-ayk

Definition:

To or from a standing position; inceptive.


Function:

Forms verb


Examples:

ámtayk ‘move in with in-laws’ (said of a woman);

čáwslayk ‘pull back a bow, aim a gun’;

čámx̣ʷlayk ‘lift out of the ground’;

č̓ɨ́mnayk ‘bundle to take home’;

haywáanayk ‘take a break, go on vacation’;

ɨmúnayk ‘stay with one’s in-laws’ (said of a man);

šátayk ‘camp together for the purpose of gathering food’;

tamápayk ‘roll off’;

táwx̣anayk ‘lie on the back’;

táwyanayk ‘live, settle down to live’;

tkʷápčayk ‘put the hand out’;

waláplayk ‘wrap around the braids’;

nákwaasikayk ‘stay at home with’;

yámuxlayk ‘demolish by flood’.


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[Cf. áyč (N ayík) ‘sit’, also the NP inceptive /-ík/.]