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.]