-ayi

Function:

Applicative. Forms verb.


Examples:

áwnaš ičáx̣ɨlpayišamš ína pčɨ́š ‘he is opening the door for me now’;

kuš ƛ̓áax̣ʷ áp̓x̣nayix̣a paamanáy sɨ́nwit ‘and I remember all their words’;

kutaš ásapakiikayita paanáy wáwnakʷšaš ‘and we will clean her [the root’s] body’;

pankáštkayix̣ana k̓úsina ɨ́mpa ‘they would tie it on the horse’s mouth’;

panáyk̓ukayix̣a miyánašna tún ‘they gather things for the baby (a baby shower)’;

ásapak̓ʷłtikayik núšnu ‘wipe his nose!’;

kúušx̣ina náaman inaknúwiyayiša wáwnakʷšaš čúušnɨm ‘in the same way the water is taking care of our bodies’;

áwawtnayitanam tún ‘you should taboo their things’;

iwaqítnayišana paanáy pšɨ́t ‘he was looking for his (someone else’s) father’;

iq̓ínwayiša pšɨ́t ‘he saw his (someone else’s) father’;

iníčayitana k̓ʷapɨ́n ‘he will put away our aforementioned’;

watx̣ɨ́nam ím pákʷiyayitax̣na ‘would you do it for me?’.


See More:

-yi. [NE -ayi & NP /-eˀyi/ occur before consonants;

NE -ani & NP /-eˀni/ occur before vowels;

NW uses only -ani.]