-ay

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/.]