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Archaic indicative frozen in various suffixes. -aša ‘on, upon’; -ata ‘go for a purpose’; -awa (directive); -ayi (applicative); -ničanwi ‘down’; -ničapa ‘in or into brush’; -ničaša ‘on, upon’; níyawštayma ‘reciprocate with money to one who is receiving a name and from whom a gift has been received’. [NP /-e/.]