Definition:
Begin, start.
Function:
Forms verb from nominalized with -t (mostly the [ˀ] of -ˀuyi does not cause glottalization of the nominalizer).
Example:
tkʷátatˀuyi ‘start to eat’;
tkʷáynptˀuyi ‘go on first hunt’;
tk̓ʷanáytitˀuyi ‘begin to walk’;
tɨ́x̣ˀuyi ‘make the first kill’;
wánatˀuyi ‘start to flow’;
wánptˀuyi ‘begin to medicine sing’;
wáyx̣titˀuyi ‘start to run’;
wát̓uyi ‘go ahead’.
See also:
[NP /-t̓uyi/ (/-t/ plus /-ˀuyi/).]