam̓ya/). Preserved mostly in NE, e.g., NE ɨník ‘put, place, put away’ (cf. U níč); NE ɨtáa ‘put in’ (cf. U táa); also in some nominals, e.g., NE ɨlúut ‘belly’ (cf. U nawát); N ɨmíti ‘underneath’ (cf. U míti). [NP /ˀ-/.]